Merton leads the way in London
Merton Council are planning the future by producing a public consultation draft Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) document on Mitcham Urban Village. It is the first SPG produced for an urban […]
Category Archives: Environment
Merton Council Tree Partership Awarded At House Of Commons
The Tree Council presented a plaque to honour the Council’s environmental dedication and good work with voluntary organisations in co-ordinating local Tree Warden Networks for a decade or more. Dave […]
Think green this Christmas
Merton Council is encouraging residents to think about the amount of waste they produce over the festive season and how they could reduce it, by producing this handy list of […]
We’re dreaming of a green Christmas
After Christmas and New Year celebrations are over the Council is here to help with the clean up. Merton’s successful free Christmas tree recycling service is making a welcome return […]
Post Office will not close in Morden
The future of a Post Office in Morden was secured this afternoon following a meeting between Merton Council, Safeway and the Post Office. Following talks at the Civic Centre about […]
A school bus with legs???
Foot power will drive the latest buses in Merton as two new after school Walking Buses are launched on Friday 13 December to travel from Morden Primary School and Abbotsbury […]
Local businesses wiping out graffiti
Merton Council, in partnership with the Police and local community volunteers, is urging local businesses to join them in the challenge to wipe out graffiti in the community. A questionnaire […]
Join BBC’s Diarmuid Gavin to plant 7,000 trees – Launch of New Golden Jubilee Woodland
The London Borough of Merton and Trees for London have been working in partnership to involve local people in the project and will be celebrating when the finishing touches are […]
Merton put a freeze on spending
Merton’s fridge mountain has been cleared from Garth Road Amenity Site at a saving of thousands of pounds. EU legislation introduced at the beginning of the year meant local authorities […]
Clamping down on spray paint sales
Merton businesses sign up to the SWAAG initiative Under 18’s will find it harder to buy spray paint to use to graffiti the borough, as 28 Merton retailers have signed […]