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Category Archives: Future Merton

Step-free access for more communities in Merton

7 March 2023by MertonRS

Making public transport accessible for everyone, which will help to make Merton’s future sustainable and allow residents with mobility issues to travel, is one of the key commitments of Merton […]

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Community and Housing, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Health and social care, Merton Together, Traffic and Highways, Transport

Merton Council approves Climate Delivery Plan for Year 3  

21 February 2023by MertonRS

Merton’s Council’s Cabinet last night approved the Climate Delivery Plan for Year 3 as well as the allocation of funds for ongoing climate projects, part of the council’s strategy to […]

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Business, Campaigns, Community and Housing, Cost of living, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Volunteers, Young people

Merton success in Net Zero Innovation Programme Bid 

15 November 2022by MertonJP

We are one of 12 Local Authorities across the country to secure funding from the Net Zero Innovation Programme (NZIP). Working with University College London (UCL) and The Wheel, funding […]

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Business, Clean streets, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Keep It Clean Love Merton, Recycling and waste

Council launches new business app to promote economic growth 

28 June 2022by Merton Web Team

Merton Council has announced the launch of Merton Local, a new app to support local businesses to grow and develop.  The app, created by developer bubltown, will bring together residents […]

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Business, Future Merton, Regeneration

Merton Council boost for Frank Gehry’s Wimbledon Concert Hall proposals

24 March 2022by mertonzb

Merton Council and Wimbledon Concert Hall Trust have taken their first steps towards realising a long-held ambition to develop a new international concert hall in Wimbledon town centre. The Council […]

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Arts and culture, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Planning

Council approves proposals to make borough’s high streets into community hubs

23 March 2022by Merton Web Team

Merton Council has announced proposals to turn the borough’s high streets into community hubs where residents can socialise as well as shop.  High street regeneration forms a key priority in […]

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Business, Future Merton, Regeneration

Huge rollout of electric vehicle charge points planned in Merton as council wins £750k funding

21 March 2022by MertonJP

At least 250 new charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) will be installed across Merton this year, after the council was successful in bidding for funding worth £750,000 from the […]

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Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Parking, Traffic and Highways, Transport

Merton agrees five-year housing strategy

24 January 2022by MertonSJ

Residents and interested  organisations were invited to join six weeks of consultation on the strategy, which was set out in July 2021

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Community and Housing, Consultations, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Housing

Residents’ ambitions put at centre of plans for Merton’s future

24 November 2021by MertonSJ

The council ran Your Merton in spring – its biggest conversation with people who live, work or study in the borough

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Clean streets, Community and Housing, COVID-19, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Health and social care, Keep It Clean Love Merton, Leader of the council, Merton Together

Mitcham Bridge reopens to drivers

20 October 2021by MertonSJ

Two years of works followed a partial collapse of the structure during heavy rainfall in June 2019

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Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Regeneration, Traffic and Highways, Transport
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