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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

Merton Council’s £1 million Neighbourhood Fund now open for bids

29 July 2021by mertonzb

Merton Council has opened up its Neighbourhood Fund, worth approximately £1 million, for bids that seek to enhance community spaces and improve social capital across the borough.  The fund is a great […]

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Education and schools, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, My Merton magazine, Parks and green spaces, Planning, Regeneration, Volunteers

New development for local planning policy

23 June 2021by mertonzb

Tackling climate change, economic recovery from the pandemic, new housing and healthy streets are the top priorities in the council’s new local plan.   The local plan is a set of guidelines, which are used […]

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Consultations, COVID-19, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, My Merton magazine, Planning, Regeneration, Traffic and Highways

Planning permission granted for new Bishopsford Road Bridge

23 October 2020by mertonzb

Merton Council’s Planning Committee granted permission for a new bridge to be built over the River Wandle in Bishopsford Road, Mitcham, at a meeting held last night (Thursday 22 October). […]

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Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, My Merton magazine, Planning, Regeneration, Traffic and Highways, Transport

Council installs bollards outside homes to stop illegal crossover parking

21 January 2019by MertonHM

Merton Council is taking enforcement action against residents who illegally park their vehicles on their properties without a dropped kerb. So far, the council’s enforcement officers have put up bollards […]

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Children, Disabled people, Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Parking, Planning, Safer Merton, Traffic and Highways

Neighbourhoods to receive £15k of community funding

18 January 2019by MertonHM

Every electoral ward in Merton is to be given a grant of £15k for neighbourhood projects which enhance the local area. At a meeting on Monday, Merton Council’s Cabinet agreed […]

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Environment, Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Parks and green spaces, Planning, Volunteers

Government pushes Crossrail2 consultation into next year

3 November 2016by

The latest Crossrail2 consultation, originally scheduled for this month, has been postponed until at least the second quarter of 2017.

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Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Planning, Regeneration

Full steam ahead for new stadium as Merton welcomes Dons home

27 September 2016by

It is all systems go for a new AFC Wimbledon stadium as Merton Council and AFC Wimbledon can now  progress, without delay, their plans for Plough Lane.

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AFC Wimbledon, Leisure and sport, Planning, Regeneration

Merton gives the go-ahead to new Ravensbury Estate homes

21 September 2016by

Merton’s planning committee has given the go-ahead to the transformation of 50 derelict garages and an area of underused land on the Ravensbury Estate in Mitcham, into a variety of […]

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Planning, Regeneration

Pollards Hill set to be transformed after council approved estates plans

16 September 2016by

Pollards Hill is set to be transformed after Merton Council granted planning permission for a multi-million pound estate regeneration programme yesterday.

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Environment and Regeneration, Future Merton, Planning, Regeneration
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