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Category Archives: Planning

A day centre, supported living and affordable homes planned in Mitcham 

5 November 2024by Merton8

Merton Council’s plans to build a state-of-the-art day centre and supported living units for people with complex learning disabilities, progressed at Cabinet on Monday 4 November.   The development at […]

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Disabled people, Health and social care, Housing, Planning

Council leader seeks clarity from All England Club on how it intends to adhere to covenants on Wimbledon Park Golf Course

27 October 2023by Merton Web Team

The Leader of the London Borough of Merton, Councillor Ross Garrod, has today written to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to seek clarity on how it intends to […]

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Planning

Statement following Development and Planning Committee

27 October 2023by mertonzb

A spokesperson for the London Borough of Merton said: “After considering the officer’s report, relevant submissions, and the relevant planning framework, the independent planning committee, made up of councillors from […]

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Planning, Statements

Building A Better Merton Together

19 April 2023by mertonzb

Residents, businesses, charities, community groups and a range of public services, including the police and the NHS, are being invited to work with the council on an ambitious set of […]

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Borough of Sport, Civic Pride, Clean streets, Cost of living, Health and social care, Housing, Leader of the council, Parks and green spaces, Planning, Public health, Regeneration, Traffic and Highways, Transport

Planning permission required to convert new shared rental properties in seven Merton wards

21 March 2023by Merton Web Team

Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of Merton could be required to seek planning permission. The new rules, which Cabinet […]

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Consultations, Housing, Planning

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

Council installs bollards outside homes to stop illegal crossover parking

21 January 2019by Merton Web Team

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, Parking, Planning, Safer Merton, Traffic and Highways
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