Building A Better Merton Together
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 […]
Category Archives: Regeneration
Building a Better Merton Together
An ambitious plan to nurture civic pride, create a Borough of Sport and build a sustainable future for Merton has been drawn up by the council. At a meeting on […]
Kick in the teeth for Merton residents
Merton Council Leader Ross Garrod hit out today at the Government’s latest failure to support regeneration and homes for residents in Merton, after the Council’s bid for Levelling Up funding […]
Council launches new business app to promote economic growth
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 […]
Council approves proposals to make borough’s high streets into community hubs
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 […]
Mitcham Bridge reopens to drivers
Two years of works followed a partial collapse of the structure during heavy rainfall in June 2019
Polka Theatre reopens after £8.5m refurbishment
The children’s Polka Theatre on the Broadway finally relaunches at the weekend in spanking new state-of-the-art premises with a performance and month-long run of Red, a play inspired by Little […]
Merton backs biggest regeneration scheme in council’s history
Merton Council’s Cabinet has agreed a multi-million-pound package of measures to kick-start the regeneration of the Eastfields, High Path and Ravensbury estates, guaranteeing the completion of a programme to rebuild almost 1,200 homes and creating around […]
Pop along to Pollards Hill
A Pollards Hill bus shelter block which had been empty and unloved for years will play host to a series of cultural activities and workshops over the next three weeks, […]
Merton Council’s £1 million Neighbourhood Fund now open for bids
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 […]