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25/P2438 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Reversion of the current no.167 queens road from 2 x self-contained flats into a single family dwellinghouse (use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Aug 2025
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Approved
22 Sept 2025

Approved on 22 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 2

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Statements & assessments 1

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Plans & drawings 5

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Application forms 2

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Other documents 1

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Site constraints 9

Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Merton AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 179 m away: Morden Hall Park; Inside the Merton built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Conservation area about 98 m away: Wandle Valley; Designated open space about 28 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Merton
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Received
20 Aug 2025
Validated
20 Aug 2025
Ward
Wimbledon Town And Dundonald
Parish
Historic
Case officer
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Target decision
15 Oct 2025
Decision
Grant Permission Subject To Conditions
Decision date
22 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, 52 days faster than Merton's median of 85 for changes of use. Approved, as 69% of changes of use here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
137decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Merton in the last twelve months, from validation. Merton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Committee
22 Sept 2025
Statutory expiry
15 Oct 2025
Merton
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#173 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Merton ranks #196 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Merton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #135 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #158 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #196 of 296
39%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #139 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
83%
Change of use approved
24 decided
1,079
Total decisions
115 refused in the year to March 2026