23 Somerset Road, Wimbledon, Merton, SW19 5JZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for the installation of a new tennis court within the extended garden of 29 Somerset Road (land previously within the curtilage of 23 Somerset Road) and construction of a boundary wall between the gardens of no 23 and no:29 Somerset Road. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 3
Other documents 5
Site constraints 8
Checked on 2 November 2026. 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £3,500,000 in July 2025. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Merton
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- SW19 5JZ
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 15 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Village
- Parish
- Historic
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 10 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Grant Permission Subject To Conditions
- Decision date
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Holden Ford
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, 31 days faster than Merton's median of 86 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 93% of commercial and major works here are.
Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Merton in the last twelve months, from validation. Merton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 9 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 10 Dec 2025
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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