MEDIA HOUSE, 3 Palmerston Road, Wimbledon, Merton, SW19 1PG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Application for prior approval of a proposed change of use of use from 'office' (Class E) to 15 'residential' units (Class C3). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 6 Nov 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Documents 13
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 6
Associated applications 2
- Application for prior approval of a proposed change of use of use from 'office' (Class E) to 15 'residential' units (Class C3).
Conditions details submitted for 5
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 October 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £4,266,900 in September 2021. Other property, 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 April 2021, 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
- Prior Approval - Commercial, Business and Service (Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Class C3) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA
- Postcode
- SW19 1PG
- Received
- 12 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 12 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Abbey
- Parish
- Historic
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Prior Approval Granted
- Decision date
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Pembroke Planning
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, 30 days faster than Merton's median of 85 for changes of use. Approved, as 70% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Merton in the last twelve months, from validation. Merton decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Committee
- 6 Nov 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 6 Nov 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.
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.
Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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