POLLARDS HILL RECREATION GROUND Recreation Way, Mitcham, Merton Data via plota.co.uk

26/FULL/1345 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Full planning application for the construction of a football foundation playzone, new fencing, lighting, landscaping, surface and access path Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Approved
25 Aug 2026

Approved on 25 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 21

Statements & assessments 6

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Application forms 2

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Other documents 5

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Site constraints 4

Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Merton
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
30 Jun 2026
Ward
Pollards Hill
Case officer
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Target decision
25 Aug 2026
Decision
Grant Permission Subject To Conditions
Decision date
25 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
MUGA UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 28 days faster than Merton's median of 84 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 94% of commercial and major works here are.

32%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
70decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Merton in the last twelve months, from validation. Merton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Aug 2026
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