The London Car Wash Company, 370 - 374 London Road, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 4EA Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/P2853
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises
Council
Merton 4.5/10
Date received
week of 29 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 13 Apr 2026
Postcode
CR4 4EA

Description

Application for discharge of condition 16 (demolition and construction method statement) and condition 17 (construction logistics plan) attached to lbm planning permission relating to the change of use from hand Car Wash to residential... Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 9

Site constraints 6

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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Conservation area about 57 m away: Mitcham Cricket Green; 4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Merton built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 £400,000 in November 2024. Other property, freehold.

1 November 2024£400,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Boundary House 317 - 321 London Road Mitcham CR4 4BE
G1 - MIXED SPECIES - CUT BACK THE OVERHANG BY REMOVING UP TO 2 METERS IN BRANCH LENGTH.
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2021 Approved
370 - 374 London Road Mitcham CR4 4EA
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21/P4129
2021 Approved
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CHANGE OF USE FROM HAND CAR WASH TO RESIDENTIAL USE INVOLVING THE ERECTION OF A NEW 4 STO…
21/P4129/INVALID
2024 Refused
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2024 Refused
360 - 364 London Road Mitcham Surrey CR4 3ND
CHANGE OF USE OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FLEXIBLE COMMERCIAL FLOOR SPACE AT GROUND FLOOR…
24/P1387/INVALID
2023 Approved
339A, 339B, 339C, 339D, 339E London Road Mitcham CR4 4BE
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23/P2660
2024
337 London Road Mitcham Road CR4 4BE
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24/P0247
2024
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2023 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
21 Broadway Gardens Mitcham Surrey CR4 4EF
ERECTION OF A PARTIAL FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION AND GARDEN ROOM.
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2021
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ERECTION OF A 5-STOREY BLOCK OF 18 x SELF-CONTAINED FLATS
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2019 Refused
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ERECTION OF A 5-STOREY BLOCK OF 18 x SELF-CONTAINED FLATS
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2020 Approved
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21/P0780
2021 Approved
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2019 Refused
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2018 Approved
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2018 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Merton
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#173 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.