26 Newstead Way, Wimbledon, Merton, SW19 5HS Data via plota.co.uk

26/HOUSE/1103 - Householder Approved

Proposal

Existing garage to be demolished and rebuilt in order to be incorporated into living accommodation and connected to the existing house by means of a 2 storey extension. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Jun 2026
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 72 m away: Wimbledon North; Special area of conservation about 493 m away: Wimbledon Common; SSSI about 493 m away: Wimbledon Common SSSI; Inside the Merton built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land about 82 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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 £1,150,000 in May 2011. Terraced house, freehold.

31 May 2011£1,150,000

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

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Important details

Council
Merton
Application type
Householder
Postcode
SW19 5HS
Received
1 Jun 2026
Validated
1 Jun 2026
Ward
Village
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Grant Permission Subject To Conditions
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Susan Harvey

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 10 days slower than Merton's median of 78 for demolitions. Approved, as 91% of demolitions here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
166decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
10 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
28 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

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