Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20

15/P2027Full Planning PermissionPending Decision

Full

Proposal

APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 11/P0346 (DATED 08/12/2011) (as amended by 12/p0537 and 13/P2722) RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING NEW BUILD AND THE CONVERSION OF THE FORMER ATKINSON MORLEY HOSPITAL BUILDING, PRINCIPALLY TO SUBSTITUTE HOUSES H7, 8 AND 9 NEXT TO THE NORTH/SOUTH FOOTPATH WITH 5 SMALLER HOUSES WITH A SMALL DECREASE IN FOOTPRINT AND FLOORSPACE

Received: 29 May 2015
Decided: 19 August 2015 · Grant Variation of Condition
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Merton
Ward: Village

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedSubmitted29 May
ValidatedValidated5 Jun
Consult.Consultation28 Jun
TargetTarget Date14 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Aug

Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Merton86% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20. Merton has handled 1,116 applications of this type and approves 85% of them, typically deciding them in 70 days. This one was decided in 82 days, 12 days longer than Merton's median. The site is in the Copse Hill conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 376 applications across Village.

Application Details

Reference

15/P2027

Address

Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20

Local Authority

Merton

Application Type

Full Planning Permission

Development Type

Assembly and Leisure, Dwellinghouses

Scale / Size

Medium

Decision Status

Conditions

Current Status

FINAL DECISION

Ward

Village

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

29 May 2015

Consultation Expiry

28 June 2015

Target Decision Date

14 August 2015

Date Decided

19 August 2015

Date Validated

5 June 2015

Date Submitted

29 May 2015

Consultation Start

5 June 2015

Consultation End

28 June 2015

Last Date for Comments

30 June 2015

Application Expires

28 August 2015

Permission Expires

19 August 2018

Planning Decision

Decision

Grant Variation of Condition

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

84 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents

Coordinates

51.415485, -0.238507

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Merton

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Associated applications

2015
5 Jun
APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 15 ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 11/P0346
PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside15/P2228
2015
29 May
APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 11/P0346
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)15/P2027

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Copse Hill
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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