Former Wolfson Centre Copse Hill SW20
Proposal
APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 (APPROVED PLANS) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 12/P2157 (DATED 02/05/2013) RELATING TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMER WOLFSON CENTRE AND ERECTION OF 8 X DETACHED DWELLING HOUSES (1x 4 BED, 3x 5 BED, 4x 6 BED IN ORDER TO AMEND TO 7X DETACHED AND 4X SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES WITH NO CHANGE TO THE 2 HOUSES ON THE COPSE HILL FRONTAGE AND NO INCREASE IN BUILDING FOOTPRINT OR TOTAL FLOORSPACE COMPARED TO THE APPROVED SCHEME
- Received
- 29 May 2015
- Decided
- 19 August 2015 · Grant Variation of Condition
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Merton
- Ward
- Village
- ReceivedSubmitted29 May
- ValidatedValidated5 Jun
- Consult.Consultation28 Jun
- TargetTarget Date10 Jul
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 75 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Wolfson Centre 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 376 applications across Village.
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- Conservation area: Copse Hill
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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