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5 Dunstall Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HS

15/P2558Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 27 January 2016

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

RETROSPECTIVE PERMISSION FOR RETENSION OF EXISTING REAR DORMER ROOFEXTENSION

Received
30 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 195 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 5 Dunstall Road West Wimbledon London SW20 0HS. Merton has handled 1,116 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 weeks longer than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wool Road conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 406 applications across Village. We hold 1,803 applications in total for the SW20 postcode area.

86% of full applications at London Borough of Merton were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW20 0HS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 July 2015
Consultation expiry
19 September 2015
Consultation start
23 July 2015
Consultation end
19 September 2015
Last date for comments
21 September 2015
Target decision date
11 August 2015
Application expires
25 August 2015
Permission expires
27 January 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Publicity

First advertised
23 July 2015

Appeal

Appeal date
4 May 2016
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed 13-07-2016

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wool Road
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Merton

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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