Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20

15/P2783Approval of details reserved by condition (discharge)Pending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 10 (contamination), 18 ( soft landscape) , 33 (hard landscaping), 34 (boundary walls and fences), 35 (materials), 38 (timber windows), 45 (lifetime homes), 51 (bollards), 54 (lighting), 55 (refuse storage), 56 (cycle storage) , 62 (bat and bird boxes) AND 67 (water butts and rainwater harvesting) and 73 and 76 9surface water drainage and changes to layout) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 11/P0346 and as amended by 12p0537 and 13/P2722.RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER HOSPITAL BUILDING AND GROUNDS IN RELATION TO PHASE 3A, B, D, E AND F (NEW BUILD)

Received: 15 July 2015
Decided: 31 March 2017 · Grant Discharge of Conditions
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Merton
Ward: Village

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

ReceivedSubmitted15 Jul
ValidatedValidated3 Aug
Consult.Consultation15 Jul
TargetTarget Date26 Aug
DecidedDecided31 Mar

Decided in 606 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Merton94% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20. Merton has handled 325 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 64 days. This one was decided in 625 days, 80 weeks 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/P2783

Address

Former Atkinson Morley Hospital and The Firs Copse Hill SW20

Local Authority

Merton

Application Type

Approval of details reserved by condition (discharge)

Development Type

Assembly and Leisure, Dwellinghouses

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Conditions

Current Status

FINAL DECISION

Ward

Village

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

15 July 2015

Target Decision Date

26 August 2015

Date Decided

31 March 2017

Date Validated

3 August 2015

Date Submitted

15 July 2015

Last Date for Comments

15 July 2015

Application Expires

9 September 2015

Permission Expires

31 March 2020

Planning Decision

Decision

Grant Discharge of Conditions

Decided By

Delegated

Statutory Period

37 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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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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