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Former Rowan High School Rowan Road London SW16 5JF

20/P0338Non-Material Amendment to planning permissionWithdrawn
Discharge / amendments

Withdrawn on 23 November 2020

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Applicant

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENTS TO PLANNING APPLICATION 07/P1216 FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEVATION MATERIALS AND MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FOOTPRINT RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE: - 217 RESIDENTIAL UNITS CONSISTING OF 86 FLATS (INCLUDING 27 IN THE PART RETAINED AND CONVERTED SCHOOL BUILDING) AND 131 HOUSES - A SCOUT HUT/COMMUNITY FACILITY COVERING 390 SQUARE METRES - A MEDICAL CENTRE COVERING 1985 SQUARE METRES, - 2.6 HECTARES OF LANDSCAPED PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. - VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE FROM THE EXISTING ENTRANCE AND A SECOND NEW ENTRANCE FROM ROWAN ROAD - PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ACCESS FROM HOYLAKE GARDENS, KINGSMEAD AVENUE AND TWO NEW ACCESS POINTS ON ROWAN ROAD -275 CAR PARKING SPACES AND 171 CYCLE PARKING SPACES - BUILDING HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 1 STOREY TO 4 STOREYS.

Received
17 January 2020
Decision level
Withdrawn-Applicant
Ward
Longthornton_historic
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Jan
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 292 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Rowan High School Rowan Road London SW16 5JF. Merton has handled 104 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 311 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 3,712 applications in total for the SW16 postcode area.

83% of amendment 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
SW16 5JF
Application type
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission
Development type
Assembly and Leisure, Dwellinghouses, Non-residential Institutions
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
217

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2020
Last date for comments
17 January 2020
Target decision date
27 March 2020
Application expires
14 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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