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Former Rowan High School Rowan Road London SW16 5JF

20/P1163Non-Material Amendment to planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 December 2020

Council decision: Grant non-material amendment to planning permissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENTS TO LBM PLANNING APPLICATION 11/P1509, CONDITION 2 (APPROVED DRAWINGS). AMENDEMENTS TO THE DESIGN AND MATERIALS OF MEDICAL SURGERY BUILDING.

Received
20 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Longthornton_historic
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 46 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. This one was decided in 271 days, 31 weeks longer than Merton's typical decision time. 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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2020
Last date for comments
28 October 2020
Target decision date
11 November 2020
Application expires
25 November 2020
Permission expires
16 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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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