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Telecommunication Equipment Opposite 31 St Mary's Road Wimbledon London

23/P0057PA - TelecommsRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 1 March 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

APPLICATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED 5G TELECOMS INSTALLATION: H3G 15M STREET POLE AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT CABINETS.

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Village
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunication Equipment Opposite 31 St Mary's Road Wimbledon London. Merton has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Wimbledon North conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 405 applications across Village.

91% of telecoms 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

Application type
PA - Telecomms
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2023
Consultation expiry
19 February 2023
Consultation start
27 January 2023
Consultation end
19 February 2023
Last date for comments
22 February 2023
Target decision date
19 February 2023
Application expires
2 March 2023
Permission expires
1 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
34 days

Publicity

First advertised
2 February 2023

Additional information

Documents
11

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: Wimbledon North
  • 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

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