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Tooting Police Station 251 Mitcham Road Tooting London SW17 9JQ

23/P1371Non-Material Amendment to planning permissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 June 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENTS TO PLANNING APPLICATION 22/P1743 (CONVERSION AND EXTENSION OF TOOTING POLICE STATION TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL). THE NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT SEEKS TO ADD A DRAWING SHOWING DETAILS OF THE SMALL AREA OF FOUNDATION WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALTERING THE TRIGGER POINT OF CONDITIONS 3 (MATERIALS), 11 (WORKING METHOD STATEMENT), 12 (DELIVERY AND SERVICING MANAGEMENT PLAN), 13 (CONSTRUCTION AND LOGISTICS PLAN), 23 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE DESIGN), 36 (SOLAR PV), AND 38 (BALCONIES) TO ALLOW FOR THE POURING OF THIS AREA OF FOUNDATION AHEAD OF THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Graveney
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 3 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Tooting Police Station 251 Mitcham Road Tooting London SW17 9JQ. Merton has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 6 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Graveney. We hold 1,578 applications in total for the SW17 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
SW17 9JQ
Application type
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2023
Last date for comments
19 May 2023
Application expires
16 June 2023
Permission expires
5 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Former Tooting Police StationOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Tooting Police Station 251 Mitcham Road, Tooting SW17 9JQRegister site at or near this address

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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