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2 Cobham Avenue New Malden KT3 6EP

23/P1901Section 191 Certificate - existingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 18 August 2023

Council decision: Refuse Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR A LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF THE EXISTING USE OF THE BUILDING AS 3X C3 DWELLING HOUSES AND 1X C4 DWELLING (HMO)

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Barnes
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target22 Aug
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 2 Cobham Avenue New Malden KT3 6EP. Merton has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Barnes. We hold 1,213 applications in total for the KT3 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
KT3 6EP
Application type
Section 191 Certificate - existing
Development type
Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2023
Consultation expiry
6 August 2023
Consultation start
14 July 2023
Consultation end
6 August 2023
Last date for comments
6 August 2023
Target decision date
22 August 2023
Application expires
5 September 2023
Permission expires
18 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Additional information

Documents
18

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

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

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