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Ridgway, Wimbledon, SW19 4QN

25/P2969Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 January 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF SECOND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE INTO 3 X 1 BEDROOM FLATS.

Submitted
15 October 2025
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Ridgway, Wimbledon, SW19 4QN. Merton has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Merton's typical decision time. The site is in the Wimbledon Village conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 406 applications across Village. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the SW19 postcode area.

73% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) 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
SW19 4QN
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Feb

    APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 5 (HO9 CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES) & 7 (CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES ) ATTACHED TO…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/DOC/0260
  2. 2025
    15 Oct

    PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF SECOND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE INTO 3 X 1 BEDROOM FLATS.

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/P2969

Source: Merton

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