78 Kenley Road Merton Park SW19 3DS
Approved on 20 November 2025
Council decision: Issue Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
APPLICATION FOR A LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SIDE DORMER AND REAR SIDE CHIMNEY AND THE ERECTION OF A HIP TO GABLE AND REAR DORMER ROOF EXTENSION TO INCLUDE REAR JULIET BALCONY AND X2 FRONT ROOF LIGHTS.
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Merton
- Ward
- Merton Park
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated19 Nov
- Consult.Consultation17 Nov
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 1 day (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for demolition at 78 Kenley Road Merton Park SW19 3DS. Merton has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 8 weeks quicker than Merton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Merton Park. We hold 2,558 applications in total for the SW19 postcode area.
79% of outline 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 3DS
- Application type
- Section 192 Certificate - proposed
- Development type
- Development monitoring information not needed
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 November 2025
- Application expires
- 12 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 54 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202521 Oct
APPLICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION WITH A…
Comment IssuedPrior Approval: Larger Home Extension25/P3015 - 20255 Sep
APPLICATION FOR A LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SIDE…
RefusedLawful development: Proposed use25/P2569 - 202519 Aug
APPLICATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED ERECTION OF A SINGLE…
RefusedPrior Approval: Larger Home Extension25/P2426
Source: Merton
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