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74, London Road, Morden, SM4 5AZ

25/P3799Full planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 17 March 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Meanwhile use public realm improvement project for the empty Station Yard behind Morden Underground station, accessed via an alleyway under Apollo House on London Road. The project includes a community pickleball court with rigid net, planted seats, painted floors and hoarding. No change of use is required.

Submitted
19 December 2025
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 74, London Road, Morden, SM4 5AZ. Merton has handled 414 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer 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 679 applications in total for the SM4 postcode area.

86% of full planning permission 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
SM4 5AZ
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 64 London Road, Morden SM4 5BERegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    15 Apr

    APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 7 (SECURE BY DESIGN) AND 8 (MANAGEMENT PLAN) RELATING TO APPLICATION…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/DOC/0551
  2. 2025
    19 Dec

    Meanwhile use public realm improvement project for the empty Station Yard behind Morden Underground station…

    This applicationApprovedFull planning permission25/P3799

Source: Merton

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