Cumberland Care Home, 67 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 4AB

26/DOC/1837Discharge of Planning ConditionsPending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 8 (TREE PROTECTION) AND 9 (SITE SUPERVISION - TREES) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 23/P2717 RELATING TO THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CARE HOME AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 64-BEDROOM CARE HOME (USE CLASS C2), WITH ASSOCIATED ACCESS, PARKING, PLANTING, LANDSCAPING AND SITE INFRASTRUCTURE.

Received (week of): 24 August 2026
Council: London Borough of Merton
Ward: Cricket Green

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

ReceivedReceived (week of)24 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

8 weeks typical decision time in Merton89% of applications approved

This is a planning application for demolition at Cumberland Care Home, 67 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 4AB. Merton has handled 23 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Cricket Green. We hold 852 applications in total for the CR4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

26/DOC/1837

Address

Cumberland Care Home, 67 Whitford Gardens, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 4AB

Postcode

CR4 4AB

Local Authority

Merton

Application Type

Discharge of Planning Conditions

Decision Status

Undecided

Ward

Cricket Green

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Received

Week of 24 August 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.402832, -0.164135

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Merton

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Planning history at this site

2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning 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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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