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49 Sydney Road, Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EG

26/LDCP/0267Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Section 192Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Issue Certificate of Lawfulness

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

APPLICATION FOR A LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE FOR A PROPOSED LOFT CONVERSION WITH THE FORMATION OF A REAR FACING DORMER EXTENSION TOGETHER WITH 3 ROOFLIGHTS IN THE FRONT ROOF SLOPE.

Received
23 February 2026
Ward
Raynes Park
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 49 Sydney Road, Raynes Park, Merton, SW20 8EG. Merton has handled 637 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Merton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 145 applications across Raynes Park. We hold 1,803 applications in total for the SW20 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
SW20 8EG
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate - Proposed - Section 192

Planning application dates

Validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
5 May 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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