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170 Church Road, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 3BW

26/PAA1A5/0032Prior Approval - Class A1 - A5 (Sui Generis) to Residential - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

APPLICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM CLASS E (COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS AND SERVICE) TO CLASS C3 (DWELLINGHOUSE) X1 SELF CONTAINED FLAT

Received
3 February 2026
Ward
Lavender Fields
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 170 Church Road, Mitcham, Merton, CR4 3BW. Merton has handled 637 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 50 applications across Lavender Fields. We hold 877 applications in total for the CR4 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
CR4 3BW
Application type
Prior Approval - Class A1 - A5 (Sui Generis) to Residential - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M

Planning application dates

Validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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