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7 Melrose Road SW18 1ND

2026/2445HouseholderApproved

Approved on 28 August 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations including erection of a first floor rear extension; Erection of a single storey rear/side extension; Installation of a safety railing to the first floor rear elevation; Removal of existing and installation of new timber sash windows to match existing at first and second floors of the front elevation; Erection of a front porch; Removal of the existing garage door and windows, to be bricked up and replaced with a new timber access door and render to match existing; Demolition of existing and erection of a new front boundary wall and railings to 2m high with timber pedestrian and vehicular access gates.

Received
6 July 2026
Ward
DC Validation
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated13 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 7 Melrose Road SW18 1ND. Wandsworth has handled 3,005 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Wandsworth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 265 applications across DC Validation. We hold 2,266 applications in total for the SW18 postcode area.

91% of full applications at London Borough of Wandsworth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW18 1ND
Application type
Householder
Development type
C3 - Dwellings
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 July 2026
Consultation end
13 August 2026
Target decision date
31 August 2026
Application expires
31 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Hollins
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Hill Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    15 May

    T1 Robinia - Fell.

    ApprovedApplication2025/1758

Source: Wandsworth

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