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The application has now been called in and the GLA will become the local planning authority.

You can find out more about this and how to comment here.


The Motspur Park gas holders and surrounding Metropolitan Open Land from above Motspur Park

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Mayoral ‘call-in’ and the road ahead

On 7 April the Mayor of London notified Kingston and Merton Councils that he would be calling in both parts of this cross-boundary application, and that the GLA would become the local planning authority for the whole scheme. His reasons are twofold: The full Stage 2 Referral Report can be found here. There has been…

Referral to the GLA & Objecting

The application has now been referred back to the Mayor for him to decide whether to call it in. Whilst objections and comments can normally be sent after a call-in decision is made, we have noticed several discrepancies between the two parts of the application on the GLA website. In particular, the Merton application (25/P2859)…

Planning Committee Decision & Thanks

Last night the Planning Committee came to the same conclusion as residents and voted to refuse the application by 10 to 1. Despite the need for homes, the scale, height and massing of the development is not appropriate for this location and would cause substantial harm to Metropolitan Open Land. The proposed development is also…