New Local Plan
Our overall aim is to ensure the creation of sustainable, efficient and high quality design of the urban environment. We aim to conserve and where appropriate enhance Merton's heritage assets and distinctive character.
| Policy Reference | Policy Name | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| D12.1 | Delivering well designed and resilient neighbourhoods | This is a strategic policy that sets out the key components of good design, including building design, site layout, tall buildings and the public realm. |
| D12.2 | Urban design | This policy aims to ensure the creation of sustainable, efficient and high quality design and layout of the urban environment, providing more detail than the strategic policy D12.1. |
| D12.3 | Ensuring high quality design for all developments | This policy aims to achieve high quality design and protection of amenity within the borough for new buildings, going into more detail about how to achieve this and the areas of design that need to be addressed. |
| D12.4 | Alterations and extensions to existing buildings | This policy aims to achieve high quality design and protection of amenity within the borough for alterations and extensions to existing buildings. |
| D12.5 | Managing heritage assets | This policy aims to conserve and, where appropriate, enhance Merton's heritage assets and distinctive character. |
| D12.6 | Tall buildings | This policy sets the design parameters and locations for tall buildings in Merton. |
| D12.7 | Advertisements | This policy aims to achieve high quality design and protection of amenity within the borough through appropriate control of advertisements. |
| D12.8 | Digital infrastructure | This policy aims to encourage high quality design and protection of amenities within the borough through appropriate design of telecommunications equipment and digital infrastructure. |
| D12.9 | Shop front design and signage | This policy aims to achieve high quality design and protection of amenities within the borough through good quality shop front design and signage. |
| D12.10 | Dwelling conversions | This policy aims to protect the number of family-size dwellings in the borough whilst allowing appropriate dwelling conversions. |
| D12.11 | Basements and subterranean design | This policy aims to ensure that basement and subterranean developments do not cause harm to the built and natural environment, local amenity and do not result in increasing flooding or ground instability issues. |
Merton Local Plan chapter 12: Places and spaces in a growing borough
