Merton's Sites and Policies Plan and Policies Map was submitted to the Secretary of State on 2 October 2013. Mr. R. Yuille MSc DipTP MRTPI was appointed to conduct the examination.
Merton Council appointed a Programme Officer, Pauline Butcher, to manage the Sites and Policies Plan and Policies Map examination on behalf of the Planning Inspector.
Submission documents
The majority of the submission documents have already been published.
Due to the large file sizes for some of these documents and the difficulty of uploading them onto a single webpage, in some cases links are provided to other webpages where these documents can be found.
Any document that is being published here for the first time is uploaded directly on to this webpage.
- SP1.62 Next steps to zero carbon homes: Allowable Solutions
- SP2.1 The London Plan 2011
- SP2.2 The London Plan Revised Early Minor Alterations June 13
- SP2.16 London town centre SPG consultation draft 2013
- SP2.47 Wandle Valley Regional Park governance
- SP2.48 Green corridors in London 1991
- SP3.1 Merton Community Plan 2013
- SP3.2 Merton Core Planning Strategy 2011
- SP3.3. Merton Statement of Community Involvement 2006
- SP3.4 Merton Annual Monitoring Report 2011-12
- SP3.5 Merton Unitary Development Plan 2003
- SP3.6 Merton Local Development Scheme 2011
- SP3.6a Merton LDS minor changes 2012
- SP3.7 Merton Proposals Map 2003 and inset maps
- SP3.8 Merton Planning obligations SPD 2006
- SP3.9 Rediscover Mitcham
- SP3.10 draft Morden station planning brief - consultation Oct13
- SP3.11 Merton's Economic Development Strategy refresh 2012
- SP4.1 Stage 4 Sites and Policies Plan and Policies Map submission
- SP4.2 Submission Plan sustainability appraisal July13 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.3a Submission draft plan with amendments incorporated Oct13
- SP4.3b Policies Map with amends incorporated Oct13
- SP4.4 Schedule of stg4 representations received and council's comments July-Aug13
- SP4.5 Complete copies of all stg4 representations received July-Aug 13 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.6 Sites and Policies Plan statement of consultation July13
- SP4.7 PAS self-assessment toolkit
- SP4.8 Legal compliance PAS toolkit
- SP4.9 Equality Impact Assessment
- SP4.10 Habitats Regulations Assessment
- SP4.11 Duty to co-operate statement
- SP4.12 Key correspondence with the Mayor of London Sept13
- SP2.13 Key correspondence with the Environment Agency Sept13
- SP4.14 Stage 3 consultation Sites and Policies Plan Jan13 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.15 Stage 3 sustainability appraisal Jan 13 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.16 Stage 2a consultation Sites and Policies Plan June12 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.17 Stage 2a sustainability appraisal June12 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.18 Stage 2 consultation Sites and Policies Plan Jan12 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.19 Stage 2 sustainability appraisal Jan12 (link to another webpage)
- SP4.20 Stage 1 Call for sites and policies form July11
- SP4.22 Development plan viability evidence Sept13
- SP4.23 Site allocations deliverability assessment July13
- SP4.24 (this is the same as SP4.5)
- SP4.25 Key correspondence with Planning inspector 14 Oct 2013
- SP4.26 Key correspondence with Planning Inspector 16 Oct 2013
- SP5.1 Raynes Park local centre enhancement plan 2009
- SP5.5 Joint Strategic Needs Assessment - health 2013
- SP5.6 Merton infrastructure needs assessment 2008
- SP5.9 Merton draft school places strategy report 2013
- SP5.9a Merton draft school places strategy appendix 2013
- SP5.10 Merton Housing Strategy 2010
- SP5.11 Merton's affordable housing viability study 2010(Link to Merton's planning research webpage)
- SP5.13 Merton Tenancy strategy
- SP5.16 Merton commercial marketing research report 2013
- SP5.17 Merton hot food takeaways report 2013
- SP5.18 Merton Licensing committee betting shops report 2013(Link to Merton's planning research webpage)
- SP5.19 Merton retail and town centre study 2011(Link to Merton's planning research webpage)
- SP5.20 Merton Economic and Employment Land Study 2011(Link to Merton's planning research webpage)
- SP5.22 Merton Playing Pitch Strategy 2011(Link to Merton's planning research webpage)
- SP5.23 Merton Open Space Study 2011
- SP5.26 Merton Borough Character Study phase 1 2012
- SP5.27 Merton tall building background paper 2010
- SP5.37 Merton Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2008-09
- SP5.39 Merton planning brief on Rainbow industrial estate
- SP5.40 Mitcham Cricket Green Charter
- SP5.42 Merton's draft CIL Charging Schedule 2013 all documents below relating to Merton's CIL are accessible via the link to SP5.42
- SP5.43 Merton CIL viability evidence November 2012
- SP5.44 Merton CIL S106 implementation evidence 2013
- SP5.46 Merton CIL summary of evidence 2013
- SP5.47 Merton CIL statement of representations 2013
- SP5.48 Merton CIL statement of consultation 2013
- SP5.49 Merton Local Implementation Plan2
- SP5.54 Parking surveys in Wimbledon and Morden 2012
- SP5.56 Rediscover Mitcham background information 2013
- SP5.57 Merton PTAL map 2012
- SP5.58a Willow Lane northern access road proposal
- SP5.58b Willow Lane northern access road committee report
- SP5.59 Site 01 and Site 28 development options
- SP5.60 Merton site assessment for gypsy and travellers 2013
- SP5.61 Merton Accommodation needs assessment gypsies and travellers 2013
- SP5.62 We Want Wimbledon petition 2013
- SP5.63 Summary of council site selection process 2013
See the Sites and Policies Examination web page for more details on the public hearings which took place between 21 - 30 January 2014
Contact us
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London Borough of Merton
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Telephone: 020 8545 4141 or 020 8545 3837
Fax: 020 8545 4160
Email: ldf@merton.gov.uk