News: 4th November 2020

Planning permission has been obtained for the construction of four residential flats on a brownfield site in Park Avenue in Mitcham. 

The demolition of a bungalow occupying the corner plot will make way for Alex Coleman Associates' latest new build development in the road. Directly opposite no. 111, completed in 2012, their first such project in Park Avenue and also occupying a tight corner plot, no.112 follows the precedent set by it's predecessor.  

Standard conditions attached to the planning consent include the requirement for first floor windows in the western flank wall (other than the doors to balcony area) to be fitted with obscured glass and fixed shut to 1.7m so as to safeguard the amenities and privacy of the occupiers of the adjoining properties and to comply with Policy 7.6 of the London Plan 2016, Policy CS14 of Merton's Core Planning Strategy 2011 and Policies DM D2 and D3 of Merton's Sites and Policies Plan 2014. Furthermore, the obscured screening to the balcony on the western elevation is to be implemented before the development is first occupied and retained permanently thereafter. 

The hardstanding is be made of porous materials, or provision made to direct surface water run-off to a permeable or porous area or surface within the application site before the development is first occupied or brought into use so as to  reduce surface water run-off and to reduce pressure on the surrounding drainage system in accordance with Policy 5.13 of the London Plan 2016, Policy CS16 of Merton's Core Planning Strategy 2011 and Policy DMF2 of Merton's Sites and Policies Plan 2014.