Dorset Hall, the Grade II listed Georgian House on Kingston Road, was the home of local suffragette Rose Lamartine Yates in the early twentieth century but had fallen into disrepair. In…
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Planning legislation requires the planning decision-maker to have regard to relevant “material considerations” when considering an application for planning permission. The scope of what can constitute a material consideration is…
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the government’s planning policies for England, and how these should be applied. It provides the essential framework for local plans. It is…
In a recent newsletter from the AELTC to local residents the following statement was made ‘We are committed to providing permanent public access to this parkland, ensuring the scheme benefits…
The High Path Estate adjoins South Wimbledon Underground Station and borders Merton High St and Morden Road. It was developed between the 1950s and 1980s and comprises just over 600…
Merton Council’s Planning Committee has unanimously refused to grant permission for a proposed redevelopment of one of the last Edwardian houses on Wimbledon Hill Road, despite a recommendation from Council…
The AELTC, as owners of the now closed and padlocked Golf Course, sought planning permission last year to remove a handful of trees and some scrubland. We objected at the…
1. During 2022 we considered a total of 205 planning applications and objected or commented on 81 of them. 2. The AELTC’s planning application to both Merton and Wandsworth Councils to…
Dr Dave Dawson, Wimbledon Park’s local ecologist and environmental scientist, writes about the problems of blue-green algae. Wimbledon Park is a very popular place to walk dogs, but beware! In…
For those who thought that the AELTCs plans to build all over Wimbledon Park Golf Course had been done & dusted, they haven’t been. They’ve just got more & more…
