The Council has introduced a general 20mph speed limit across the Borough. This is for the safety of all – motorists, cyclists and pedestrians – and we support it. But…
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A developer is consulting on a proposed development that would include 8- and 14-storey apartment blocks on a site next to the Savacentre entrance off Merantun Way. This is a…
Keep Britain Tidy’s National Spring Clean had to be postponed because of Coronavirus but will now take place as a September Clean on Saturday & Sunday September 26th & 27th….
Many London Boroughs have been implementing “School Streets”, which allow a safe space for children to walk and cycle by restricting vehicles from the vicinity of schools at drop off…
A number of applications have been made across the Borough to erect 5G telecom monopole masts and associated cabinets at street level. Two that affect Wimbledon Village are on Church…
We have responded to the Government’s White Paper on the future of the planning system with a set of notes that you can read here.
An application has been filed for a 7-storey office block at numbers 188/194 The Broadway. This is a small site next to the YMCA. The application follows an earlier one…
Public Health England has published the Improving Access to Greenspaces report, which was written before the COVID-19 pandemic and examines evidence showing that living in greener communities is associated with…
Earlier this month, Wimbledon Society members completed a survey of empty retail premises in different shopping centres in the Wimbledon area. This covered shops temporarily closed because of Covid but…
Merton Council has created a temporary pedestrian and cycle zone in the western limb of the village High St between the main High St and Lingfield Rd. It will operate…
