Merton’s Planning Committee will be making a decision on the Planning Application about the Rainbow Estate near Raynes Park Station on September 17th 2015 at 1915hrs. The report to the councillors on the Planning Application Committee is recommending “granting permission”. Local LibDems have campaigned for several years that this application will cause significant traffic congestion […]

Applications for planning permission were lodged with Merton Council in December. The plans are for 229 flats (5 to 7 storey buildings) and 3,400m2 of employment space, on the nearly 20,000m2 site (that means about 17% of the site). There are also plans for a station “drop off” area at the site’s entrance, which is at the junction of Grand Drive and Approach Road, […]

Workspace Ltd, the owners of the Rainbow Industrial Estate, are currently consulting on renewed plans for the site. The area is currently used by a range of businesses including a coach company, in the area southwest of Raynes Park station between the railway tracks that head south to Motspur Park. There have been a range […]

The owners of the Rainbow Industrial Estate, Workspace Group, are holding a public exhibition of their plans to develop it, at Raynes Park Library on Thursday 18th September:  6.30pm–9pm and Friday 19th September: 2pm–8pm. The plans for 220 flats and 3,400m2 of employment space, on the 1.94 hectare site. There are also plans for a […]

Yesterday, the High Court gave two judgments on the legal challenge to the appropriation of part of Dundonald Rec in order to expand Dundonald Primary. To exercise its powers lawfully, Merton’s Council cabinet had to determine the land was no longer required for its present purpose, that is as public open space. The Court looked […]

Lib Dem councillors were successful at the Council meeting tonight,  getting the Council to agree to introduce a “One Planet Merton” framework, requiring all Council policies and activities to be judged against their impact on the environment. We know we need to reduce our ecological footprint by two thirds in order to establish a fairer […]

Merton is awaiting the outcome of its bid for funding from Transport for London for a ‘mini-holland‘ scheme, to improve cycling routes and facilities in the borough. These should be announced by the Mayor of London in mid Feb 2014. The funding is supposed to provide approximately three outer London boroughs with the funds to […]

At the Council meeting on 20 November, a motion was proposed by Liberal Democrat and other opposition councillors calling on Merton Council to reconsider their controversial plans to appropriate open space on Dundonald Rec to expand Dundonald Primary. Cllr Iain Dysart, who signed the motion for Merton Lib Dems, said: “We were pleased to introduce […]

This post discusses the recent history of proposals for developing the Rainbow Industrial Estate by Raynes Park station. Proposals for development since 2009 We’ve been campaigning against inappropriate development on the site since 2009, when a proposed food waste processing plant was stopped because of concerns about air pollution caused by extra traffic bringing in […]

Developers Wellsborough Developments Ltd are holding a public exhibition on the proposals for 17 new homes at 26 Bushey Road (the former car wash) on Friday 6 Sep 2013, between 4-8pm at the Whatley Centre (in the Gym). Please go along and have your say! Full details are here. UPDATE Please get in touch with […]