In March 2019 Merton Council approved plans for 177 bed hotel with retail units on Hartfield Road, near the junction with Graham Road (more details here). However, only recently has demolition and building work started. On Sunday 6 September 2020, seemingly out of nowhere, a road sign appeared saying that Graham Road would be closed […]

The planning application for the proposed 177 bedroom hotel development at 27-39 Hartfield Road has been approved. Merton’s Planning Applications Committee (a group of 10 councillors) met on Thursday 21 March and ultimately voted to approve the application. Cllr Anthony Fairclough attended the meeting as one of your ward councillors and spoke about the concerns […]

Council bosses are determined to press ahead with new parking charges. The new charges will heavily increase costs for those living in Wimbledon and Raynes Park.  At the February meeting of Merton Council focusing on air quality, Dundonald Lib Dem councillors Simon McGrath and Anthony Fairclough called on the Council to scrap their plans, and instead […]

Last week there was a meeting of Merton’s “Design Review Panel” – a Panel of architects and design experts, which comments on proposals from developers. Part of the meeting is confidential – where the developers have not yet put in formal planning applications, and we can only say a limited amount about those discussions. YMCA […]