Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2022 4:13:26 PMTo: Tim LipscombCc: Planning Representations Subject: Planning representation on Application Number 22/P1819 Dear Tim, DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO WIMBLEDON CHASE STATION AND ADJACENT RETAIL UNITS AND 45-48 ROTHESAY AVENUE AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW STATION ENTRANCE AND BUILDING RANGING IN HEIGHT BETWEEN FOUR TO NINE STOREYS […]

Welcome to the third edition of my Insider’s blog. You can read the first and second editions here and here. I hope you’re having a good summer and are not too warm! I was away for a week at the end of July and so this month’s update is a little later than usual. Amongst […]

Below are our updates on the 2022 proposals for the development at Wimbledon Chase Station, including: Summary of and link to the plans (17 July) Feedback from the public meetings (4 August) Response from the developer on sewerage capacity, housing mix, parking and station entrance/step-free design (11 August) We’ll add details to this page as […]

Welcome to the second edition of my insider’s blog. You’ll see that I still haven’t got the length quite right! You can read the first edition here. “Was it a surprise?” Since the elections in May, a number of people have asked me if the best ever local election results for the Lib Dems in […]

Cllr Anthony Fairclough writes: “Hi – one of the things I am going to try out is a monthly round up of some of the things I do as a councillor. Hopefully it’s interesting to at least some people. Let me know what you think. This one’s a bit ‘process-heavy’ but others should be less […]

See our letter here!

Re: Application for 12 storey/53m tall building in Wimbledon town centre You might know that this Thursday, the Council’s planning application committee will be asked to give permission to a huge new building. The site is St George’s House East, which currently houses Pret, Little Waitrose and Starbucks on the ground floor. The proposal is […]

Our area regularly sees flash flooding, especially in parts of Raynes Park and Motspur Park. Local Lib Dem councillors have been pushing Merton Council and Thames Water to take action to solve the problems and clean up the affected areas. On 12 January, Thames Water will be holding a drop in session outside Raynes Park […]

Merton’s churches will be hosting a number of celebrations throughout the festive period, including Carols by Candlelight. See details below:

On Friday, the Council alerted us to a request by the developers of the hotel at the end of Graham Road, to extend the road closure to complete the works. Their reasons were described as: “Due to a number of issues including the shortage of HGV drivers, material shortages and Covid 19, the construction and […]