Urban Design Task Force

The ‘Planning Ahead: shaping development in your neighbourhood’ consultation runs from Monday 30th January until Friday 23rd March 2012. It follows the successful adoption of Merton’s Core Planning Strategy in July 2011.

We would like to hear what you think of the following proposals:

Draft “Sites and Polices Development Plan Document”
Part 1: draft detailed planning polices to guide development
Part 2: potential sites for development across Merton in the next 10 years
Part 3: draft proposal map shows where specific polices and sites are on a map.

2. Community Infrastructure Levy – to help fund infrastructure necessary for new development

3. Borough Character Study (phase 1) -supporting good design in five neighbourhoods

The draft copies of the documents will be available in libraries at Donald Hope (Colliers Wood) Mitcham, Morden, Raynes Park and Wimbledon and to download via www.merton.gov.uk/planning. If you or your organisation would like to receive a paper copy of any of the above documents directly please let us know by phone on 020 8545 3837 / 020 8545 4141 or by email to ldf@merton.gov.uk

If you are part of a community group, business forum or other organisation and would like us to attend a meeting of your group to discuss CIL, please contact us on 020 8545 4141or 020 8545 3837; by e-mail on ldf@merton.gov.uk or by writing to us at the address above and we will do our best to meet your request.

Every effort has been made to produce these consultation documents as sustainably as possible. We are encouraging everyone who wishes to contribute to this consultation– especially other government bodies – to submit their responses electronically via ldf@merton.gov.uk to help save resources.

Strategic Policy and Research
Future Merton

We are in the process of planning our markets for 2011 on The Piazza. For the past 8 years, we have held five 3-day markets each year, spread throughout the year, with the addition of occasional single traders. Our markets have included French, Italian and Continental with a focus on Food.

As we plan for 2011, we need to know whether you – the residents, visitors and workers in Wimbledon – want them at all, want them more, want them less or want something different.

So please continue and answer a few short questions, plus you will have the opportunity at the end to give us your personal opinions. We will then go by the majority votes in the planning of the markets for next year.

Thank you very much for your time and please pass the link for this survey to your co-workers via email or your intranet, and to any other friends or family members who visit, live or work in Wimbledon.

COMPLETE OUR SURVEY at
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22DLAAFSZ4P

Best Wishes,
Tracy Francis

Wimbledon Town Centre Manager
Direct: 020 8337 8098
Mobile: 07973 987779
www.wimbledontowncentre.co.uk

The South London Waste Plan DPD sets out the issues and objectives to be met in waste management for the next ten years. It is a joint DPD and covers the geographical area comprising the London Borough of Croydon, the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames, the London Borough of Merton and the London Borough of Sutton. It contains policies to guide the determination of planning applications for waste management facilities and identifies existing waste sites to be safeguarded and areas where waste management development may be suitable.

The South London Waste Plan was submitted to the Secretary of State on 28 April 2011 and the Examination-in-Public is currently taking place. The public hearings were held between 12 and 19 July. However, the boroughs are staging a further round of consultation between 3 August and 20 September.

Further Consultation on the South London Waste Plan
Why is the consultation taking place?
The reason for this consultation is twofold:
1. At the public hearings into the South London Waste Plan in July, the boroughs proposed a number of changes to the document and, while it is not a statutory duty to consult on these changes, the boroughs consider, in the interests of fairness, residents and interested parties should have the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes.
2. On July 25, the Government published the draft National Planning Policy Framework (draft NPPF) which will replace the majority of existing national planning guidance. The Inspector, who is examining the South London Waste Plan, is inviting comments on any implications of this policy development for the South London Waste Plan.

What exactly can I comment on?
1. Since the South London Waste Plan has already been through three stages of consultation and been submitted for examination, comments must be limited to the boroughs’ proposed changes only (highlighted in red in the “Examination Changes Document” or those changes listed in the ”Schedule of Changes Relating to Soundness”). The Sustainability Appraisal on the Examination Changes may also be commented on.
2. To consider the implications of the draft NPPF on the South London Waste Plan, comments can refer to the entirety of both documents.

Where can I read the documents?
The documents are available
1. On the boroughs’ websites:
www.croydon.gov.uk/wasteplan (click on “Read full details of further consultation and download consultation documents here”)
www.kingston.gov.uk/wasteplan (click on “South London Waste Plan Stage 4: Submission”)
www.merton.gov.uk/wasteplan
www.sutton.gov.uk/wasteplan
2. In the principal council offices and libraries across the four boroughs.

Where do I send my comments?
Please fill in a response form, available on the websites on in the offices and libraries, and sent it to:
Mrs Pauline Butcher, South London Waste Plan Programme Officer,
c/o Guildhall II, Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames,
High Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, KT1 1EU

Alternatively, you can send your comments by email, making it clear by reference to the number(s) which changes you are referring to in the “Track Changes Document” or the “Schedule of Changes Relating to Soundness” or which paragraphs of the draft NPPF and/or South London Waste Plan you are referring to. Please send your comments to both the email addresses below:
ldfprogrammeofficer@tiscali.co.uk AND southlondonwasteplan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

For further information or questions relating to the consultation, please telephone Duncan Clarke, the South London Waste Plan Project Manager, on 020 8547 5375.

When does the consultation close?
The consultation closes on Tuesday, 20 September at noon.

Yours faithfully,

Duncan Clarke
South London Waste Plan Project Manager
Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames
E: duncan.clarke@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
T: 020 8547 5375

London Borough of Merton
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England)
Regulations 2004
Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England)
(Amendment) Regulations 2008
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THE
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK:
CORE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT

Merton Council formally adopted its Core Planning Strategy Development Plan Document (DPD) on 13th July 2011. The Core Strategy sets out the Council’s spatial vision, strategic objectives and spatial strategy on how the borough should develop over the next fifteen years along with core policies and information on monitoring and implementation.
The Core Strategy is part of the Local Development Framework (LDF), which will eventually replace the Unitary Development Plan (UDP) adopted October 2003.
Notice is hereby given that copies of Merton’s adopted Core Strategy along with the associated Sustainability Appraisal Report are available for inspection at Merton Civic Centre and the borough libraries.
The opening times of Merton’s libraries via: http://www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/findalibrary.htm
(Please note that times within each facility may be subject to change)
Any person aggrieved by the Core Strategy DPD may make an application under Section 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 to the High Court on the grounds that the document is not within the appropriate powers and/or a procedural requirement has not been complied with. Any such application must be made by 24th August 2011
The adopted Core Strategy is available to download via: http://www.merton.gov.uk/environment/planning.htm
You can contact the council by:
Writing to: Future Merton, 12th Floor Civic Centre, London Road, Morden SM4 5DX
Email: ldf@merton.gov.uk
Phone: 020 8545 4141 or 3837
Yours faithfully,

Strategic Policy Team Future Merton
London Borough of Merton
Environment and Regeneration
020 8545 4141 or 3837

Site and Polices Development Plan Document (Sites and Polices DPD) 15th July – 9th September 2011.
Following the recent adoption of Merton’s Core Planning Strategy, LBM are now preparing a Sites & Policies Development Plan Document (Sites & Policies DPD).

As part of the ‘Call for Sites’ stage, we invite landowners, developers and other interested parties to suggest sites likely to have potential development or redevelopment for 2011-2026. By engaging at this stage of the consultation process you will be able to submit proposals for consideration for site allocation(s), for future use or development of land.

Responses must be received by no later than midnight on the 9th September 2011.

Every effort has been made to produce these documents as sustainably as possible. We are encouraging everyone who wishes to contribute to Call for Sites consultation to submit their responses and questionnaire electronically via www.merton.gov.uk/planning or by e-mail to help save resources.

If you should require a paper copy of the Call for Sites questionnaire please contact Strategic Policy Team on:

Telephone: 020 8545 4141 or 3837

Email: ldf@merton.gov.uk

Yours faithfully,

Strategic Policy Team Future Merton
London Borough of Merton
Environment and Regeneration
% 020 8545 4141 or 3837