Mitcham Cricket Green Community & Heritage

07/08/2026

Self-interested nonsense from Clarion about planning delays in London - its plans for Majestic Way took a while because the application was so poor and it chose not to listen to local views or fit in with the publicly agreed Local Plan

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-affordable-social-housing-sadiq-khan-b1292307.html?utm_campaign=LDN&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--M_5qYhGUbIoVLfIr3yTCGomDmB9tkuXfCDPv3uKewgHFWVOHsDme5NX_BR3V8v4fJ6gNUaNl6CqSDp0dyxgDys4vYeA&_hsmi=142634168&utm_content=142634168&utm_source=hs_email #:~:text=London%20is%20the%20city%20with,to%20approve%20social%20housing%20developments.

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

Merton is middle of the pack in scorecard of "Healthy Streets" across London - drops two places on last year

https://www.healthystreetsscorecard.london

05/08/2026

Looking great - The Canons walled garden

05/08/2026

Go ahead for Majestic Way tower blocks in the news

The development, reaching 11-storeys, will provide housing, retail and community space in Mitcham town centre

03/08/2026

Advance publicity should allow Merton Council's noise pollution and parking enforcement teams to be out in force at The Ravensbury to avoid a repeat of the recent problems

03/08/2026

BBC News coverage of shocking decision by Merton Council to give go ahead for Majestic Way tower blocks in direct conflict with its own Local Plan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx707ldey9o

03/08/2026

We've seen a host of complaints about the noise pollution from The Ravensbury on Sunday night and massive fly parking problems reported too - not helped by Merton Council "out of hours" hotline not staffed on Sundays

03/08/2026

Welcome news for everyone blighted by smells and lorries that result from food waste processing at Benedict Wharf - Suez has won its appeal to develop an Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Facility with capacity for 100,000 tonnes of food waste a year on Beddington Lane (near the incinerator). Plan is to switch activity from Benedict Wharf