Mitcham Cricket Green Community & Heritage

18/12/2025

New plans to replace Church Road parade with houses - these follow rejection of last effort by Merton Council in May

https://planning.merton.gov.uk/MVM/Online/DMS/DocumentViewer.aspx?pk=1000131298&SearchType=Planning%20Application

18/12/2025

Latest twist on plans to build over protected Metropolitan Open Land at Imperial Fields given green light by despite major conflicts with policies to prioritise more family and fewer one bed flats

https://planning.merton.gov.uk/MVM/Online/DMS/DocumentViewer.aspx?pk=1000128974&SearchType=Planning%20Application

18/12/2025

Plans for a "modular building" to be located in Wilson Hospital car park despite existing building (red arrow) lying empty and in breach of temporary planning permission

17/12/2025

Misty Mitcham morning

16/12/2025

Still.looking for ideas for presents? What could be better than membership of your local community group which speaks up for Cricket Green and Mitcham? Just £10 for 2026. Details here
https://mitchamcricketgreen.org.uk/joinordonate/

12/12/2025

Attention turning to future of 193 London Road (edged red) - near Grade I listed Eagle House. Majestic Way tower blocks being amended to avoid overlooking site and giving pre-application advice on unknown development proposal

12/12/2025

Expert assessment reveals St Mark's School to be thrown into shade by troubled Majestic Way tower blocks plan - "around half the windows and half the rooms tested will not satisfy the BRE Guidelines, with a significant proportion of those below the criteria experiencing a material light loss in daylight"

https://planning.merton.gov.uk/MVM/Online/DMS/DocumentViewer.aspx?pk=1000130018&SearchType=Planning%20Application

12/12/2025

Lessons from Barnet for in how to stand up for a neighbourhood by turning down bad development even on sites allocated for building - demand better on Majestic Way

The scheme would have seen five blocks built next to High Barnet station

12/12/2025

Fire safety questions being asked about tower block plans for Majestic Way by fire experts

https://planning.merton.gov.uk/MVM/Online/DMS/DocumentViewer.aspx?pk=1000130018&SearchType=Planning%20Application

12/12/2025

Riva Blooms - a welcome addition to Cricket Green now open on Bramcote Parade

10/12/2025

In the careful language of fire safety assessors this report into the troubled flats proposed for Imperial Fields on former Metropolitan Open Land by the football stadium indicates there are significant outstanding issues with sprinklers, stairs, evacuation lifts and more

https://planning.merton.gov.uk/MVM/Online/DMS/DocumentViewer.aspx?pk=1000128974&SearchType=Planning%20Application

08/12/2025

A reminder of what could have been - original plans for the M23 running through Mitcham

https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?view=51.39887,-0.15886&zoom=14&layer=plans/ringways