Merton Planning Applications

Review Merton planning permission trends by ward, including applications, approval rate and average weeks to decision.

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Merton Planning Trends

Merton recorded 2,053 planning applications in this London planning dataset, including 1,487 applications with an approval or refusal decision. Its approval rate is 87.2%, 2.0 percentage points above the London average (higher than average).

Approved applications in Merton took 9.8 weeks on average. That is 1.2 weeks above the London average (slower than average). The ward with the most applications in this dataset is Village, with 202 applications.

Total decisions

1,487

Approval rate

87.2%

Weeks to decision

9.8


Merton total	1,487	87.2% 87.2%	9.8
Dundonald_histroic	1	100.0% 100.0%	8.1
Figges Marsh_histroic	1	100.0% 100.0%	5.9
Graveney_histroic	1	100.0% 100.0%	12.4
Raynes Park - historic	1	100.0% 100.0%	21.4
Wimbledon	1	100.0% 100.0%	7.1
Wimbledon Park	89	96.6% 96.6%	10.4
Hillside	64	95.3% 95.3%	12.1
Village	156	94.2% 94.2%	11.8
Abbey	82	93.9% 93.9%	9.6
Raynes Park	89	93.3% 93.3%	10.8
Wandle	43	93.0% 93.0%	11.2
Wimbledon Town And Dundonald	47	91.5% 91.5%	14.4
Wimbledon Town and Dundonald	100	91.0% 91.0%	8.6
Longthornton	47	89.4% 89.4%	8.7
Lower Morden	95	87.4% 87.4%	8.4
Cannon Hill	91	86.8% 86.8%	8.4
Colliers Wood	53	86.8% 86.8%	8.6
Lavender Fields	41	85.4% 85.4%	9.4
Cricket Green	43	81.4% 81.4%	12.0
Pollards Hill	56	80.4% 80.4%	10.1
Ravensbury	55	80.0% 80.0%	8.6
Graveney	59	78.0% 78.0%	7.8
West Barnes	89	77.5% 77.5%	7.4
Merton Park	88	77.3% 77.3%	8.4
Figges Marsh	35	77.1% 77.1%	10.9
St Helier	48	72.9% 72.9%	7.2
Abbey_histroic	1	0.0% 0.0%	0.0
Longthornton_historic	1	0.0% 0.0%	0.0
Lower Morden - historic	0	--	0.0

Source: Planning London Datahub. Data covers period April 2025 to July 2026. Approval rate excludes applications still awaiting a decision.

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