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Merton's Unitary Development Plan

• Important changes to Merton's Unitary Development Plan
• Merton's UDP online
• Paper copies of Merton's UDP

Merton's Unitary Development Plan (UDP), adopted in October 2003, is part of the statutory development plan for the borough, together with the Mayor's London Plan.

It provides a framework for development of land, development control and conservation. Its aim is to give a clear statement of the council's policies and proposals for development and land use.

The UDP consists of a written statement in two parts and a proposals map.

• Part 1 of the written statement comprises of Merton's planning strategy. Strategic policies within Part 1 set out the council's general policies for the development of the borough.
• Part 2 provides the detailed planning context, policies and site specific proposals which will guide development over the next ten years.
• The proposals map indicates site specific proposals and boundaries to which certain policies apply.

Important changes to Merton's Unitary Development Plan

On 27th September 2007, the Secretary of State issued a Direction. This Direction lists which of Merton's Unitary Development Plan policies can be saved and used to inform planning decisions beyond 27th September 2007.

The Secretary of State has decided that 12 policies from Merton's UDP are no longer required or have been replaced by national policy or the London Plan.

From 27 September 2007 the twelve policies listed below should not be used to help determine planning decisions.

• HN.1: Affordable housing
• HP.3: rehabilitation of vacant dwellings
• HP.4 Density of Development
• HP.6 Flat conversions: retention of units
• LD.3 Planning briefs
• MO.2: Re-use of upper floors
• PE.10 Waste facilities
• S.10 Access for people with disabilities
• ST.9 Quality residential areas
• ST.11: Housing provision
• U.2 Mixed use in urban villages
• U.3: Sustainable transport in urban villages

For more information, please see the following links or contact us using the contact details below.

• Government Office for London letter to Merton Council 24 September 2007 (PDF format 77kB)
• Direction issued by the Secretary of State to Merton Council 24 September 2007 (PDF format 197KB)
• Direction supplementary issued by Secretary of State to Merton Council 27 September 2007 (PDF format 40KB)
• Merton's Planning Applications Committee on 11th October 2007: Saved policies report
• Government Office for London (external website)

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Merton's UDP online (PDF Format)

Merton's Unitary Development Plan (PDF, 2.9Mb) is available here as a single document  but it is likely to take some time to download.

It is also available split into chapters (see below)

Foreword

• Front cover
• Written Statement
• Translation into other languages
• Contents page (i)
• Forward by Cabinet portfolio holders (ii)
• Preface (iv)
• List of figures and tables (viii)
• Glossary of terms and abbreviations (ix)

Part 1

• Chapter 1 UDP Strategy (1)
• Chapter 2 Strategic Planning Policies and reasoned justification (19)

Part 2

Chapter 3: Living and working in Merton

• Chapter 3 contents (45)
• Urban Villages (49)
• Colliers Wood (54)
• Mixed use frontages (57)
• Housing provision (61)
• Housing needs (68)
• Housing standards (75)
• Employment (76)
• Community Services (88)
• Health (92)
• Education (93)
• Tourism (96)

Chapter 4: A safe, green and healthy borough

• Chapter 4 contents (99)
• The natural environment (103)
• The built environment (111)
• Protection of the environment (140)
• Leisure and recreation (154)

Chapter 5: Town centres and shopping

• Chapter 5 contents (169)
• Town centre revitalisation (171)
• Wimbledon (181)
• Mitcham (190)
• Morden (192)
• Local centres (193)

Chapter 6: Transport

• Chapter 6 contents (211)
• Public transport (213)
• The road network and traffic restraint
• Walking and cycling (228)
• Town centres (233)
• Parking (235)
• Land use - transport integration (239)

Chapter 7: Resources and implementation

• Chapter 7 contents (243)
• Land (245)
• Finance (248)
• Implementation of the plan, monitoring and review (252)

Schedules

• Schedules contents (255)
• Schedule 1: Site proposals (257)
• Schedule 2: Open spaces (268)
• Schedule 3: Conservation areas; historic parks & gardens; listed buildings (277)
• Schedule 4: Natural environment designations (286)
• Schedule 5: Archaeolgical priority zones & ancient monuments (289)
• Schedule 6: Parking standards (290)
• Index of policies

Paper copies of Merton's UDP

Paper copies of Merton's Unitary Development Plan are available:

• for public viewing at Merton Link, in Merton Civic Centre and at local libraries
• for purchase from Spatial Policy team by telephoning 020 8545 3041 or  by e-mailing policyandinformationteam@merton.gov.uk
• The UDP Proposals Map can be viewed online here.

External links

• Mayor's London Plan website

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Contact us

Spatial Policy Team.
London Borough of Merton
Merton Civic Centre
London Road
Morden
SM4 5DX.

Telephone: 020 8545 3041
Fax: 020 8545 3326
E-mail: policyandinformationteam@merton.gov.uk