Policy information sourced from the Merton Core Planning Strategy.

CS2 Mitcham Town Centre

To improve the overall environment of Mitcham town centre by providing quality shopping, housing, community facilities and good transport links.

We will do this by:

  • Creating a viable town centre through improving the quality of commercial, retail, residential and community uses;
  • Improving the quality and mix of homes including affordable and private housing;
  • Recognising and enhancing the distinct cultural identities of the area, and to encourage businesses, leisure, community and retail outlets that contribute to this;
  • Supporting businesses and enterprise;
  • Enhancing the public realm through high quality urban design and architecture, improvements to shop fronts, public spaces and connectivity to the town centre;
  • Improving access to and around the town centre including supporting the replacement of the existing gyratory system with a ‘two-way’ system.

Surrounding area of Mitcham Town Centre

To improve the overall environment of Mitcham surrounding areas by providing quality shopping, housing, community facilities and good transport links.

The council will do this by:

  • Supporting North Mitcham Local Centre: only supporting development that complements or improves the local or wider public realm;
  • Improving the quality and mix of homes including affordable and private housing;
  • Ensuring that development conserves and enhances the historic environment, for example, around Cricket Green and Mitcham Common;
  • Enhancing the public realm through high quality urban design and architecture, and permitting development that makes a positive visual impact to the overall surroundings and connectivity to the town centre;
  • Building upon the increased public transport provision created by Mitcham Eastfields by improving access to and around Mitcham for all modes of transport including connecting Pollards Hill to key transport nodes;
  • Ensuring measures contribute to the Wandle Valley Low Carbon Zone.

For more information, please see the Core Planning Strategy.