Policy information sourced from the Merton Estates Local Plan.
EP E2 Street Network
- The three streets of Acacia Road, Mulholland Close and Clay Avenue should be combined into one continuous east-west street on as straight an alignment as possible.
- The estate layout should accommodate the potential for a new traditional street following the location of the existing footpath running in a straight alignment from Grove Road to form a junction with M ulholland Close. This new street should be continued clearly through the estate, creating a new north-south street to the boundary with the cemetery with uninterrupted views.
- A new street should be provided parallel to Hammond Avenue such that the backs of new housing on its west side can face the backs of the existing bungalows on Hammond Avenue.
- On the east side of the estate a new street should be created to face Long Bolstead Recreation Ground and the cemetery, in order to retain the visual and physical link between the estate and the recreation ground.
- To the south of the estate there is a wide expanse of under-utilised road space and parking. Here, the existing perimeter street of Clay Avenue should either:
- be positioned closer to the estate boundary and lined with housing frontages overlooking the cemetery, the street being suitable as a mews type street; or
- a new traditional street provided, set further north to enable new housing frontages to face north onto it, with backs facing the cemetery. This second option should also allow for north-south streets to penetrate this frontage and open up public views and potential future access into the cemetery.
For more information, please see the Estates Local Plan.