Policy information sourced from the Merton Estates Local Plan.
EP H3 Movement and Access
- The main vehicle routes within the estate are currently Pincott Road and Nelson Grove Road, which are located centrally within the estate. Their character and layout must resemble a traditional street and serve the needs of all users, without the need to provide separate or segregated facilities for cyclists.
- Streets in the estate must connect in an open and easy to understand way that encourages movement by pedestrians and cycles. All streets must be safe, attractive and sociable places designed so as to manage vehicle speeds. Where streets are closed to vehicles at one end they must not restrict the ability of vehicular movement in the future. The existing number of vehicular links into the estate along Merton High Street must be retained.
- Proposals must make provision for measures to reduce the physical barrier (severance) caused by Morden Road to east-west pedestrian and cycle movement to better link The Path and Milner Road with the estate.
- The pedestrian and cycle access from the south-east corner of the estate towards Abbey Mills and Merantun Way must be improved in quality. The council’s ambition is for better pedestrian facilities on the roundabout serving Abbey Mills, and reassessment of the siting of the existing pedestrian crossing by the River Wandle Bridge and its approach from Abbey Road.
- Vehicular parking must, in the first instance, be provided on-street and well integrated into the street design. Any additional parking required can be provided in parking courts or under landscaped podiums. Proposals must be accompanied by a comprehensive parking management strategy.
- Proposals should demonstrate how any implications of a potential Tramlink extension to South Wimbledon could be accommodated.
For more information, please see the Estates Local Plan.