Policy information sourced from the Merton Estates Local Plan.

EP R8 Building Heights

a) General building height: Building heights must be informed by a comprehensive townscape appraisal and visual assessment which builds on the council’s Estates Local Plan analysis. Any strategy for building heights should make a positive contribution to the existing townscape, character and local distinctiveness of the area.

To ensure that open views to the surrounding trees are retained and the parkland setting of the estate is maintained, buildings heights must not extend higher than the existing Ravensbury Court flats or compete with established mature trees which envelop the estate.

b) Buildings around the edge of the estate fronting Morden Road along Ravensbury Grove and on Ravensbury Garages should be higher than the middle of the estate.

c) Buildings heights within the middle of the estate must generally be lower than around the edges.

For more information, please see the Estates Local Plan.