Policy information sourced from the Merton Estates Local Plan.

OEP1 Vision

Overarching Plan Vision

Development proposals for Eastfields (Mitcham), High Path (South Wimbledon) and Ravensbury (Mitcham/ Morden) must create sustainable, well-designed, safe neighbourhoods with good quality new homes that maintain and enhance a healthy local community, improve living standards and create safe environments.

Estates Vision

Having regard to the overarching vision and also the particular characteristics of each estate the vision for each estate is as follows:

Eastfields: Contemporary Compact Neighbourhood

  • A new neighbourhood which demonstrates innovative design, reimagining suburban development by maintaining a distinctive character through the creation of a contemporary architectural style encompassing a variety of types, sizes and heights for new homes overlooking traditional streets and the improvement of links to the surrounding area.

High Path: New London Vernacular

  • The creation of a new neighbourhood with traditional streets and improved links to its surroundings, that supports the existing local economy while drawing on the surrounding area’s diverse heritage and strong sense of community. Buildings will be of a high quality internally and externally, have a consistency in design with a strongly urban form and character, optimising the most efficient use of land that makes the most of the excellent public transport services, and has access to quality amenity space.

Ravensbury: Suburban Parkland Setting

  • The creation of a new neighbourhood that relates well to the wider parkland and which protects and enhances local heritage, landscape quality and biodiversity. Characterised by buildings arranged as traditional streets and spaces that improve links to the surrounding area, allow for the landscape to penetrate the site whilst simultaneously improving flood mitigation and increasing the number of homes whilst retaining the character of its suburban parkland setting.

For more information, please see the Estates Local Plan.