Ward · London Borough of Merton
Lower Morden.
Lower Morden sees an approval rate of 83% — 4 points below the Merton average across 183 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 16.8%.[1]
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Lower Morden · Merton
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183
Applications 2021–26
Decided applications
83%
Approval rate
4pp below borough avg (87%)
16.8%
Refusal rate
17th highest of 40
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Merton planning records and committee minutes, 2021–26.
Ward overview
Lower Morden recorded 183 substantive planning decisions over 2021–26, approving 83% of them — 4 percentage points below the Merton borough average of 87%. Its refusal rate of 16.8% is 17th highest of 40.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Merton planning register and published decision notices, 2021–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.