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MERTON
Character Study Appendix
Consultation summary
Allies and Morrison Solidspace
Urban Practitioners
Consultation summary
Merton Council was very keen that The second part contains a summary of
this Character Study had an extensive the comments that were received about
programme of engagement to help test each neighbourhood, including direct
the emerging ideas and ensure that quotes from the surveys.
local residents were happy with the way
their neighbourhoods were represented. Workshop
Covid 19 hit shortly after this study was
Separate to this survey, a short survey for
commissioned which has meant that the
community groups was also undertaken,
plans for consultation have needed to be
as well as a stakeholder workshop to test
adapted and evolved to take an online
ideas and emerging proposals. A write up
and digital form. Over 450 people have
of this workshop is included within this
contributed to the engagement process
document.
which is an incredible achievement given
the recent challenging context.
Next steps
Quotes from all of the engagement events The engagement process on this project
help to illustrate this report and ensure will continue. The council plans to adopt
the voice of local residents is recognised this report as a Supplementary Planning
within this study. Document. The consultation period on
the draft document will run for 6 weeks
Online public survey from Monday 8 February 2021. The
document will be reviewed and amended
A digital survey was designed and went
as a result of this consultation and a final
live online between 7 September and
version will be adopted later this year.
5 October 2020. 416 people responded
to this from within all areas of the
borough. The survey was designed to
test the proposed neighbourhoods and
review their boundaries. We also wanted
to understand what people valued
about each neighbourhood and better
understand what could be changed and
improved.
This report contains a summary of the
responses to this survey, beginning with
a review of changes to neighbourhood
boundaries as a result of comments.
Survey - Boundary changes...
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Neighbourhoods review
Summary of key comments on boundaries
• What are Merton Park’s boundaries?
• Some think Kingston Road is the
Old Merton northern boundary, others think Merton
Park?
Park extends beyond Kingston Road into
Wimbledon Chase area.
• General agreement that the tram line
forms the eastern edge, although
acknowledge Old Merton Park on other
side of tramline.
• Some think the Merton Park area should
be in Wimbledon, not Morden.
• Some people think it’s its own piece -
different to Wimbledon and Morden
• Merton Park is more contained? Defined
by the arts and crafts houses and
gardens of the John Innes developments
/ the John Innes Estate and the
Church / original Garden Suburb and
conservation area / parish boundaries
of St. Mary’s Church?
“Merton Park’s boundaries are defined by railway
Existing boundaries for Merton Park and tram lines, then within that area by age and
Residents who disagreed with the boundary and described their neighbourhood as Merton Park type of housing. Morden is the major shopping
centre on the southern perimeter”
Possible moves...
Most popular
Proposed change:
Move boundary northwards to
Kingston Road (but include the
Kington Road frontage within
Wimbledon Chase)
Summary of key comments on boundaries
• Some consider Haydons Road in Wimbledon, not Colliers Wood. Extend Queen’s
Road sub area to Haydons Road? Or Haydons Road goes into Wimbledon?
• Queen’s Road area seen as South Park Gardens to some - rename?
• Boundary of South Wimbledon? Does it need to move north into Queen’s Road area
/ Haydons Road area? A couple of people in Queen’s Road area feel they are in South
Wimbledon, but others nearby see themselves as in Wimbledon or central Wimbledon.
• Boundary between South Wim and Colliers Wood the Wandle - this would tie in with lots of
people west of the Wandle in the Haydons Road area describing themselves as being in South
Wimbledon.
Possible moves... Proposed changes:
Leave Haydons Road in CW but Queen’s
Road to extend a little eastwards.
Acknowledge South Park Gardens within
character area but leave area as Queen’s
?
Road.
?
Extend South Wimbledon boundary north-
east to take in the Wandle.
Summary of key comments on boundaries Proposed changes:
Summary of key comments on boundaries
• Relationship between Raynes Park, Cannon Hill and Wimbledon Chase - should
Raynes Park extend southwards to Cannon Hill Lane?
Possible moves...
Proposed changes:
Take the south side
of Bushey Road into
Raynes Park but not the
whole way
Mawson Way relates
south so leave in
Cannon HillSummary of key comments on boundaries
• Relationship between Raynes Park and Copse Hill with Wimbledon:
Some people feel Raynes Park should be smaller and further to west?
Some people feel like the Copse Hill area, especially north of Copse Hill itself is in Wimbledon
Postcodes in the current ‘Copse Hill’ area identify as living in ‘West Wimbledon’
Possible moves...
“Raynes Park is a smaller
Make this green
area than shown on the map,
and Copse Hill? bounded by the A298, Lower
Downs Road, Arterberry Road,
Montana Road, Conway Road,
What would Hunter Road, Pepys Road,
Cottenham Park Road, Oakwood
this become?
Road, Cambridge Road”
Cottenham
Park / West OPTION 1: Copse Hill becomes a
Wimbledon Wimbledon neighbourhood.
OPTION 2: Copse Hill deleted as
neighbourhood and northern half
Shrinken becomes part of Wimbledon Com-
Raynes mon and southern part becomes
Park Raynes Park.
slightly?
OPTION 3: Leave as it isSummary of key comments on boundaries
• West Barnes...is this a neighbourhood?
Rename Grand Drive West Barnes - lots of people in the Grand Drive area describe themselves
as living in Raynes Park or West Barnes - would perhaps be more relatable than Grand Drive.
• However is West Barnes larger than this? Looks like it extends into Motspur Park too...maybe
best to leave as is!
• Grand Drive should take in Parkway
• Aboyne Drive should move into Shannon Corner - doesn’t fit with Copse Hill - barrier
of A3...and Carter’s Estate in Shannon Corner too?
Proposed changes:
Keep Grand Drive as Grand
Drive but reference West
?
Barnes in report
Move Parkway into Grand
Drive
Move Aboyne Drive into
Shannon CornerSummary of key comments on boundaries
• Streatham Road - some people feel they living in Tooting! Reference in report?
• Figge’s Marsh feels like it should be in the centre of the neighbourhood
Proposed changes:
Include eastern side of
Figge’s Marsh into the
Figge’s Marsh area
Reference relationship
with TootingNeighbourhoods feedback summary...
Transport
Q6 Sub-area’s compared.. 9.0
average scores 8.0
7.0
Safety Environment
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Mitcham Morden Raynes Park WimbledonSOUTH WIMBLEDON
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need improving?
live? Why?
• The attractive, human scale, Victorian • South Wimbledon station - needs greening 19 responses
and Edwardian buildings and junction improvements. How can this
• Tree lined streets become more of a destination? Leisure, culture
and community uses?
• Green spaces and city farm “I like that Wimbledon town
• Parks needs to have better facilities (Cafes, centre is busy, urban and
• Local high streets for shopping, dining more gardens rather than just grass etc...). vibrant. But that surrounding
etc with an independent offer
• Housing estate behind South Wimbledon tube residential areas are
• The community feel in various groups needs to be maintained better. peaceful and have historic
of streets and South Wimbledon as a character”
whole - family friendly. Active community • Kingston Road - public realm and
and residents groups with events - use of development sites (car garages, vacant hall)
“Kingston Road needs
schools at weekends by community and • Support local shops by investing in public improving - both in terms of
faith groups realm, widen pavements and shopfronts its public realm but there
• Easily accessible to central London and improvements. Protect space for businesses are also sites along it, like
Surrey (no more resi conversions) car garages that make the
• Dominance of traffic and improved cycling road look messy. These
• Historical interest (Nelson’s Ownership could be redeveloped for
of Property In The Past) and proximity to and linked paths
new homes”
Merton Priory. • Diversification of retail on Merton High Street
• Litter/fly tipping/potholes “Kingston Road is a mish-
mash of randomly, cheaply,
• Better integration of new development style
poorly, un-cohesive
with existing character of the area.
conversions that bear
no links to the Victorian
heritage of the parade.”6 South Wimbledon
Q6 neighbourhoods.. Transport
8.0
South Wimbledon
7.0
Safety 6.0 Environment
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
6 South WimbledonCOLLIERS WOOD
Colliers Wood
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need improving?
live? Why?
• Independent restaurants and community • Retail parks as opportunity for change 25 responses
assets (Merton Abbey Mills), the • Redevelopment of former Virgin Active site,
Wimbledon Brewery coffee in the North Road needed urgently to provide “ the buildings in Colliers Wood have
wood, pub, Wandle community centre affordable housing been improved, but there is more
• Heritage buildings - the abbey and mills work to do to make it seem like a
• Recreation grounds - improvements and busy London Borough - currently the
• Victorian terraced houses - attractive maintenance high street seems left behind and the
streets • New housing areas must have good access shopping centres seem like car parks
• Community spirit, safe and friendliness to sustainable transport modes and better with shops. There needs to be more
bin storage dedicated community space.”
• Green spaces - Wandle trail and park
• Lots of comments about rubbish problems
“The retail parks are very badly
• Need for a community focal point/hub; designed, taking up a huge footprint
more variety of amenities (e.g. a cafe, with ground level car parking on
space for creative business). prime land, and encourage people
• High street should be made more attractive to drive the quarter mile between the
with better street-scaping and greenery - shopping hubs.”
issue with current traffic dominance
“The high street and area around
• Too much car parking and dominance of the tube station needs to be better.
vehicles deterring cyclists This is the first thing people see
• Parks and Wandle trails need better upkeep when visiting CW but the shops and
- cutting back weeds to help widen paths. upkeep let it down. CW has a lot to
offer, but visitors would be deterred
by all upon arrival.”HAYDONS ROAD
Colliers Wood
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Parks, natural green spaces and trees • Haydons Road - busy and unpleasant - 12 responses
• Good transport links and access to particularly to the northern end - where
services it meets Durnsford Road/Plough Lane -
a barrier to moving around
• Residential streets - good mix of housing
• Wandle paths - wonderful but need “Need a better quality of new
• Merton Abbey Mills and river corridor better maintenance. And better care of housing - too many poor-
other green spaces quality flats being built”
• Traffic - rat-running on Poets
• Shops - could be put to better use - pop- “Attempts to make the area
up or temporary uses? more built up because
• Prevent motorcycles using cycle only Wimbledon is fashionable
access roads are making things significantly
more cramped and stressed
• Litter issues and better street lighting
(and being near industrial
areas along the Wandle
compounds this - two different
reasons to build up the area
which are in direct conflict
with what works for the other;
neither works for residents)”9.0
Q6 neighbourhoods..
8.0
Colliers Wood
7.0
Safety Environment
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
1 Colliers Wood 1 Colliers Wood District Centre 1 Haydons RoadWIMBLEDON VILLAGE
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Village atmosphere • The village requires further investment 3 responses
• Proximity to amenities of village shops given it is such a significant draw
and restaurants • Traffic and pollution
• Open spaces of the common and parks • Curation of shops in village - less
• Easy access to the transport system charity, less chain and less vacant
including rail and underground and tram • Wimbledon stables - cleaning “Proximity to amenities of village shops
services. and restaurants together with the
closeness of the open spaces of the
common and parks”
“Proximity to amenities of village shops
and restaurants together with the
closeness of the open spaces of the
common and parks”“Wimbledon town centre
needs to be pedestrianised
WIMBLEDON TOWN for character and to
Wimbledon encourage footfall and
local businesses”
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Strong blend of commerce, culture, • Concern about high-rise development 46 responses
retail and residential. • Traffic - congestion and rat running on
• Green spaces and leafy feel residential side streets
“The risk is of high rise development
• South Park Gardens • Cycling - comments to improve the taking over - the public have consistently
• Wimbledon tennis as a key draw Broadway told the Council that they don’t want this
• Find a way to give restaurants yet the Council consistently goes against
• Sense of community - schools, library the public’s wishes by granting planning
and churches and within each small space for outdoor seating - further
pedestrianisation? consents for such developments”
residential neighbourhood
• Variety of shops and services • Vacancy on the high street - need for
shop front improvements “Feels very suburban even though I am
• Entertainment (theatres/cinema)
• New affordable homes with gardens close to more urban facilities with lots of
• Connections conveniences.”
• Street scape in general - poor paving,
• Low-rise quality and characterful street furniture, lighting etc.
residential streets - consistency is key “The natural habitat that was
• Aim for high quality new development in incorporated in the original lay-out of the
• Historic landmarks - on Broadway and the high street roads and its houses, such as the front
also old Pelham school gardens and grass verges with their trees
• Maintenance regime for new tree
planting and shrubs. Also the original architecture
“A mix of closely related residential of the older buildings, with their pitched
houses of all types coupled with almost • More music and arts roofs, stainglass windows, boundary
adjoining in some cases, commercial • Kingston Road - opportunities for walls, front garden paths, gates and
buildings. A contrast of accessible improvement front door porches. All these features are
retail areas, leisure facilities and being lost at an unprecedented rate.”
• Vacancies in centre court - no reason to
attractive residential architecture”
go hereWORPLE ROAD
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Quiet suburban feel • Undeveloped plot of land next door 7 responses
• Green spaces and street trees - close to to Sainsbury’s on George St could be
the common either turned into a larger supermarket
or accommodation or offices (NOT high
• Local low rise shopping centre which is Rise)
useful without being a ‘destination’. “A quiet suburban feel of
• Concern about scale of new the neighbourhood, the
• Adjacent to the town centre and the development presence of wonderful
village for amenities green spaces, the
• Parking - not enough, too expensive and
no monitoring access to a low rise
shopping centre which
• Pedestrian connection along the railway is useful without being a
- litter and graffiti ‘destination’. ”
• Affordable housing
• Traffic and aim quality
“Low rise different
properties with gardens
which retain the character
of the past.”WIMBLEDON COMMON
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• A village feel close to the city • Natural children’s play areas on the 2 responses
• Green spaces common on Cannizaro Park
• High quality homes • Increasing number of vacant shops
• Close to shops, services, cultural and • Street clutter improvements
community facilities
“I really praise the way
• Not dominated by high-rise Merton has kept its libraries
open, and re-thought their
uses.”
“It has the feel of a village
but is a part of London and
very close to the city”WIMBLEDON CHASE
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Full of trees and hilly hedges • Traffic and run-running 35 responses
• Green spaces and sports facilities • Support for better cycle provision
• Family oriented with good schools and • Support local parades and shop front
community spirit - the John Innes Society, improvements - more shops, cafés and
the Merton Park Ward Residents’ restaurants
Association, St Mary’s Merton and • Retain mix of residential and “Cycling is ignored and its
other local groups. employment the way forward”
• History and characterful streets with • Litter, potholes and fly tipping - better
variety and interesting history - John cleaning
Innes and St Mary’s church “Heritage and community
• Public realm improvements including cohesion with long term
• Well cared for by the residents tree management and wider pavements stability.”
• Nelson Hospital valued needed
• The town centre has a mix of business • Lighting at night at the station and step- “Recycling and rubbish
and residential areas. free access bins are very unsightly in
front gardens. A scheme
• Well connected with good transport • More community spaces and gym to encourage householders
links equipment in parks for social gatherings to have a small shed or at
and public toilets least a cover, perhaps with
• More electric charging points and car a living roof, would help to
clubs cover them.”RIDGEWAY
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green space • Too many charity shop 5 responses
• Detached large houses • Traffic, congestion and poor road
• Peaceful condition
• Historic urban environment and Listed • Changes to individual dwellings -
Buildings basement construction
“Wimbledon has everything,
vibrant area, good
shopping, great selection
of restaurants etc, great
transport links, and open
spaces with the Common.
Just a great place to live!”
“Stop giving planning
permission to noisy
construction of ‘vanity’
basements that blight the
landscape for a year or
more”QUEENS ROAD
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• South Park Gardens and other green • Concern about the negative character 20 responses
spaces developing on the Broadway - poor
• Terraced housing - quiet residential quality new development - need tree
streets with historic character planting and greening
“An indoor market like the
• Local schools • Haydons Road - negative impact of
one Wimbledon used to have
traffic and poor quality buildings
• Convenience of neighbourhood and a fishmonger and butcher
• More independent shops and too much in the high street would be
vacancy great.”
• Traffic and car parking concerns
• Need better cycle lanes “The Broadway is becoming
• Concern about tall buildings and too concrete and losing the
development of extra storeys on the charm and character of the
existing blocks of flats area. Too many ugly new
blocks that keep going higher”
• Public realm - street clutter
• More affordable housing
• Retain front gardens “New buildings which are too
bulky for their surroundings
with unattractive facings using
cheap materials which require
more upkeep than they are
likely to get.”PLOUGH LANE
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Quiet residential area • Concern about adjacencies of industrial 3 responses
• Multi-cultural neighbourhood sites in close proximity to residential
areas, damaging local green spaces
• Close to good transport links and
• Need more community resources “Awkward misuse of industrial
convenient for shopping,
sites in close proximity to
• Near to high quality green spaces. • Public art
residential areas, and these
• Step-free access to station damage the integrity of local
• Traffic and disjointed cycle lanes green spaces”
• HGVs particularly from waste disposal
““Wandle Trail” is just a sleazy
short-cut through industrial
scrubbery. No attempt to either
cultivate or “re-wild” the nearby
former sewage works.”
“Pedestrians and cyclists should
come first in highways terms. Lack
of safe cycling provision between
this neighbourhood, Wimbledon,
Wandsworth and Morden puts
many vulnerable road users off”PARKSIDE
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green space - Wimbledon Common • Schemes to reduce through traffic 1 responses
• Excellent transport - TfL and SW Rail as • A greater variety of shops in village and
well as A3 town centre
• Wide range of services/shops
“Wimbledon Village and
Town both need a greater
variety of shops and a
scheme to reduce through
traffic”LEOPOLD ROAD
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green suburban area with trees in the • Reduce congestion by encouraging 9 responses
street-scene other modes of transport
• Good transport access • Wimbledon Park - poor maintenance,
• Classic terraced housing interspersed excessive events and projects. Need for
with blocks of flats free to use facilities
• Public realm improvements including “The heritage value of the Grade
• Leopold Road shopping parade
more benches II* Wimbledon Park is being
• Concern the character area is too large degraded by insensitive planning,
and heterogeneous • Wimbledon station - a neglected, run-
poor maintenance, excessive
down look
events and projects”
• St Georges carpark needs to be
improved to make it encouraging and
inviting for use. “Too much parking allowed half
• Elm Grove ‘business estate’ needs a on and half off the pavement.
formal plan for the future - concern Cars do seem to have priority
about residential conversion here”
• More EV charging points “Wimbledon hill road needs
• Bike storage in streets to encourage updating to make nicer and
ownership greener, its a poor looking public
space. Need to return more streets
to tree-lined as over the years too
many trees have been cut down”DURNSFORD ROAD
Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Good access to green spaces • Concern about golf course 5 responses
• Golf course and tennis club redevelopment
• Consistent housing types in grid pattern • Durnsford Road itself felt to be
with no through traffic unpleasant
• Good transport links • Litter and rubbish
• Protect front gardens “Wimbledon Common is
my favourite feature, it is a
• Concern about damage to Wimbledon great open space right on
Park our doorstep.”
• Better access in Wimbledon Park e.g.
path around the lake
• Better access to sports facilities for allQ6 neighbourhoods.. Transport
10.0
Wimbledon 9.0
8.0
Safety Environment
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
5 West Wimbledon 5 Durnsford Road 5 Leopold Road
5 Merton Park 5 Parkside 5 Plough Lane
5 Queens Road 5 Ridgeway 5 Wimbledon Chase
5 Wimbledon Common 5 Wimbledon Major Centre 5 Wimbledon Town
5 Wimbledon Village 5 Worple RoadGRAND DRIVE
Raynes Park
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces - Sir Joe hood Memorial • Bellway need to open the Sports Field 9 responses
Playing Field, Bushey Mead and for children’s sport and community use;
Cannon Hill Common. they must not be allowed to build on it.
• Excellent local schools • Improve railway bridges, particularly in
Cannon Hill Lane “I believe that green spaces
• Quiet residential area with varied house are what make Raynes
types • Burlington Road between the West Park, and to a greater
• Limited shops including the parade on Barnes level crossing and Shannon extent Merton, special.
West Barnes Lane, and the corner shop Corner is in need of some regeneration. There are large park
on Seaforth Avenue. • Improvements and maintenance to spaces that are largely left
pedestrian connections - e.g. the to be wild apart from trails
• Established sense of community with
alleyway that leads between Burlington and certain fields”
residents association - community hubs
include West Barnes Library (very active Road and the A3
“Varied residential - it’s
as social centre) Sacred Heart School, • Public and community projects:
quite mixed up, so there
Raynes Park high School, the churches Shannon Corner needs to be tidied
tend not to be too many
(St Saviours, Holy Cross, The Lighthouse up - let’s have some artwork from local
concentrations of one type
in Seaforth Avenue). The Residents’ schools.
of housing or people”
Association Pavilion, the Paddock • Traffic on Grand Drive turning side
Allotments and other halls, e.g. the roads into ‘rat-runs’ and concern about
Scout hut in Motspur Park, are well increase in development causing more
used; also several sports clubs. congestion
• Improvements and increase in bus
routesCOPSE HILL/WEST WIMBLEDON
Raynes Park/Wimbledon
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green feel and green spaces • Need better transport links - more 3 responses
• Quiet regular buses
• A village atmosphere • Traffic speeds too high
• Access into Coombe Lane from cul de
sacs needs improving.
• The bridge over the A3 - negative
impact and issues with pedestrian safety
“The Copse Hill/West
Wimbledon area benefits
from large amounts of
green space and a village
atmosphere”MOTSPUR PARK
Raynes Park
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces • Area around the station needs 2 responses
• Community feel improving
• Low rise and comparably more • High street ‘lacking’ with no community
affordable housing offer
“Train stations need a
facelift”
“There is no community hall
with events”RAYNES PARK
Raynes Park
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Quiet residential street with many • Traffic flow and parking concerns - road 20 responses
nearby schools - ‘village’ feel systems make it hard to navigate by bike
No responses in Shannon
• Parks and access to green open space - • Better use of empty land - ‘pointless Corner
Holland Park and Cottenham Park green triangle in the middle of roads’
• Excellent transport links and ‘vacant plots not being developed
quickly enough’
• Characterful historic terraced streets
• More restaurants
• Community feel and projects such as “Raynes Park centre is overly
Lantern Arts Centre, Cavern Freehouse, • Poor repair of streets and pavements dominated by high traffic roads and
MyRaynesPark Festival, Love & Dye and street clutter suffers from a poor quality public realm
• Poor condition of the station and the as a result; I would be keen to see one
surrounding area side of the one-way system removed, in
order to create more public space and
• Deteriorating maintenance in the parks -
improve the quality of the urban realm”
new children’s play area
• Vacant shops and buildings needing
attention “Section of “dual carriageway”
• Improved pedestrian routes between on Kingston Road is completely
green spaces and wider pavements unnecessary and could be removed
near schools and used to create more public
space.”
• Concern about loss of local
employment sites to housing “We need to make it better for
• Concern about development on green pedestrians and cyclists and reduce the
space and adding additional storeys motor traffic”9.0
Q6 neighbourhoods..
8.0
Raynes Park
7.0
Safety Environment
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
4 Grand Drive 4 Motspur Park 4 Raynes ParkST HELIER
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces - Morden Hall park, • Improve Morden town centre - so much 10 responses
Ravensbury Park, Wardle River potential
• Local shops and services • Community and heath uses in Morden
• A range of housing types Centre
• Local transport connections • Street improvements - improve road side
verges
• Walking and cycling infrastructure “Great on green spaces.
improved Quite alright on transport.
Not so great on shops.”
• Traffic and car parking on pavements
• Litter and fly-tippng
“Morden high street is an
abomination, it needs a lot
of updating and renovating.
It is amazingly located
right by Morden Hall Park
and the Tube station, yet
it looks so run down! It
has so much potential,
but all the attention goes
to Wimbledon and SW
postcode areas.”MORDEN PARK
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces • Concern about the decline of the high 8 responses
• Green feel - grass verges, trees, parks street and vacancies
and green spaces • Reduce street clutter
• Good transport links • Litter and street cleaning
• Maintenance of green space and more “The amount of parkland
planting and green space in
Morden is something
• Traffic
special”
• More affordable housing
“Local high street decline
due to loss of much needed
shops.”MORDEN
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Park and green feel - Morden Hall Park • Ravens Park needs investment 9 responses
• Tube station • Better local facilities and shops and
• Independent retail restaurants - less vacancy
• Safe • Sport and leisure facilities
• Proposals that move cars away from “Morden Hall Park and
town centre - pedestrian friendly spaces Morden tube station are
major factors. Few good
• Deer Park Road - lots of construction
cafés and restaurants have
• Hamseys Bed Centre - potential site also popped up in past
year. Quality public art
and community projects are
practically non-existent.”
“Town centre dominated by
motor traffic”
“On some roads cars are
parked on a sidewalk - it
doesn’t look nice and can
make it hard to walk”MERTON PARK
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces - John Innes • Rat-running 32 responses
• Tree lined streets and greening - holly • Better community and leisure facilities in
hedges Morden
• Friendly / community / village feel • Greening in the town centre “Morden town centre buildings need
smartening up and the car parking
• Schools and sports ground • Better connection between green
behind the tube. Morden needs help to
• Historic buildings - church, Victorian and spaces
become more than just a transport hub”
Edwardian homes • Return the town centre to 2-way traffic
• Variety in architecture and types of and create a pedestrian friendly area
homes - houses and flats • Sites: car park behind the tube, Kenley “Merton Park is nice and doesn’t need
Road, Sandbourne Avenue, the White much. If you are talking Morden then
• Restaurants and evening entertainment it needs a lot, around crown house is
Hart pub - a new community centre
• Cafés with outside seating in Morden terrible (civic centre ugly), crown lane
• Kendor Gardens needs investment shopping parade looks bad & dated.
• Good transport links Morden station and shops feel like the
• Street cleaning and rubbish
• Diverse community 1980s”
• Poor retail to resi conversions
• Public realm improvements - cracked “The McCarthy and Stone development
pavements on the old hospital car park shows what
• Concern about height and density of is possible. Change doesn’t have to be
new homes - should be matched with cheap and nasty.“
infrastructure provisionLOWER MORDEN
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces • Public realm - de-clutter and damaged 7 responses
• Quiet residential area pavements
• Improve cycling provision
• Litter “Generally quiet, good quality
residential area”
• Vacant shops
• Parking problems
• Use raised table junctions not road “No matter how good the public
closures to prevent rat-running transport, cars will always be
needed in this type of location.
This must be acknowledged in
planning. Loss of front gardens
for parking has reached a
tipping point where there may
soon be no place to park on the
street. Additional yellow lines
and EV parking further reduces
this and compels people to apply
for crossovers. This creates a
poor walking environment where
pedestrians walk in the street
rather than the ‘rollercoaster’
footway.”CANNON HILL
Morden
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces and woodland • Morden Town centre regeneration 25 responses
• Multicultural area • More collaboration like that with The
• Low rise quiet suburban character Sound Lounge, for vacant properties
“Some time ago the
• Good bus links and relatively good • Prevent HMOs Council consulted on
wider connectivity • Traffic management the redevelopment of
Morden town centre.
• Car parking problems
What happened? The
• Better children’s pay equipment - Joseph pedestrian area either side
Hood Recreation Ground of the tube station, where
• More street trees and biodiversity people wait for buses, is
planting particularly poor. The town
centre would benefit from
• Concern about high rise development regeneration.”
• Convert shops to housing
• Affordable housing
• Cycle safety - along Martin Way10.0
Q6 neighbourhoods.. 9.0
Morden 8.0
Safety Environment
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
3 Cannon Hill 3 Lower Morden 3 Morden 3 Morden District Centre 3 Morden Park 3 St HelierCRICKET GREEN
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• History - cricket green buildings • Fly tipping 18 responses
• Green spaces / commons - the field • Any way to improve transport
has a country feel accessibility?
“We are a mixed area and we all get
• The Wilson hospital • Conservation areas need better along”
• Interesting mix of uses maintenance and enforcement for
inappropriate development
• People and community feel “Green spaces such as Cranmer
• HGVs should not be allowed to park in
• Good transport residnetial areas Green, London Road Playing Field
and Mitcham Common could do with
• Pavement parking is a problem some nice little food outlets: local
• Better playgrounds bakery, a pop-up coffee van, a nice
• Regeneration of empty buildings cafe.”
• Sites: The London Road between the “Mitcham town centre desperately
Cricket Green and the Tramlink has needs TLC. Its run down, dirty,
many areas awaiting redevelopment, unattractive shops, no draw to it at
The Burn Bullock all. It feels like it has been neglected
• Pubs overlooking the green: vacant for a long time compared to
- find new use for community or neighbouring areas like Wimbledon,
affordable housing tooting and Streatham”
• High street feels neglected - Better
shops and restaurants - reduce vacancy
• More affordable housingEASTFIELDS
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green open spaces • Affordable housing 7 responses
• Sense of community • Street cleaning and flytipping
• A mix of urban and more rural • HMO issue
• More diversity of shopping in town “Mitcham is unfortunately
centre known as the ‘poor relation’ to
Wimbledon, and this appears
• Traffic congestion and parking concerns
true on so many fronts.”
“Its urban with a nice mix of
concrete and tress and grass
areas. There is a good selection
of people most polite and
welcoming”FIGGES MARSH
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Well located - zone 3 • Regeneration of Mitcham town centre 11 responses
• Green spaces • Traffic congestion impacts on buses
• Diverse community • More frequent rail services “New housing being built is ugly
and overpriced and doesn’t take
• Strong connection to Wandsworth/ • Cheap new development that does not
into consideration increased
Tooting for shopping fit in with surroundings
impact on public transport or
• Convenient shops • Services and leisure to compete with the architectural style of the
Wimbledon neighbourhood (see the new
• More trees on residential streets Graveney Mews development
which is an ugly collection of
• Antisocial behaviour yellow bricks right in the middle
• Investment in cycle infrastructure of 3 Edwardian terraced streets).
Building should be built to better fit
in their surroundings. ”
“At the back of my house is the so
called Nature Reserve it is a mess
and not well looked after”
“More investment in parks would
also be great - Figge’s Marsh
used to have beautiful flowers
beds.”MITCHAM COMMON
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• The common • Fly tipping 2 responses
• Green space with eco possibilities lined • Better transport connections
by early 20thC housing • Better local shopping
• Eco friendly development on the edge
of the commonSTREATHAM ROAD
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces - Figges Marsh • Streetscape on London Road from 13 responses
• Tooting over ground and easy access Amen Corner to Figges Marsh is poor
to Tooting Broadway • The traffic calming design by Figges
• Tooting is natural centre for the area - Marsh/Bruce Road isn’t in keeping with “The natural neighbourhood
not Mitcham town centre. the quality of the neighbourhood centre for shopping and leisure
• More tree planting is Tooting. There is no natural
• Some attractive Edwardian buildings
connection to Mitcham town
• Family sized homes • Fly tipping, street lighting and road
centre.”
repair. Cost of car parking
•
• Figges Marsh - needs investment
including better boundaries “London Road is shabby and
• HMOs dirty.”
• No closure of streets without
consultation
• Disused spaces which could be
developed eg along Streatham Rd
• Improved amenities eg range of shops/
cafes in Mitcham town centre
• Better bus links to Tooting Broadway
and other major transport hubs eg
Streatham common stationCHURCH ROAD
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Open spaces close by • Morden has vacant shops which could 3 responses
• Local history and heritage be re-purposed perhaps?
• Multi-cultural community. • Mitcham has pound shops and charity
shops but supermarkets seem not to “I value the Community
• Community Centre in the heart of the survive there. Centre in the heart of the
Phipps Bridge Estate. Phipps Bridge Estate. The
• Repair work to streets is slow to Local children’s play-park is
• Most high-rise blocks have been happen. one of the best in Merton. ”
removed.
• Our estate has a litter problem (Phipps).
• Some good schools.
• Car parks look increasingly rough and
• Local children’s play-park is one of the seem not to be maintained well.
best in Merton.
• More use of open spaces and more
• Good Bus and Tram links. project work with young people are
• Deen City Farm is excellent. very much needed.
• Some local shops. Lots of larger shops
nearbyPOLLARDS HILL
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Working class community • Regeneration of the area 2 responses
• The library and community centre • Rubbish and fly tipping
• Safety on the common
“Mitcham is run down
generally, the buildings
are looking neglected.
The residents no longer
take pride in the area and
rubbish is dumped on every
street corner and against
bins and trees. All of the
above scenarios require
attention.”MITCHAM
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Shops and services • Mitcham high street feels uncared for 30 responses
• Green spaces • Rubbish and street cleaning
• Well connected to central London • Tree maintenance and planting “Green spaces everywhere yet very
• Historic features like cricket green area • Need better shops, cultural activities, well connected to public transport to
leisure, sports facilities get to central London”
• Diverse and tolerant community
• Dean city farm close by • More police presence - antisocial
behaviour
“The madness of allowing buses
• Neglected private homes through the centre of Mitcham again
• More space for walking and cycling - cutting through the heart of what could
better cycle connections have been usable social & pedestrian
space”
• Support for a better market in Mitcham
• Car parks suggested as development “We have a mural on the wall of the
sites for new businesses and housing perimeter road, painted by some of
the children that live on the estate 17
years ago. Most of them still live here
or are still connected to the area.
To this day the wall has not been
graffitied on”.
“Greater variety of independent shops
and cultural activities to support art,
music etc.”ROWAN ROAD
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces - Cricket Green, The • Need a community centre to bring 6 responses
Canons and Mitcham Common people together
• Village feel • Better street cleaning and flytipping
• Community / belonging issues
• Good places to play for children • Congestion “Green spaces - these
• Shops and services • Better care of public spaces - planting, could be improved by
new equipment putting in things like exercise
equipment and making
them more accessible ad
improving the play areas”WANDLE/MITCHAM BRIDGE
Mitcham
What do you think is special about Are there any areas in your
the character of the area where you neighbourhood that need
live? improving? Why?
• Green spaces and rivers • Traffic and congestion 6 responses
• Family homes • More diverse shops and leisure uses
and activities for young people
• Public realm - reduce street clutter, “Would love to see more
repair pavements independent shops, cafés and
• Vacant shops eg tyre shop on London restaurants. Also an arts space
Rd opposite to Mitcham Tram stop. with cinema, work out classes,
workshops etc”
• Neglected private homes
“Closure of Bishopford
Road bridge has temporary
improvement to local traffic levels
but long term access issues”
“Unfortunately the biggest
street problem of the Mitcham
neighbourhood is constant
litter and fly-tipping. This
really makes it hard to like the
neighbourhood. And includes
parks.”Q6 neighbourhoods.. Transport
10.0
Mitcham
9.0
8.0
Safety Environment
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
Traffic & parking 0.0 Housing
Streets & spaces Economy
Amenities & facilities
2 Church Road 2 Cricket Green 2 Eastfields 2 Figges Marsh 2 Mitcham
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