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Which postcode districts around Merton do we cover for drawing package work?

A district-by-district read of Merton: where we draw, the prevailing housing type, and the office that takes a drawing package from each address. Fee figures below come straight off the 2026 statutory England scale.

How does a drawing package differ street by street across Merton?

How steep a roof is, what the walls are built from and how far the garden runs back change from one Merton street to the next, and all three shape what a drawing package can propose.

• Wimbledon (SW19, SW20) — a drawing package in Wimbledon starts from victorian villas, edwardian terraces, and Wimbledon reads as Victorian villas, Edwardian terraces. in SW19. Merton Council assesses Wimbledon drawing packages against its own Wimbledon character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Wimbledon references All England Club.
• Wimbledon Village (SW19) — drawing package work in Wimbledon Village means georgian and victorian villas. Wimbledon Village is Georgian and Victorian village conservation. throughout SW19. Merton Council decides the Wimbledon Village application, and Wimbledon Village High Street anchors the Wimbledon Village location plan.
• Raynes Park (SW20) — 1930s semi-detached, Edwardian terraces defines Raynes Park, where 1930s semi-detached, edwardian terraces set what a drawing package can do. across SW20. Any Raynes Park drawing package is validated by Merton Council, with Raynes Park station the usual Raynes Park reference point on the site plan.
• Morden (SM4) — drawing package work in Morden means 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. Morden is 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats. throughout SM4. Merton Council decides the Morden application, and Morden Tube anchors the Morden location plan.
• Mitcham (CR4) — drawing package work in Mitcham means 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates. Mitcham is 1930s semi-detached, post-war estates. throughout CR4. Merton Council decides the Mitcham application, and Mitcham Cricket Green anchors the Mitcham location plan.
• Colliers Wood (SW19) — a drawing package in Colliers Wood starts from edwardian terraces, post-war flats, and Colliers Wood reads as Edwardian terraces, post-war flats. in SW19. Merton Council assesses Colliers Wood drawing packages against its own Colliers Wood character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Colliers Wood references Colliers Wood Tube.
• South Wimbledon (SW19) — drawing package work in South Wimbledon means edwardian terraces. South Wimbledon is Edwardian terraces. throughout SW19. Merton Council decides the South Wimbledon application, and South Wimbledon Tube anchors the South Wimbledon location plan.

What local planning policy applies to a drawing package in Merton?

How designation changes a Merton drawing package: Merton Council maintains 28 conservation areas, including Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Village, John Innes. Inside any of them a Merton drawing package cannot rely on permitted development, and the route becomes a £548 householder application determined in 8 weeks rather than a £249 prior approval in 6 weeks. Wimbledon Village sets the tone for Merton casework.

No borough-wide Article 4 here: permitted development survives across Merton outside conservation areas and listed curtilages, which makes a Lawful Development Certificate at £274 the sensible record for an SW19 owner to hold. Worth knowing alongside it: 246 of 735 larger householder prior approvals were refused over the same three years, so the deeper rear extensions are not waved through.

Merton housing stock: Victorian villas in Wimbledon; Edwardian terraces in Tooting and Colliers Wood; 1930s semi-detached in Morden and Raynes Park; post-war flats in Mitcham. Wimbledon is heavily conservation-controlled; outer Merton (Morden, Mitcham) is permissive. Read that before choosing a drawing package route in Merton — construction, not postcode, sets what is achievable.

Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Merton?

• Wandsworth — the Wandsworth boundary runs against Merton, so a drawing package a street from Merton is decided by Wandsworth Council instead. Wandsworth runs 45 conservation areas across SW8 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Merton are re-checked against Wandsworth policy whenever the Merton address sits on that edge.
• Lambeth — cross the Merton boundary and Lambeth Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 64 conservation areas of its own around SE1. We re-price drawing packages at the Merton edge because Lambeth policy and Merton policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
• Croydon — the Croydon boundary runs against Merton, so a drawing package a street from Merton is decided by Croydon Council instead. Croydon runs 24 conservation areas across CR0 and its neighbours, which is why drawing packages priced for Merton are re-checked against Croydon policy whenever the Merton address sits on that edge.
• Sutton — adjoining Merton, with 17 conservation areas centred on SM1. A drawing package on the far side of the Merton line is determined by Sutton Council, so the Merton quote for drawing packages is checked against Sutton guidance before it is issued.

Sources for this Merton drawing package page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.