Planning - Merton Council Skip to content Home | A-Z Directory | Help | Contact us | Privacy and cookies | Accessibility Navigation Menu Close menu Home > Environment and planning Planning News Merton's Community Infrastructure Levy charge starts from 01 April 2014 Sites and Policies Plan consultation on Main Modifications (until 08 April 2014) Popular In this section Apply for planning permission online Applying online makes the planning process more efficient. See also This page was last updated on Thursday 3 April 2014 Privacy and cookies | Legal information | About this website | Problems with this page? <p class="noprint"><a href=" L'EQUIPE : toute l'actualité sportive en direct (football, rugby Quick house sales Need to sell your house fast? You might be tempted to use a ‘quick sale’ company. They offer to buy your house very quickly at a discounted price. However, there are concerns homeowners could be misled and lose out financially. Read on to make sure you know what you’re doing. What are quick house sale companies? Quick house sale companies offer to sell your home fast. They do this by buying your house directly, or finding a third party buyer very quickly. They pay cash for your property and usually buy at a discounted rate. Pros and cons of using a quick house sale company Pros Quick house sale companies can provide a useful service for homeowners who need to unlock cash in a hurry. For example to: Cons Beware of unscrupulous quick house sales companies. What protection do homeowners get when selling to a quick house sale company? The quick house sale market isn’t regulated so consumers aren’t protected when selling a property to one of these companies. Alternatives to a quick house sale
The Dangerous Disconnect Between Home Prices and Fundamentals Today's home prices can best be described as a recession in the making, but are most often referred to as a bubble. Prices have grown so much in the last decade that they are now completely disconnected from the fundamentals that have historically ruled the real estate market. Today's prices are not sustainable and the graphs and analysis below demonstrate why. By Ben W. (bdarbs) The Disconnect Between Wages and Home Prices Price increases are nothing new, since home values tend to go up over time. For example, increases in home prices typically keep pace with increases in wages. As a result, for almost the first time ever, individuals who are making the median household income cannot afford to buy a median priced home. In order to qualify buyers for loans, lenders loosened credit regulations and encouraged risky mortgage products like interest-only loans, negative amortization loans and ARM loans. In recent years, a large portion of the buyers bought out of their price range.
National Statistics Online Retail Sales in March 2014 In March 2014, the quantity bought in the retail industry increased by 4.2% compared with March 2013 and by 0.1% compared with February 2014. The quantity bought also increased in Q1 2014 compared with Q1 2013, by 3.8%. This continues a pattern of year-on-year growth since early 2013. Crime in England and Wales, year ending December 2013 Overall crime estimated by the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) in the year ending December 2013 fell 15% compared with the previous year. An international perspective on the UK, Gross Domestic Product This note sets recent movements in UK economic statistics in an international context. Public Sector Finances, March 2014 Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB ex) for the financial year 2013/14 was £107.7 bn when Asset Purchase Facility transfers are excluded. 2011 Census Analysis, Overcrowding and Under-occupation in England and Wales Household occupancy in England and Wales, 2011 Census analysis.
Defra, Noise Mapping England Welcome to the Noise Mapping England website The noise maps on this site have been produced by Defra to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, and are intended to inform the production of noise action plans for large urban areas, major transport sources, and significant industrial sites in England. Directive 2002/49/EC - more commonly known as the Environmental Noise Directive (END) - concerns noise from road, rail and air traffic and from industry. It focuses on the impact of such noise on individuals, complementing existing EU legislation which sets standards for noise emissions from specific sources. Users are encouraged to read the supporting information about noise, noise mapping, and the background to the work in the About section before commencing a map search. To go directly to the maps however, please click on the map image to the right, or go to the Maps and Charts section.
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Housing market Publications Council house sales, England Department: Communities and Local GovernmentData on council house sales. Help to Buy (Equity Loan Scheme) Department: Communities and Local GovernmentMonthly statistics on Help to Buy (Equity Loan Scheme). Help to Buy (Equity Loan Scheme) and Newbuy statistics Department: Communities and Local GovernmentStatistics on both Help to Buy (Equity Loan Scheme) and Newbuy. Help to Buy (equity loan) scheme and Help to Buy: NewBuy statistics House Price Index Department: Communities and Local GovernmentMix-adjusted house prices, a chain linked index and measures of annual inflation. Department: Office for National StatisticsThe House Price Index (HPI) is a monthly output based on mortgage completions data from the Regulated Mortgage Survey (RMS). House Price Index Guidance Housing Statistics for Scotland Department: Scottish GovernmentRoutine update of housing statistics web tables plus summary of key trends Housing Statistics, England Housing and Planning Statistics
By local authority (council) : List of housing associations : Finding a home : Home : Housing Corporation The HCA took over responsibility for the regulation of social housing providers in England from the Tenant Services Authority (TSA) on 1 April 2012. In the absence of a HCA Regulatory Judgement for any individual provider on the HCA website, the TSA judgement in the National Archives remains as the regulator’s current assessment of compliance, unless noted here. TSA content on The National Archive:
Weekly planning list - Merton Council Here you can find details of planning applications and appeals submitted since 2001 sorted by ward. You can also find details of pre-applications submitted since 2006 (when the pre-application advice scheme began). See also: To view these documents you need Adobe Reader (Adobe website). April March 30/03/14 (0.1MB)23/03/14 (102kB)16/03/14 (0.1MB)09/03/14 (96kB)02/03/14 (0.1MB) February January December November October September 29/09/13 (0.1MB)22/09/13 (0.1MB)15/09/13 (0.1MB)08/09/13 (63kB)01/09/13 (72kB) August July June May 31/03/13 (0.1MB)24/03/13 (0.1MB)17/03/13 (0.1MB)10/03/13 (90kB)03/03/13 (62kB) Previous planning and tree applications received 2012 planning and tree applications (1.9MB) 2011 planning and tree applications (1.7MB) 2010 planning and tree applications (2.0MB) 2009 planning and tree applications (1.9MB) 2008 planning and tree applications (2.2MB) 2007 planning and tree applications (2.3MB) 2006 planning and tree applications (2.4MB) 2005 planning and tree applications (1.9MB) Contact us
Land Use Publications Five Year Land Supply for Housing Department: Communities and Local GovernmentFive year land supply for housing as reported by Local Authorities from April 2009. Generalised Land Use Database Statistics Department: Communities and Local GovernmentData on land use. Housing and Planning Statistics Department: Communities and Local GovernmentCompendium of housing and planning statistics covering most aspects of housing and planning in England Land Use Change Statistics Department: Communities and Local GovernmentLUCS provides statistics on: development on previously-developed land, the density of new dwellings, changes in the Green Belt, changes in areas of high flood risk, land changing to residential use and changes to developed uses. Previously Developed Land that has been vacant for more than 5 years Department: Communities and Local GovernmentPreviously-developed land that was developed but is now vacant or derelict and has been so for more than 5 years. Urban Audit Back to the top
Secured By Design: Keylinks Home About Secured by Design Research Newsletter Contact Us Police Login General Crime Prevention Advice Please contact the officer nearest to you for general crime prevention advice and help on the principles of Secured by Design and Designing out Crime. London, Metropolitan Police www.met.police.uk Crime Prevention Design Advisor: London SBD applications - Contacting Metropolitan Police DOCOsAll London boroughs will now come under one of 4 Designing Out Crime units which are covered by several Designing Out Crime Officers (DOCO). North East London - (NE) DOCO GroupBarking & Dagenham, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Westminster telephone: 0208 217 3813 - team voicemail, please leave a messageemail: DOCOMailbox.NE@met.police.uk North West London - (NW) DOCO GroupNW planning authorities: Islington, Harrow, Hillingdon, Camden, Ealing, Brent, Barnet Return to Map
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