Category Archives: Roads

Trotts Yard

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Adjoining no. 10 Fountain Road, as referred to in these council minutes

From the minutes of the
Housing Committee
7th January 1969

1915. FOUNTAIN ROAD AND WESTERN ROAD, MITCHAM

– Acquisition of houses and land

— The Town Clerk submitted the District Valuer’s report on the terms negotiated for the acquisition of the following houses and land included in the Borough of Mitcham (Fountain Road Area Clearance Areas Nos. 1-9) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1963:

No. 12, Fountain Road;
Nos. 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40, Western Road:
Trotts Yard adjoining No. 10, Fountain Road.

– Recommended — That, subject to the Finance Committee making the necessary financial provision, the terms provisionally agreed by the District Valuer be approved and that the houses and land in question be acquired in accordance therewith.

Source: Minutes of Proceedings of the Council and committees, London Borough of Merton, Volume 5 1968-69, page 1199

Minutes of meetings held by the London Borough of Merton are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

417 to 445 London Road

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From the minutes of the
Town Planning and Development Committee
31st October 1968

1271. Nos. 417-445, London Road, Mitcham

– The Town Clerk reported

(i) that nos. 417-445, London Road, Mitcham, had been acquired under the planning powers by the former Mitcham Borough Council in 1958;

(ii) that thereafter parts of the premises were redeveloped for housing purposes or incorporated in the highway and the remainder was leased until the 1st January, 1980, for use for warehouse and storage purposes; and

(iii) that the lessees’ executors now sought approval to that part of the premises at present under-let to the Express Dairy Company Limited being sub-let to W. Watkinson Limited for use as a transport and distribution depot.

Resolved – That, subject to the terms of the head lease being observed and to the use being satisfactory from the town planning aspect, no objection be raised to the proposed sub-letting.

Source: Minutes of Proceedings of the Council and committees, London Borough of Merton, Volume 5 1968-69, pages 809-810

Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Borough Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.