LetUsBuildYourDreams
New dwellings, infill plots and replacement houses across Mitcham and the wider borough of Merton.
Mitcham has more genuine infill opportunity than most of inner south London — corner plots, wide frontages and a mix of periods that gives a well-argued contemporary design room to work. Merton Council is not hostile to modern architecture where it is done with care.
The constraints that decide these schemes are density, amenity space and parking. Merton applies its own parking standards and expects cycle storage and refuse provision to be designed in rather than added at the end. Overlooking is scrutinised closely, particularly on tight urban plots where windows face neighbouring gardens.
Mitcham Common and the surrounding open land bring their own designations, and parts of the borough carry surface-water flood risk. Both are workable, but both need establishing before design starts.
Not a stock photo library — these are MYD schemes in this borough, with the drawings we produced for them.
Fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work starts — quoted after your free consultation, so it reflects your actual property rather than an average. A householder application to Merton Council carries a statutory eight-week determination period.
We talk through what you want to achieve, look at the property and tell you honestly whether it is likely to get consent.
A measured survey plus a check of planning history, constraints and permitted development rights for your specific address.
We develop the scheme with you and produce the drawings the council needs, revising until you are happy.
We submit, handle the case officer’s questions and negotiate amendments rather than accepting a refusal.
Often yes, where the plot can accommodate a dwelling of appropriate scale with adequate amenity space, acceptable access and no material overlooking of neighbours. Plot width and the established building line are usually the deciding factors. A feasibility assessment answers this quickly.
Outline permission establishes the principle of development with details reserved for later; full permission covers everything in one application. For a single dwelling on a plot where the principle is not seriously in doubt, a full application is usually faster overall.
Yes — we work across the whole London Borough of Merton, including Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Morden and Colliers Wood.
Three questions, about thirty seconds. We will come back to you with an honest view on whether your Mitcham project is likely to get consent — before you have spent anything.
MYD Studio designs extensions, conversions and new builds across South and East London. Each project below is anchored to real work we have taken through planning in that borough — explore by area:
