Builders in Wimbledon Park

Homes in Wimbledon Park

Merton's Borough Character Study describes the Wimbledon Park neighbourhood as largely non-residential, with the All England Club to the west and the golf course and park to the east. Home Park Road forms its southern edge with a consistent frontage of generous houses set back from the road. Arthur Road runs along a ridge around 45 metres above sea level, with larger detached houses at the top of the hill and terraced and semi-detached streets laid out below it.

North of the park, towards Southfields, Wandsworth's Wimbledon Park Road conservation area is made up of uniform red-brick gabled terraces with clinker-brick front walls and granite-column porches, built in the 1910s and 1920s. Nearby, the Victoria Drive conservation area has large detached houses from the late 1920s and 1930s. Terraces like these suit rear dormer lofts and rear extensions, while the larger houses often have room for wraparound or double-storey schemes, subject to the conservation rules below.

Planning in Wimbledon Park

The park itself is split between the two boroughs: its northern section is in the London Borough of Wandsworth and the rest is in the London Borough of Merton, which manages the whole park. Arthur Road and Home Park Road are in Merton, within the Wimbledon North conservation area, which has a Wimbledon Park sub-area and published character assessments on Merton's conservation areas list. Streets to the north and west, towards Southfields, are generally in Wandsworth, so check which council covers your address before applying.

On the Wandsworth side, the Wimbledon Park Road and Victoria Drive conservation areas both have published appraisals on Wandsworth's conservation areas pages. Neither Merton nor Wandsworth lists a householder Article 4 direction for this area at the time of writing (see Merton's and Wandsworth's Article 4 pages), but the conservation area rules still limit permitted development.

Basements follow whichever council covers the house. In Merton that is Policy D12.11 of the Merton Local Plan, described below; in Wandsworth it is Policy LP6 of the Wandsworth Local Plan (adopted 2023), which is paired with flood-risk rules for basements.

Basements across Merton are governed by Policy D12.11 of the Merton Local Plan (adopted November 2024). It limits a basement under an existing home to a single storey, restricts how far it can extend beyond the original house, and requires a Basement Impact Assessment, a drainage strategy, a construction method statement and a construction traffic management plan with the application. In conservation areas, basements and their lightwells must conserve or enhance the area's character.

Worth knowing locally

• Wimbledon Park is a Grade II* registered park and garden, and its 12-hectare lake is part of a landscape Capability Brown worked on from 1765. Houses backing onto it sit within the conservation area, where rear changes still need care.
• Wandsworth's appraisal notes that the Wimbledon Park Road estate was built on low-lying land just west of the Wandle Valley flood plain, which is worth bearing in mind for basements and drainage.
• Arthur Road climbs steeply up the ridge, so gardens and access vary from house to house; scaffolding and deliveries on the hill need planning.