Mitcham Common Easter Fair

Spraying is taking place on Mitcham Common 7 islands near Cedars Avenue and on Bidders subsites on 28th and 29th May. This is to control bramble and tree regeneration.

Gas main replacement works undertaken by SGN over the past few months has now been completed. Due to weather conditions only part of the hard landscaping reinstatement has been undertaken to date. Towards the end of Winter/early Spring the parcels of land disturbed by the essential works, such as the one shown in the photo…

The following tree works will be carried out in the near future: Dead/ dying roadside trees numbered 1, 2, 3, 6, 10 and 16 will be felled. Dying trees numbered 11, 12, 13 and 14 will be felled Remedial works to trees numbered 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 15. Tree locations are shown on…

For several months water has been seeping from the Common onto the highway. A Thames Water pipe runs under the Common near to where the water is emerging. Officers are of the view that this is the likely source of the leak. Thames Water has tested the water ponding on the road and advised that…

Arthurs Pond has been managed to allow a dense barrier of scrub woodland to develop on its roadside edges. This was in direct response to multiple incidents of fly-tipping in the body of the pond in the 1990s and before. This enhancement proposal will consider tree and shrub growth. Comments are welcome, please download the…