Plans to restore some of Tooting Common’s most prominent features have received a £273,200 boost.

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The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the borough’s parks team the money to develop a blueprint for initiatives celebrating the common.

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Environment spokesman, Councillor Jonathan Cook, said: "This exciting project aims to improve how the common is managed as a whole and provide a better local amenity for residents to enjoy.

"It will also help make sure that the common’s important historical features and its important biodiversity are preserved for future generations."

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