The Planning Inquiry to consider the applications for development at the Stag Brewery will commence on 29 May 2024. The Twickenham Exchange is now fixed as the venue for the hearings. Somewhat apt you might think as the Exchange is at Brewery Wharf opposite Twickenham Railway Station.

The Mortlake Brewery Community Group has now raised more than £41,000 to provide representation to oppose the proposals in their present state. This is from over 600 donors. The Council’s own website shows 681 objectors. It shows eighteen letters of support. I have previously reported on the veracity of those. (See below)

Is the Council starting to ponder whether their decisions in June 2023 and January 2024 were wise? Will their evidence to the Inquiry show any degree of flexibility? Probably not given their tunnel vision and disregard for local thinking.

Meanwhile the developers have signed a new lease with a TV and Film studio company for the space where the forthcoming Disney+ series ‘A Thousand Blows’ was filmed. How would that work in conjunction with the hotly contested proposals for 1000+ residential units and a 1200 pupil secondary school?