The Mortlake Brewery Community Group reports today that the Planning Inspectorate has announced, though it is not on their website, that the Mortlake Brewery Planning Inquiry which was due to start on 29 May 2024 will now start on Tuesday 5 November 2024, sitting for 8 days (Tuesday to Friday) until 15 November. It will then resume for up to 8 days from 3 to 13 December (Tuesday to Friday sitting). 

Mr Glen Rollings, the Planning Inspector initially appointed, will resume responsibility for the hearing. 

Guy Duckworth of Reselton Properties is meanwhile reported as telling the BBC in May 2024 that more than the current meagre 7% affordable homes at the Mortlake Brewery development could be considered at a later date. He gave similar evidence to the Richmond Council Planning Committee when they approved the applications on 31 January 2024. That comment appeared to influence councillors at the meeting.

Does anyone know when a developer and in particular Reselton Properties ever provided more affordable houses than they were required to provide by a planning permission? And what financial viability assessment would lead them to change their minds? And could they be trusted to do that when their agents previously uploaded false letters of support for their applications onto the Council Planning Portal?  (See Post on 15 May 2024.)