Giving evidence at the moment on Friday 6th December 2024 on affordable housing is Emily Leslie from the GLA. Quite how helpful Counsel’s cross-examination has been over the last hour is a mystery and not one I can see should detain the Inspector in his judgment for too long. He has just made a rare ‘move on’ intervention. https://richmond.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/925945

Later if we ever get there we should be hearing from Peter Eaton, Chair of the Mortlake Brewery Community Group and an architect, about planning of the scheme.

The bottom line is that if it was accepted that the secondary school is not necessary, many problems would disappear. But regrettably you will not hear that from the GLA because they are not involved in education.

We have also heard today that the venue for next week’s hearings is back at Clarendon Hall.

A timetable clarifying whether the final day of hearing is 11th or 12th December should be announced at end of play today, depending it seems on just how long cross-examination goes on. And on.

Watch this space