For ease of access here is the conclusion to the Councillor’s Final Submission

41. To conclude there is an alternate plan [INQ 15, page 53] which would maximise the
    benefits and reduce harms from the site for the existing and future residents in
    Mortlake. This would provide a more balanced solution to the education,
    community, safety and housing needs of the East of the borough, in line with the
    2011 Planning Brief [CDE02.1] by:
    a. Maximising affordable homes.
    b. Improving the viability of the existing local secondary schools.
    c. Providing sufficient heath care capacity.
    d. Retaining the OOLTi field and improving community sports facilities.
    e. Relocating Thomson House School to the Stag site, providing safe outside
    space for play; and
    f. Significantly improving safety at the Mortlake station level crossing and on
    Sheen Lane.
42. Unfortunately, this is not the scheme before you. Therefore, and in conclusion, both
    Appeals should be refused. This would not result in no development, it would
    instead provide an opportunity for a development that does secure the above
    benefits to come forward.
43. If you are minded to allow both Application A and B to proceed, I would ask you to
    consider imposing a condition that no development can take place until the DfE
    confirms the school will be funded, because the ‘No School scenario’ [INQ44] as
    drafted in the S106 agreement, fails to maximise the above benefits.
44. In line with the original planning brief4, in the ‘No School Scenario’ The Schools
    Group would very much support the council’s original aim to:

• Provide Sports Facilities that would enable the OOTLI field in its current size to
  be secured for the benefit of the local community5; and
• Under a subsequent planning application, give permission to:
  Relocate Thomson House Primary School, to the site, funded by
  neighbourhood CIL;
• Provide an additional 57 (or more) Affordable Homes.
  This would also address many of the transport concerns raised by the MBCG as the
  secondary school increases traffic in the area.

41. Currently, under the ‘No School Scenario’ [INQ 44] the Appellant has minimal
    incentive to resubmit a planning application for the School Land only to maximise
    these benefits.
42. Thank you for your patience over the last month, I am new to this process, and it is
    intimidating one. However, I hope that I have helped explain the position of the
    many residents I have spoken to over the last 3 years. They are keen for
    development; but they also want to maximise the benefits of the site for the existing
    and future residents in Mortlake & Barnes Common in the years to come.

Niki Crookdake, Mortlake and Barnes Common Councillor