A community meeting at Mortlake Hall on Wednesday 3 December 2026 was addressed by representatives of the South West London Mental Health Trust and Willmott Dixon and LS Estates in respect of the residential aspects of the site. This note is further to the post on Tuesday at https://childlawobserver10.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=4201&action=edit which reported on the annual meeting of the Friends of Barnes Hospital.

Details were given of the site demolition and local road use during the process. Delivery and removal is permitted between 8am and 6pm, with lorries exiting to the east towards White Hart Lane. It is hoped this will be finished by February / March 2026. Questions were asked about what would happen to chimneys at Elizabeth Lodge, when it was demolished, as the Friends of Barnes Hospital had hoped to preserve them. The Demolition Company said that they owned them and were unsympathetic to handing them over!

The next step is to finalise the Section 106 agreement to fulfil the planning permission garnted in May 2024. This provides for 104 residential units in two, three and four storey buildings. Further detailed planning permission is then needed. It seems improbable that this part of the site will be completed before 2028.

The audience also heard from the South Worple Avenue Greening Project which is looking to restore biodiversity adjacent to the Barnes Hospital site, lost during recent developments. The plan is to provide an accessible route for residents, school students and users of the new NHS facility. They are hoping that the scheme will ultimatel look like the impression below. The Project also has links to the Community Garden in Hertford Avenue. See https://childlawobserver10.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2688&action=edit