On 22 April 2026 EastSheenMatters reported as follows:
“……….. there is no reason why the planning permission in respect of residential units should not be acted upon. But a year on the public has not been made aware of any progress. All that we have been told is that Reselton Properties would like to sell the site or at least obtain co-funders. But rumours seeping out of Malaysia suggest that backers may not be happy even with co-funding. It is hardly surprising given that a substantial part of the evidence at the Inquiry related to the economic difficulties created by having bought at a high price with development costs having rocketed since then.”
Prescient that. And so accurate.
It is now reported that the property has been taken off the market. Richmond Council will blame those who opposed their plans. Any reasonable analysis of the facts demonstrates that it is the developers’ overspending and the Council’s hubris and greed which are responsible for the disastrous mothballing which is now likely to follow.
More to follow………………..
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Agree. If only right at the start of this process the Council in power then has listened to what the community were saying they could have foreseen this project would fail. It meets neither local need or local approval. If the current Council ( who also take much of the blame over their resistance to a primary school on the site) does now choose to ignore the democratic voice and criticise local groups they might recall that we were always in favour of a development/ and one that met local needs. The community even prepared an acceptable and viable plan. I recall it being said that If that had been acted on the developers would have recovered their outlay and the rest of us would be happy. alike where tin ears have left us all now.
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Good summary of the shambles created by this cloth-eared Lib Dem council.
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Sale prices have fallen and build costs have gone up so it’s no longer an economic proposition . Welcome to the real world !
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