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About Richard AH White

Retired Solicitor specialising in child law and former Tribunal Judge hearing cases on special educational needs and welfare benefits.

Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Who’s Who Today

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 … Continue reading

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Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Centre

Pickleball The AELTC has announced that the Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Centre Roehampton is a venue for Pickleball Surrey. Pickleball courts are now available for casual bookings on Wednesday mornings, Saturday and Sunday afternoons  in the Sports Hall at Bank Lane in … Continue reading

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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Air Quality

Tim Catchpole made a further statement to the Inquiry about air quality today. This has been posted on the Inquiry website at https://gat04-live-1517c8a4486c41609369c68f30c8-aa81074.divio-media.org/filer_public/71/44/71444053-2881-4bf2-8985-6014a4bc2957/inq-31_tim_catchpole_-_stag_air_quality.pdf By way of further oral statement he said Point 1: At the round-table discussion on Day 3 … Continue reading

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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Witnesses

Tim Catchpole Chair of the Mortlake with East Sheen Society will now give evidence to the Inquiry at 1150am. Timetable almost recovered!

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Stag Brewery Planning Inquiry : Viability Still More

Witnesses for the GLA and for the developers have now been taken through their evidence over two days. So we are running late again. This morning Guy Ingham from Carter Jonas is giving evidence on the same topic of viability. … Continue reading

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Fish Christmas Carol Concert

The annual FiSH Christmas Carol concert will be intergenerational this year!  The FiSH Good Afternoon Choir will perform together with the Harrodian School Choir at Christ Church, Christchurch Road, East Sheen SW14 7AW from 1.15pm to 2.30pm on Friday 6th December, led by Carl … Continue reading

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Sarah Olney introduces a Ten Minute Motion on Proportional Representation

Sarah Olney MP obtained leave today (just) to introduce a system of proportional representation for parliamentary elections and for local government elections in England. The motion was adopted by 138 to 136 votes. A synopsis of her speech follows. The … Continue reading

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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry Sittings

The Inquiry will sit at 9.30am each day from Wednesday, 4th to Friday, 6th December 2024 at Cole Court Centre. Bring warm clothing. Wednesday – heating problem solved. The Section 106 Agreement and Conditions Round Table Sessions will now take place on Tuesday, 10th December 2024 at Clarendon … Continue reading

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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Housing Sales, Affordable and Viable?

Mr Joseph Ward, a Development Viability Advisor in the Planning Department at the GLA, quoted from a report that stated 67% of unit sales at the comparable Brentford Project had to date gone to foreign buyers. Add to that the … Continue reading

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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Unit Values

Amid the miasma of complex evidence about viability and the level of affordable housing being submitted to the Public Inquiry, readers might be interested to be reminded of some interesting figures on how the the 1085 residential units would be … Continue reading

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