EastSheenMatters

At junction of Sheen Lane and Upper Richmond Road

Arrived 7 April. Workmen arrived early 8 April. Left by lunchtime.

As usual no obvious coordination between digiing a hole, doing the work and repairing the pavement.

James Anderson asked what they they were doing and got no answer.

Openreach suggests it is telephony.

No end date on signage,

It has been suggested to ESM that raising this locally is not helpful, because it is a TfL issue.

True TfL is responsible but is it not just possible that the Richmond Council Transport and Air Quality Committee is better placed to influence TfL than an individual moaner!

A new, first of its kind for the borough transport strategy has been approved by Richmond Council at its Transport and Air Quality Committee last week setting a long term direction for how people move around the borough over the next 14 years.

• An annual Transport Strategy Action Plan
• A Public Transport Plan
• A new Walking and Cycling Strategy
• An Accessibility and Inclusion Plan
• Area Transport Improvement Plans for areas with lower levels of transport accessibility and choice which will be drawn up following engagement with residents 

Shrewsbury Cherries

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A Memorial Service has now been organised in memory of our well known resident Andy Sutch, who died on 16 January 2026.

The service is to be held at St. Mary’s University Chapel, Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4SX at 2pm on Friday 24th April 2026 and afterwards at the onsite 1850 Club.

Please note that there is no public parking at the venue. The easiest way to get there from East Sheen and Mortlake is to take the 33 bus which stops outside. Strawberry Hill Station is a ten minute flat walk.

Hilary has requested that if you are going to attend, in order to help with catering, please advise her at hilary.sutch@btinternet.com

See also https://childlawobserver10.com/2026/01/30/andy-sutch-a-tribute/

For more information and details of awards and nominees see http://www.richmond.gov.uk/community_heroes_awards

EastSheenMatters reported on 20 March 2026 that Richmond Council had decided to prefer Forest to Lime in the e-bike battle. ESM asked whether Lime might seek to review the decision in the courts.

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Lime seems to have adopted a different approach. It is reported today in the Times that Lime has been promoting a petition urging residents to press the Council to reconsider their decision.

The Council reports: “It has been brought to the council’s attention via a resident that they have been contacted by email, phone and content ‘pushed’ to the resident and presumably other residents of the borough, via the Lime app promoting a petition.”

The term astroturf lobbying seems to have entered the local lexicon!

The Council have issued a ‘cease and desist letter’.

The long awaited decision from the Department for Education on the future of Livingstone Academy at the Stag Brewery site has now been published.

The East Sheen Branch of Waitrose is about to embark on a £5 million renovation of the store and the car park. Although there is no information posted in the store, enquiries of staff made by EastSheenMatters have revealed that work will start on Tuesday 7 April 2026. Fears that the store would close for a month are unfounded, and internal changes will be undertaken aisle by aisle.

It is not known what work will be done in the car park other than repainting lines. Sadly it is doubtful whether that will influence drivers who ignore the one way system.

It also remains to be seen whether Waitrose will be able to take into account the warnings they have recently been given about potential accidents between pedestrians, cyclists and car drivers using the car park.