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Affordable Housing: A Lesson for Richmond?
When it’s developers v people, usually the money wins. See how one community came out on top The Guardian 20 December 2025 “What happens when international capital arrives on your doorstep and threatens to devour your home? The residents of … Continue reading
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Affordable Housing in Richmond: Green Party Resolution to Richmond Council: 2nd December
“This council expresses deep concern that: · only 40 genuinely affordable homes were completed in Richmond since March 2022, with zero so far this year. · Affordable housing supply has dwindled year on year since 2018 – just 166 completed since 2018/19 … Continue reading
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Stag Brewery What Next : Update
The text below was published in EastSheenMatters on Tuesday 12 August 2025. Bold now added. “So it is August and Mortlake and East Sheen may resemble a deserted Parisian suburb. But it’s more than three months since we received the … Continue reading
An Elephant in Mortlake
The Heygate estate in Elephant and Castle was demolished in 2014 and replaced by Elephant Park, a development of thousands of luxury apartments, built by the Australian developer Lendlease. Elephant Park is seen as an exemplar of a new global … Continue reading
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The Stag Brewery Planning Inquiry : Affordable Housing
One of the key issues of the residential aspects of the planning application was the viability of the scheme and its impact on affordable housing. What was eventually decided remarkably produced an outcome which concluded that the affordable housing could … Continue reading
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Stag Brewery Planning Applications Appeal: Inspector’s Decision on Appeal A : Affordable Housing
affordable housing At para 198 the Inspector finds: “The provision of affordable housing is a benefit. The viability assessments prepared and reviewed by the appellant and Council indicate that the viable position is zero provision, and I agree that this … Continue reading
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Stag Brewery Planning Applications
The main part of the decision is contained in pages 1 to 44. https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewDocument.aspx?fileid=62142740 Appeal Decisions APP/L5810/W/24/3339060 and APP/L5810/W/24/3339062 Appeal A is allowed and planning permission is granted for:1) Demolition of existing buildings (except the Maltings and the façade of … Continue reading
Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: A summary last post before Christmas
Somehow this post did not get from the email to the website, so I am editing to include the whole script. [Unless something unexpected happens! The Parties are able to make further submissions by 17 January 2025 on the revised … Continue reading
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Stag Brewery Public Inquiry: Final Submission: Mortlake Brewery Community Group
A synopsis Overall balance and conclusion a. A number of [the alleged] benefits are premised on accepting the evidenceof the Appellant’s witnesses on matters such as townscape and heritage, or the Council’s caseon the provision of the school. If you … Continue reading
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Affordable Housing Again
In his valedictory speech to the House of Lords the Archbishop of Canterbury referenced the Church of England reports on housing. He went on to say that housing must be affordable, particularly social housing. Social housing is one of the … Continue reading
