We hope that you all enjoyed the Christmas and New Year holidays. We took a welcome break from campaigning, but are back refreshed and energised to stop the Council’s awful planning application carbuncle. Despite a couple of the Council’s comment-by-dates being reached, there is still time to submit your objections to the planning application. Comments will be considered until the day before the planning committee meeting. We don’t know when this will be, but we don’t expect it to be too soon, as a result of the large number of objections received already (some of which are very technical). It’s easy to object, and there are lots of other objections (143 to date) to inspire you, including one we submitted recently on the diminutive ‘town’ square that’s too small for a farmers’ market, ice rink or anything other than a table tennis table or two! As you can see from the Council's image above, the claim that their 'square' is nearly large enough for two tennis courts is rather aspirational, because tennis courts don't normally contain steps, trees & landscaping and tables & chairs! Their 'square' doesn't even come close to the proper town square we've proposed which is the size of 11 tennis courts. You can see the Council's planning application 17/4213/FUL including the comments for and (mostly) against and add your comment here: http://www2.richmond.gov.uk/PlanData2/Planning_CaseNo.aspx?strCASENO=17/4213/FUL Please be sure to select 'Object to the Proposal' in the 'Do You Want To *' box before entering your comment, otherwise it will be classified as a general observation. For information about how to object please see our previous petition update. Best wishes from The Twickenham Riverside Park Team