This could be the reality with the current license application not specifying an upper limit for the number of extra events permitted and you have just 24 hours to speak up before it is too late. The license application also states that an unlimited number of events can go on until 1am and on 36 occasions a year, up to 2am, indicating that the RFU are planning significantly more than 15 events per year. This is your last chance to make a difference so act now!

HOW TO OBJECT

STEP 1: Email your objection

Send to: licensing@merton.gov.uk (yes, this is correct)

Subject line / REF: WK/202497933

Include your name and address in the email.

Use these licensing grounds:

• The prevention of crime and disorder
• Public Safety
• The prevention of public nuisance
• The protection of children from harm

Example paragraph: As a resident of XXXX Road, I strongly object due to public nuisance and safety concerns. We already face dangerous overcrowding, drunkenness & antisocial behaviour at rugby events and the local transport infrastructure is not well enough equipped to safely handle the increase in events, particularly mid-week when combined with school and commuter traffic. Thousands of local residents are calling for a clear, enforceable set of conditions and commitments before any expansion is even considered, as can be found at the petition here: https://www.change.org/save-twicks (Add any other concerns that you may have.) 

STEP 2: Comment Online

Go to: https://planning.richmond.gov.uk/richmond/application-details/235110 (or Google 'Richmond Gov Planning' - and then search PA25/1465

Use these planning grounds:

• Noise and disturbance resulting from use
• Adequacy of parking / loading / turning
• Highway safety, traffic generation, road access
• Disables persons' access
• Smells

ONE EMAIL. ONE COMMENT, ONE BIG DIFFERENCE.