Tania Mathias Meeting tonight at St Mark’s Church, Teddington was a washout. No real info obtained except Imperial College have received a knock out (speculative) bid from a private developer; The Harlequins and Space2Play are out of the running. I did learn that the covenant on the Imperial College Playing Fields that all their supporters (friends of Udney Park, Space2Play, etc) were spouting about in their defence to keep their field is actually time served. There is no more covenant, it is just a piece of grass. At the meeting Tania Mathias stayed silent regarding Udney Park, the Council Spokesman did say that they would not support any application for housing or a school on the site. Jon Hollis, Tania’s possible replacement for Hampton Wick seemed a complete lost cause, when questioned on his view of Udney Park all he said was “parking issues” So Tania Mathias states that “I would not support this site for such a school in Whitton”, further adding "As far as I am aware Richmond Council has not dismissed any sites", clearly not the case as we heard tonight. Jon Hollis stated that he doesn’t support a school on Imperial College site (now probably irrelevant) Where does that leave Turing House ? Richmond Council are urging the EFA to secure the Whitton Site, what a bloody mess. If the Imperial College site does get sold to a developer then there is only one option left, Whitton ! 1 Away from the centre of need, 2 Teddington parents unhappy, 3 Whitton parents unhappy 4 Twickenham academy destabilised 5 Destruction of Metropolitan Open Land 6 Further traffic chaos 7 Construction traffic for upto TWO YEARS 8 6 schools already in the immediate area of Whitton site with over 2,600 children. Turing House Visionary Free School, did anyone envision this mess ?