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  • Letter sent to ESCSC members

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    Today we sent a letter signed by 32 members of this group to the members of the Environment, Sustainability, Culture and Sports Committee. This letter details the various financial, constitutional and governance irregularities during this 4 year old fiasco. It has also been sent to members of the Audit and Finance Committees.

  • Chief Executive passes the buck and is unwilling to meet us

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    You’ll remember that on 4 January, we sent an open letter to Mike Jackson the Chief Executive of the council. We never even got an acknowledgment so chased it up on 15 January and received the following reply: Good Afternoon On behalf of the Chief Executive I acknowledge your email below, upon investigation I have…

  • Consultation is open on Group Exercise Studio

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    You may have noticed from the council’s booking app, that a consultation with residents was opened on 1 February for our views on the group exercise studio. The last day to take part is 28 February. CONSULTATION: Pools on the Park Group Exercise Studio When you get to the question, ‘Which of the following activities…

  • We must STOP Richmond Council from reallocating £187K funding on 23 January

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    Richmond Council has backed itself into a corner. The council’s ongoing lack of transparency and blatant disregard of residents’ wishes has come back to bite itself and now it is trying to escape this sticky situation. At the next Finance, Policy and Resources Committee meeting on Tuesday 23 January 2024, the council is intending to…

  • Press coverage in Twickenham & Richmond Tribune

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    Many thanks to the Twickenham & Richmond Tribune for including our story about the council’s failure to obtain planning permission when they stripped out the health suite in their Edition 374, published on 5 January 2024.

  • Open letter has been sent to the Chief Executive of Richmond Council

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    Since councillors have so far been unwilling to stand up for us and help our cause, we have now sent an open letter to Mike Jackson, Chief Executive on behalf of the 371 residents who wanted to see the health suite refurbished and reopened. We are calling on Richmond Council to: Read our letter. We…

  • Richmond Council BROKE planning law on Grade II listed building

    Richmond Council BROKE planning law on Grade II listed building

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    Over the past couple of months that we’ve been dealing with the health suite fiasco, Richmond Council have repeatedly stated that Pools on the Park is a challenging building due to it being Grade II listed.  Pools on the Park opened in 1966 and is considered to be one of the finest surviving examples of…

  • Richmond Council refuses to give details of £140K/£210K cost estimates

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    Richmond Council’s proposal for the former health suite area was based on a £140,000 estimate to convert it to a group exercise studio and a £210,000 estimate to refurbish it as a health suite. A FOI request was filed on 17 November 2023, to get “any written supplier estimates and/or internal/external communications that were used…

  • Petition is rejected by Richmond Council

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    On 13 December 2023, we submitted an online petition request to RIchmond Council. On 22 December 2023, they responded and said it was rejected: Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding. The proposed petition falls foul of the first requirement in the scheme which states: “Petitions will be accepted only where they relate…

  • Press Coverage in Richmond Nub News

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    Many thanks to Heather Nicholls at Richmond Nub News for writing a story about the formation of this action group and our case. https://richmond.nub.news/news/local-news/action-group-formed-to-object-richmond-councils-plans-to-turn-health-suite-into-group-exercise-studio-214826