Options consultation

There was a six week consultation from Friday 10 June to Friday 22 July 2011 on the following documents:

• Consultation leaflet(pdf, 3828KB): setting out the vision, objectives and strategic options.
• Sustainability Appraisal(pdf, 903KB): an assessment of the environmental, social and economic impacts.
• Equalities Impact Assessment(pdf, 122KB): assesses the proposed scenarios and options against the likely impact they will have on the six equality groups.

Your responses and views could be submitted to us by:

• filling in the online questionnaire (now closed)
• using the Word questionnaire (MS Word, 348KB) and emailing it to ldfconsultation@richmond.gov.uk or
• printing and posting the questionnaire to ‘Planning Policy’ at the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ

Consultation display boards were made available at the Civic Centre, at Twickenham library and some other locations around the town centre during this consultation. Council Officers or members of the consultation team were also available to answer questions on the following dates:

• Saturday 11 June: 10am to 4pm; "All in One" consultation in the Atrium, Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham
• Thursday 16 June: 4pm to 8pm; Atrium, Civic Centre, 44 York Street, Twickenham
• Saturday 18 June: 10am to 5pm; a stall at the Twickenham Taste Festival, Church Street, Twickenham
• Wednesday 29 June: 12 to 1.30pm; at the Secret Garden, Twickenham Riverside (access via the Sunshine Café); at the same time as the official opening of The Frame, Richmond’s Fourth Plinth Project

Reference copies of the consultation documents were made available for public inspection at the Civic Centre and Twickenham library.

Results of the options consultation

The Options Consultation consisted of a series of events and meetings over a few weeks rather than one discrete event. Whilst many of the responses were in the form of questionnaires received, the results of general and specific meetings were recorded and taken into account, together with initial feasibility work, in the final analysis.

You can view the results of the options consultation here:

• Summary of all consultation on the options stage(pdf, 75KB)
• Full report of options consultation(pdf, 12445KB)

What happens next

The comments made at the options consultation stage and other research and consultation, including feasibility, will determine the way forward. The options consultation will be reported to Cabinet on 20 October 2011 who will agree the approach to be taken.

Following consideration of the options consultation, the pre-publication version will be prepared. The next round of public consultation (on the pre-publication version) is expected to be undertaken towards the end of this year, when there will be a further opportunity to comment.