Draft Local Plan: Examination library

The examination library is formed of all the documents that are related to the Richmond Local Plan and its examination. The Programme Officer is responsible for ensuring that all documentation for the examination is recorded and made available to the public (via this website). Additional documents will be added over the course of the examination. A complete list of the documents relevant to the examination is also available in the examination index.

This page lists the examination documents, which include:

• Documents from the Inspector
• Documents from the Council and other parties
• Documents from the representors

Inspector's documents

Reference	Document	Date added to the library or updated
ID-001	Examination Guidance Note from the Inspectors (June 2024)	7 June 2024
ID-002	Main Matters, Issues and Questions with Draft Hearings Programme (June 2024)	7 June 2024
ID-002a	Draft Hearings Programme (July 2024)	5 July 2024

Council's documents

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
LBR-001	Public Notice of Examination Hearings (May 2024)	9 May 2024
LBR-002	Schedule of Proposed Modifications suggested by the Council (May 2024)	10 May 2024
LBR-003	Council’s Opening Statement	26 June 2024
LBR-004	Council's Closing Statement	18 July 2024
LBR-005	Council’s Position Statement on updates to Policy 11 Affordable Housing (November 2024)	31 January 2025

Hearing action points

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
HA-01	Council's record of actions arising from hearings (Week 1)	9 July 2024
HA-02	Council's record of actions arising from hearings (Week 2)	9 July 2024
HA-03	Council's record of actions arising from hearings (Week 3)	4 September 2024
HA-04	Council’s key actions arising from hearings – post hearings follow up (31 July 2024)	31 January 2025
HA-05	Council’s key actions arising from hearings – post hearings follow up (30 August 2024)	31 January 2025
HA-06	Council’s key actions arising from hearings – post hearings follow up (30 September 2024)	31 January 2025

Hearing statements

Main matter 1 – Legal requirements and overarching issues

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-01	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-002-001	PMV Planning obo Arlington Works	13 June 2024
REP-121-001	Woolf Bond Planning obo Sulinder Singh	13 June 2024

Main matter 2 – Spatial strategy (policies 1 and 2)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-02	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-73-00	Jane Lovell	13 June 2024
REP-97-001	Old Deer Park Working Group	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024

Main matter 3 – Delivering new homes and an affordable borough for all (policies 10 to 16)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-03	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-80-001	GLA obo Mayor of London	13 June 2024
REP-126-001	Avison Young obo St George Plc and Marks and Spencer	13 June 2024

Main matter 4 – Hampton and Hampton Hill (site allocations 1 to 5)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024
REP-103-001	Solve Planning obo Port Hampton Estates Ltd	13 June 2024

Main matter 5 – Teddington and Hampton Wick (site allocations 6 to 9)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024

Main matter 6 – Twickenham, Strawberry Hill and St Margarets (site allocations 10 to 19)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024
REP-116-001	Rugby Football Union	13 June 2024

Main matter 7 – Whitton and Heathfield (site allocations 20 to 22)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024

Main matter 8 – Ham, Petersham and Richmond Park (site allocations 23 to 24)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024

Main matter 9 – Richmond and Richmond Hill (site allocations 25 to 30)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024

Main matter 10 – Kew (site allocations 31 to 34)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024
REP-97-001	Old Deer Park Working Group	13 June 2024
REP-126-002	Avison Young obo St George Plc and Marks and Spencer	13 June 2024

Main matter 11 – Mortlake and East Sheen (site allocations 35 to 38)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024

Main matter 12 – Barnes

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-04	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (overarching document)	13 June 2024
WS-MM-04-12	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames (note includes all place-based strategies)	13 June 2024

Main matter 13 – Responding to the climate emergency and taking action (policies 3 to 9)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-13	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-126-003	Avison Young obo St George Plc and Marks and Spencer	13 June 2024

Main matter 14 – Shaping and supporting our town and local centres as they adapt to changes in the way we shop and respond to the pandemic (policies 17 to 20)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-14	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024

Main matter 15 – Increasing jobs and helping business to grow and bounce back following the pandemic (policies 21 to 27)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-15	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024

Main matter 16 – Protecting what is special and improving our areas (policies 28 to 33)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-16	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-97-001	Old Deer Park Working Group	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024

Main matter 17 – Increasing biodiversity and the quality of our green and blue spaces, and greening the borough (policies 34 to 43)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-17	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-15-001	Solve Planning obo Chantry Estates	13 June 2024
REP-73-001	Jane Lovell	13 June 2024
REP-97-001	Old Deer Park Working Group	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024
REP-116-001	Rugby Football Union	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	Woolf Bond Planning obo Sulinder Singh	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002a Appendix 1	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002ab Appendix 1a	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002c Appendix 1b	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002d Appendix 1c	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002e Appendix 1d (part 1)	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002f Appendix 1d (part 2)	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002g Appendix 1e	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002h Appendix 2a	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002j Appendix 2b	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002k Appendix 2c	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002m Appendix 2d	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002n Appendix 3a	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002p Appendix 3b	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002r Appendix 4a	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002s Appendix 4b	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002t Appendix 4c	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002v Appendix 5a	13 June 2024
REP-121-002	REP-121-002w Appendix 6	13 June 2024
REP-138-001	David Harvey Taylor	13 June 2024
REP-150-001	Udney Park Playing Fields (UPPF) Trust	13 June 2024
REP-140-001	Thames Water	13 June 2024
REP-146-001	The Teddington Society obo Udney Park Playing Fields	13 June 2024

Main matter 18 – Improving design, delivering beautiful buildings and high-quality places (policies 44 to 46)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-18	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-97-001	Old Deer Park Working Group	13 June 2024
REP-105-001	Prospect of Richmond	13 June 2024
REP-126-004	Avison Young obo St George Plc and Marks and Spencer	13 June 2024
REP-146-001	The Teddington Society	13 June 2024

Main matter 19 – Reducing the need to travel and improving the choices for more sustainable travel (policies 47 to 48)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-19	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024
REP-148-001	Transport for London	13 June 2024

Main matter 20 – Securing new social and community infrastructure to support a growing population (policies 49 and 50)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-20	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024

Main matter 21 – Creating safe, healthy and inclusive communities (policies 51 to 54)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-21	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024

Main matter 22 – Implementation, Delivery and Monitoring (policy 55)

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
WS-MM-22	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames	13 June 2024

Publication documents

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
SD-001	Local Plan Publication (Regulation 19) Consultation Version (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-002	Sustainability Appraisal of the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-003	Equality Impact and Needs Analysis of the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-004	Richmond upon Thames: Regulation 19 Local Plan Habitat Regulations Assessment (April 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-004a	Richmond upon Thames: Regulation 19 Local Plan Habitat Regulations Assessment (Updated June 2024)	31 January 2025
SD-005	Health Impact Assessment of the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-006	Flood Risk and Development Sequential Test (April 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-007	Statement of Consultation - Including all the Pre-Publication responses and the Council’s response (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-008	Duty to Cooperate Statement (June 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-009	Summary of place-based strategies and site allocations, and policies, outlining main changes to adopted Local Plan (June 2023)	19 January 2024

Submission documents

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
SD-010	Policies Map (December 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-011	Statement of Consultation (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-012	Index of all respondents to the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) consultation (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-013	Summary of main issues raised during the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) consultation and Summary of the Council’s response on main issues (January 2024) including summary of each response (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-014	Schedule of responses to the Publication Local Plan (Regulation 19) consultation (in plan order) with the Council’s response (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-015	Duty to Cooperate Statement (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-016	Soundness Self-Assessment Checklist Local Plan Publication Version (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-017	Legal Compliance Checklist Local Plan Publication Version (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-018	Local Plan Monitoring Framework (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-018a	Local Plan Monitoring Framework (August 2024)	31 January 2025
SD-019	Background Topic Paper: Housing Delivery (October 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-020	Background Topic Paper: Transport (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-021	Background Topic Paper: Affordable Housing (November 2023)	19 January 2024
SD-022	Background Topic Paper: Biodiversity Net Gain (January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-023	Letter to the Planning Inspectorate accompanying submission of the Local Plan (19 January 2024)	19 January 2024
SD-024	Implications of government publications including NPPF update on submission of the Local Plan (January 2024)	19 January 2024

Statements of Common Ground

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
SOCG-01	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Surrey County Council (signed 07/02/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-02	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Spelthorne Borough Council (signed 26/02/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-03	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Transport for London (TfL) (signed 28/02/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-04	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth (signed 07/03/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-05	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and National Highways (signed 08/03/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-06	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (signed 14/03/2024)	18 April 2024
SOCG-07	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Elmbridge Borough Council (signed 03/04/2024)	26 April 2024
SOCG-08	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the Environment Agency (signed 18/04/2024)	12 July 2024
SOCG-09	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (signed 02/05/2024)	10 May 2024
SOCG-10	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and Historic England (signed 23/05/2024)	4 June 2024
SOCG-11	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames and the Mayor of London/Greater London Authority (signed 31/05/2024)	4 June 2024
SOCG-12	Statement of Common Ground between London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Hounslow (signed 11/06/2024)	12 June 204

Responses to Main Modifications Consultation 

Reference	Document	Date added to the library
MMR-001	Aidan Boulter	30 April 2025
MMR-002	Alexander Lewis	30 April 2025
MMR-003	Alexandra and Elizabeth Strick	30 April 2025
MMR-004	Amanda Scott, Surrey County Council	30 April 2025
MMR-005	Andrea Plos	30 April 2025
MMR-006	Anne Edwards	30 April 2025
MMR-007	Anne Perry	30 April 2025
MMR-008	Ben Holland	30 April 2025
MMR-009	Beverley Johnston	30 April 2025
MMR-010	Carmel Morrissey	30 April 2025
MMR-011	Caroline Shah	30 April 2025
MMR-012	Catherine Bruzzone	30 April 2025
MMR-013	Celia Holman	30 April 2025
MMR-014	Chloe Hall	30 April 2025
MMR-015	Paul and Claire Gowers	30 April 2025
MMR-016	Clive Chapman on behalf of Jack Betteridge	30 April 2025
MMR-017	Clive Chapman	30 April 2025
MMR-018	Colin Heath	30 April 2025
MMR-019	Coryn and Stephen Andrews	30 April 2025
MMR-020	Daniel Marques Sampaio	30 April 2025
MMR-021	Dannie Walton	30 April 2025
MMR-022	David Hopwood	30 April 2025
MMR-023	David Wilson, Thames Water	30 April 2025
MMR-024	Doug Garrett	30 April 2025
MMR-025	Dr Diana Calam	30 April 2025
MMR-026	Eileen Munro	30 April 2025
MMR-027	Elisabeth Bell	30 April 2025
MMR-028	Emma Burke	30 April 2025
MMR-029	Emma Edwards	30 April 2025
MMR-030	Francesca Unsworth	30 April 2025
MMR-031	Gabrielle Spriggs	30 April 2025
MMR-032	George Goodby, Environment Agency	30 April 2025
MMR-033	Graeme Rimmer	30 April 2025
MMR-034	H W Cope- Harrison	30 April 2025
MMR-035	Hamish Dean (WSP) on behalf of Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd	30 April 2025
MMR-036	Hassan Ahmed, GLA on behalf of Mayor of London	30 April 2025
MMR-037	Heather Ganf	30 April 2025
MMR-038	Holly Tucker MBE	30 April 2025
MMR-039	Hugh and Claire Brasher	30 April 2025
MMR-040	Ian Kroch	30 April 2025
MMR-041	Isabel Offler	30 April 2025
MMR-042	Jack Garrett-Jones	30 April 2025
MMR-043	Jake and Lauri Riviera	30 April 2025
MMR-044	Jan Black	30 April 2025
MMR-045	Jane Probyn	30 April 2025
MMR-046	John Phillips, London Historic Parks and Gardens Trust	30 April 2025
MMR-047	Joly Cox, Transport for London	30 April 2025
MMR-048	Josh McGee	30 April 2025
MMR-049	K. Swift	30 April 2025
MMR-050	KA Oberc	30 April 2025
MMR-051	Kim Miller, Historic England	30 April 2025
MMR-052	Lacy Chapman on behalf of Barry and Val Armstrong	30 April 2025
MMR-053	Lacy Chapman on behalf of Ian Tyson	30 April 2025
MMR-054	Laura Arrigoni	30 April 2025
MMR-055	Lucinda Pickard	30 April 2025
MMR-056	Maher Maksoud	30 April 2025
MMR-057	Marcia and Frederick Ayres	30 April 2025
MMR-058	Mareike Mundorff	30 April 2025
MMR-059	Mark Gunning	30 April 2025
MMR-060	Martin Wallraff and Claudia Villasis-Wallraff	30 April 2025
MMR-061	Max Balfour	30 April 2025
MMR-062	Natalie Peter	30 April 2025
MMR-063	Melanie Riach	30 April 2025
MMR-064	Neil Fraser on behalf of Fraser & Fraser	30 April 2025
MMR-065	Neil Fraser	30 April 2025
MMR-066	Nick Alston (Avison Young) on behalf of St George Plc	30 April 2025
MMR-067	Nick Dinnage	30 April 2025
MMR-068	Nicki Bell	30 April 2025
MMR-069	Nicola Cooper (supported by Helen Montgomery Smith)	30 April 2025
MMR-070	Nicola Lyon on behalf of Twickenham Rowing Club	30 April 2025
MMR-071	Nigel Walkden, National Highways	30 April 2025
MMR-072	Penny Jones	30 April 2025
MMR-073	Peter Hunter	30 April 2025
MMR-074	Philippa Boulter	30 April 2025
MMR-075	Piotr Behnke, Natural England	30 April 2025
MMR-076	Richard Wayman	30 April 2025
MMR-077	Robert Tucker	30 April 2025
MMR-078	Roger Cutler	30 April 2025
MMR-079	Sally Tucker	30 April 2025
MMR-080	Sam Dibley	30 April 2025
MMR-081	Sean Barrett	30 April 2025
MMR-082	Sebastian Head	30 April 2025
MMR-083	Shauneen Austin	30 April 2025
MMR-084	Simon and Sheba Cassini	30 April 2025
MMR-085	Stephen Harrison	30 April 2025
MMR-086	Steven Nalon	30 April 2025
MMR-087	Tim Catchpole, Mortlake with East Sheen Society	30 April 2025
MMR-088	Tommy Cooper on behalf of Michael Cooper	30 April 2025
MMR-089	Tony and Jane Schiemann	30 April 2025
MMR-090	Valerie Scott on behalf of Henry Harrison	30 April 2025
MMR-091	Vicky Aston, Sport England	30 April 2025
MMR-092	Winifred Smith	30 April 2025

Evidence and other documents

A complete list of the documents relevant to the examination including submission documents SD-025 to SD-178 and post submission examination documents is available in the examination index.

Contact

Email: localplan@richmond.gov.uk