
Thames Towpath repair to cost millions and take 7 months
Work expected to start in early 2025 with the path re opening by the summer
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Work expected to start in early 2025 with the path re opening by the summer
Updates on the redevelopment of the Stag Brewery site at Mortlake
Updates on the redevelopment of the Homebase and Tesco Sites at Gillette Corner (Hounslow)
Updates on the redevelopment of the former Homebase site at Manor Road, East Sheen
The Kew Society has a proud record of monitoring planning applications that might impact on our lives within Kew. Find out about past projects where the planners’ decision were consistent with our recommendations.
The Kew Society has supported both Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Richmond Council in objecting to the Sega site redevelopment, on the grounds of the materially adverse impact the tall blocks will have on views from Kew Gardens, Kew Green and the Arcadian Thames towpath.
A panel of experts, brought together by the Kew Society sort the science from the fiction about climate change and air quality and the implications for this area. What impact have recent measures had on air pollution and what can we do to make a difference for us and our children?
The aim of the project is to provide a step-free crossing between the eastbound and westbound platforms at Kew Gardens Station. Currently, crossing between platforms requires negotiating the steep steps of the pedestrian footbridge over the line, or the steep steps into and out of a tunnel under it.
The Kew Society has concerns over the Thames Water plan to abstract water from the Thames at Teddington and replace it with treated sewage. Find an easy to read summary of the Thames Water Plan, including links to the full draft, Water Resources Management Plan 2024 and the Kew Society’s response.
Updates on the redevelopment of Holly House land at Chiswick Roundabout
At present, low white railings are in place around most of Kew Green. The Parks Department of Richmond Council have proposed that these are now extended to other parts of the Green, whilst still allowing convenient pedestrian and wheelchair access.
The public exhibition to update people about plans for the redevelopment of the Kew Retail Park, originally anticipated for mid-November 2023, has been postponed, probably untill January 2024.
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