Kempton Park – Timeline – question to Council

Dear Neighbour

Spelthorne Council will be holding an “information event” on Tuesday 3 February (see  https://keepkemptongreen.com/2015/01/14/a-date-for-your-diary/ for details).

The purpose of this public meeting is to “clarify issues and misunderstandings relating to Kempton Park”.  Doors open at 6:15 pm, and there will be a presentation, followed by a Q&A session, starting at 7:00 pm.

Questions can be asked on the night, but the Council will also take questions in advance.

LOSRA have sent the following advance question:

“Can the Chief Executive & Leader give a categorical assurance that neither they, nor any other member of the council or Officer, have ever, either directly or by inference, given any indication to The Jockey Club, or it’s representatives, that they should, with acceptable solutions to the proposed site and roads infrastructure, consider a residential or other development on their Green Belt land; and that exception to Local Plan policy could be justified in order to facilitate any development application?”

Paul Thompson, Chair, LOSRA

KKG have sent the following advance question:

“Does the Council agree that the Timeline (attached and below) regarding the proposals for the residential development on the Kempton Park estate is accurate?”

Kind regards
Keep Kempton Green

TIMELINE – Kempton Park Development Proposals

2 Sep 2005              Covenant signed

23 Feb 2012            Email exchange – HM, RT, LB, LON – re Kempton Park and affordable housing

27 Feb 2012            Email exchange – HM, MG, VS – re Covenant

21 Mar 2012          Tour of Kempton Park – FA, JP, IB, SD, GF, MF, DG, CN, DP1, RS-A, RW, RT, HM, TC, LON

10 May 2012          Meeting at Kempton Park – GF, SD, DP1

22 Aug 2012           Email exchange – CM, DS – re Covenant

23 Oct 2012            Meeting at Kempton Park – RT, HM, LON, MG, CF, MS

23 Jan 2013            Meeting at Kempton Park – Kempton Park Working Party – GF, MF, SD, HM, MB, PH

24 Jan 2013            Email exchange – HM, RT, LON – re Kempton Park proposals

6 Feb 2013              “High Level” Meeting at Knowle Green – RW, RT, LON, HM, MS, CF, WG, PH

19 Feb 2013            Meeting at Knowle Green – HM, DK, ML

7 Mar 2013              Meeting at Kempton Park – RT, HM, LON, MS, PW

27 Mar 2013          Meeting at Knowle Green: HM, MB, DK ML – cancelled

10 Apr 2013            “High Level” Meeting at Kempton Park – HM, RT, LON, RW, SW, MB, PH, WG, MS

17 April 2013          Meeting – Update – SBC and JC

8 May 2013            Meeting – Introduction to consultants’ team

20 May 2013          Email exchange – HM, SM, TW-F, MG, LON – re Kempton park proposals

5 Jun 2013              Internal SCC email re Kempton Park proposals

7 Jun 2013              Email exchange – HM, DK, ML, MB – re David Lock Associates contribution to Local Economic Assessment

17 Jun 2013            Environment Agency emails regarding site visit to Kempton Park

26 June 2013          “High Level” Meeting at Knowle Green – RW, SW, RT, LON, HM, MS, WG, PH, MB, DP2

28 June 2013          Roberto Tambini letters to CEs of Hounslow, Richmond & Elmbridge

2 Jul 2013                  Email exchange – HM, MB – re work on housing targets

9 Jul 2013                  Meeting at Twickenham – Kempton Park Feasibility Meeting – Mouchel, LB Richmond, TfL

11 Jul 2013             Conversation – AD, RW at Walton Bridge opening

15 Jul 2013             Meeting at Knowle Green – LOSRA and SBC – AD, ZC, RT, HM

17 Jul 2013             Meeting – Kempton Park Steering Group – DP1, MF, SW

13 Aug 2013           Meeting At Kempton Park – LOSRA and JC – AD, IF, MB, DD, NK – tour of eastern side of the estate

13 Aug 2013           Meeting at Kempton Park – Councillors

4 Sep 2013              Mark Boyes Costco objection letter

11 Sep 2013            Meeting at Knowle Green – MB, HM, RT re Costco objection

12 Sep 2013            “High Level” Meeting at Kempton Park

9 Oct 2013                Meeting at Kempton Park – LOSRA and JC – AD, IF, MB, DD

10 Oct 2013            Conversation AD, RW, SW after Fire Service public meeting

23 Oct 2013            Mouchel Feasibility Study Hampton Traffic

24 Oct 2013            Meeting at Magpie – AD, ZC, JH, NK

12 Nov 2013           Meeting at TE’s house – TE, AF, AD, ZC

12 Nov 2013           Email exchange – HM, RT – re David Lock Associates

Mid Nov 2013         Meeting at Kempton Park – HM, DK, senior officers

9 Dec 2013             Meeting at Knowle Green – HM, RT, MB, “D”

9 Dec 2013             Meeting at Knowle Green – LOSRA and SBC – RT, HM, LON, RW, TE, AF, AD, ZC, IF

28 Jan 2014            Meeting – Update – SBC and JC

20 Feb 2014            “High Level” Meeting at Knowle Green – RT, RW, VL, JB, MS, MB, DP2

21 May 2014          Meeting at Highways Agency Dorking – HA, SCC, KP, Mouchel – Transportation Scoping Meeting

26 Jun 2014            Meeting at Kempton Park – Kempton Park Residents Liaison Group

6 Jan 2015              Meeting at Kempton Park – Kempton Park Residents Liaison Group + councillors

KEY:

AD: Alan Doyle, Chair, LOSRA to Dec 2013

AF: Cllr Alfred Friday

CF: Colin Fellows, Group Property Director, The Jockey Club to Jul 2013

CM: Clare Marland, Principal Lawyer, SBC

CN: Cllr Caroline Nichols

DD: David Dewar, Mouchel (transport consultants)

DG: Cllr Denise Grant

DK: David Keene, David Lock Associates, (urban planning consultants)

DS: Dion Scherer, Senior Surveyor, Kempton Carr Croft

DP1: Cllr Daxa Patel

DP2: Duncan Phillips, Aspire, (development consultants)

FA: Cllr Frank Ayers, Leader, SBC to Jan 2013

GF: Cllr Gerry Forsbrey

HM: Heather Morgan, Head of Planning, SBC to Jan 2014

IB: Cllr Ian Beardsmore

IF: Iain Findlay, Committee member, LOSRA

JB: John Brooks, Head of Planning, SBC from Jan 2014

JP: Cllr J Pinkerton, Deputy Leader of Spelthorne Council to Jan 2013

LB: Liz Borthwick, Assistant Chief Executive, SBC

LON: Lee O’Neil, Assistant Chief Executive, SBC

MB: Mark Boyes, Aspire, (development consultants)

MF: Cllr Mark Francis

MG: Michael Graham, Head of Corporate Governance, SBC

ML: Matthew Lappin, David Lock Associates, (urban planning consultants)

MS: Mike Street, Chairman, Kempton Park to Jan 2013

NK: Nick Kilby, Cratus, (PR consultants)

PH: Peter Hopson, Aspire (development consultants)

PW: Phil White, MD, Kempton Park

RS-A: Cllr Richard Smith-Ainsley

RT: Roberto Tambini, Chief Executive, SNC

RW: Cllr Robert Watts, Leader, SBC from Jan 2013

SD: Cllr Sandra Dunn

SM: Sandy Muirhead, Head of Sustainability and Leisure, SBC

SW: Cllr Suzy Webb, Cabinet member for Planning

TC: Assistant Chief Executive, SBC

TE: Cllr Tim Evans

TW-F: Tracey Willmott-French, Senior Environmental Health Manager, SBC

VL: Cllr Vivienne Leighton, Cabinet member for Planning

VS: Victoria Statham, Principal Solicitor, SBC

WG: William Gittus, Group Property Director, The Jockey Club from Jul 2013

ZC: Ziz Coltart, Treasurer, LOSRA to Mar 2014