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Why Thomson House School should move to the Brewery site? Amanda Letch writes why she supports our Community Plan
By Amanda Letch, Head Teacher, Thomson House School. Thomson House School came into existence in September 2013. The school is part of...
Mayor’s Hearing postponed!
We had a small but significant victory yesterday. As a result of MBCG's lobbying the Mayor of London has agreed to postpone the Hearing to...
Read more about our campaign
The redevelopment of the Stag Brewery site is a once in a generation opportunity to revitalise Mortlake, reconnect it with the River...
Make the Community Plan a reality
The Brewery planning application is due to be decided by London Mayor Sadiq Khan at a date to be announced. We believe our campaign is...
Put your question to the mayor this Thursday
We have a great opportunity to let Mayor Sadiq Khan know about the deep concern in Mortlake caused by the scale of the Brewery...
Join our campaign and take action
We now know the Mayor’s Hearing to determine the future of the brewery site is going ahead on Thursday November 26th at 1.30pm despite the...
Our submission to the GLA Re-consultation
Re-consultation on revised documents Following submission of our representation on the planning applications on 27 Sept 2020 we have...
New documents submitted by the Developer reveal scale of density
Please read our latest analysis of the documents sent to the GLA by Reselton Properties. The most significant and concerning document is...
Our Submission to The Mayor
Comments on the Planning Applications for the redevelopment of the former Stag Brewery, Mortlake for the Mayor of London The Mortlake...
Our community plan
We are not opposed to developing the brewery site. We believe the right scheme could bring lasting benefits to Mortlake. Last year, we...
Latest update on the plans
Tim Catchpole, newly elected Chair of Mortlake and East Sheen SOCIETY (MESS) and member of the MBCG core group has produced an excellent...
Sarah Olney MP objects to the scheme
We wrote to ask Sarah Olney MP to object to the revised scheme. She has now written to the Mayor with her objections. Thank you to our MP...
A Travel Plan that works for everyone
Tim Lennon, local transport campaigner proposes his ideal Travel Plan for the brewery development Mortlake (and Richmond) is likely to get...
Mortlake Gridlock
Our latest leaflet, Mortlake Gridlock, is being delivered across the area. Time is running out to object to the latest brewery plans...
Our letter to Sarah Olney MP
On behalf of MBCG, local resident, Bruce Houlder QC has written to Sarah Olney MP. We are asking her to help us persuade the Mayor of...
Revised plans, revised context
Most of you will have by now received from the GLA its consultation document on the revised plans for the redevelopment of the Stag...
GLA Consultation starts
You may have received a letter from the GLA acting on behalf of the Mayor of London about the 6 week consultation on revised plans for the...
Merrily we WFH
At this juncture, the jury is still out on the future of wfh, or working from home for those unfamiliar with the acronym, now repurposed...
Here’s to your Good Health
The last several months has made all of us acutely aware, for better or for worse, of our health. Covid19 and its impact on nearly all...
A Re-start in Mortlake?
By Clare Delmar, MBCG Core Group. Four months of lockdown and the continued presence of Covid19 has made all of us acutely aware of where...
Mantel comes to Mortlake
Many of us are hugely enjoying Hilary Mantel's long awaited final novel of her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light. Thomas...
The Mayor takes control over the brewery site
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London has decided to use his powers to call in all three planning applications for the Brewery which were...
MBCG Response to LBRuT Planning Committee Decision on Stag Brewery Redevelopment
The MBCG is very disappointed with both the process and outcome of the LBRuT Planning Committee Meeting which took place on 29 January,...
News Flash!
You may have heard that there was an interesting outcome to Wednesday’s Council Planning Committee which sat to hear the 3 planning...
How to object to the brewery plan revisions
The Richmond Planning Department has sent out letters notifying us of revisions to the plans for the Brewery development. These...
Why is it taking so long for Cllr Roberts to reply to our letter?
After the public meeting on the secondary school, Mortlake Brewery Community Group sent a letter to Cllr Gareth Roberts, Leader of...
School places vs New Spaces
Report of public meeting held on Monday March 18th Local people packed St Mary’s Church, Mortlake for a discussion hosted by the Mortlake...
Wednesday, 18th March 2019
Report from meeting | Slides from meeting
A new school on the Brewery site:
Background The Council has suggested that a new secondary school is required in the eastern part of the borough. The owners and...
Demand for local Secondary School places
JOIN US TO DISCUSS MISSING EVIDENCE Meeting on Monday 18th march 2019 7.30pm St Mary's church, Mortlake High Street, London sW14 8JA...
Packed Public Meeting on Air Pollution
tNearly 100 people flocked to our meeting last week at St Mary’s Church about the dangers of air pollution. As well as the plans for the...
Wednesday, 13th February 2019
Minutes of meeting | Transcript of Melissa Compton-Edward's talk Slides from Howard Potter's talk | Slides from Roger Mason's talk
Missing: Clean Air
MISSING: CLEAN AIR A healthy debate for Mortlake’s future Are you concerned about the current level of air pollution in Mortlake – and...
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Monday, 24th September 2018
Minutes of meeting | Slides from the meeting
Mums for Lungs
In April 2017, Mums for Lungs was founded to campaign for cleaner air. A local branch was set up earlier this year in East Sheen to focus...
A walk around the Brewery site
There has been a brewery in Mortlake for over four hundred years. Walking round the now abandoned site of the brewery there was a sense of...
It’s not too late – to shape the future of Mortlake?
We so enjoyed meeting new people and some of our regular supporters at Mortlake Fair last weekend. What a beautiful day it was too! The...
MBCG response and objections to the plans
MBCG has submitted its response to the Richmond Planning Department. The full MBCG Response is 125 pages, so you may want to read the...
Choker’s Corner
Mortlake Brewery plans + road widening = Increased traffic & pollution It just doesn’t add up. Chalker’s Corner will become Choker’s...
Network Rail object to plans
NETWORK RAIL OBJECT TO PLANS DUE TO UNACCEPTABLE RISK Network Rail have confirmed to us and to LBRuT planning department that they intend...
Template Response for Brewery Planning Applications
Please feel free to amend or write your own letter to Richmond Council using all or some of the suggested text below. Comment online at:...
HAVE YOUR SAY BY 13th May!
Richmond Council has now validated the planning application submitted by Reselton Properties for the Stag Brewery site. You can see...
Mortlake Brewery Hustings report
On Monday evening the MBCG held a hustings at St Mary’s Mortlake where the local candidates for election to Richmond Council on May 3rd...
Monday, 16th April 2018
Notes from meeting
Our Council Election Hustings Meeting
What do local candidates think about the Brewery site ? Come to our Council Election Hustings meeting on Monday 16 April at 7.30pm, at St...
Monday, 5th March 2018
Minutes of meeting | Slides from meeting
Planning Application goes in
Thank you to all those who came to our meeting on Monday March 5th at St Mary the Virgin church to hear about the plans that have been...