WELCOME to the website of the Raynes Park and West Barnes Residents' Association, designed to inform you of current local issues and to provide a brief history of the local area and the Association. 

All our members receive our monthly magazine "The Guide", which continues to be delivered by our volunteers.

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Our Association , which is run completely by volunteers, works on behalf of our local community. We are a NON political association, welcoming everyone. 

The current membership year runs from March 2022 to February 2023 and costs the very low annual subscription fee of £3.   

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Chairman's Blog - Feb 2025

PLANNING APPLICATION IN BURLINGTON ROAD

There is a further attempt by developers to build at 208-212 Burlington Road. The application is 22/P3479 and was lodged on 12 December 2024.  This date, so close to the holiday period, was presumably chosen to minimize the number of objections, but the RPBWRA has sent its full and reasoned objections, thanks to committee member Jerry Cuthbert. 

We made an objection to the last application, asking that it should be refused. The present one is simply an amended version of the previous application made in December 2022. 

It proposes to demolish all the existing buildings and build a part 4 and part 6 storey building to provide 16 new flats, with a commercial unit on the ground floor. 

The major objection is to the scale and height of the proposed building area, which would impact severely on the residents in Barnard Gardens and Errol Gardens, with visual intrusion and loss of daylight. 

It is a gross overdevelopment, which would not provide adequate access for delivery and servicing vehicles. 

The site is on Shannon Corner, which is an area in a flood zone and is notorious for actual flooding.  

GRAND OPENING OF STEP FREE ACCESS AT MOTSPUR PARK STATION.

The RPWBRA was pleased to support the Official Opening of the new lifts at Motspur Park Station on Friday 31^st January – full story in the forthcoming March Guide! 

Meanwhile, local historian Toby Ewin is continuing to lead the planning for the celebrations which will be held in the summer to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Motspur Park station. 

COLD WEATHER

We hope that all our members were able to stay warm during the intensive cold spell in January, and that most of you were able to avoid the flu and pneumonia epidemic that filled up the local hospitals.  

John Elvidge

Motspur Park - Access for All - Official Opening

ACCESS FOR ALL - OFFICIAL OPENING

We have just received the news from Jack Wharton of Network Rail that there will be an Official Opening of the new step-free access at Motspur Park Station on Friday 31 January 2025, at 1:00 p.m. More information about the event is expected soon.