Roehampton survey: 230 replies and counting

I'd like to thank the 230 Roehampton residents who have taken the trouble of responding to my survey on the council's redevelopment plans. And there are still another 11 days before the deadline for replies, so I'm confident that we'll have many more before my consultation closes.

What's really gratifying is the amount of time and consideration most respondents have invested in their survey answers. As well as answering the questions honestly, the majority of those who have returned surveys have added additional comments, and I'll be publishing a few of these over the next few weeks.

Of course, 230 replies is more than ten times the number of people the Conservative Council managed to find to support their plans. I'm sure even they, in private, now recognise they made a major mistake failing to consult residents properly and then staging an exhibition hardly anyone knew about at the start of the Summer holidays.

Unfortunately, even when they do recognise privately that they have got things wrong, this arrogant administration rarely admits it in public, so expect them - whatever the results of my far more authoritative survey show - to steamroller on with their redevelopment scheme.

If you haven't responded yet, or haven't been in the area my surveys were delivered to (all of the Alton estate and Roehampton village) you can do so by visiting stuartking.net/consult