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Richmond is going through a period of intense development activity partly as a result of the pressure from central government to concentrate building on existing urban areas to protect the green belt, but also because of the attractions of the borough as a place to live.

With its aim to conserve the natural assets and well-loved architecture of the borough, the Trust is contributing in different ways to help achieve the best possible outcomes for sites undergoing change, and to help ensure that changes to the Borough's Unitary Development Plan (link to borough website) are to the benefit of the environment.

Twickenham Riverside
Platts Eyot
Brunel University
Normansfield Theatre

Links:

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames :
www.richmond.gov.uk
Richmond Council for Voluntary Services :
www.richmondcvs.org.uk
Hampton/Twickenham/Thames/Richmond etc-online :
www.twickenham-online.co.uk
English Heritage :
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Association of Preservation Trusts :
www.heritage.co.uk/apt
BTCV :
www.btcv.org
Thames Landscape Strategy :
www.richmond.gov.uk/thameslandscape
Twickenham Society :
www.twicksoc.org.net
Richmond Society :
www.richmondsociety.co.uk
Ham & Petersham Association :
www.agk78.dial.pipex.com
National Trust :
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Environment Agency :
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Thames Strategy Kew to Chelsea : www.lbhf.gov.uk/external/thamesstrategy/strategy.html
Richmond Arts Council :
www.richmondarts.org.uk
Civic Trust :
www.heritageopendays.org
Department of Culture Media and Sport (listings) :
www.culture.gov.uk
DEFRA (planning) :
www.defra.gov.uk
Historic Richmond Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A : www.historicrichmond.com
Architectural Heritage Fund :
www.ahfund.org.uk