The second consultation for Twickenham Riverside is underway, without any of architect Francis Terry’s winning designs on display.

A pop-up shop opened this morning (July 19) in Twickenham’s Church Street aimed at giving people the opportunity to give detailed feedback about what they want for the development, with a focus on key issues such as parking.

The £19,000 scale model of how the adapted Francis Terry scheme would look, which was originally intended to be displayed during the consultation, has also been put on hold.

Council cabinet member for environment, Pamela Fleming, said at the moment there were no firm plans at all and there is scope for “substantial changes” to be made to existing proposals.

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She said: “At the moment there isn’t a scheme on the table because we want those views to feed into the new designs.

“We have said that there have been substantial changes already to take account of the feedback from the last consultation.

“We are going to listen.”

Francis Terry’s design won a competition last year in which a group of architects were paid £5,000 each to develop ideas from a brief that included introducing a town square on King Street, creating a possible area for performance and the opportunity for commercial space as well as residential.

The Regency-era inspired proposal, including an arcade of shops and up to 40 homes, was met with a mixed reception from residents and community groups.

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Francis Terry's original design for the riverside

The Council has stuck with Francis Terry and the architect’s logo is on display in the pop-up shop, but none of the competition-winning designs are visible.

Cllr Fleming, who will be spending time in the pop-up shop to discuss ideas with residents, said it will be a real challenge to help people understand that there must be compromises made with polarising issues such as parking.

Eel Pie Island residents are thought to be in favour of having parking on the site, though others have been vociferously opposed.

Cllr Fleming said: “Obviously we are going to have to let them appreciate both sides of the argument and they have been given a choice.

“Parking is probably going to be the issue in which people are most divided.

“But people are going to have to understand other people’s points of view.”

The pop-up shop will run until July 31, followed by a series of workshops through August and September.