Peter Stewart

I'm up the top of the steps at the Harlequin because I don't know whether you spotted on social media this week there has been a bit of an announcement and a letter has gone in from Richard Biggs, who's leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, to the Harlequin support group and essentially saying, well let's quota a little bit of it, and that says that I'm pleased to be able to advise that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has now agreed with Aviva

I'm up the top of the steps at the Harlequin because I don't know whether you spotted on social media this week there has been a bit of an announcement and a letter has gone in from Richard Biggs, who's leader of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, to the Harlequin support group and essentially saying, well let's quota a little bit of it, and that says that I'm pleased to be able to advise that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has now agreed with Aviva

to jointly commission the RAC survey and the work will commence during the week of the 23rd of September. That's this coming Monday, of course. The survey work will include intrusive inspections with various trades on hand to support the opening up and making good process.

to jointly commission the RAC survey and the work will commence during the week of the 23rd of September. That's this coming Monday, of course. The survey work will include intrusive inspections with various trades on hand to support the opening up and making good process.

The first phase of the survey will determine the extent of the opening up required and will confirm the indicative programme for the completion and issue of the final report. And it's anticipated that will run into November. There's another paragraph as well, which I'll bring to you in a few moments' time. And that's essentially kind of hot off the press.

The first phase of the survey will determine the extent of the opening up required and will confirm the indicative programme for the completion and issue of the final report. And it's anticipated that will run into November. There's another paragraph as well, which I'll bring to you in a few moments' time. And that's essentially kind of hot off the press.

Ali is with me from the Harlequin Support Group, who you may know because she wears another hat as well. Ali, you help run youth drama groups as well, don't you, in the area?

Ali is with me from the Harlequin Support Group, who you may know because she wears another hat as well. Ali, you help run youth drama groups as well, don't you, in the area?

So that means that you and your colleagues and people you work with will have performed the other side of these doors over the years?

So that means that you and your colleagues and people you work with will have performed the other side of these doors over the years?

Well, as I say, we're at the top of the steps and, well, obviously the doors are closed. We've got some warning signs, warning construction site, keep out, caution works in progress, authorised entry only and all sorts of things.

Well, as I say, we're at the top of the steps and, well, obviously the doors are closed. We've got some warning signs, warning construction site, keep out, caution works in progress, authorised entry only and all sorts of things.

OK, well, let's hope it does, because it's been a while coming. What's your thoughts about what Richard Biggs has been saying in that letter to you?

OK, well, let's hope it does, because it's been a while coming. What's your thoughts about what Richard Biggs has been saying in that letter to you?

And to be fair, that's what Richard Biggs on behalf of the council has been saying. It's just taken so long, hasn't it? And you must be pleased that you've kept up this polite but rather insistent pressure which has been stepped up over recent months with the forming of your group.

And to be fair, that's what Richard Biggs on behalf of the council has been saying. It's just taken so long, hasn't it? And you must be pleased that you've kept up this polite but rather insistent pressure which has been stepped up over recent months with the forming of your group.

And also, it's not just the scale of the rack, is it? Because looking back at the letter, he says, given the age of the building, it's prudent at this moment to commission a full building condition survey. This building condition survey will be undertaken in October after the on-site rack survey work.

And also, it's not just the scale of the rack, is it? Because looking back at the letter, he says, given the age of the building, it's prudent at this moment to commission a full building condition survey. This building condition survey will be undertaken in October after the on-site rack survey work.

But before we get the rack survey findings, I hope you're following this at home, once the final rack and building condition reports have been issued, which we expect by the 15th of November, will have an indicative understanding of likely costs of any remediation.

But before we get the rack survey findings, I hope you're following this at home, once the final rack and building condition reports have been issued, which we expect by the 15th of November, will have an indicative understanding of likely costs of any remediation.