Lewisham Council is proposing a cycle superhighway between Downham and Deptford, through Catford and Lewisham, as part of its new cycling strategy. The proposed route, the Lewisham Spine, would run from the borough’s southern boundary with Bromley along the A21 to Lewisham town centre, before following Brookmill Road and Deptford Church Street to meet the […]
December 2017
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Greenwich Growth Fund: Council backs residents’ votes for spending developers’ cash
Plans to put money from developers into a “growth fund” were backed by Greenwich Council’s cabinet on Wednesday night – with residents able to vote online on how to spend some of it. Money from the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will be placed into a new Greenwich Growth Fund, and local groups will be […]
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Greenwich Council set to declare ‘bigoted’ Donald Trump not welcome in borough
Greenwich councillors are set to call on the government to cancel Donald Trump’s planned state visit to the UK – and declare that the US president will not be welcome in the borough. A Labour motion has been submitted to next week’s full council meeting demanding Trump’s visit be blocked following his use of Twitter […]
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DLR crush leads to TfL worries over 34-storey Lewisham tower
Transport for London wants to make sure a proposed 34-storey tower next to Lewisham station does not open until it is running more trains on the Docklands Light Railway, according to documents presented to Lewisham councillors. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – the equivalent of Greenwich’s planning board – will meet next Tuesday to decide whether […]
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