Plans to cut access to the Blackwall Tunnel approach from the Angerstein roundabout are still going ahead as part of a scheme to make the A206 safer for cyclists to use, Transport for London has said. The northbound slip road from the Woolwich Road was due to be closed to most traffic with the opening […]
January 2021
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Deptford locals win planning battle over controversial flats plan
A developer’s appeal against a planning refusal for a block of flats by a playground in Deptford has been dismissed by a planning inspector. Aurora Apartments wanted to build the three-storey building on a small plot of land by the Armada Community Project and Charlotte Turner Gardens in McMillan Street, just off Creek Road. Locals set up […]
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Greenwich Council cabinet member Chris Kirby to stand down
Senior Greenwich councillor Chris Kirby is to stand down from his town hall duties in the coming weeks to move out of London. Kirby and his family are relocating from Shooters Hill to the Peak District, ending the cabinet member for finance’s six-year spell in local politics. A close ally of council leader Danny Thorpe, […]
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Charlton Athletic’s The Valley set to become mass Covid-19 vaccination hub
Charlton Athletic’s ground is in line to become a mass vaccination centre as the push to inoculate the public from coronavirus goes on. The Valley has been used as a Covid-19 testing centre since the beginning of the pandemic and is also hosting fast lateral flow tests for critical workers. There are currently just a […]
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Can you help raise £10,000 to support staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich?
Greenwich Council and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust have launched an appeal for cash to support staff and patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich as they deal with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic. The council and the trust recently launched Project Hope, a scheme where businesses and residents could donate goods and services […]
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Fast, free Covid-19 tests come to Thamesmead’s Princess Alice pub
A closed pub in Thamesmead has become the latest venue for critical workers to get fast, free Covid-19 tests. The Princess Alice pub on Battery Road, opposite Belmarsh prison, has been taken over as part of the Greenwich borough-wide community testing programme. Tests are also on offer at locations in Greenwich, Charlton and Eltham. Results […]
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Community housing schemes for Kidbrooke and Abbey Wood to get go-ahead
Plans to transfer two plots of land on Greenwich Council estates to community groups for housing schemes are due to be approved by senior councillors later today. Community land trusts (CLTs) will be able to bid for two garage sites in Kidbrooke and Abbey Wood on the understanding that they then develop the maximum amount […]
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‘Get on with it’: Greenwich Council criticised after homelessness policy lapses
Greenwich Council has allowed its homelessness policy to lapse – despite a law stating it should have introduced a new plan to deal with the issue last year. The council currently has no up-to-date policy on homelessness after the last one expired in 2019. Under a law introduced by the Labour government in 2002, all […]
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