Greenwich Council wanted Greenwich Park to be a temporary route for morning rush-hour motorists because of the increase in traffic levels after the first lockdown, after months of it being closed to through traffic. On Sunday, 853 revealed that the council had objected to plans to make a ban on rat-running through the park permanent, […]
February 2021
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SE London Gurkha veterans’ battle with the pandemic – and slum landlords
Gurkhas fought for the British army – but many veterans have been effectively abandoned by the government they served, with poor pensions and living in sub-standard housing. SAM DAVIES heard about the tragedies that southeast London’s Nepalese community has had to face during the coronavirus pandemic. Some months ago, an elderly man was found wandering […]
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Council objected to plans to stop rat-running traffic in Greenwich Park
Greenwich Council has objected to plans to stop through traffic from running through Greenwich Park – despite wanting the same measures in streets either side of the historic open space. Car drivers had been allowed to use the park as a short-cut during the rush hour until last March, when the park was closed to […]
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Greenwich Builds: Tenants in council’s new homes will face higher rents
Tenants who move into Greenwich Council’s new homes will be paying higher rents than those in other council housing, it has emerged. The council has pledged to start work on 750 new council homes by next year – so far, 287 have been approved with others in the Greenwich Builds programme due to be rubber-stamped […]
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Pocket Living ‘micro flats’ on Charlton estate passed by Greenwich councillors
Plans for 48 “micro flats” on a council car park on an estate in Charlton were approved by Greenwich councillors last night, two-and-a-half years after the proposal to sell the land to a private developer caused a political storm. Developer Pocket Living plans to build 45 one-bedroom flats and 3 two-bedroom flats on the contaminated […]
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Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic neighbourhood ‘just the start’, council says
Plans to introduce a low-traffic neighbourhood in Blackheath and east Greenwich are “just the start” of a programme of schemes, Greenwich Council has said. The council is consulting on plans to stop through traffic running down Maze Hill, Vanbrugh Hill, Halstow Road and Westcombe Hill in response to persistent jams in residential roads. Buses, emergency […]
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‘I want to start crying’: Residents who fear bankruptcy slam Robert Jenrick’s cladding fund
August 2022 update: Optivo announced in May 2022 that it would cover remediation costs for leaseholders at Norfolk House in Deptford, including waking watches and fire alarms. This story is from February 2021 and does not reflect the current situation. Residents living in flats wrapped in unsafe cladding and insulation in two SE London developments […]
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Got Covid-19 vaccine questions? Let Healthwatch Greenwich answer them
Greenwich borough residents with questions about coronavirus vaccines can get their questions answered next week at a special online session. Healthwatch Greenwich, which represents users of health and social care services in the borough, is organising the session next Wednesday so people can find out about the rollout of the jabs in the borough from […]
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