The developers behind Woolwich’s rejected Tesco tower have come back with new plans – lopping 12 storeys off the building to propose a 15-storey block facing General Gordon Square. Meyer Homes is also planning seven further blocks behind the store, facing the South Circular Road, of between 11 and 16 storeys, as it attempts to […]
May 2021
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Museum of Slavery and Freedom: ‘We want history told from Deptford’s point of view’
Deptford has a long naval history – but much of it is little talked about. EMILY FINCH met the local campaigners who want to tell the story of the area’s links with slavery. On a cold winter’s morning in 1762, a teenage boy was forced off his master’s ship and sold back into slavery on […]
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Woolwich Exchange approved as councillors voice reservations about 801-home scheme
Greenwich councillors swallowed their doubts to back plans for 801 homes, shops and a new cinema in the heart of Woolwich on Tuesday night after a last-minute plea for support from town hall leader Danny Thorpe. The controversial Woolwich Exchange project will see scores of small businesses moved or closed and buildings on Plumstead Road […]
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Greenwich councillors poised to reject 109 flats on former New Eltham sports ground
Plans for 109 flats on a patch of land meant for 23 houses are set to be thrown out by Greenwich councillors next week, with town hall officers saying they would harm the surrounding area. Developer Linden Homes already has permission to build houses at Holland Gardens – the former Gaelic Athletic Association playing fields […]
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Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey overturned Labour’s lead in Eltham, polling data shows
Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey topped the poll on first-preferences in Eltham constituency in this month’s election, detailed voting figures have revealed. Bailey’s election campaign was much mocked on social media but he ran Labour’s Sadiq Khan far closer than expected, taking 35 per cent of first-preference votes across London, compared with 40 per cent […]
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Eltham Centre’s service desk faces Greenwich Council review
The future of Greenwich Council’s service desk at its Eltham Centre is being reviewed by the town hall as its other services reopen with the lifting of coronavirus restrictions. Before the pandemic, residents could visit the centre to pay bills and talk to council staff, but the desk was closed last March as the virus […]
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Morden Wharf: Our towers won’t be a blot on Greenwich landscape, developer insists
The developer behind plans for 1,500 homes next to the Blackwall Tunnel has said its proposals will be in keeping with the local area after local MP Matt Pennycook criticised its application to build towers of up to 36 storeys. U+I plans to redevelop Morden Wharf into housing and business space in a development including […]
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High Court throws out Lewisham Council’s permission for 110 social rent homes
Campaigners are celebrating after a High Court judge ordered that Lewisham Council’s planning permission for 110 new homes on an estate in Sydenham be quashed over “significant errors” in its decision-making. Friends of Mais House has been fighting the City of London Corporation’s plans for the Sydenham Hill Estate – on the borough’s boundary with […]
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