Erith & Thamesmead’s MP Abena Oppong-Asare has called on Transport for London to improve bus services to Abbey Wood station when Crossrail services begin next year. Abena Oppong-Asare, the Erith & Thamesmead MP, spoke after a visit to the station to meet staff and see what work is being done. Trains were due to begin […]
July 2021
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Woolwich Catholic Club site could become co-living development aimed at under-35s
Another “co-living” developer is eyeing up Woolwich, with a plans emerging for en-suite bedrooms and community space on the site of the old Catholic Club on Beresford Street. Greenwich Council approved an 11-storey development on the land in 2017, but that planning permission has now lapsed. Now Re:shape plans to take on the site to […]
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Lewisham Council could install extra Silvertown Tunnel pollution monitoring
Lewisham Council is considering installing more pollution monitors on streets threatened by Silvertown Tunnel traffic. The news comes as London Labour party representatives rebuked their mayor, Sadiq Khan, to call for the controversial £2 billion toll road between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks to be scrapped. Transport for London, which is chaired by […]
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Greenwich Council leader lashes out at ‘fake news’ over Woolwich Works budget
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has hit out at opposition politicians asking if the new Woolwich Works arts centre had gone over budget – branding the rumours “fake news”. Thorpe came under questioning both at Wednesday’s full council meeting and at a scrutiny meeting from Conservative leader Nigel Fletcher. Both Labour and Conservative politicians have […]
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Coopers Yard: Charlton Riverside transformation in limbo after councillors reject more homes
Greenwich councillors have dealt a blow to their own town hall’s plans to redevelop the Charlton Riverside after rejecting a second housing scheme for a site near the Thames Barrier. The developer Aitch Group had hoped to build 188 homes land behind the derelict Victoria pub, between Eastmoor Street and Westmoor Street, along with shops, […]
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20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised Ikea car park plans
Two 20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised plans to build housing on the Ikea car park. In March, developer London Square revealed plans to build up to 1,400 homes on the site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach, with car parking for the furniture store going beneath the new development. Following feedback from […]
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Southbound Blackwall Tunnel to be closed this Sunday for fire safety works
The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed all day on Sunday so major repairs can be carried out to fire safety equipment. Traffic will be diverted away from the tunnel between 00.01 on Sunday and 05.00 next Monday while crews install a new heat detection system above the carriageway. There will also be three overnight […]
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Plans for Silvertown Tunnel’s Greenwich entrance are revealed
Detailed designs for the southern entrance to the Silvertown Tunnel have been submitted to planners, with its architects promising it will be a “landmark for the area”. Work is already under way on the controversial road link between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, with tunnelling due to begin on the north bank of the […]
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