Thamesmead has been kept waiting for news on whether the government will help fund a Docklands Light Railway extension, after the area’s local MP told ministers the rail link could “level up” the area. A long-term deal over Transport for London’s future has been delayed once again, with emergency funding rolled over for another two […]
February 2022
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Sun Wharf: 19-storey tower next to Deptford Creek set for approval
Update – July 14: This meeting was cancelled, as was a rearranged meeting on 15 March. In early May, a new consultation began on the scheme, following concerns about the new buildings blocking sunlight to Kent Wharf. The development was finally approved by five votes to four on July 13. A 19-storey tower block next […]
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Council ‘neglect’ panned as charity puts Greenwich’s Borough Hall on ‘at-risk’ list
Greenwich Council’s treatment of the historic Borough Hall has been criticised after a theatre charity put the building on its “at risk” register. The Grade II listed building on Royal Hill, which opened in 1939 as part of the old Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich’s town hall, was put up for sale in 2020 after plans […]
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Fixing Eltham’s Winter Garden will boost high street, council said in failed ‘levelling-up’ bid
Plans to revamp the Avery Hill Winter Garden would boost Eltham High Street and bring a wider range of visitors to the area, Greenwich Council told the government in a failed bid for £4.75m of “levelling-up” money, 853 can reveal. Council leader Danny Thorpe and Eltham MP Clive Efford reacted with anger last October when […]
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