Plans for a new scheme to deal with traffic in back streets in west Greenwich will be revealed this September, officials revealed last night – but two of the borough’s new councillors said they would not want to see a return to the low-traffic neighbourhood that was scrapped earlier this year. Locals in Crooms Hill […]
June 2022
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Give households £50 to help with cost of living, Greenwich Tories tell council
Nearly 100,000 Greenwich households should be paid £50 straight away to help with the cost of living crisis, Conservative councillors have said – but the Labour council has responded by saying it wants to ask residents what to do. The town hall’s three remaining Tory councillors – leader Matt Hartley, Pat Greenwell and John Hills […]
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Shepherds Leas: Blow for Greenwich Council’s new leader as 70 flats near Oxleas Wood rejected
New Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has been dealt an early setback after his own councillors threw out controversial plans for 70 flats close to Oxleas Woods – ignoring his Bob Dylan-style plea for them to back it. Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from the council, planned a nine-storey block at Shepherds Leas, […]
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Jill the tunnelling machine gets ready as Silvertown Tunnel works ramp up
Contractors have begun to lower into place the machine that will build the Silvertown Tunnel, marking a new milestone for mayor Sadiq Khan’s controversial road project. Riverlinx, the company that is building and will operate the new tunnel for Transport for London, which the mayor chairs, has lowered the first parts of the tunnelling machine […]
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Leegate Centre redevelopment: Plans for 15-storey tower and 563 homes go to council
Controversial plans for a 15-storey tower and 563 homes to replace the Leegate Shopping Centre have been submitted to Lewisham Council. Local residents have long been up in arms about the plans for the crumbling shopping centre on the corner of Burnt Ash Road and Eltham Road in Lee Green, facing the borough boundary with […]
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Five years on from Grenfell Tower fire, 73 Greenwich buildings still have safety defects
Five years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, 73 buildings in Greenwich borough still have serious fire safety defects such as flammable cladding, combustible balconies or missing fire breaks, according to data released by City Hall. Events have been taking place across London to mark the anniversary of the fire, which killed 72 people in […]
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Shepherds Leas: Nine-storey block near Oxleas Woods recommended for approval
Contentious plans for a nine-storey block of flats opposite Falconwood station have been recommended for approval by Greenwich Council officers, despite hundreds of objections. The development at Shepherds Leas, between the A2 and Rochester Way and next to the woodland of the same name, would include 70 flats, all on offer at about 65 per […]
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Meridian House: Greenwich’s old town hall could be turned into 73 flats
One of Greenwich town centre’s best-known buildings could be converted into 73 flats if its owners win approval from councillors. Meridian House on Royal Hill, which served as Greenwich’s town hall until the 1960s, was the base of Greenwich School of Management until it went bust in 2019. Now the Grade II-listed Art Deco building […]
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