(Note: this is an old story. The council’s cabinet agreed plans to sell the car parks on October 16.)

Car parks in Blackheath, Charlton and Plumstead as well as Eltham’s historic tram shelters could be sold off by Greenwich Council as it seeks to balance the books.

The cash-strapped council’s mortuary in west Greenwich is also set to go on the market, as well as old public toilets in east Greenwich and Abbey Wood.

Senior councillors will be asked to approve plans to put 10 sites on the market at a cabinet meeting next week. No sums are given for how much each property could fetch, although the council has a target to make £1 million from property by 2027, according to budget papers published in February when it announced £33 million in cuts.

The car parks at Old Dover Road in Blackheath, off The Village in Charlton and Abery Street, Plumstead, would all be put on the market if the plans go ahead.

All three car parks generate “limited income’, according to the council, while at Charlton Village – where charges were recently put in place – there are “ongoing problems at this site, in particular painting over signs”.

The council has installed cameras, incurring additional costs, which divert scarce resources from other services and is particularly unwelcome at a time of significant financial pressure,” a report says.

The Well Hall Road tram shelters have been closed for years. Image: Google

The three historic tram shelters on Well Hall Road, Eltham – previously used as public toilets – are also set to go on the market.  They “are in poor condition with significant refurbishment required”, the council says. Both Conservative and Labour councillors in the area have previously called for the shelters to be brought back into use.

Two other closed toilets in Rodmere Street, Greenwich, and Knee Hill, Abbey Wood, are also on the list.

The mortuary and coroner’s office at Miller House in west Greenwich – described as being in a “high value area of the borough” could be sold, with services due to move to Eltham crematorium.

Other properties set to be sold are Thistlebrook Industrial Estate in Abbey Wood, a school caretaker’s house in King George Street, west Greenwich, and the old council depot in White Hart Road, Plumstead. 

The council had been planning to lease the White Hart Road depot to the special effects company Mo-Sys for 150 years, now a 125-year lease would be offered. The Greenwich Wire has asked the council and Mo-Sys if their deal is still on.

The disposals will be discussed at a cabinet meeting next Wednesday.

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