A Reform UK candidate in next week’s Greenwich Council elections has been criticised for standing in Woolwich when he is already a councillor in Kent. Alan Cecil, who is chair of Reform’s Greenwich branch, was elected to represent Wilmington, south of Dartford, on Kent County Council last year. He is now also on the ballot […]
Cameron Blackshaw, Local Democracy Reporter
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My work in oil and gas is moving us away from fossil fuels, Green councillor says
A Greenwich Green councillor has defended his career in the oil and gas industry — insisting his work over the past decade has been focused on the transition to renewable energy. Lakshan Saldin joined the Green Party in January after resigning from the Labour Party last September, and is standing for his new party in […]
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Plans to knock down Woolwich’s ‘arson risk’ Anglesea Arms refused again
Plans to demolish the 176-year-old Anglesea Arms in Woolwich and replace it with flats have been rejected for a second time by Greenwich Council. Previous plans to knock down the locally-listed pub were refused in April last year, three months after it had closed, when council planners said that insufficient information had been provided to […]
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Historic gap in houses to stay as plans for Greenwich extension thrown out
Plans to fill in a gap between houses in one of Greenwich’s most distinctive streets have been refused because they would remove a unique Georgian architectural feature. One objector said that building a first and second floor extension to the house on Gloucester Circus, just west of Greenwich Park, would “spoil a jewel in the […]
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New plans for Morden Wharf deferred over plan to cut affordable housing
Greenwich councillors have deferred a decision on revised plans for the 36-storey Morden Wharf development after the company behind it said it wanted to cut the proportion of affordable homes on the site. The 1,500-home scheme, on the old Tunnel Refineries site on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula, caused a furore when it […]
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Woodland Heights: New flats on top of former nurses’ home approved
Plans to add an extra floor to a five-storey block of flats overlooking Greenwich have been approved despite objections from people already living there. Greenwich Council’s local planning committee backed the proposal to add eight new homes to Woodland Heights, a former nurses’ home in Blackheath, last week. Previous plans were rejected by the council […]
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We haven’t airbrushed LTN opposition, Greenwich Council insists
Greenwich Council has denied airbrushing evidence of public opposition in reports about its low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath, insisting that the consultation was not “biased, undemocratic or secretive.” The scheme, which began as a trial in November 2024, uses camera-enforced filters to bar most through traffic during weekday rush hours. It was the latest […]
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Campaigner takes legal action to save Thamesmead’s Lesnes Estate
A resident of the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead has begun legal action against Bexley Council in an attempt to save the 1960s blocks, which are due to be demolished for 1,950 new homes. Councillors approved the plans from the Peabody housing association in 2022, and Bexley planning officers finally rubber-stamped the decision two days before […]
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