Erith’s old town hall is set to become artists’ studios under plans filed with Bexley Council. Bow Arts Trust says its plans would create a “sustainable creative and community hub”. The charity, which runs studios across London including at the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, says its plans would help protect the 1930s building from vandalism […]
Cameron Blackshaw, Local Democracy Reporter
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Developer tries again to turn Plumstead pub into homes
A Plumstead pub could disappear entirely after a developer submitted its fourth planning application in five years for the site. The Who’d A Thought It on Timbercroft Lane could be partially demolished and replaced with two houses and seven flats. Past schemes have been refused by Greenwich Council because planners did not believe the loss […]
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High Court halts plan to demolish Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead
Plans to knock down one of the original Brutalist estates in Thamesmead have been put on hold by the High Court after a resident won a legal battle to have the decision scrutinised. A judicial review will now take place into Bexley Council’s decision to approve plans to demolish the 596-home Lesnes Estate, off Yarnton […]
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Battle to save Lesnes Estate is likely to fail, says Thamesmead campaigner
A last-ditch attempt to save the Lesnes Estate in south Thamesmead from redevelopment is set to fail, according to the resident who launched it. Adam Turk said it would take “a miracle” to overturn the Peabody housing association’s plans to demolish the 596 homes on the estate and replace them with up to 1,950 new […]
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Planned open-air venue ‘could cause crush at Charlton station’
A planned 5,000-capacity open-air events venue near the Thames Barrier risks causing a crowd crush at Charlton station, police have warned after its operators applied for a licence. CW Bases Ltd has applied to Greenwich Council for a premises licence at the former Stone Foundries site off Woolwich Road that would host concerts, films and […]
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Go Ape will come to Danson Park after angry scenes at Bexley Council
Danson Park will get a Go Ape high ropes course after Bexley councillors approved plans to shouts and groans from the public gallery. Over 2,000 people had signed a petition while 650 people lodged objections to the plan to bring a woodland adventure park to the north and west of the open space, between Welling […]
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Reform UK candidate criticised for already being a councillor in Kent
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 […]
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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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