Building more houses tops the new year priority list despite the “inevitable controversies” new developments bring, Greenwich Council’s leader has said. Shooters Hill councillor Danny Thorpe was elected leader in May last year, and ahead of completing his first full year at the helm of Woolwich Town Hall he has spoken about what is on […]
Tom Bull, Local Democracy Reporter
Tom Bull was the Local Democracy Reporter for Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley boroughs. His stories appear here courtesy of the BBC-backed Local Democracy Reporter Scheme. He has also written for us as a freelance reporter and now works for the Daily Star. He tweets @TomBulllll.
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Plans in to strip Greenwich’s New Capital Quay of its ‘Grenfell’ cladding
Plans to strip a private housing development in Greenwich of its Grenfell-like cladding have finally been submitted following a lengthy row between developers and insurers over who foots the bill. An application to remove the ACM cladding lining New Capital Quay has been submitted to Greenwich Council six months after insurers National House Building Council […]
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Greenwich councillors decide £1.3m of cuts to voluntary groups in secret
Greenwich Council has held a series of behind-closed-doors meetings to discuss cuts to voluntary sector. Members of the press were asked to leave the second of three Overview and Scrutiny sessions on Tuesday as volunteer organisations would ask the council for cash. The council said the meetings were being held in secret as they dealt […]
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City Hall snubs council to approve 17-storey tower for Abbey Wood
City Hall has overridden Greenwich Council and given the nod to controversial plans for a 17-storey tower in Abbey Wood. Developers JMH Group proposed the demolition of a car wash and a pet hospital in place of four new housing blocks in Eynsham Drive, on the border with Bexley borough. Greenwich councillors threw out the scheme in […]
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Cray Wanderers: London’s oldest football club finally gets go-ahead for Flamingo Park ground
London’s oldest football club has finally been given the go-ahead to build a new stadium and 40 homes at Flamingo Park, off the Sidcup by-pass. Cray Wanderers are celebrating after London Mayor Sadiq Khan backed their scheme to move to the site close to the borders of Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich boroughs. Bromley councillors voted 11-3 […]
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John Roan School academy approval deferred by Greenwich Council
The rubber-stamping of a controversial academy order for John Roan School in Blackheath has been deferred by the council. The decision to sign the school over to University Schools Trust (UST), the body that was nominated to take it over, has been pushed back for “further due diligence”. The school was given an academy order […]
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Greenwich planners recommend knocking down Thames pub for flats
Greenwich Council planners are recommend developers get the go-ahead to knock down the old Thames pub in west Greenwich – but objectors have dubbed its proposed replacement an “eyesore”. Cobalt Equity Management has proposed knocking down the former public house in Thames Street to build a seven-storey block of flats and shops. Plans emerged earlier […]
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Councillors throw out plans for 13-storey block next to Greenwich ecology park
Campaigners cheered in a packed town hall as a plan for a controversial tower overlooking Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park was thrown out by councillors. Dozens of concerned environmentalists, councillors and users of the park turk turned out to watch the council’s planning board block developers from building a 13-storey tower off Peartree Way. Developers Taylor […]
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