A city farm just a few minutes’ walk from Greenwich Foot Tunnel has had its future secured after a long-running wrangle with the local council – but at a cost of £15,000 per year. Mudchute Farm, which has been on the Isle of Dogs since 1977 and is now one of Europe’s biggest city farms, […]
Nick Clark, Local Democracy Reporter
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Thousands of new homes approved for Millennium Mills site in Royal Docks
Updated plans for more than 7,000 new homes in the Royal Docks have been approved – including the redevelopment of the Millennium Mills landmark into offices, shops, restaurants and bars. The vast site, next to Royal Victoria Dock and opposite Pontoon Dock station, has sat largely derelict for decades and has often been used as […]
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Cash setback for plan to build twisty bridge in Royal Docks
Developers will need to find another £6 million towards a new bridge in the Royal Docks after Newham Council cut its funding by almost half. The twisty bridge would link the Excel centre and Custom House station with the major new development at Silvertown Quays across Royal Victoria Dock, which includes the transformation of the […]
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More than 1,300 student flats to be built opposite the O2
The view across the Thames from the O2 could change again soon after more than 1,300 student rooms and 208 homes at Orchard Wharf were approved by Tower Hamlets councillors. Property developer Regal also plans to build a facility to process parcels delivered by river on the site, which faces the Greenwich Peninsula and is […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel’s broken lift ‘to be fixed within the next year’
Long-delayed work to fix the broken lift in the Woolwich Foot Tunnel should begin shortly and finally be completed “sometime within the next year”, a leading Newham councillor has said. The lift on the 113-year-old tunnel’s north side has been out of order since August 2022, with the crossing from North Woolwich to Woolwich only […]
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