The redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre has been put on hold – halting plans to build hundreds of flats, student accommodation and a new mall. Landsec, the owner of the centre, said it was “deprioritising” the scheme because of current economic conditions and the opposition of Lewisham’s elected Green mayor, Liam Shrivastava, to the plans […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
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Greenwich Council tightens HMO rules before major planning law change
Greenwich Council has strengthened its rules on whether HMOs should be approved, two weeks before changes to the law mean officers could be dealing with them behind closed doors rather than elected councillors meeting in public. The tightened rules are due to be included in the borough’s new Local Plan, which will need to be […]
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Lime and Forest funding Greenwich’s dockless bike expansion
Cash from Lime and Forest is funding a roll-out of cycle hire parking bays across much of Greenwich borough, which will – officially – bring the bikes to Eltham and Plumstead for the first time. Greenwich Council announced the plan for 108 new bays last week, building on an initial set of 29 announced in […]
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Deptford Bridge flats backed by Greenwich Council after Lewisham’s rejection
Greenwich councillors have given the green light to controversial plans for 254 flats at Deptford Bridge – but the developer was criticised for including just seven homes for social rent. RER London wants to build hundreds of flats at the former Lewisham College site, which straddles both Deptford Creek and the borough boundary, and open […]
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Charity tries to stop demolition of Woolwich’s Waterfront leisure centre
A Muslim charity is trying to halt the demolition of the closed Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich because it wants to turn the building into a youth development centre. The Ramolik Youth Coalition has applied to have the site declared an asset of community value, which gives organisations the chance to bid for land if […]
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Shelter that withstood Nazi bomb revealed by Lewisham market works
An underground wartime shelter that could hold up to 800 people was found during works to revamp Lewisham town centre, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The shelter managed to withstand a Nazi rocket attack on the high street that killed more than 50 people, but had been forgotten about over time – until work began […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market ‘set to reopen this year’ as shopping centre impasse goes on
Lewisham’s Model Market is on track to reopen later this year, its new operator has said, even though the site is still sitting empty months after it was first supposed to have opened its gates. The food and drink spot, which closed in 2021, is due to be revived as part of plans to redevelop […]
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New consultation into ‘quieter’ Charlton data centre opens
A new consultation has opened into controversial plans for a data centre on the Charlton riverside – with the developer arguing that it would be a quieter neighbour than the industrial estate that is already on the site. Last month Greenwich Council said it was opposed to GLI’s plans for a 100,000-square metre centre off […]
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