A long-closed pub in Charlton could be snuffed out for good after developers applied to turn it into commercial premises. The Pickwick, on Woolwich Road, has been shut since 2017 and has since had housing built on the site of its beer garden. Past plans to demolish the building were refused in 2018 after neighbours […]
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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Plan for 20-storey tower behind Greenwich Ikea given go-ahead
Plans for a 20-storey tower behind Greenwich’s Ikea store have been approved by councillors, despite complaints from neighbours that the development would replace what was previously planned to be green space. The tower, which would be part of the final phase of Greenwich Millennium Village, replaces a plan for a six-storey commercial building that was […]
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Greenwich councillors approve 5 per cent council tax hike
Greenwich councillors signed off a 4.99 per cent council tax increase on Thursday – but Labour representatives were accused of laughing when the fate of the borough’s adventure play centres were raised. The increase is the maximum allowed without a referendum or special permission from the government – a 2.99 per cent rise plus a […]
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Deptford Creek student blocks thrown out by inspector over views from Greenwich
Plans for nearly 600 student rooms on Deptford Creek would cause serious harm to views from Greenwich’s historic town centre, a planning inspector has ruled. Greenwich Council’s planning board threw out Your Tribe’s plans for 13 and 17-storey blocks off Creek Road last year, but the developer appealed against the decision. After a four-day public […]
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New DLR trains to return by late summer – but passengers warned of more closures
New Docklands Light Railway trains will finally return to service by late summer, Transport for London has announced – but parts of the network will need to be closed at times so further tests can take place. Three of the new B23 trains started running on the Stratford International to Woolwich Arsenal route in September […]
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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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Summer shutdown at Charing Cross and Waterloo East for track works
Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will be closed for 22 days during the summer holidays so engineers can replace “increasingly unreliable” old track. Trains will still run, but will either terminate at London Bridge or be diverted to Victoria, Cannon Street or Blackfriars. The closure, between July 26 and August 16, includes the first […]
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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts
Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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