Greenwich Council is hoping a new partnership with City Hall and Transport for London will help revive plans to regenerate the Charlton riverside. There have long been plans for up to 8,000 new homes between the Greenwich Peninsula and Woolwich, but since plans to redevelop the area were first announced 14 years ago, just two […]
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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Cycle track could run across Blackheath as part of route to Eltham
A two-way cycle path could be put in place across Blackheath as part of revived plans to create a better route for riders between Greenwich Park and Eltham. But Greenwich Council has backed away from earlier proposals to close roads to motor vehicles as part of the scheme. A two-way cycle track would be installed […]
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Greenwich councillors row about HMOs as Local Plan consultation starts
Greenwich Council’s deputy leader accused Green councillors of demonising residents who live in HMOs as plans to restrict the growth of bedsits in the borough went out to consultation. Jackie Smith hit out amid angry exchanges about the latest consultation into the Local Plan, the borough’s development blueprint for the next 15 years. Landlords have […]
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Silvertown Tunnel cycle shuttle bus could start taking foot passengers
The cycle shuttle bus for the Silvertown Tunnel could carry foot passengers in the future, according to Transport for London. Last week TfL released a glowing report into the progress of the new tunnel one year after it opened, saying that it had broadly reduced traffic congestion and that pollution levels had also fallen. The […]
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Neighbours warned as plan to build homes on sports ground thrown out
Plans to tear down a much-loved sports ground in New Eltham and replace it with 205 new homes have been rejected by Greenwich Council – but delighted neighbours have been warned that the developer is likely to appeal. Greenwich’s planning board unanimously threw out the plans to bulldoze the STC Sports Club on Ivor Grove, […]
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Greenwich Council talking to retailers about its £150 bike voucher plan
Greenwich Council says it is talking to retailers about plans to introduce £150 bike vouchers for children, as promised by Labour in the election campaign. The party pledged to give every resident aged 16 or under a £150 voucher to buy a bike or scooter and safety equipment in its manifesto for the election in […]
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Blackheath Fireworks will return for 2026 – but free displays unlikely to come back
The Blackheath fireworks display will be back again this year – but the free displays of the past are unlikely to return in future, Lewisham councillors have been told. A generation of SE Londoners grew up with free displays on Blackheath, lasting for about 30 years until 2019, with crowds of up to 100,000 people […]
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Community garden mural to brighten up Greenwich street corner
A mural based around a community garden is about to brighten up a street corner in east Greenwich – and neighbours are being invited to its unveiling. French artist ATMA is putting together the work on the side of Fingal’s Bakery, on the corner of Woodland Crescent and Trafalgar Road. The artwork was created through […]
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