The architect behind plans to build housing on the car park at Blackheath station has hit back after celebrities including Jude Law backed a campaign against the scheme. Acorn Property Group, a property developer based in north London, wants to build 20 houses and 25 flats and a new home for the Blackheath Farmers’ Market, […]
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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‘Fair funding’ cuts could cost Greenwich £25m, councillors warned
Labour government cuts to London funding could punch a £25 million hole in Greenwich Council’s finances by 2029, councillors have been told. The warning came as it was revealed that the council has already overspent its budget for this year by more than £15.7 million – with the possibility of new cutbacks coming soon. Conservative […]
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Huge 3,000-seat theatre set to open on Greenwich Peninsula
A 3,000-seat theatre could come to the Greenwich Peninsula in what is being billed as “a new landmark for London”. Troubadour Theatres wants to open two auditoriums with 1,500 seats each next to the London Cable Car, on land currently used for coach parking and recently occupied by the HQ of the Silvertown Tunnel project. […]
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Two more councillors quit Greenwich Labour while ten women stand down
Two Greenwich Labour councillors – including a former cabinet member – have quit the party after being told they cannot stand in the council elections next May. They are among four sitting councillors that have been barred by Labour officials, while more than a third of women councillors have decided to not to stand again, […]
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Blackheath Fireworks tickets go on sale as live performances revealed
Tickets for the first Blackheath fireworks display in six years have gone on sale – with Radio 2 DJ Spoony among the acts appearing on the night. The new-look event, to be held on November 1, features live entertainment, DJs, comedians, a food village, craft beer festival and funfair as well as the return of […]
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Cash-strapped Greenwich Council creates £120,000 communications job
Cash-strapped Greenwich Council is recruiting a new communications chief this week, with a salary of up to £120,000 – despite increasing debts at the town hall. Council leader Anthony Okereke has been leading interviews for the new role in the wake of the fiasco surrounding its “sustainable streets” scheme for controlled parking zones, where residents […]
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Labour anger as members denied right to pick Shooters Hill candidates
Labour has denied local party members in Shooters Hill the right to choose their candidates for May’s council election – just weeks after it lost a by-election in the ward with a candidate who had been parachuted in. Party officials are considering resigning over the issue, which comes as Labour members across the borough finally […]
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Blackheath’s Clarendon Hotel could close if retirement flats are approved
One of southeast London’s best-known hotels could close after welcoming visitors from around the world for more than five decades. Elysian Residences hopes to turn The Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath into retirement accommodation if Lewisham Council approves plans that will be submitted in the coming weeks. Until a decision is made, it remains business as […]
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