A Plumstead pub could disappear entirely after a developer submitted its fourth planning application in five years for the site. The Who’d A Thought It on Timbercroft Lane could be partially demolished and replaced with two houses and seven flats. Past schemes have been refused by Greenwich Council because planners did not believe the loss […]
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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Charlton Athletic chairman plays down ‘club for sale’ report
Charlton Athletic’s chairman has dampened speculation about the future of the club after a newspaper reported that it was up for sale. Gavin Carter spoke out after The Guardian reported on Monday that potential investors had been sent a sales document calling the Addicks “the last remaining football club upside opportunity in London”. The club […]
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Irish horror show to take over Avery Hill Mansion for Halloween run
An immersive horror attraction from Ireland is coming to the University of Greenwich’s old Mansion site in Eltham, nearly a year after plans to build a school there were scrapped. The Nightmare Realm, billed as “Europe’s most terrifying horror attraction”, will run for 18 nights from October 9 to November 1 at the historic landmark […]
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Greenwich Council leads new push to regenerate Charlton riverside
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 […]
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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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