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 […]
Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
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Lewisham Gateway residents may not return home until late next year
More than 400 residents who were evacuated from the new Lewisham Gateway development in February might not be able to return home until late next year, the building’s landlord has said. A major leak in the three newest blocks, between the station and shopping centre, knocked out water and power supplies for some homes. The […]
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Lewisham Council starts again with Ladywell Playtower redevelopment
Lewisham Council has reversed its planning permission for abandoned swimming baths to be redeveloped after the company that was due to deliver the scheme said it could not afford the project. The Ladywell Playtower was one of London’s first public pools when it was built in 1884, although it stopped being used as baths in […]
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Car-free Deptford High Street plans shelved by Lewisham Council
Plans to pedestrianise Deptford High Street have been halted by Lewisham Council following opposition from local traders and residents. A campaign group, Save Deptford High Street, had urged the council not to ban cars from accessing most of the street during set hours hours seven days a week, arguing that it would “destroy local businesses, […]
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London City Airport to appeal after plans for more Saturday jets rejected
London City Airport is to appeal to planning inspectors after its plans to expand its flying time on Saturday afternoons were thrown out after hundreds of objections by residents and local councils. Newham Council refused to allow it to extend its cut-off time for flights from 1pm on Saturdays to 6.30pm all year round and […]
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London City Airport’s plans for more Saturday flights are rejected
London City Airport’s plans to extend its flying time on Saturday afternoons have been rejected by Newham Council following hundreds of objections from residents and neighbouring boroughs. Councillors on Newham’s strategic development committee – its equivalent of Greenwich’s planning board – were given a round of applause on Monday afternoon after unanimously voting against the […]
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Formula 1 dismisses plan for London Grand Prix in Royal Docks
Formula 1 bosses have shut down proposals for a London Grand Prix in the Royal Docks, which its promoters said would transform the area. The urban design group LDN Collective and Dar, a consultancy, said that turning an area north of the Royal Victoria and Royal Albert Docks into a race track would turn it […]
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