Goldsmiths University has scrapped plans to move 600 fine art and design students to Catford – only nine months after a deal was announced with Lewisham Council. The courses were due to move to the Old Town Hall next summer from their current base at the old Lewisham College site at Deptford Bridge, which is […]
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Greenwich Greens criticised for silence as ‘Zionism is racism’ motion condemned
Greenwich’s Green councillors were told “this is not the time to be silent” after being pressed on the national party’s controversial “Zionism is racism” motion at a council meeting. When the meeting was held on Wednesday, the local party, which won 13 seats in the council election in May and is now the main opposition […]
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Thief who stole antique map from National Maritime Museum is jailed
A thief who stole an antique map from an atlas at the National Maritime Museum has been jailed for three years at Woolwich Crown Court. Melvin West used a small knife to cut the map out of the 350-year-old volume in the Caird Library in February last year. The double hemisphere world map, Nova Orbis […]
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Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment halted after council demands more social homes
The redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre has been put on hold – halting plans to build hundreds of flats, student accommodation and a new mall. Landsec, the owner of the centre, said it was “deprioritising” the scheme because of current economic conditions and the opposition of Lewisham’s elected Green mayor, Liam Shrivastava, to the plans […]
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Greenwich Council tightens HMO rules before major planning law change
Greenwich Council has strengthened its rules on whether HMOs should be approved, two weeks before changes to the law mean officers could be dealing with them behind closed doors rather than elected councillors meeting in public. The tightened rules are due to be included in the borough’s new Local Plan, which will need to be […]
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Lime and Forest funding Greenwich’s dockless bike expansion
Cash from Lime and Forest is funding a roll-out of cycle hire parking bays across much of Greenwich borough, which will – officially – bring the bikes to Eltham and Plumstead for the first time. Greenwich Council announced the plan for 108 new bays last week, building on an initial set of 29 announced in […]
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Deptford Bridge flats backed by Greenwich Council after Lewisham’s rejection
Greenwich councillors have given the green light to controversial plans for 254 flats at Deptford Bridge – but the developer was criticised for including just seven homes for social rent. RER London wants to build hundreds of flats at the former Lewisham College site, which straddles both Deptford Creek and the borough boundary, and open […]
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Charity tries to stop demolition of Woolwich’s Waterfront leisure centre
A Muslim charity is trying to halt the demolition of the closed Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich because it wants to turn the building into a youth development centre. The Ramolik Youth Coalition has applied to have the site declared an asset of community value, which gives organisations the chance to bid for land if […]
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