City Hall is to investigate how high service charges are affecting London’s housing crisis after assembly members found that an average household was paying nearly £4,000 per year in fees. The Greater London Authority, which is headed by the mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, has approached the London Housing Panel – a group set up to […]
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Over 1,600 homes approved for site facing Greenwich Peninsula
A Newham councillor said she was “dismayed and heartbroken” at the low level of social-rent housing planned for a major new development opposite the Greenwich Peninsula. Property developer Ballymore won approval from councillors on Tuesday to build a new 1,667-home development at Knights Road in Silvertown on Tuesday, but just 153 homes for the borough’s […]
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Reform UK candidate criticised for already being a councillor in Kent
A Reform UK candidate in next week’s Greenwich Council elections has been criticised for standing in Woolwich when he is already a councillor in Kent. Alan Cecil, who is chair of Reform’s Greenwich branch, was elected to represent Wilmington, south of Dartford, on Kent County Council last year. He is now also on the ballot […]
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My work in oil and gas is moving us away from fossil fuels, Green councillor says
A Greenwich Green councillor has defended his career in the oil and gas industry — insisting his work over the past decade has been focused on the transition to renewable energy. Lakshan Saldin joined the Green Party in January after resigning from the Labour Party last September, and is standing for his new party in […]
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We want half of the cash from London’s tourist levy, boroughs tell the mayor
London’s boroughs must keep half of all revenue raised from the incoming overnight tourist levy raised in their area, the mayor has been told. Claire Holland, the chair of London Councils, which represents the 32 boroughs, said that the local authorities who bear the costs of tourism must also reap the benefits. Rachel Reeves, the […]
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New plans for Morden Wharf deferred over plan to cut affordable housing
Greenwich councillors have deferred a decision on revised plans for the 36-storey Morden Wharf development after the company behind it said it wanted to cut the proportion of affordable homes on the site. The 1,500-home scheme, on the old Tunnel Refineries site on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula, caused a furore when it […]
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We haven’t airbrushed LTN opposition, Greenwich Council insists
Greenwich Council has denied airbrushing evidence of public opposition in reports about its low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath, insisting that the consultation was not “biased, undemocratic or secretive.” The scheme, which began as a trial in November 2024, uses camera-enforced filters to bar most through traffic during weekday rush hours. It was the latest […]
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Shared ownership housing becoming ‘problematic’ in London, Greenwich MP says
Shared ownership is becoming a “problematic” form of housing in London, Greenwich & Woolwich’s MP Matt Pennycook has said. The housing minister said he had seen issues in his own constituency with the tenure, which allows people to buy a share of their new home and pay regulated rent on the rest. Shared ownership is […]
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