A councillor has criticised a developer for attempting to build home in Abbey Wood that residents “will only be able to look at”. Abbey Wood councillor Ann Marie Cousins argued with the developer over the type of housing being put forward for a major development of 21 and 12-storey blocks at Felixstowe Road, close to […]
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Berkeley Homes gets go-ahead for more shops in Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal
More shops will be coming to the historic Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich, Greenwich councillors decided on Tuesday. Developer Berkeley Homes was given permission in 2017 for shops and more than 110 flats in the historic Building 10 at the Arsenal site, but came back asking for more commercial space. The developer will now have 3,215 square metres […]
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Plans in to strip Greenwich’s New Capital Quay of its ‘Grenfell’ cladding
Plans to strip a private housing development in Greenwich of its Grenfell-like cladding have finally been submitted following a lengthy row between developers and insurers over who foots the bill. An application to remove the ACM cladding lining New Capital Quay has been submitted to Greenwich Council six months after insurers National House Building Council […]
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Greenwich councillors decide £1.3m of cuts to voluntary groups in secret
Greenwich Council has held a series of behind-closed-doors meetings to discuss cuts to voluntary sector. Members of the press were asked to leave the second of three Overview and Scrutiny sessions on Tuesday as volunteer organisations would ask the council for cash. The council said the meetings were being held in secret as they dealt […]
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City Hall snubs council to approve 17-storey tower for Abbey Wood
City Hall has overridden Greenwich Council and given the nod to controversial plans for a 17-storey tower in Abbey Wood. Developers JMH Group proposed the demolition of a car wash and a pet hospital in place of four new housing blocks in Eynsham Drive, on the border with Bexley borough. Greenwich councillors threw out the scheme in […]
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Police called as Lewisham Council meeting descends into chaos
A Lewisham Council meeting descended into chaos last night, with all members of the public kicked out and police called. Angry residents were not satisfied with councillors’ responses to questions relating to chief executive Ian Thomas, who has left the council after just a few months in charge; the Tidemill development, which saw the council spend […]
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Cray Wanderers: London’s oldest football club finally gets go-ahead for Flamingo Park ground
London’s oldest football club has finally been given the go-ahead to build a new stadium and 40 homes at Flamingo Park, off the Sidcup by-pass. Cray Wanderers are celebrating after London Mayor Sadiq Khan backed their scheme to move to the site close to the borders of Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich boroughs. Bromley councillors voted 11-3 […]
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John Roan School academy approval deferred by Greenwich Council
The rubber-stamping of a controversial academy order for John Roan School in Blackheath has been deferred by the council. The decision to sign the school over to University Schools Trust (UST), the body that was nominated to take it over, has been pushed back for “further due diligence”. The school was given an academy order […]
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