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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More than 1,300 student flats to be built opposite the O2
The view across the Thames from the O2 could change again soon after more than 1,300 student rooms and 208 homes at Orchard Wharf were approved by Tower Hamlets councillors. Property developer Regal also plans to build a facility to process parcels delivered by river on the site, which faces the Greenwich Peninsula and is […]
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Shisha lounge must close an hour earlier after violent incidents nearby
A shisha lounge near the Thames Barrier will have its opening hours cut by an hour after a series of stabbings, armed robberies and large-scale fights in its vicinity. Police had applied for a 1.30am curfew on the Hayatt Lounge, in Westmoor Street, Charlton. The venue said such a move would “kill the business” and […]
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‘Get on with it’: Support builds for London-wide tourism tax
Support for a London-wide tourist tax appears to be growing after the Liberal Democrats and Green Party on the London Assembly backed calls for the mayor to be given powers to implement one. Sir Sadiq Khan continues to support a “modest overnight accommodation levy” for any visitors to the capital, the Labour mayor’s office said […]
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Woolwich Foot Tunnel’s broken lift ‘to be fixed within the next year’
Long-delayed work to fix the broken lift in the Woolwich Foot Tunnel should begin shortly and finally be completed “sometime within the next year”, a leading Newham councillor has said. The lift on the 113-year-old tunnel’s north side has been out of order since August 2022, with the crossing from North Woolwich to Woolwich only […]
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Plans to knock down Woolwich pub thrown out by Greenwich Council
Plans to demolish a 175-year-old Woolwich pub and replace it with seven flats and a commercial unit have been refused by Greenwich Council planning officers. The Anglesea Arms on Woolwich New Road closed in January, when developer Jayraj Shah applied for permission to demolish the building and build a four-storey block. The commercial unit was […]
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Help local people take over empty shops, London’s mayor told
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to boost the capital’s high streets by helping local people take over empty shop spaces for community projects. The London Assembly has told the mayor in a new report that residents often do not feel “meaningfully involved in high street regeneration plans” and that improvements to shopping […]
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Squatters take over closed Catford Mews cinema
Squatters have taken over the closed-down Catford Mews cinema, five months after it closed suddenly after a row over unpaid rent. The venue has been empty since late October after Really Local Group, the company that operated the cinema, was thrown out by the Lewisham Council-owned company that owns the site in a row over […]
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