Measures to stop drivers clogging up back streets in west Greenwich are to be watered down, local residents have been told by the councillor in charge of transport, with a key road to be opened up during the morning rush hour. Streets west of Greenwich Park have been closed to vehicles since last August as […]
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Wanted: Journalist to cover Greenwich Council after News Shopper loses BBC-funded role
One of Britain’s biggest media groups is looking for a reporter to cover Greenwich Council after the News Shopper lost its contract to cover the town hall as part of a BBC-funded scheme. Reach, the company behind the Daily Mirror, Manchester Evening News and Liverpool Echo, today takes over the contract to cover Greenwich, Bexley […]
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Lewisham councillors back 110 social-rent homes five weeks after High Court defeat
Plans for 110 social-rent homes have been approved by a Lewisham planning committee just five weeks after the High Court overturned its original decision to back the project. The City of London Corporation’s plans to redevelop part of the Sydenham Hill Estate were approved by five votes to one on Tuesday night. Now Mais House, […]
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Greenwich’s Labour councillors reject 67 affordable-rent homes for Charlton Riverside
Greenwich’s Labour-dominated planning committee threw out plans for 67 flats that would be available for affordable-rent levels last night – further delaying the redevelopment of the Charlton riverside. The Optivo housing association had planned to build the flats in blocks of up to seven storeys on the site of a bed warehouse in Eastmoor Street, […]
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Consultation begins on future of Lee Green’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Lewisham Council has launched a six-week consultation on its low-traffic neighbourhood in Lee Green and Hither Green, which was introduced last summer to stop rat-running through residential streets in the area. The scheme was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures last year to make it easier for residents to walk and cycle while capacity in […]
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Planters to be replaced by cameras in west Greenwich’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Planters in Greenwich borough’s only low-traffic neighbourhood are to be replaced by cameras after “alarming” feedback from emergency services, the town hall’s new cabinet member for transport has said. Sarah Merrill said that using cameras could allow flexibility for future low-traffic neighbourhoods to only be in operation for certain times of the day, and would […]
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More Greenwich Council housing planned for Kidbrooke’s old Thomas Tallis school site
Greenwich Council has confirmed plans to build homes on the remaining parts of the Thomas Tallis School site, which has sat empty for a decade. Plans were approved last November for 117 council homes on part of the old school grounds, which became vacant when the school moved to an adjoining site. Now a technical […]
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We’ll smash it, Woolwich Works boss says as first tickets set to go on sale next week
Tickets for the first event at Woolwich’s new £31m creative hub are set to go sale next week – with its boss promising that it will be a worthy investment that will “smash everybody’s expectations”. Woolwich Works will open its doors on Thursday 23 September – a year after it was originally planned to open. […]
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