Plans for a distinctive five-storey block of flats in the heart of east Greenwich were deferred yet again last night after it was revealed that the charity behind the scheme had bypassed planning officers and sent their latest plans directly to councillors. Greenwich Council’s officers recommended the plans for a five-storey block on Woolwich Road […]
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Locals wait for next step after Greenwich’s controversial Morden Wharf site sold
The Greenwich Peninsula’s controversial Morden Wharf development site has been bought by Galliard Homes and a developer from Singapore, a year after the site was first put on the market. Towers of up to 36 storeys are due to be built on the site, next to the Blackwall Tunnel entrance, along with 1,500 new homes. […]
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Plumstead’s long-closed Kinara building could become an Antic pub
A former health centre on Plumstead High Street that has been closed for many years could reopen as a pub. Antic, the company that formerly ran the Equitable in Woolwich, has applied for a licence to open up in the old Kinara Building, which was last used as a family centre in the mid-2000s. Greenwich […]
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‘Like Willy Wonka’s golden ticket’: Only 1,550 will get into Cray Valley’s FA Cup replay with Charlton
One of the greatest scrambles for tickets in south London football history began at lunchtime when tickets for Charlton Athletic’s FA Cup replay at Cray Valley Paper Mills went on sale to away fans. Just 1,550 tickets will be made available for the match at the Badgers Sports Ground in Eltham on Wednesday night, with […]
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Campaigners fight plans for carbon capture plants at Crossness incinerators
Campaigners are fighting plans to build a pair of carbon capture plants on Crossness Nature Reserve in Belvedere, saying that the area cannot afford to lose any more natural marshland. Cory Group, a waste management company, wants to build the plants to capture carbon dioxide from their two nearby incinerators, which generate electricity. The plants […]
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Work will start on all-private Greenwich Peninsula towers in 2024, developer pledges
Plans for two Greenwich Peninsula tower blocks with no “affordable” accommodation were rubber-stamped by councillors last night – with the developer pledging to start work next year. The blocks of 36 and 20 storeys, plus commercial units and a three-storey cycle storage unit, would sit on vacant land between the Millennium Way roundabout, outside the […]
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Hardy’s Freehouse: 10-room hotel plan for Irish pub in east Greenwich
A well-known Irish pub in east Greenwich could become a hotel if councillors approve plans next week. Hardy’s Freehouse on Trafalgar Road would be refurbished and have an extra floor built on top to accommodate 10 “apart-hotel” rooms for short-term accommodation. The developer, MAF Real Estate, says it will retain a slightly smaller pub downstairs, […]
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Buskers coming to Elizabeth Line as TfL holds first auditions for six years
Elizabeth Line passengers from Woolwich and Abbey Wood could be hearing the sound of buskers in the future after Transport for London announced it would be opening pitches on the new network. It is 20 years since busking was allowed on the Tube – it was illegal before then – and TfL is marking the […]
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