A pro-Palestine activist is taking Greenwich Council to court over its £60 million in pension fund investments in companies with interests in Israel. Lubna Speitan, a founding member of Greenwich Palestine Alliance, began the legal challenge after the council conceded that a clause in its pension fund investment strategy was unlawful. According to the Public […]
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Greenwich’s council tax bills set to go up by 5 per cent
Greenwich Council is set to increase its share of council tax by 5 per cent in April – with another £7 million of cuts, mainly coming from efficiency savings at the town hall. Taxpayers will face the maximum increase allowed without a referendum: a 2.99 per cent increase plus a 2 per cent precept to […]
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Woolwich leaseholders’ huge bills are a non-issue, Labour councillor says
The plight of leaseholders in Woolwich who are being charged thousands of pounds a year for car parking spaces, whether they use them or not, is a “non-issue”, a senior Greenwich Labour councillor has said. Jackie Smith, one of the borough’s longest-serving councillors and the cabinet member for business, said she had knocked on every […]
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Greenwich Council’s ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ consultation cost £640,000
Cash-strapped Greenwich Council spent £640,000 on its consultation into introducing controlled parking zones across a huge swathe of the borough before scrapping most of the plans last month. The “sustainable streets” programme had included introducing permit and paid parking spaces across an area stretching from Lee Green in the west to Plumstead and Thamesmead in […]
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Greenwich Council’s adventure play centre cuts to be challenged
Greenwich Council’s cabinet voted to axe three of the borough’s five staffed adventure play centres – but the decision has been challenged by opposition councillors and will now go to a scrutiny hearing. A staffed play centre in Woolwich is to be closed altogether and replaced with an unstaffed playground nearby, while one on the […]
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Thamesmead DLR extension may not go far enough, London Assembly told
The planned Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead Waterfront may need to go at least one stop further to make the planned new town commercially viable, the London Assembly has been told. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, approved plans for the rail link in November, and Transport for London hopes it will be ready by the […]
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Decision on housing at Blackheath station car park deferred after 1,200 objections
A decision on whether 20 houses and 25 flats should be built on the car park at Blackheath station has been deferred by Lewisham councillors, who said they wanted more information on its impact on the village and its farmers’ market. A total of 1,202 objections to the development were received by Lewisham Council, while […]
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Woolwich leaseholders facing £3,000 bills for parking spaces they don’t use
Leaseholders in Woolwich face being stuck with bills of over £3,000 per year for parking spaces they may not even use because of a council deal with a property developer, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. Some say that the bills have made their flats at the Vista Building on Calderwood Street unsellable and that they […]
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