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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Lewisham councillors back 34-storey Tesco tower – despite few ‘affordable’ homes
Lewisham councillors have approved a 34-storey tower block next to the area’s Tesco superstore – despite the development only offering 20% “affordable” homes. The Meyer Homes scheme, which consists of three blocks of 34, 14 and eight storeys, was passed by four votes to three after planning officers said the council could not negotiate a […]
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University Schools Trust pulls out of John Roan academy plan
The controversial trust behind plans to concert John Roan School into an academy has pulled out of the scheme, saying it does not have the resources to turn the troubled school around. University Schools Trust (UST), which already runs the Greenwich Trust School in Charlton, was called into the school by Greenwich Council to provide […]
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Councillors reject £1.3m Greenwich Info contract after admitting they don’t get council freesheet
Greenwich councillors have rejected a £1.3m contract to print and distribute the council’s fortnightly magazine Greenwich Info – with all three councillors on the panel declaring it was not delivered to their homes. Council officers had planned to spend the money renewing a joint three-year deal alongside other boroughs for printing and delivery services, but […]
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Vanbrugh pub developer appeals against rejection of plan for house on beer garden
The developer behind rejected plans to build a house behind The Vanbrugh pub in east Greenwich, including on part of its beer garden, has appealed to planning inspectors. There were 279 public objections to the scheme, while local MP Matt Pennycook also voiced his opposition to the plans, the latest in a long line of […]
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Woolwich’s Tesco tower: Sadiq Khan allows Greenwich to reject 27-storey block – for now
Campaigners in Woolwich are breathing a sigh of relief after London mayor Sadiq Khan ratified Greenwich Council’s refusal of plans for a 27-storey tower block on land outside Woolwich’s Tesco store for the time being. Last month councillors unanimously blocked the Meyer Homes scheme for a tower – of entirely private homes – along with […]
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Old Royal Naval College: Greenwich Council will not oppose name change
Greenwich Council has stepped back from a confrontation with the charity which runs the Old Royal Naval College over plans to change the historic campus’s name. The Greenwich Foundation For The Old Royal Naval College, which has run the site since the Ministry of Defence left 20 years ago, is considering plans to rename it […]
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East Greenwich gasholder owner plans to save parts of it, councillors told
The firm which is planning to knock down east Greenwich’s historic gasholder is planning to retain parts of the 130-year-old structure, Greenwich councillors were told last night. SGN wants to dismantle the gasholder, which is the last remaining part of the old East Greenwich Gas Works, despite local opposition. The issue was raised at last […]
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