853 exclusive: The Old Royal Naval College could be getting a new name under controversial plans being considered by the charity which runs the world-famous focal point of Greenwich’s World Heritage Site. Since the Ministry of Defence pulled out of the complex 20 years ago, the buildings have been run by The Greenwich Foundation for […]
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Greenwich Council deputy leader apologises to academy chain over letter to parents
Greenwich Council deputy leader David Gardner has apologised to the academy chain hoping to run a Charlton primary school after criticising it in a letter issued to parents. Sherington Primary School is in talks with Leigh Academies Trust about becoming joining its academy chain, which includes 18 schools across south-east London and Kent. Earlier this […]
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John Roan School academy approval deferred by Greenwich Council
The rubber-stamping of a controversial academy order for John Roan School in Blackheath has been deferred by the council. The decision to sign the school over to University Schools Trust (UST), the body that was nominated to take it over, has been pushed back for “further due diligence”. The school was given an academy order […]
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Welcome Ben Woollacott: First new Woolwich ferry for 55 years arrives
The first of two new Woolwich ferries arrived at its new home this morning, ahead of beginning service on the Thames in the new year. Ben Woollacott – named after a deckhand on the old ferries who died in an accident in 2011 – arrived in Woolwich at 10.15am, after sailing from Tilbury. It span […]
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Sunk: Greenwich’s Enderby Wharf cruise port scheme abandoned
Plans to build a “toxic” cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf in east Greenwich have been abandoned, council leader Danny Thorpe announced last night. Pressure has been mounting on Morgan Stanley, the investment bank which owns Enderby Wharf, since Greenwich Council reversed its own stance on the issue in the summer. Thorpe said that the […]
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Woolwich’s 27-storey Tesco tower scheme set to be rejected at second attempt
Plans to build a 27-storey tower in front of Woolwich’s Tesco store look set to be rejected at the second time of asking, seven months after a legal challenge from the developer delayed a decision on the scheme. Meyer Homes wants to build the tower along with three other blocks of between nine and 16 […]
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Greenwich planners recommend knocking down Thames pub for flats
Greenwich Council planners are recommend developers get the go-ahead to knock down the old Thames pub in west Greenwich – but objectors have dubbed its proposed replacement an “eyesore”. Cobalt Equity Management has proposed knocking down the former public house in Thames Street to build a seven-storey block of flats and shops. Plans emerged earlier […]
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Councillors throw out plans for 13-storey block next to Greenwich ecology park
Campaigners cheered in a packed town hall as a plan for a controversial tower overlooking Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park was thrown out by councillors. Dozens of concerned environmentalists, councillors and users of the park turk turned out to watch the council’s planning board block developers from building a 13-storey tower off Peartree Way. Developers Taylor […]
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