Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says the authority will look again at how Woolwich’s controversial Spray Street redevelopment scheme will affect black and minority ethnic communities. Developers St Modwen and Notting Hill Housing plan to knock down shops as well as the old covered market, replacing them with 742 new homes, shops, offices, a cinema […]
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Councillors throw out plans to build house at Greenwich’s Vanbrugh pub
Councillors have rejected plans to build a house behind The Vanbrugh pub in east Greenwich, including on part of its beer garden, after opposition from neighbours and the local MP. Greenwich planning officers had recommended approval of the plans, the latest in a long line of attempts to build on the land on Vanbrugh Hill […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors to challenge estate land sales to private developer
Greenwich Council’s plans to sell plots of land on three estates to a private developer are to be formally challenged by Labour councillors. Pocket Living, which specialises in “affordable compact homes for first time buyers”, wants to build 151 one-bedroom flats across the three sites at The Heights, Charlton; Kidbrooke Park Close; and Quince Road […]
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‘You knew our business plan’: Stricken outdoor charity Wide Horizons hits back at Greenwich Council leader
The chief executive of outdoor adventure charity Wide Horizons, which has announced its closure, has denied claims by Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe that his officers had been left unaware of the organisation’s financial situation until just days before a crunch meeting to decide its future. Wide Horizons, based in Eltham, is to close on […]
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Children’s charity Wide Horizons set to close amid war of words with Greenwich Council
Updated story: Troubled children’s charity Wide Horizons has announced its closure, accusing Greenwich Council on going back on a pledge to lend it £200,000 to allow it to continue as well as “four months of timewasting” on the issue. The Eltham-based organisation, which operates in both Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs, had already launched a £100,000 […]
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Woolwich Common fire: Ministry of Defence ignored council demands to remove travellers’ rubbish
853 exclusive: The Ministry of Defence failed to clear up rubbish left behind by travellers for six weeks on a part of Woolwich Common devastated by a grass fire on Monday – despite being told to by Greenwich Council. Travellers set up camp on the common in early June and stayed for a week, abusing […]
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Greenwich Council set to sell estate car parking spaces to ‘compact flats’ developer
Greenwich councillors have voted to sell car parking spaces on three estates in the borough to a private developer, promising to invest the proceeds in new council housing. The plots of land, in Charlton, Kidbrooke, and on the Lewisham border, will be sold to developer Pocket Living, subject to consultation with council tenants who live […]
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‘We don’t want to raise expectations’ – Greenwich won’t adopt Lewisham’s street map scheme
Greenwich Council says it won’t be adopting neighbouring Lewisham’s idea to ask residents for ideas where its streets can be improved – with leader Danny Thorpe saying he doesn’t want to “raise expectations I can’t meet”. Lewisham has had over 1,100 suggestions on an interactive map where residents and visitors can place suggestions of where […]
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