Greenwich councillors have given permission for a “rival” venue to the O2 arena to be built on the Greenwich Peninsula – with an attempt to limit its opening hours failing. Peninsula developer Knight Dragon, which already has permission to build a luxury housing development on the site at the north end of Tunnel Avenue, wants […]
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Greenwich councillors back down on gasholder after legal threat raised
Greenwich’s planning board has backed down and allowed a legal procedure which will stop gas from being stored at the site of the historic gasholder next to the Blackwall Tunnel. Councillors were told the borough could face legal action if they continued blocking the procedure, which would also stop the nearby St Mary Magdalene school […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Woolwich campaigners confirm new public meeting
Local pressure group Speak Out Woolwich is to hold a public meeting on Monday 30 July to discuss controversial plans to demolish Woolwich’s covered market and the buildings around it, displacing scores of small businesses. Developers plan to knock down shops – mainly businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – and […]
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Greenwich Council leader sobs as Labour suspends fraud charge councillor
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe cried last night as he addressed colleagues about suspended councillor Tonia Ashikodi, who has been charged with fraud and perverting the course of justice. Thorpe nearly broke down as he updated last night’s full council meeting on what has happened to Ashikodi, who will appear in court on 6 August […]
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Greenwich Labour councillor Tonia Ashikodi charged with fraud
Labour councillor Tonia Ashikodi has been charged with fraud and perverting the course of justice after an investigation into her council tenancy and the ownership of “a number of properties”. The Glyndon ward representative, who has been a councillor for two years, is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on Monday 6 August. A […]
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Jumbo hold-up: Greenwich councillors’ gasholder stand-off throws school opening in doubt
Greenwich councillors have refused to revoke a legal order allowing gas to be stored at the historic East Greenwich gasholder site – throwing into doubt the opening date of a new school just a few hundred metres away. Planning officers have already given permission for the No 1 gasholder, which sits at the entrance to […]
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New Capital Quay: Insurer to pay out over ‘Grenfell’ fire risk cladding
The firm that insured the flammable cladding on west Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development is to pay to have it removed, ending over a year of uncertainty for its 2,000 residents, who feared being lumbered with paying the bill themselves. Residents of the 980 homes were stuck in a squabble between developer Galliard Homes and […]
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Spray Street demolitions: England’s World Cup success halts Woolwich public meeting
The England football team’s World Cup success mean local pressure group Speak Out Woolwich has cancelled holding a public meeting on Wednesday about the controversial Spray Street development. Developers plan to knock down shops – mainly businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – and the old Woolwich Public Market and replace them […]
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