A Greenwich Council scrutiny panel voted yesterday to send back a legal deal with Transport for London about the construction of the Silvertown Tunnel – even though officers warned TfL could walk away from the agreement now it has permission to build the tunnel. The decision does not prevent TfL from building the tunnel, which […]
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New Greenwich Council leader Thorpe promises planning shake-up
853 exclusive: Incoming Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has promised he will shake up the borough’s planning system – and will not sit on the borough’s main planning committee. No cabinet member will sit on the Planning Board, the committee which decides on major developments across the borough, he told Labour councillors in a manifesto […]
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Danny Thorpe to be new Greenwich Council leader after revolt fails
853 exclusive: Shooters Hill councillor Danny Thorpe is to be the new leader of Greenwich Council after winning an internal vote of Labour members on Wednesday evening, 853 can reveal. Rebel councillors had hoped to install housing cabinet member Averil Lekau, who had spoken out against a Thorpe-backed plan for a cruise liner terminal in […]
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Greenwich Council election results: No Labour wipeout as Tories hold onto all their seats
Labour failed to wipe out the opposition on Greenwich Council in yesterday’s election – with the Conservatives successfully defending all nine of their council seats. Just as before the poll, Labour ended a long night of counting with 42 out of 51 seats – one fewer than they won in 2014’s election. With rumours circulating […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Heritage body fights to save Woolwich Public Market
A heritage body is battling to save Woolwich Public Market, which is under threat from a Greenwich Council-backed redevelopment scheme along with scores of small businesses. The 20th Century Society says the covered market building, which opened in 1936, is unique because of its German design, which was more commonly found in military buildings. It […]
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Save Jumbo: East Greenwich gasholder petition nears 700 signatures
A petition objecting to the demolition of east Greenwich’s historic gasholder is nearing 700 signatures just a few days after launching. Last month, Greenwich Council planning officers approved plans to demolish the 130-year-old gasholder, which sits close to the entrance of the Blackwall Tunnel. Now the Greenwich Industrial History Society is calling on Greenwich Council […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors fight back over Silvertown Tunnel legal deal
A group of Greenwich Labour councillors are objecting to their council’s legal deal with Transport for London over its proposed Silvertown Tunnel – a week before Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is due to approve or reject the scheme. A decision on the £1 billion road tunnel, due to run between the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal […]
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The Bexley bulletin: Will Tories be punished over parks and CCTV?
Local politics in Bexley is in some ways a mirror image of Greenwich – but tomorrow’s local elections there have an element of surprise about them. Will the Conservative council be punished for selling off parks and cutting back on CCTV coverage? 853’s DA-postcode correspondent STEVE KEENE explains what’s at stake the other side of […]
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