Wednesday night at the council: Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland angrily lashed out at local Tory leader Matt Hartley in a town hall row over planned cuts to London’s Taxicard scheme, branding him “emasculated”. The row blew up at Wednesday night’s council meeting, when Hartley asked Hyland if she would raise the issue with London […]
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Greenwich councillor threatens libel action over developers’ cash blog story
A Greenwich Labour councillor has threatened a local blog author with legal action after he was criticised over the council’s record with large developments in his ward. Peninsula ward’s Stephen Brain, who recently took part in a photocall marking the start of work on the area’s new Ikea, hit back at the writer of From […]
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Lewisham Council wants cycle superhighway through Deptford and Catford
Lewisham Council is proposing a cycle superhighway between Downham and Deptford, through Catford and Lewisham, as part of its new cycling strategy. The proposed route, the Lewisham Spine, would run from the borough’s southern boundary with Bromley along the A21 to Lewisham town centre, before following Brookmill Road and Deptford Church Street to meet the […]
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Greenwich Growth Fund: Council backs residents’ votes for spending developers’ cash
Plans to put money from developers into a “growth fund” were backed by Greenwich Council’s cabinet on Wednesday night – with residents able to vote online on how to spend some of it. Money from the new Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will be placed into a new Greenwich Growth Fund, and local groups will be […]
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Greenwich Council set to declare ‘bigoted’ Donald Trump not welcome in borough
Greenwich councillors are set to call on the government to cancel Donald Trump’s planned state visit to the UK – and declare that the US president will not be welcome in the borough. A Labour motion has been submitted to next week’s full council meeting demanding Trump’s visit be blocked following his use of Twitter […]
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DLR crush leads to TfL worries over 34-storey Lewisham tower
Transport for London wants to make sure a proposed 34-storey tower next to Lewisham station does not open until it is running more trains on the Docklands Light Railway, according to documents presented to Lewisham councillors. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – the equivalent of Greenwich’s planning board – will meet next Tuesday to decide whether […]
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Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham to lose direct trains to Victoria from 2022
Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham stations are set to lose their direct rail services to Victoria from December 2022, according to new documents issued by the Department for Transport today. But Bexleyheath line passengers will be able to take twice as many trains from Lewisham to Victoria, lessening the pain for passengers who complained about the […]
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Greenwich Council set to hike parking fees – but ducks extra diesel charges
Greenwich Council is planning to increase car parking charges, with residents in controlled parking zones facing annual charges of up to £100 to leave their cars in the borough’s most in-demand streets. Pay-by-phone charges are also set for an increase, with drivers who park in Greenwich town centre set for fees of £3 per hour. […]
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