Greenwich Council’s scheme to issue £150 bike vouchers for residents aged 16 or under is pencilled in to start next year, the councillor in charge of the project has said. Labour had pledged to issue the vouchers, which can be used to buy bikes, scooters and safety equipment, in its manifesto for the council election […]
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Blackheath station car park declared asset of community value as housing decision looms
Campaigners trying to stop 45 homes being built on Blackheath station’s car park have had the site declared an asset of community value by Lewisham Council. Acorn Property Group wants to build a row of terraced houses and two blocks of flats, along with 40 pitches for Blackheath Farmers’ Market, which uses the car park […]
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Lewisham planners against Deptford Bridge flats – but Greenwich could support
Lewisham Council officers have recommended that an 800-home development at Deptford Bridge be refused – but their counterparts in Greenwich believe it should go ahead. Both councils’ main planning committees will meet on September 24 to decide on the complex proposal for the former Lewisham College building, which straddles the boundary between the two boroughs. […]
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Artists’ studios planned for Erith’s old town hall
Erith’s old town hall is set to become artists’ studios under plans filed with Bexley Council. Bow Arts Trust says its plans would create a “sustainable creative and community hub”. The charity, which runs studios across London including at the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, says its plans would help protect the 1930s building from vandalism […]
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Bouldr Bar’s battle to put Thamesmead on the food and drink map
“We’re in the middle of nowhere. There’s nowhere to eat or drink other than what supermarkets offer – so we’re trying to make this a community space where people feel proud to invite their friends,” says Stacey Ayeh, who runs the Bouldr Bar taproom. Stacey isn’t describing a cut-off rural village but is speaking about […]
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Six flats planned for car park sold by Greenwich Council last year
Six flats could be built on a car park that was sold by Greenwich Council last year as part of its “fire sale” of properties. The three-storey block is planned for Torrance Close, in Charlton Village, on a site which netted £410,000 at auction in December last year. Fencing went up around the 18-space car […]
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Blackheath car park nets £1.1 m in Greenwich Council ‘fire sale’
Greenwich Council’s latest car park sale has netted more than a million pounds after 30 spaces in Blackheath went under the hammer. Former tram shelters in Eltham and old toilets in Greenwich also found buyers in the sale of council assets. The car park, on Old Dover Road, sold for £1,155,000 at the online auction […]
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Catford South Circular rerouting scrapped as regeneration plans scaled back
Lewisham Council has scaled back plans to redevelop Catford town centre and scrapped a scheme to reroute the South Circular Road after government cash was withdrawn. Proposals to knock down the Catford shopping centre and the adjacent Milford Towers for new tower blocks have been shelved, with the Green-run council moving to a “retrofit-first” approach […]
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