Weeping willows on the Thames Path in Greenwich were condemned to the axe last night after councillors approved revised plans for new flood defences. Plans to remove the 11 trees, just north of Morden Wharf, and raise the path originally went to the council’s planning board in February, but were deferred after councillors said plans […]
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Flats plan for Greenwich’s old town hall put on hold after high rents criticised
Plans to convert Greenwich’s art deco former town hall into flats were deferred last night after councillors raised doubts about the scheme. Meridian House, whose clock tower is a local landmark, opened in 1939 as the headquarters of the old Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich. After the current council was formed in 1965 the town hall […]
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Autumn Night Lights festival replacing Woolwich’s fenced-off, deserted square for Halloween
Greenwich Council thinks it has found a way to stop antisocial behaviour in Woolwich town centre this Halloween – to give people something to do instead. Whereas last year General Gordon Square was fenced off without warning for two weeks, this year an Autumn Night Lights festival will take place. Some market stalls have been […]
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Plans for all-private Greenwich Peninsula towers next to O2 to go before councillors
Plans for two tower blocks of 36 and 20 storeys next to the O2 are likely to be rubber-stamped in the coming weeks as a new area of the Greenwich Peninsula is lined up for redevelopment. The development of 866 flats, plus commercial units and a three-storey cycle storage unit, would sit on vacant land […]
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30-storey Lewisham Gateway development will open a year late
The giant Lewisham Gateway building project is due to open a year late after the company in charge of cladding quit the job. Residents should already have been moving into the blocks, which have radically changed the look of Lewisham town centre. The project was meant to be finished this summer, but will now finish […]
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Eltham’s Cray Valley PM to face Charlton in FA Cup’s first Greenwich borough derby
A non-league football club from Eltham have landed their biggest ever match in the first round of the FA Cup – and they won’t have to travel far to play it. Cray Valley PM, who play in the eighth tier of English football, will go to The Valley to face Charlton Athletic on the weekend […]
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No Blackheath fireworks for 2023 – and we’ll need help for them to return, says Lewisham Council
The Blackheath fireworks display has been scrapped for the fourth year running – with Lewisham Council saying that it cannot afford to bring the event back. Up to 100,000 people used to attend the free display, which had been running since the 1980s and boosted trade in pubs and restaurants across a wide area. But […]
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Greenwich Council spending £800,000 a month on Travelodge rooms as homelessness soars to record levels
Greenwich Council is spending about £800,000 each month on putting people up in Travelodge hotels as the number of households in temporary accommodation soars to record levels. The council had responsibility for 1,880 households in temporary accommodation at the end of June, a report to senior councillors says – pushing it more than £11 million […]
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