The Woolwich Ferry will be running a reduced service until the beginning of next month for engine replacement work, with only one boat in service at any one time, Transport for London has warned. The main generator engines on the two boats – Dame Vera Lynn and Ben Woollacott – are being replaced between now […]
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Lewisham’s Fox and Firkin pub plans to expand into nearby shop
One of southeast London’s best-known pubs is planning to extend into a nearby shop unit. The Fox and Firkin in Lewisham High Street has taken over a closed-down antiques shop two doors along the road, and hopes to open a food court and café. An application to Lewisham Council to install extractor fans on the […]
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Historic gap in houses to stay as plans for Greenwich extension thrown out
Plans to fill in a gap between houses in one of Greenwich’s most distinctive streets have been refused because they would remove a unique Georgian architectural feature. One objector said that building a first and second floor extension to the house on Gloucester Circus, just west of Greenwich Park, would “spoil a jewel in the […]
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TfL planning another bus frequency cut on key Greenwich to Eltham route
Another key bus service serving Greenwich is set to be reduced in frequency later this year – despite councillors’ efforts to persuade residents to switch away from driving. Route 286, which runs from Greenwich town centre to Queen Mary Hospital in Sidcup via Eltham, will be converted to double-decker buses when a new contract with […]
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Children will feel unsafe when play centre is closed, councillors told
Plans to close three of Greenwich Council’s staffed adventure play centres will go ahead after a challenge to the decision was thrown out – despite councillors being told of pleas from children to keep one of the venues. Users of the Coldharbour centre in Mottingham said they would feel unsafe without the centre, a scrutiny […]
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Greenwich Council sorry after banning anti-LTN leaflet from town hall
Greenwich Council has apologised after town hall security staff banned people from bringing in copies of a leaflet criticising its decision to press on with a low-traffic neighbourhood. The council decided last month to make the rush-hour traffic scheme permanent after a series of consultations ended. The LTN stops drivers from using north-south roads either […]
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Green light for co-living homes to replace Woolwich’s Poundstretcher store
The Poundstretcher store in Woolwich is set to be knocked down and replaced with a six-storey block containing 156 co-living homes – and work could start this year. Greenwich Council’s planning board approved the scheme, which councillors were told would improve the look of Beresford Square, at its meeting last week. The block, which would […]
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Lewisham’s closed Ravensbourne Arms could be turned into ten-room HMO
Update, May 1: The planning application has been withdrawn, Salamander News reports. A pub in Lewisham that had been at the centre of a campaign to turn it into a community music venue could become a ten-room HMO if a developer is successful. The Ravensbourne Arms on Lewisham High Street closed in 2016 after the […]
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