Greenwich Council could back a call to ban Lime bikes in the borough next week after two frustrated councillors spoke out against the company for not taking action against riders dumping their bikes on pavements. Since summer 2023 the council has been due to sign an agreement with Lime that would mean users would have […]
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Greenwich councillor in charge of regeneration leaves his role
The Greenwich councillor in charge of development and building new council houses has quit the cabinet after just two years. Aidan Smith, a Greenwich Park councillor, was the cabinet member for planning, estate renewal and development – a post known as “regeneration” until recently. The role is one of the biggest on the council, involving […]
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‘We need to strike a fair balance in what Greenwich charges developers’
AIDAN SMITH, Greenwich’s cabinet member for regeneration, explains why the community infrastructure levy is so important for the borough – and why rates for in-demand student housing are not going up. Getting people into safe and secure homes is a priority for the council. With a growing need for affordable housing, local authorities all over […]
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Developers set to pay Greenwich Council more towards infrastructure – but only in some areas
Greenwich Council plans to increase the amount it charges large developers to build in the borough – but only in a handful of areas for big developments, it has revealed. The council has been criticised for setting and sticking with a relatively low community infrastructure levy (CIL) – a bill handed to developers so they […]
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Greenwich Council to change its mind and declare a climate emergency
Greenwich Council is to declare a climate emergency, a senior councillor revealed last night, just two months after she dismissed a proposal to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030. Denise Scott-McDonald made the revelation under pressure from councillors at a meeting of the regeneration, transport and culture scrutiny panel which also saw a veteran […]
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Greenwich Tories’ tall ships scrap scheme scuttled by Labour
Proposals by Greenwich Council’s Conservatives to cancel 2017’s return of the tall ships were thrown out last night as councillors passed the borough’s annual budget. There was very little detail to last night’s budget – much of it had been decided last year as part of a plan to freeze council tax for two years […]
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