Local residents have persuaded Greenwich councillors to visit the site of 80 new council homes planned for green space in Kidbrooke after telling them they had their own plans for the land. Council officers had recommended the planning board rubber-stamp the new homes for the Brook Estate, planned as part of a pledge to start […]
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Councillors criticise new homes’ design as 20 Greenwich Council flats approved
Greenwich councillors backed plans for new council homes in Eltham last night, but with both Labour and Conservative members criticising the design of their council’s own new block. The borough’s planning board endorsed proposals for 20 flats on the site of garages on Well Hall Road. But councillors said they were unhappy because of the […]
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Greenwich Council rent hike ‘could see neighbours paying different rates’
A rise in some Greenwich Council rents could see neighbours paying different sums to live in their homes, senior councillors were told on Wednesday. The council’s cabinet approved plans to hike rents by up to 6.7 per cent for new tenants moving into council properties, in a move which saw opposition Conservatives accuse the Labour […]
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Virtual consultations fine for our new homes, Greenwich Council says
Greenwich Council has defended launching virtual consultations into two new housing developments, weeks after one of its senior councillors criticised developers for doing the same. Last week the council launched two short consultations into developments at Well Hall Road in Eltham and Sam Manners House in east Greenwich. The Well Hall Road development would see […]
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Silvertown Tunnel councillor out in shake-up of Greenwich Council’s cabinet
853 exclusive: The senior councillor in charge of Greenwich Council’s policy on the Silvertown Tunnel has lost her cabinet position in a wide-ranging shake-up of Danny Thorpe’s top team, 853 can reveal. Denise Scott-McDonald, the cabinet member for transport and air quality, is one of a number of names who will leave the council’s ruling […]
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Resign now, Greenwich Council leader tells convicted Labour councillor
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has told a Labour councillor to resign after she was found guilty of two charges of housing fraud. Tonia Ashikodi, a councillor for Glyndon ward, was convicted yesterday at Inner London Crown Court on two charges of fraud by misrepresentation after she applied for council housing in October 2008 and […]
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LGBT school row MP Roger Godsiff resigns from Charlton Athletic trust
The Labour MP who supported parents objecting to their children being taught about same-sex relationships has resigned from Charlton Athletic’s community trust, the leader of Greenwich Council said last night. Godsiff, a former ceremonial mayor of Lewisham who is now an MP in Birmingham, gave his support to protesters at Anderton Park Primary School, inside […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Labour candidates criticise Greenwich Council’s Woolwich consultation
Greenwich Council’s consultation around a scheme to demolish part of Woolwich town centre and replace it with a new retail, housing and leisure development was criticised by Labour candidates at a hustings meeting on Friday evening. Developers plan to knock down shops – including scores of businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority […]
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