The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor in the area, what she saw came as no surprise. In the hour-long programme, which was broadcast on Monday, Daejaun Campbell’s mother accused Greenwich Council social services of failing to help the […]
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Plumstead ‘ghetto’ block approved, but Greenwich planning chief admits ‘we could do better’
Plans for new council homes on the Barnfield Estate in Plumstead were approved on Tuesday night, two weeks after one of the area’s local councillors said the block would look like a “ghetto”. Labour’s Ivis Williams, who represents Shooters Hill, had objected to the plans when they first came before Greenwich Council’s planning board last […]
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Greenwich Council planning ‘ghetto’ flats in Plumstead, Labour councillor claims
A Greenwich councillor has condemned her own town hall’s plans for new housing on a Plumstead estate, saying the new block would look like a “ghetto”. The Greenwich Builds proposal for 24 flats at the edge of the Barnfield Estate was deferred on Tuesday night so councillors can visit the site. The six-storey block would […]
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