A resident of the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead has begun legal action against Bexley Council in an attempt to save the 1960s blocks, which are due to be demolished for 1,950 new homes. Councillors approved the plans from the Peabody housing association in 2022, and Bexley planning officers finally rubber-stamped the decision two days before […]
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‘Turquoise monstrosity’ flats near Oxleas Wood to change colour and lose floor
A new block of flats to be built close to Oxleas Wood will lose its distinctive colouring and have a floor lopped off under updated plans submitted to Greenwich Council. Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from the council nearly a decade ago, won permission in 2024 for a seven-storey block with 63 rented […]
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Danson Park could Go Ape with zip wire course planned
Zip wires could be coming to Danson Park after the outdoor adventure company Go Ape applied for permission to build a high ropes course. Go Ape, which already operates courses at Alexandra Palace and Battersea Park, plans to install the course in woodland to the north and west of the park in Bexleyheath. A changing […]
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City Hall approves 25-storey tower close to Abbey Wood station
Plans for a 25-storey tower across the road from Abbey Wood station have been approved by City Hall, three months after Bexley Council threw out the project. The block, between Sedgemere Road and Harrow Manorway, will include 228 new homes. None will be for social rent – instead 34 would be on offer for between […]
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Bexley Council’s leader to stand down after 17 years
Bexley Council’s leader Teresa O’Neill is to step down in November after 17 years in the role. The Conservative councillor – who became Baroness O’Neill of Bexley when she was appointed to the House of Lords three years ago – will also step down from the council at the next elections in May. Bexley Council […]
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Greenwich Council’s debt soars by more than £900 per resident
Greenwich Council borrowed more than £900 for every resident of the borough in the last financial year – the second biggest per-head debt increase in the country. The borough’s debt went up by 57 per cent in a year, a BBC investigation into council finances across the UK found. Details of the investigation have been […]
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Thamesmead DLR extension should run to Belvedere, Bexley Council says
Bexley Council has reiterated its call for the Docklands Light Railway to be extended to Belvedere, and not just Thamesmead, and asked its residents to tell Transport for London in the latest consultation. The demand from Bexley’s leader, Baroness O’Neill, has come in the same week as her counterpart in Greenwich, Anthony Okereke, signed off […]
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No plans to sell allotments in Greenwich with hundreds waiting to dig
Greenwich Council has reassured residents that it has no plans to sell or build on any of its allotments after a political row broke out at Westminster over the issue. Neighbouring Lewisham and Bexley also say they have no plans to do away with allotments, with hundreds of residents on waiting lists across the three […]
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