New plans for flats at Welling United’s stadium are on their way, the non-league football club has said just days after proposals for more than a hundred homes were withdrawn. The club has teamed up with the Charlton-based developer Lita Homes to redevelop the Park View Road ground, which has hosted football since the 1920. […]
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Plans for 104 flats at Welling United’s ground withdrawn by developer
Plans to build more than a hundred flats at Welling United’s football ground have been withdrawn, six months after they were submitted to Bexley Council. Lita Homes, a Charlton-based developer, had wanted to rebuild the non-league side’s Park View Road stadium to include 104 flats in an eight-storey block facing the main road. Most of […]
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Greenwich Council wins battle with Bexley over Oxleas Woods parking
Greenwich Council has come out on top after a long-running row with its neighbour Bexley over plans to curb parking near Oxleas Woods. London mayor Sadiq Khan has sided with Labour-run Greenwich over its plans to introduce parking charges on parts of Rochester Way and Welling Way, in Eltham. The scheme was approved by Greenwich’s […]
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Flats near Oxleas Woods approved despite ‘turquoise monstrosity’ criticism
Plans for discounted-rent flats close to Oxleas Woods were approved at the second time of asking after the developer lopped two storeys off the proposed building. Meridian Home Start was given the go-ahead for 63 flats at Shepherds Leas, on the borough border at Falconwood. All homes would be offered at 65 per cent of […]
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Thamesmead residents protest against Peabody’s plans to demolish estate
Residents in Thamesmead are occupying an empty house to protest against plans to knock down their estate to build 1,950 homes. Peabody housing association’s plans for the estate won outline planning permission from Bexley Council for the project in October 2022. The Lesnes Estate, off Yarnton Way, would be demolished as part of the proposals. […]
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Welling United’s new ground plans confirmed — but Erith & Belvedere say they’re staying put
Plans to redevelop Welling United’s stadium and build more than a hundred flats have been submitted to Bexley Council – but the club that shares the ground insists it won’t be leaving. The non-league side wants to demolish most of the ground at Park View Road, which has hosted football since the 1920s, and rebuild […]
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Thamesmead’s first craft beer bar gets green light — but council blunder gives it a 6pm curfew
Thamesmead’s first microbrewery and craft beer pub has won planning permission – but was nearly scuppered from the start by a council mistake. Rock Leopard Brewery applied last year for permission to open up in Cygnet Square, a new development a few minutes’ walk from Abbey Wood station. It had raised over £15,000 in crowdfunding […]
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Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ court win welcomed in Greenwich as Bexley counts cost of losing
Senior Greenwich councillors have welcomed today’s court ruling in favour of Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ expansion – which clears the way for the anti-pollution scheme to cover all 32 boroughs from August 29. Aidan Smith, the cabinet member for regeneration, said on social media that the £12.50 charge for the most polluting vehicles “will soon be […]
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