A forthcoming council by-election has put a hearing into plans for a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath on hold. Conservative leader Matt Hartley and a number of Labour councillors had all challenged the decision to implement the LTN on streets either side of Greenwich Park, which would stop through traffic from using those […]
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Blackheath tea hut stays in Lewisham after move to Greenwich flushed away
Blackheath’s famous tea hut is staying where it is, four years after it was suggested that the business move across the road to take over a disused toilet block. A hut serving hot food and teas has stood on the corner of Goffers Road and Shooters Hill Road since 1924, but the last hut was […]
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Greenwich LTN plan to be challenged by Tory councillor
Plans to introduce a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood have been challenged by Greenwich’s Conservative opposition leader – meaning that a panel of councillors will have to hear concerns about the scheme. Matt Hartley, who represents Mottingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham and is an opponent of the proposal, has “called in” the plans. The LTN would stop […]
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New Greenwich Park café honours writer Ignatius Sancho
Greenwich Park has opened a new café, naming it after a key figure in the abolition of the slave trade who lived close by. The Ignatius Sancho Café is in Vanbrugh Yard – a new public space in the southeast corner of the park, at the top of Maze Hill. The café was formerly a […]
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Rush-hour LTN to curb traffic in Greenwich and Blackheath, council confirms
Greenwich Council has confirmed plans for a low-traffic neighbourhood on both sides of Greenwich Park – but it will only operate for seven hours each day. Documents confirming the move were quietly published on an obscure section of the council website on Friday, and are now open for “call in” – a procedure where councillors […]
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