Six council homes will be built on a “village green” in a Blackheath conservation area, despite objections from the local MP and residents who said it was a place where children could play safely. Richmount Gardens was built as part of the Brooklands Park Estate in the 1950s. It features housing surrounding green space and […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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More Blackwall Tunnel closures coming as Silvertown Tunnel noise barrier plans confirmed
More weekend closures of the southbound Blackwall Tunnel are coming up as work continues on the Silvertown Tunnel, which is due to open next year. The company building the new tunnel, Riverlinx, is installing drainage beneath the road and new gantries above it. Closures are planned for January 13-15 and 20-22 as well as February […]
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Return of the LTN: Council revives plans for traffic curbs in Greenwich and Blackheath
Just 18 months after scrapping the west Greenwich low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council is proposing bringing it back – but this time as part of measures to cut through traffic on both sides of Greenwich Park. A consultation opened on Monday evening, but went largely unnoticed on social media with the council preferring to use the […]
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Sun in the Sands closes after green light given for flats behind landmark pub
A landmark pub whose name is familiar to millions of London radio listeners has closed its doors, two years after its owner won approval to convert part of the building into flats. The Sun in the Sands, in Blackheath, has sat on the corner of Shooters Hill Road and Sun Lane since the 1840s, although […]
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Harrods Egyptian Room artist’s mural could halt Greenwich Council housing plan
Neighbours on a council estate in Blackheath are hoping that plans for new housing will be halted by the listing of a 1950s mural by the artist who designed the Egyptian Hall in Harrods. Greenwich Council wants to build the homes in Richmount Gardens as part of its Greenwich Builds programme to build 1,750 new […]
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Storm in a flowerpot as Greenwich Council tells residents to clear front gardens
Greenwich Council is doubling down on its order to residents of an estate to remove flowerpots and benches in their front gardens – despite hundreds signing a petition against the decision. Over 1,200 people have called on the council to allow residents of the Vanbrugh Park Estate, Blackheath, to keep their front gardens intact after […]
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Kidbrooke council homes plan was a done deal, Labour councillor claims
A Greenwich Labour councillor has suggested that her party colleagues had already made up their minds to approve plans for new council housing before holding a meeting to make a decision last night. Odette McGahey made the serious allegation when councillors met to discuss proposals for three houses to be built on garages at Woodville […]
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Part of Blackheath Village could be pedestrianised by Lewisham Council
A small part of Blackheath Village could be pedestrianised under plans being drawn up by Lewisham Council. Montpelier Vale, which faces the heath, could be closed to traffic as part of a wider package of proposals to improve walking and cycling in the borough. The proposals are mentioned in an agenda document for councillors to […]
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