A development on the Blackheath-Greenwich border that will see trees cut down and leave disabled residents in darkness was criticised in light of the conclusion of Ella Kissi-Debrah’s inquest. The nine-year-old, who lived near the South Circular in Catford, became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Hills and Vales: Use cameras, not planters, to close roads, ambulance chiefs told Greenwich Council
The London Ambulance Service called for Greenwich Council to use cameras rather than planters for its low-traffic neighbourhood in some of the borough’s most affluent streets, correspondence between the two bodies reveals. Documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that neither the ambulance service nor the London Fire Brigade objected to the closure […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors have public row during planning meeting
Tensions in Greenwich Council’s Labour group boiled over in public last night when two councillors rowed during a normally quiet planning meeting. Councillors on the Greenwich area planning committee were deciding on an application to put lights on the roof of a house in Blackheath when the chair of planning, Peninsula councillor Stephen Brain, shook […]
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Relief as plans for more weekend London City Airport flights shelved
Campaigners have voiced their relief at news that London City Airport has shelved plans to increase its operating hours. The airport published its long-term vision for the future today after a consultation with neighbours and passengers last summer. Campaign groups like Hacan East were previously concerned by suggestions the airport might seek to increase flights […]
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No evidence Maze Hill jams are down to low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council leader says
There is no evidence that measures to stop rat-running drivers in west Greenwich are causing traffic jams in east Greenwich, council leader Danny Thorpe said last night. Streets around Crooms Hill and Royal Hill, to the west of Greenwich Park, have had planters placed on them since August to block through traffic and encourage walking […]
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Kidbrooke Park Road: 117 Greenwich Council homes on Thomas Tallis site approved
Greenwich councillors have unanimously backed plans for 117 new council homes on the old Thomas Tallis School site on Kidbrooke Park Road – the biggest development of new council homes in the borough since the 1980s. The scheme is part of the Greenwich Builds programme to begin work on 750 council homes before 2022, and […]
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Greenwich Park bosses ask users if they should make traffic ban permanent
Royal Parks has launched a consultation asking users if it should make its recently-imposed ban on through traffic in Greenwich Park permanent. Drivers used to be able to use the park as a rush-hour cut-through, but The Avenue – the road leading up the hill from Greenwich town centre – has been closed since the […]
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Greenwich Council’s ‘residents’ rainbow’ cost over £200 per message
853 exclusive: A Greenwich Council project to put messages from residents on trees cost the borough a total of £95,000 – more than £200 per message – after it included a laser show which was branded an “epic fail”. The Residents’ Rainbow, which was launched in September, was a response to the coronavirus crisis. It […]
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