Cash-strapped Greenwich Council spent £640,000 on its consultation into introducing controlled parking zones across a huge swathe of the borough before scrapping most of the plans last month. The “sustainable streets” programme had included introducing permit and paid parking spaces across an area stretching from Lee Green in the west to Plumstead and Thamesmead in […]
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Decision on housing at Blackheath station car park deferred after 1,200 objections
A decision on whether 20 houses and 25 flats should be built on the car park at Blackheath station has been deferred by Lewisham councillors, who said they wanted more information on its impact on the village and its farmers’ market. A total of 1,202 objections to the development were received by Lewisham Council, while […]
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Tunnels, Ikea flats and council rows: The Greenwich Wire’s top 25 stories of 2025
Thank you for your support of The Greenwich Wire during a turbulent and busy 2025. Before we throw the old year into the bin, editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN has a personal look back at the past 12 months, and reveals our most-read stories. We’ve made it to the end of another year. To everyone who has […]
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Plumstead car park fetches £1.4m in Greenwich Council ‘fire sale’
Greenwich Council netted more than £1.4 million by selling a single car park on Plumstead High Street on Thursday – but there were mixed fortunes in the rest of its “fire sale” of assets. The 22-space car park at Abery Street sold for £1,425,000 – more than three times the reserve price of £375,000 – […]
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Cut to bus linking hospital with Greenwich’s LTN branded ‘unacceptable’
A bus running through Greenwich and Blackheath’s controversial low-traffic neighbourhood has been reduced in frequency – reducing access to the borough’s only general hospital. The 386 service between Blackheath Village and Woolwich, which serves Queen Elizabeth Hospital, has only run with three buses an hour rather than four since November 29 – the worst level […]
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Greenwich Council’s car park ‘fire sale’ could fetch £1.4 million next month
Three Greenwich Council car parks are set to be sold at auction next month – with the town hall hoping to net a total of £1.4 million from the sale. The car parks at Old Dover Road in Blackheath, Charlton Village and Plumstead High Street are being offloaded as part of a £33 million package […]
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Taller Leegate tower approved — but developer sorry for Blackheath branding
More than 600 homes and a 17-storey tower will now replace the derelict Leegate shopping centre – but the developer got a ticking-off from Lewisham councillors for branding the scheme “Blackheath Gate”. The 1970s mall, which has been empty since last year, has long been earmarked for development, with the most recent plan for 562 […]
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Greenwich LTN made permanent as pledges made to fix Charlton’s traffic
The part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath will be made permanent after a panel of three Labour councillors rejected two challenges to the scheme. But the council leader and the cabinet member for transport pledged to deal with traffic problems in Charlton that followed the introduction of the LTN in last year. One resident […]
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