The historic Borough Hall in west Greenwich has escaped having its licence suspended after its neighbours complained about noise. Pat Slattery, a Labour councillor for Greenwich Park ward, had called for its licence to be suspended for three months after complaints about its customers disturbing neighbours when leaving the building, as well as noise from […]
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Bands and stage shows could return to Greenwich’s Borough Hall
Greenwich’s Borough Hall could be hosting bands and stage shows for the first time in decades after the council granted its new operator a licence. The building was controversially sold by Greenwich Council for just £2.4 million last year after it failed to strike a deal to turn it into a theatre. A property company, […]
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Greenwich’s Borough Hall could get late licence under reopening plans
The new operators of Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall have applied for a 1am alcohol licence as they seek to put events on at the venue again. The Greenwich Wire revealed in April that the council had secretly sold the building to a developer for £2.475 million. Lita Homes said in September that it was looking […]
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Greenwich Borough Hall could become a hotel, new owner says
Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall could become a hotel under plans being discussed by the developer that bought the building earlier this year. The Grade II-listed building was sold to Lita Homes in January for £2.475 million after having sat empty for five years. Now the company is in talks with the council about its plans […]
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Meridian House: Greenwich’s old town hall could be turned into 73 flats
One of Greenwich town centre’s best-known buildings could be converted into 73 flats if its owners win approval from councillors. Meridian House on Royal Hill, which served as Greenwich’s town hall until the 1960s, was the base of Greenwich School of Management until it went bust in 2019. Now the Grade II-listed Art Deco building […]
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Council ‘neglect’ panned as charity puts Greenwich’s Borough Hall on ‘at-risk’ list
Greenwich Council’s treatment of the historic Borough Hall has been criticised after a theatre charity put the building on its “at risk” register. The Grade II listed building on Royal Hill, which opened in 1939 as part of the old Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich’s town hall, was put up for sale in 2020 after plans […]
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Councillors stay silent as Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall goes up for sale
Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to put the historic Borough Hall on the market tonight without discussing the issue in public. The planned sale of the Grade II-listed building comes after plans to lease it to the theatre company Selladoor collapsed without agreement. Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across the UK, had planned to add a […]
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Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall set to go up for sale after theatre plan collapses
Greenwich Council is poised to put its historic Borough Hall in west Greenwich up for sale after a plan to lease the building to a theatre company collapsed. The council had attempted to strike a deal with Selladoor, a Deptford-based company which runs regional theatres across the UK. The company had planned to put in […]
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