Part of a new Greenwich Council housing development in Kidbrooke has been named in honour of Christine Grice, a senior councillor who died five years ago. Christine Grice Gardens is part of the development being built by the Brook Estate off Rochester Way, which will provide 80 new homes when completed later this year. Grice […]
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Greenwich Council paying £11m to finish new homes after builder’s collapse
Greenwich Council is to pay an extra £11 million to finish a number of its home-building projects after a sub-contractor went bust earlier this year. A controversial plan for 24 council flats in Plumstead – one likened to a “ghetto” by its local councillor – also appears to have been shelved to free up the […]
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New Greenwich Council homes delayed after building firm collapses
Two major Greenwich Council home-building projects have been delayed because a sub-contractor has gone into administration. Modpods International had been appointed by Elkins, the main contractor, to build homes at Sam Manners House in east Greenwich and the Brook Estate in Kidbrooke as part of its Greenwich Builds programme to build 1,750 new council homes. […]
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Damp forces tenants out of new Greenwich Council-backed homes in Eltham
Tenants have been forced to leave two of the first homes built by a Greenwich Council-backed housing company because of structural problems, 853 can reveal. Workers are on site at Jack’s Acre, off Rochester Way in Eltham, after householders found water and damp were getting into their homes, which were completed in 2019. Patio doors […]
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80 Greenwich Council homes approved as Brook Estate residents criticise ‘aggressive’ town hall
Controversial plans for 80 council homes on green space in Kidbrooke were finally approved last night – but with neighbours complaining that they had received “unnecessarily aggressive” communications from Greenwich Council as they tried to challenge the scheme. The development on Rochester Way, which is part of the Greenwich Builds programme to start work on […]
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Lockdown means no visit to Brook Estate for councillors deciding on 80 homes
Greenwich councillors have been told they can’t visit an estate where 80 new council homes are planned, even though they had deferred the decision to take a look at the site themselves. Plans for a site visit to the Brook Estate, on the Kidbrooke/Eltham border, have been scrapped because of England’s third coronavirus lockdown, according […]
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Objectors praised as Greenwich councillors defer plans for 80 council homes on Brook Estate
Local residents have persuaded Greenwich councillors to visit the site of 80 new council homes planned for green space in Kidbrooke after telling them they had their own plans for the land. Council officers had recommended the planning board rubber-stamp the new homes for the Brook Estate, planned as part of a pledge to start […]
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Brook Estate: Greenwich councillors urged to back 80 council homes on green space
Plans for 80 Greenwich Council homes on green space between Kidbrooke and Eltham are set for approval next week. Councillors on the planning board will discuss plans to build next to the Brook Estate as part of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme to begin 750 new council homes by 2022, with planning officers recommending they […]
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