Thamesmead may have been declared a new town this week – but the government rejected a suggestion that Charlton Riverside should be given the same status, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The new-town status for Thamesmead – some 60 years after work started on the first phase of housing in the area – provides a […]
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Flats near Thames Barrier approved despite noise and pollution worries
Plans for up to 500 homes next to the Thames Barrier have been approved by Greenwich councillors – but they raised worries about noise and pollution before doing so. The blocks on Herringham Road would be in between the flood barrier operations centre and an asphalt plant operated by Tarmac, which is protected by laws […]
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Flats next to the Thames Barrier could finally be approved after seven years
Plans to build up to 500 homes next to the Thames Barrier could be approved by Greenwich councillors next week – seven years after proposals were first submitted. The Flint Glass Wharf development, on the site of an old glassworks, would replace a go-kart track, a paintball and laser-tag centre, two churches and a waste […]
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Open Studios 2025 comes to Woolwich’s Thames-Side Studios next month
Thames-Side Studios in Woolwich will be throwing open its doors next month so visitors can see what the hundreds of artists and makers who work there produce. The annual Open Studios weekend will take place on June 7 and 8 at the riverside site, tucked away at the end of Warspite Road. There have been […]
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Faraday Works: Plans for hundreds of homes by Thames Barrier shelved
Plans to build 359 flats on the old Siemens factory site next to the Thames Barrier have been withdrawn after five years. Landsec has pulled its proposals to redevelop the long-closed factory on the Charlton-Woolwich border as a development called Faraday Works. The factory was one of the biggest local employers for more than a […]
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Warehouse plan for Charlton site once earmarked for ‘Stalingrad’ flats
An industrial estate in Charlton that was at the centre of a battle to build new housing seven years ago could have a new warehouse for online shopping services built there instead. The VIP Trading Estate on Anchor & Hope Lane had been earmarked by the developer Rockwell for 771 new homes. Greenwich Council’s planners […]
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Charlton’s Banksy could be worth six-figure windfall for Greenwich Council
Banksy’s artwork in Charlton could be worth a six-figure payday for Greenwich Council – because it owns the industrial estate where the piece has been painted. Hundreds of people have flocked to the unlikely surroundings of Westmoor Street, by the Thames Barrier, to take their chances with skip lorries and waste trucks and see the […]
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Faraday Works: Plans for new homes by the Thames Barrier reworked again
Plans for over 350 flats on the site of a long-closed factory by the River Thames look to be back on, four and a half years after the proposal was first submitted. But with just a handful of those homes currently set to go to those on Greenwich’s housing waiting list, the developer may face […]
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