A plan to approve more than 1,200 homes by the Thames Barrier was approved by Greenwich Council last night on the casting vote of its controversial chair of planning, Stephen Brain. The Labour councillor, who is standing down after the elections in May, goaded objectors by inviting them to send abusive emails as he broke […]
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Sealed windows for residents if 1,200-home Charlton Riverside scheme approved
Plans to turn the Charlton riverside into a residential district could take a giant step forward next week if councillors approve over 1,200 new homes on what is currently industrial land. But some residents face living in homes where they will not be able to open their windows because of concerns over air quality from […]
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Faraday Works: Four per cent ‘affordable’ housing planned for Charlton Riverside development
Revised plans for 374 homes on the site of the old Siemens factory on the Charlton-Woolwich border have been submitted – with only 15 flats available as “affordable” housing. Developer U+I is behind the Faraday Works project to redevelop the former telecommunication works, which closed in 1968 and became an industrial estate three years later. […]
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Coopers Yard: Charlton Riverside transformation in limbo after councillors reject more homes
Greenwich councillors have dealt a blow to their own town hall’s plans to redevelop the Charlton Riverside after rejecting a second housing scheme for a site near the Thames Barrier. The developer Aitch Group had hoped to build 188 homes land behind the derelict Victoria pub, between Eastmoor Street and Westmoor Street, along with shops, […]
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Greenwich planning chair clashes with residents in Charlton Riverside row
Greenwich’s chair of planning was ticked off by a former council leader on Tuesday night after he clashed with residents over what new buildings on the Charlton Riverside should look like. Labour councillor Stephen Brain challenged members of local lobby groups who are insisting that a masterplan drawn up to redevelop the area, involving building […]
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Greenwich’s Labour councillors reject 67 affordable-rent homes for Charlton Riverside
Greenwich’s Labour-dominated planning committee threw out plans for 67 flats that would be available for affordable-rent levels last night – further delaying the redevelopment of the Charlton riverside. The Optivo housing association had planned to build the flats in blocks of up to seven storeys on the site of a bed warehouse in Eastmoor Street, […]
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‘Stalingrad’ Charlton Riverside development rejected by minister
Plans for 771 homes close to the riverside in Charlton have been thrown out by the communities secretary Robert Jenrick, 17 months after they were rejected by London mayor Sadiq Khan and nearly two years after Greenwich councillors first turned down the scheme. The huge development off Anchor and Hope Lane was the first to […]
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Woolwich Tesco and Charlton Riverside planning inquiries get under way
Two public inquiries started this morning which could have a big impact on the future of some of Greenwich borough’s biggest development schemes. A seven-day hearing into Greenwich Council’s refusal of plans to build a 27-storey tower in front of Tesco in Woolwich began earlier at Woolwich Town Hall; while a 12-day hearing into London […]
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