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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‘Listen to residents’: Greenwich Council frustrated after mayor blocks housing refusals
Greenwich Council says London mayor Sadiq Khan needs to listen to local residents after he blocked its decision to refuse permission for two major housing developments in Charlton and Abbey Wood. Khan has called in decisions about the 771-home Rockwell Charlton Riverside scheme at Anchor & Hope Lane along with a 272-home proposal at Eynsham […]
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Greenwich Council plots to hijack Lewisham’s Bakerloo Line extension
Greenwich Council is considering a bid to hijack Lewisham’s Bakerloo Line extension – by proposing a new Tube extension linking Canary Wharf, North Greenwich and Charlton Riverside. Transport for London is currently working up proposals to run the Bakerloo Line from Elephant and Castle to New Cross Gate and Lewisham, with Lewisham Council still keen […]
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