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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News stories about Charlton, London SE7, from The Greenwich Wire.
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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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Greenwich and Charlton’s segregated Cycleway 4 to remain in place – with changes
The segregated cycleway through Greenwich and Charlton is to remain in place for now after a survey found it was being used by up to 1,400 people a day. Greenwich Council confirmed last night that it would make a new temporary traffic order to keep the route in place, with some modifications to bus stops […]
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Get a booster at The Valley this weekend – and help others get jabbed too
Charlton Athletic’s stadium is becoming a vaccination clinic this weekend as demand soars for Covid-19 booster jabs. Long queues have been seen outside hospitals and pharmacies this week after doses were made available to all adults in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. The most high-profile vaccination centre in south-east London will be […]
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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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Mercury Man: Finding cricket’s new generation in Hervey Road
Been switched on to cricket by The Hundred? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN returns with the man who’s helping children from across Greenwich and Lewisham get to grips on the crease. I don’t like cricket. I love it. Especially compared to that game where all sorts of dastardly foul play are […]
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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 Heritage Centre may not move back to Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal
The future of the Greenwich Heritage Centre remains “under discussion” and it may not move back to the Royal Arsenal as promised, councillors were told last night, three years after it was evicted from its home in Woolwich to make way for a £31m arts centre. Thousands of artefacts and historical records have been stored […]
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