Plans for a distinctive five-storey block of flats in the heart of east Greenwich were deferred yet again last night after it was revealed that the charity behind the scheme had bypassed planning officers and sent their latest plans directly to councillors. Greenwich Council’s officers recommended the plans for a five-storey block on Woolwich Road […]
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Morden Wharf’s weeping willows to go as aggregate works expands across Thames Path
Weeping willows on the Thames Path in Greenwich were condemned to the axe last night after councillors approved revised plans for new flood defences. Plans to remove the 11 trees, just north of Morden Wharf, and raise the path originally went to the council’s planning board in February, but were deferred after councillors said plans […]
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Return of the LTN: Council revives plans for traffic curbs in Greenwich and Blackheath
Just 18 months after scrapping the west Greenwich low-traffic neighbourhood, Greenwich Council is proposing bringing it back – but this time as part of measures to cut through traffic on both sides of Greenwich Park. A consultation opened on Monday evening, but went largely unnoticed on social media with the council preferring to use the […]
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We’ve been abandoned by Greenwich Council, say residents in crumbling estate
Residents in a dilapidated estate in east Greenwich say they have been abandoned by the council – and have given up reporting flytipping because the town hall never responds. The Woodland Grove estate, just off Trafalgar Road, has been left in a poor condition for years, with even local Labour councillors criticising the state of […]
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Plans for 1,300 homes on Greenwich’s Ikea car park withdrawn because of ‘spiralling costs’
Updated story: Proposals to build 1,290 homes in a development surrounding east Greenwich’s Ikea store have been withdrawn by the developer because of “spiralling” construction costs, it said this evening. The scheme, Peninsula Gardens, would have included the demolition of the adjacent B&Q store and the construction of blocks of up to 16, 17 and […]
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Greenwich’s Brew By Numbers brewery ‘could go into administration’
Brew By Numbers could enter administration just two years after the brewery moved into the Morden Wharf development in Greenwich, it emerged yesterday. The company filed a notice to appoint administrators yesterday, the trade website Just Drinks reported. The notice gives Brew By Numbers ten days in which no creditor can take any legal action […]
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‘Urban palazzo’ block in east Greenwich set to be rejected after planners object
Update: The decision was deferred on January 31 so councillors could visit the site, and was deferred again on February 28 so alterations could be made to the plans. Plans to knock down two shops in east Greenwich and replace them with a distinctive five-storey block could be thrown out week after council planners recommended […]
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Cycleway to Woolwich gets green light – but Angerstein roundabout stays in place
Transport for London is to push on with plans to build a segregated cycle route from Charlton to Woolwich, picking up on proposals outlined before the pandemic. A two-way segregated cycleway will be built along the A206 from Anchor & Hope Lane in Charlton to the Woolwich Ferry roundabout, connecting with the route put in […]
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