Congratulations to the East Greenwich Residents Association, whose scheme to “green” Trafalgar Road has won an £18,000 grant from City Hall. The neighbourhood group recently raised over £6,000 in a crowdfunding exercise to promote the plan to improve the environment along the main route through the area. EGRA wants to see street barriers covered with […]
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Crap development: Enderby Wharf neighbours disturbed by Greenwich’s ‘poo wagon’
It’s another tall ships weekend, but for a real sniff of what life’s like by the river in Greenwich these days, head down to Christchurch Way. Here, Barratt Homes has recently unveiled the first homes at Enderby Wharf – adjacent to the planned cruise terminal site. Unfortunately, these homes haven’t yet been properly linked up […]
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Stand down Denise: Residents call on Greenwich Council leader to quit her planning role
Local residents in east Greenwich are demanding council leader Denise Hyland stands down from the borough’s main planning committee after it was revealed she is the only council leader in London who is regularly directly involved in taking decisions about major new developments. The East Greenwich Residents Association has made the call following Hyland’s role […]
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Blackwall Lane pocket park: Greenwich Council ignores objections and sells to developer
Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to sell a “pocket park” off Blackwall Lane to a developer on Wednesday night, despite 54 complaints about the plan. Councillors agreed the plan to dispose of the open space to the company building flats on an adjacent plot of land that had formerly been used as a car wash. The […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: The night Greenwich councillors ignored air pollution – again
Hugely controversial plans for a cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, were approved on Tuesday night after a marathon four-hour session of Greenwich Council’s planning board – with councillors dismissing fears of air pollution from the ships. I couldn’t be at Woolwich Town Hall, so have to leave you in the hands of […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: Planners shrug off pollution fears
10.40pm update: The cruise liner terminal was passed by six votes to three, with one abstention. Read on for the story from before the meeting. Greenwich Council planners have dismissed fears of air pollution from the new cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, recommending councillors pass the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Groups […]
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Blackwall Lane pocket park: Greenwich Council plans quick sale to developer
Last summer, this website revealed Greenwich Council was planning to sell a small piece of green space on Blackwall Lane in east Greenwich. In other areas, it’d be called a “pocket park” and cherished – it soaks up some of the terrible pollution in this area of SE10 and provides a valuable bit of green […]
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Farewell East Greenwich Library, hello Greenwich Centre
A little bit of Greenwich history came to an end today, quietly swept under the carpet after decades of neglect. East Greenwich Library, which first opened 110 years ago, shut its doors on Friday evening, ahead of its shiny new replacement at the Greenwich Centre opening today. Without this place, I’m not sure I’d have […]
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