Plans to build eight extra flats on top of a former nurses’ home in Blackheath were thrown out by Greenwich councillors on Tuesday after scores of objections from neighbours. Developers wanted to add an extra storey to Woodland Heights on Vanbrugh Hill, a local landmark which overlooks east Greenwich. Local MP Matt Pennycook submitted a […]
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Greenwich planners reject ‘mega’ LED ad towers next to A102 flyover
Greenwich Council’s planning officers have rejected a proposal to build a pair of 22-metre advertising hoardings next to the Woolwich Road flyover in east Greenwich. The double-sided “Mega 6” towers would have been placed either side of the roundabout beneath the flyover, beaming six ads per minute to drivers on the A102 Blackwall Tunnel Southern […]
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Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic zone set to be abandoned
Greenwich Council’s plans for a low-traffic neighbourhood in parts of Blackheath and east Greenwich are set to be dropped – despite continued reports of speeding and antisocial behaviour by drivers in the area. Plans for the Maze Hill and Westcombe Park low-traffic neighbourhood, covering streets between Greenwich Park and the Blackwall Tunnel, were put forward […]
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Rooftop statue could appear on Greenwich’s Morden Wharf – but who is the ‘everyman docker’?
A huge statue of a flat cap-wearing “everyman docker” could appear on top of a warehouse at Morden Wharf in Greenwich, where a developer plans to build towers of up to 36 storeys high. U+I, the company behind the scheme next to the Blackwall Tunnel, has denied the “worker” is based on one of the […]
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‘Disgusted’ councillor promises investigation into sale of library to controversial church
A Labour councillor in east Greenwich has said he is “disgusted” by the sale of the area’s former library to a church whose head branded gay marriage an evil that would bring about the end of the world. Chris Lloyd, who represents Peninsula ward and is also Greenwich Council’s chair of scrutiny, said he would […]
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Dismay as Greenwich Council sells library to church whose head called gay marriage ‘evil’
Greenwich Council has been criticised for selling a Grade II-listed library building to a Pentecostal church whose head has branded gay marriage “evil” and claimed that married women “need to know how to do chores”. The former East Greenwich Library, on Woolwich Road, has been sold for £1.8 million to the Redeemed Christian Church of […]
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Morden Wharf development won’t harm Greenwich’s skyline, Historic England says
853 exclusive: Views from the historic centre of Greenwich will not be damaged by the 36-storey Morden Wharf development that was approved by councillors this week, the national heritage watchdog has said. Historic England, which advises the government and local councils on heritage issues, has told 853 that it believed the setting to the Greenwich […]
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Greenwich councillors narrowly back 1,500 new homes at 36-storey Morden Wharf
A major development of up 36 storeys at Morden Wharf on the Greenwich Peninsula was approved last night on the chair’s casting vote after councillors on the borough’s planning board were split on the issue. Stephen Brain pushed through the development, which is in his ward, after Greenwich’s main planning committee voted 5-5 on the […]
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