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‘Backdoor ghettoisation’: Next phase of Kidbrooke Village thrown out by Greenwich councillors
Greenwich councillors have thrown out revised plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development after voicing worries about the lack of local transport capacity, density and placing all the homes for affordable rent in one block. Berkeley Homes had hoped to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on […]
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Greenwich Council asks for views on nearly 200 Kidbrooke council homes
Greenwich Council is consulting this weekend on plans to build 197 council homes in Kidbrooke – including on green space off Rochester Way and the old Thomas Tallis school site. The plans make up nearly a quarter of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme to start 750 new council homes by 2022. All homes will go […]
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Petition prompts Greenwich Council to start locking park gates again
A 216-signature petition has helped persuade Greenwich Council to start locking its parks at night once again, two months after it left them open because of budget cuts. The council said it would save nearly £9,000 by leaving gates unlocked as part of a £7.1 million, four-year package of cuts agreed earlier this year. Park […]
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Virtual consultations fine for our new homes, Greenwich Council says
Greenwich Council has defended launching virtual consultations into two new housing developments, weeks after one of its senior councillors criticised developers for doing the same. Last week the council launched two short consultations into developments at Well Hall Road in Eltham and Sam Manners House in east Greenwich. The Well Hall Road development would see […]
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Developers should pause their plans, councillors say as 3,000 object to new school
Labour and Conservative councillors have criticised developers for launching consultations on new schemes during the coronavirus lockdown, including one for a new school in Eltham that has seen over 3,000 objections. Developers have launched “virtual consultations” to replace the exhibitions that they usually hold before applying for planning permission on new sites. They include a […]
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Brook Estate residents angry at plans for 82 council homes on green space
Plans to build 82 new council homes and 70 car parking spaces on green space on the Kidbrooke-Eltham border have been criticised by neighbours who say they will lose their community if the proposals go ahead. Greenwich Council wants to build 51 houses and 31 flats, along with the parking spaces, on the Brook estate, […]
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Three-year-old jet washer to be mothballed as part of Greenwich Council cuts
A £31,000 jet-washing machine bought just three years ago with money from Transport for London is set to be taken out of regular use as part of a programme of austerity cuts. The machine was bought as part of a 18-month long, £6.5m programme to revamp Eltham High Street, which was funded by TfL and […]
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