The crumbling Leegate shopping centre has been bought by its third developer, which is promising that work will finally start this year on turning it into more than 500 new homes. The site, on the boundary of Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, has been at the centre of a long-running saga over its future. A decade […]
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Leegate Centre redevelopment: Plans for 15-storey tower and 563 homes go to council
Controversial plans for a 15-storey tower and 563 homes to replace the Leegate Shopping Centre have been submitted to Lewisham Council. Local residents have long been up in arms about the plans for the crumbling shopping centre on the corner of Burnt Ash Road and Eltham Road in Lee Green, facing the borough boundary with […]
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Pub stays and 15-storey tower slimmed down in new Leegate plans
Developer Galliard Homes has tweaked its plans to redevelop the Leegate Centre at Lee Green, making its proposed 15-storey tower more slender and promising to keep a pub in the development. The crumbling 1970s shopping centre, on the Greenwich-Lewisham borough boundary and opposite a branch of Sainsbury’s, has been slated for redevelopment for many years. […]
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Neighbours alarmed by Galliard Homes’ 15-storey tower plan for Leegate centre
Local groups have raised concerns about plans to build towers of up to 15 storeys in a new development to replace the Leegate centre. The run-down shopping centre has been scheduled for redevelopment for many years, and has recently been bought by Galliard Homes after its previous owners, St Modwen, failed in its plans to transform […]
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Norfolk House: Shared-ownership residents fear £3 million bill to replace unsafe cladding
August 2022 update: Optivo announced in May 2022 that it would cover remediation costs for leaseholders at Norfolk House in Deptford, including waking watches and fire alarms. This story is from October 2020 and does not reflect the current situation. Buying a shared-ownership flat was meant be a way to escape London’s often ruthless rental […]
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New Capital Quay developer denies keeping residents in the dark over lethal cladding
The developer behind west Greenwich blocks covered in Grenfell-like cladding has denied claims it has ceased safety work and stopped replying to residents’ emails. Galliard Homes has hit out at “extraordinary” comments made during last night’s Greenwich Council meeting over New Capital Quay, which is thought to be Europe’s largest development with flammable cladding. For […]
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New Capital Quay: Insurer to pay out over ‘Grenfell’ fire risk cladding
The firm that insured the flammable cladding on west Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development is to pay to have it removed, ending over a year of uncertainty for its 2,000 residents, who feared being lumbered with paying the bill themselves. Residents of the 980 homes were stuck in a squabble between developer Galliard Homes and […]
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New Capital Quay: Developer should pay for fire-proof cladding, Housing Secretary says
The developer behind Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development should be paying for its flammable cladding to be replaced, the Housing Secretary has told Parliament. James Brokenshire was responding to to a question from Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook, who raised the plight of New Capital Quay’s 2,000 residents in the House of Commons on […]
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