A development of council homes in Kidbrooke is on the shortlist foir a prestigious architecture prize alongside the new Sadlers Wells theatre and luxury housing in Chelsea. The 122-home development at Kidbrooke Park Road North, built by Greenwich Council, is one of 72 that have been nominated for the Royal Institute of British Architects London […]
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Greenwich Council’s debt soars by more than £900 per resident
Greenwich Council borrowed more than £900 for every resident of the borough in the last financial year – the second biggest per-head debt increase in the country. The borough’s debt went up by 57 per cent in a year, a BBC investigation into council finances across the UK found. Details of the investigation have been […]
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Christine Grice Gardens: New housing development honours former councillor
Part of a new Greenwich Council housing development in Kidbrooke has been named in honour of Christine Grice, a senior councillor who died five years ago. Christine Grice Gardens is part of the development being built by the Brook Estate off Rochester Way, which will provide 80 new homes when completed later this year. Grice […]
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Greenwich Council plans to buy rather than build new homes
Cash-strapped Greenwich Council plans to scale back its homebuilding programme and will buy more properties to get people off its 28,000-strong housing waiting list. Some improvements to council housing will also be delayed to free up funds to adapt the council’s high-rises to comply with any new rules that will follow the Grenfell Tower disaster. […]
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Greenwich Council paying £11m to finish new homes after builder’s collapse
Greenwich Council is to pay an extra £11 million to finish a number of its home-building projects after a sub-contractor went bust earlier this year. A controversial plan for 24 council flats in Plumstead – one likened to a “ghetto” by its local councillor – also appears to have been shelved to free up the […]
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New Greenwich Council homes delayed after building firm collapses
Two major Greenwich Council home-building projects have been delayed because a sub-contractor has gone into administration. Modpods International had been appointed by Elkins, the main contractor, to build homes at Sam Manners House in east Greenwich and the Brook Estate in Kidbrooke as part of its Greenwich Builds programme to build 1,750 new council homes. […]
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Plumstead ‘ghetto’ block approved, but Greenwich planning chief admits ‘we could do better’
Plans for new council homes on the Barnfield Estate in Plumstead were approved on Tuesday night, two weeks after one of the area’s local councillors said the block would look like a “ghetto”. Labour’s Ivis Williams, who represents Shooters Hill, had objected to the plans when they first came before Greenwich Council’s planning board last […]
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Greenwich Council planning ‘ghetto’ flats in Plumstead, Labour councillor claims
A Greenwich councillor has condemned her own town hall’s plans for new housing on a Plumstead estate, saying the new block would look like a “ghetto”. The Greenwich Builds proposal for 24 flats at the edge of the Barnfield Estate was deferred on Tuesday night so councillors can visit the site. The six-storey block would […]
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