Greenwich Council is hoping to build new flats on an estate at Kidbrooke Park Road – five years after dropping a controversial plan to sell the land to a developer. The council has earmarked old garages at Kidbrooke Park Close for 14 flats, including three 3-bed apartments, for the next phase of its Greenwich Builds […]
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Harrods Egyptian Room artist’s mural could halt Greenwich Council housing plan
Neighbours on a council estate in Blackheath are hoping that plans for new housing will be halted by the listing of a 1950s mural by the artist who designed the Egyptian Hall in Harrods. Greenwich Council wants to build the homes in Richmount Gardens as part of its Greenwich Builds programme to build 1,750 new […]
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Kidbrooke council homes plan was a done deal, Labour councillor claims
A Greenwich Labour councillor has suggested that her party colleagues had already made up their minds to approve plans for new council housing before holding a meeting to make a decision last night. Odette McGahey made the serious allegation when councillors met to discuss proposals for three houses to be built on garages at Woodville […]
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Controversial Kidbrooke housing scheme recommended for approval
Plans for council homes on an estate in Kidbrooke that have been criticised by Labour councillors have been recommended for approval at a planning meeting next week. Greenwich Council plans to build three three-bedroom houses on garages and parking spaces at Woodville Close, a small estate next to the Sun-in-the Sands roundabout, as part of […]
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Residents being ignored in Kidbrooke council homes plan, councillors warn
Two Greenwich Labour councillors have criticised their own borough’s plans to build new council homes on an estate in Kidbrooke – saying the town hall should be using an alternative site instead. Greenwich Council plans to build three three-bedroom houses on garages and parking spaces at Woodville Close, a small estate next to the Sun-in-the […]
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Greenwich’s council home building programme costs soar to £352m
Greenwich Council’s pledge to build 750 council homes by the end of last year will now cost more than £110 million over its original budget, councillors have been told. The first phase of the Greenwich Builds programme was approved in 2019, at a cost of £240 million, most of it to be met by borrowing. […]
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Greenwich Council strikes £87m deal to save Morris Walk Estate redevelopment
Greenwich Council is to spend tens of millions of pounds on a new housing block in Woolwich to kickstart the redevelopment of the Morris Walk Estate after years of delays. The developer Lovell, which had warned that it would not make enough profit from the scheme to proceed, is to sell 175 flats on Woolwich […]
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Over 300 council homes approved for Kidbrooke – but Labour councillors criticise scheme
More than 300 new Greenwich Council homes were approved by councillors last night – but with Labour representatives criticising their administration’s own scheme for being too tall and not having enough family homes. One Labour councillor, who will be standing in a nearby ward in next month’s election, even called for fewer council homes to […]
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