Greenwich Council has revealed plans to build another 1,000 council homes by 2029, while refurbishing its 26,000 other homes, at a cost of £800 million. The programme, which is likely to be at the centre of the Labour manifesto for the next council election on May 5, will be partly financed by £375 million of […]
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Greenwich Council confirms plans for 322 homes on Thomas Tallis site
Plans for 322 new homes in “a blossoming, leafy and green neighbourhood” on the old Thomas Tallis school site in Kidbrooke have been unveiled by Greenwich Council. The scheme, which would turbocharge Greenwich leader Danny Thorpe’s plans to start work on 750 new council homes by next year, when his Labour group faces re-election. The […]
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Greenwich Builds: Council house building costs leap 30% to £314m
The bill for Greenwich’s council house-building programme has grown to £314 million – some £74 million more than the original estimate. Greenwich Council blames Brexit and the pandemic for the increase, as well as industry-wide skills shortages and the cost of using modular construction techniques to build energy-efficient new homes quickly. Council leader Danny Thorpe […]
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We should build higher and denser to knock down waiting list, top Greenwich councillor says
A senior councillor has said that his own town hall should be building more homes on a site in Plumstead where 17 council homes have been given the go-ahead. Matt Morrow, the cabinet member for children and young people and local councillor for Plumstead, spoke as the borough’s planning board approved a cul-de-sac of 15 […]
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More Greenwich Council housing planned for Kidbrooke’s old Thomas Tallis school site
Greenwich Council has confirmed plans to build homes on the remaining parts of the Thomas Tallis School site, which has sat empty for a decade. Plans were approved last November for 117 council homes on part of the old school grounds, which became vacant when the school moved to an adjoining site. Now a technical […]
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Councillors back 40 Eltham council homes – and call for next-door site to be bought for more
A new development of 40 council homes behind Eltham High Street was approved by Greenwich councillors last night – amid calls for the council to buy an adjacent derelict site to build more homes. The five-storey development replaces a recently-demolished block on Orangery Lane which was built as a depot for British Gas in the […]
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Build more family homes, Greenwich Labour councillors tell their own town hall
Labour councillors have pressed their own housing department to build more family homes while approving plans for 15 new council homes on a green in Plumstead. A five-storey block of 13 flats and two townhouses on Gilbourne Road, near Rockliffe Manor primary school, were given approval on Tuesday night. They form part of the Greenwich […]
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Greenwich Builds: Tenants in council’s new homes will face higher rents
Tenants who move into Greenwich Council’s new homes will be paying higher rents than those in other council housing, it has emerged. The council has pledged to start work on 750 new council homes by next year – so far, 287 have been approved with others in the Greenwich Builds programme due to be rubber-stamped […]
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