Greenwich Council has unveiled its long-awaited plans to clamp down on new HMOs in the borough – although it may be some time before they come into force. The proposed new rules are part of the council’s updated Local Plan, a formal document which guides its planning policy and how it sees the future of […]
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No cash for DLR to Thamesmead in Rachel Reeves’ spring statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declined to fund an extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead in her spring statement – leaving London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan warning that the Labour government risked “levelling down” the capital. The mayor, Greenwich Council and Newham Council had hoped the chancellor would put cash into the cross-river project […]
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No cash to bring back Sunday trains between Lewisham and Woolwich
The government is refusing to fund the return of Sunday trains between Lewisham, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich Arsenal, Southeastern bosses have told Greenwich Council. Sunday services using the link between Blackheath and Charlton were scrapped in December 2022 when the Conservative government cut Southeastern Metro trains in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But while […]
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Greenwich and Charlton’s cycleway to stay – but bus-stop bypasses face review
The segregated cycle lane between Greenwich and Charlton is to be made permanent – but bus-stop bypasses along the route will be reviewed to make sure they are safe. Cyclists have been able to use their own segregated lane between Christchurch Way and the Angerstein roundabout since December 2020, with an extension to Anchor & […]
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Another by-election coming as Greenwich’s only Lib Dem councillor quits
Greenwich’s only Liberal Democrat councillor, Chris Lloyd, has announced his resignation – prompting the borough’s fourth by-election of the year in West Thamesmead. Lloyd had been a councillor for a decade after first being elected in the old Peninsula ward for Labour in 2014. He switched to West Thamesmead in 2022, but quit Labour last […]
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£8m Plumstead film studio project collapses after council pulls out
An £8 million plan to bring a special effects film studio to Plumstead has collapsed after Greenwich Council pulled out of the project. Greenwich would have paid up to £4.2 million to bring Mo-Sys Engineering, which provides camera and special effects services for film and TV, to a Grade II-listed former power station off White […]
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Former Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe stands down
Danny Thorpe, the Greenwich Council leader who led the borough through the coronavirus crisis, has stood down as a councillor after 20 years at the town hall. The Shooters Hill councillor became leader in 2018, but lost his position as leader two years ago when Anthony Okereke beat him by one vote in a poll […]
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Deal to cut Greenwich Council homes ‘will save estate rebuild plans’
Plans to redevelop an old estate in Charlton could collapse if Greenwich Council does not accept a deal to build fewer council homes on the site, councillors have been warned. Two years ago Greenwich agreed to buy 90 homes, to be used as council housing, from the developer Lovell as part of a deal to […]
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