A Greenwich Council-owned equestrian centre built in the wake of the London Olympics has been closed and could be sold after the college involved pulled out of the project. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre opened in Shooters Hill in 2013, offering training in equestrian skills run by Hadlow College. It also offered riding lessons to local […]
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Private homes deal to kickstart delayed Maryon Grove estate redevelopment
Greenwich Council is poised to sign a deal to allow an estate that sat crumbling for years to finally be redeveloped. The private developer Lovell will be allowed to build 33 private homes on the site of the Maryon Grove estate in Charlton – partly rolling back a previous deal which kickstarted work on the […]
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Artfix café quits Woolwich after row with town centre landowner
A café and community space in the heart of Woolwich has closed after a row with its landlord. George Neris, who runs Artfix, has accused British Land, which owns much of the town centre, of wanting to cash in on works to regenerate Powis Street by bringing in a food outlet that could pay a […]
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Greenwich Council housing repairs staff on strike over restructuring plans
Scores of Greenwich Council housing repairs staff have walked out on strike over a restructuring plan that their union says will result in deep wage cuts. Unite says nearly 150 workers are on a two-day strike, which is due to end on Wednesday. It is the second time staff have walked out, following a similar […]
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Kidbrooke Village to get police base, two years after Sabina Nessa’s murder
The Kidbrooke Village development is to get its own police base, two and a half years after the murder of schoolteacher Sabina Nessa in a nearby park. Greenwich Council has agreed to allocate £782,000 of money received from Berkeley Homes, which is building the estate, towards the office. Between 16 and 25 officers could be […]
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Senior citizens’ drop-in centre homeless after losing its Woolwich HQ
A drop-in centre for senior citizens that was thrown out of its rent-free accommodation by Greenwich Council has been told it will not be able to move back. The Indian Cultural Society has been in operation since 1964 and ran the centre at the Old Town Hall in Woolwich from 1988. But it had to […]
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First-time buyers priced out of Greenwich Council-backed ‘affordable’ flats
The developer building an “affordable” housing development backed by Greenwich Council is applying to cut the time in which it is only available to local residents – because high interest rates mean homes are now unaffordable for the first-time buyers they are aimed at. Pocket Living had promised that its 48-flat development at The Heights […]
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