The end is coming for the old Waterfront Leisure Centre in Woolwich after formal plans to demolish the complex were published. After 37 years as the borough’s main leisure centre, the Waterfront closed on New Year’s Eve and was replaced by Woolwich Waves, which took its first customers the following day. Greenwich Council plans to […]
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Greenwich’s first 29 Lime bike bays confirmed – with Forest set to join too
Greenwich Council will finally introduce an initial 29 parking bays for Lime bikes – and is set to sign an agreement so Forest bike users will have to use them too. Plans to introduce 55 locations were revealed in August last year, mostly in Deptford, Greenwich and Blackheath, but objections by residents mean this total […]
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Newcomer to take over key Greenwich Council planning role
A councillor elected only three weeks ago has been given one of Greenwich’s biggest cabinet roles, taking charge of planning and new developments in the borough. Tom Creswell, who was voted in as an Abbey Wood councillor on May 7, will become the cabinet member for planning and development in Anthony Okereke’s new-look team. Okereke […]
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Rail services through Greenwich will be cut during summer to save cash
Summer might be peak tourist season for Greenwich – but it will be harder to get there during the school holidays because of temporary cuts to rail services in the area. Greenwich Council has written to Thameslink asking it to reconsider plans to cut trains between July 20 and August 29 as part of a […]
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Plan to cut down Greenwich trees halted after council steps in
Plans to cut down much-loved trees in a small street near Greenwich station have been halted after council officers intervened to place a protection order on them. Hyde Housing had applied to the council to fell the trees in Straightsmouth, and in a nearby courtyard, claiming that they were a threat to the railway line […]
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Greenwich Council’s chief executive Debbie Warren to retire
Greenwich Council’s chief executive Debbie Warren is to retire this year after nine years in the top job. Warren began working for the council’s finance department in 1980 and became its director of finance in 2009. She became acting chief executive in 2017, and was confirmed in the role the following year. While the council […]
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Greenwich street trees still face cutback – despite residents’ campaign
Much-loved trees in a street near Greenwich station still face being cut back after residents began a campaign to stop them being chopped down. Hyde Housing applied to Greenwich Council for permission to fell the trees in Straightsmouth and in a nearby courtyard last month. The housing association said the trees were damaging a boundary […]
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Labour wins Greenwich Council election after ‘bruising’ losses to Greens and Tories
Labour has kept hold of Greenwich Council after the most dramatic council election in many years – but its majority was slashed in what the party leader admitted was a “bruising day”. The Greens won 13 seats and the Tories went from four to six councillors. Reform UK won just one seat, in Eltham Page, […]
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