Plans for a 20-storey tower behind Greenwich’s Ikea store have been approved by councillors, despite complaints from neighbours that the development would replace what was previously planned to be green space. The tower, which would be part of the final phase of Greenwich Millennium Village, replaces a plan for a six-storey commercial building that was […]
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Greenwich councillors approve 5 per cent council tax hike
Greenwich councillors signed off a 4.99 per cent council tax increase on Thursday – but Labour representatives were accused of laughing when the fate of the borough’s adventure play centres were raised. The increase is the maximum allowed without a referendum or special permission from the government – a 2.99 per cent rise plus a […]
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Deptford Creek student blocks thrown out by inspector over views from Greenwich
Plans for nearly 600 student rooms on Deptford Creek would cause serious harm to views from Greenwich’s historic town centre, a planning inspector has ruled. Greenwich Council’s planning board threw out Your Tribe’s plans for 13 and 17-storey blocks off Creek Road last year, but the developer appealed against the decision. After a four-day public […]
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New plans for Morden Wharf deferred over plan to cut affordable housing
Greenwich councillors have deferred a decision on revised plans for the 36-storey Morden Wharf development after the company behind it said it wanted to cut the proportion of affordable homes on the site. The 1,500-home scheme, on the old Tunnel Refineries site on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula, caused a furore when it […]
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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts
Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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Woodland Heights: New flats on top of former nurses’ home approved
Plans to add an extra floor to a five-storey block of flats overlooking Greenwich have been approved despite objections from people already living there. Greenwich Council’s local planning committee backed the proposal to add eight new homes to Woodland Heights, a former nurses’ home in Blackheath, last week. Previous plans were rejected by the council […]
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Greenwich Council set to privatise its traffic wardens
Greenwich’s Labour council has confirmed plans to privatise the borough’s traffic wardens to cope with possible growth in parking zones across the borough. Outsourcing parking enforcement would run contradict promises from Sir Keir Starmer’s government, made as recently as last month, to bring public services in-house, instead of contracting them out to private businesses. A […]
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Kidbrooke council housing project shortlisted for architecture award
A development of council homes in Kidbrooke is on the shortlist foir a prestigious architecture prize alongside the new Sadlers Wells theatre and luxury housing in Chelsea. The 122-home development at Kidbrooke Park Road North, built by Greenwich Council, is one of 72 that have been nominated for the Royal Institute of British Architects London […]
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