Plans for a major housing development behind Woolwich’s main shopping street breezed through Greenwich Council’s planning board, four years after another plan for the site was thrown out. Some 930 student rooms, 425 co-living homes, 90 flats and three houses are set to be built behind shops on Powis Street as part of the Electric […]
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Woolwich Waves leisure centre to open on New Year’s Day
The new Woolwich Waves leisure centre will open its doors for the first time on New Year’s Day, Greenwich Council has confirmed. Council officials handed over the new centre to its leisure contractor, Better, on Tuesday, marking the start of a four-week countdown to its launch. The new centre, which will replace the Waterfront Leisure […]
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Greenwich’s Borough Hall faces licence review over noisy customers
The historic Borough Hall in Greenwich could have its licence to host events severely curtailed after noise complaints – only 11 months after it was granted the licence in the first place. Greenwich Council sold the venue to a developer, Lita Homes, for £2.4 million nearly two years ago after a failed attempt to lease […]
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Link Eltham and Woolwich with new Superloop bus, councillors demand
Greenwich councillors will call next week for Eltham’s new Superloop bus to be extended to Woolwich so locals can have fast access to the Elizabeth Line. Conservative councillors are due to introduce a motion at next week’s council meeting for the planned SL15, which would run from Clapham Junction to Eltham station, to run onto […]
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Greenwich Council’s car park ‘fire sale’ could fetch £1.4 million next month
Three Greenwich Council car parks are set to be sold at auction next month – with the town hall hoping to net a total of £1.4 million from the sale. The car parks at Old Dover Road in Blackheath, Charlton Village and Plumstead High Street are being offloaded as part of a £33 million package […]
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More homes behind Woolwich Waves leisure centre approved
Plans for a bigger housing development behind the new Woolwich Waves leisure centre have been approved by Greenwich councillors – amid worries about the future of the Sikh temple behind the site. An official from the Ramgarhia Sikh temple feared that residents in the block would object to the noise coming from early morning services. […]
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Labyrinth on Thames festival wins Greenwich licence for 2026 and beyond
The Labyrinth on Thames festival will return to the Old Royal Naval College for eight events next year, promising a “legendary English artist” on the line-up, after Greenwich councillors approved its application for a licence. Six nights of concerts were held this August with the Grammy-winning DJ Black Coffee and the Australian band Empire of […]
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Reprieve for Woolwich Common trees after cycle lane plans halted
More than 50 trees on Woolwich Common that were set to be chopped down have been given a reprieve – at least for now – after an application to widen a road was taken off a planning committee’s agenda. Greenwich councillors were due to decide on Tuesday whether the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust would […]
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