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Enderby Place: New plans for site of scrapped Greenwich cruise liner terminal to be revealed

Developers are planning to unveil their new plans for Enderby Wharf in east Greenwich, on land that was home to notorious plans to build a cruise liner terminal. The property giant Criterion Capital, owned by the billionaire entrepreneur Arif Aziz, bought the land in July 2019 after the collapse of the plans over air pollution […]

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‘Listen to our residents’: Greenwich cabinet member breaks ranks on cruise port

A Greenwich Council cabinet member has broken ranks to criticise the controversial Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal – demanding that its operators “plug in or ship out”. Housing spokesperson Averil Lekau called for the council to “listen to our residents” on the issue of pollution from the terminal. Under current plans, ships using the terminal […]

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Sadiq Khan sides with Enderby Wharf campaigners in clean air battle with Greenwich Council

Labour’s mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has backed campaigners who are taking Greenwich Council to court over the planned Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal. Khan has issued a statement of support backing the East Greenwich Residents’ Association, which is crowdfunding a legal action against the council’s decision to allow the terminal to permit ships to use […]

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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: City Hall sides with council despite pollution fears

Mayor Boris Johnson’s deputy has backed Greenwich Council’s decision to allow a cruise liner terminal to be built at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, despite residents’ fears that it will increase air pollution in the area. The Conservative administration at City Hall sided with the Labour council on last month’s go-ahead for the scheme, even though […]

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Stand down Denise: Residents call on Greenwich Council leader to quit her planning role

Local residents in east Greenwich are demanding council leader Denise Hyland stands down from the borough’s main planning committee after it was revealed she is the only council leader in London who is regularly directly involved in taking decisions about major new developments. The East Greenwich Residents Association has made the call following Hyland’s role […]