Updated story: Proposals to build 1,290 homes in a development surrounding east Greenwich’s Ikea store have been withdrawn by the developer because of “spiralling” construction costs, it said this evening. The scheme, Peninsula Gardens, would have included the demolition of the adjacent B&Q store and the construction of blocks of up to 16, 17 and […]
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We can help transform Greenwich’s gloomy flyover, Ikea developers tell council
The developers behind plans to build nearly 1,300 homes on top of the Ikea car park in east Greenwich say they can help improve the long-neglected flyover next to the site. London Square Developments confirmed its plans earlier this month by submitting a planning application to Greenwich Council. While most new developments in Greenwich have […]
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20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised Ikea car park plans
Two 20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised plans to build housing on the Ikea car park. In March, developer London Square revealed plans to build up to 1,400 homes on the site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach, with car parking for the furniture store going beneath the new development. Following feedback from […]
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Greenwich’s B&Q could go in plan for 1,400 homes on Ikea car park
Greenwich’s B&Q store could be replaced by a major new housing development on the site of the current Ikea store car park. Developer London Square has opened a consultation into its plans for the Millennium Retail Park, which would see Ikea and the Odeon cinema remain, but the 20-year-old DIY warehouse disappear. Up to 1,400 […]
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Ikea sorry after claiming to have helped create Greenwich ecology park
Ikea has apologised after a display in its east Greenwich store wrongly claimed that it had assisted in created the nearby Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, which has been a popular community feature for 18 years. The display claimed the Swedish retailer played a role in establishing the park, a haven for wildlife next to the […]
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Greenwich Ikea falls just short of ‘sustainable’ travel target
More people travel to east Greenwich’s controversial Ikea store by car than was forecast in its planning application five years ago, 853 can reveal. The Swedish furniture giant opened the doors of “its most sustainable store yet” in February. The application was waved through by councillors in May 2014, despite neighbours warning it would cause […]
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Greenwich Council backs five hours’ free parking at ‘sustainable’ Ikea
Plans for up to five hours’ free car parking at east Greenwich’s “sustainable” Ikea store have been approved by Greenwich Council – despite initial objections from the council’s own officers. Shoppers using the Millennium Retail Park had been able to park for up to four hours, although this limit had not been enforced since the […]
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‘Don’t park your bike at Greenwich Ikea’, customers warn after CCTV misses theft
An angry customer has criticised Ikea after it could not provide CCTV of her bike being stolen outside the store – despite the furniture giant encouraging customers to cycle to what it calls its “most sustainable” store. Dominika Hopper, from Charlton, discovered that surveillance cameras did not cover all the store’s bike racks after her […]
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