Revamped plans for the controversial Morden Wharf development on the Greenwich Peninsula have been rubber-stamped by councillors – with the developer hoping to finish the scheme by 2032. But councillors were unhappy about having to accept just 20 per cent “affordable” housing for the scheme after London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan cut targets in an […]
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Morden Wharf could get more ‘affordable’ homes after mayor cuts targets
More “affordable” housing could be built at the controversial Morden Wharf development in Greenwich after London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan cut the targets that developers have to meet. Plans for towers of up to 36 storeys on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula were narrowly approved in September 2021. Opponents included Greenwich & Woolwich […]
Secret Cinema set to open long-term home on Greenwich Peninsula
Secret Cinema is planning to move into the Greenwich Peninsula after 18 years of staging immersive film shows at different locations across London. The company hopes to open the doors of its new home by the Thames by the end of year. Secret Cinema has produced shows for up to 1.5 million people around the […]
Greenwich college student ‘recovering well’ after contracting meningitis
A student at a specialist video and special-effects college on the Greenwich Peninsula is “recovering well” after contracting meningitis following the outbreak in Kent, the college has said. Escape Studios, which is based in Mitre Passage, by the O2, said it had been working with public health teams after the individual had been admitted to […]
Bigger planes could come to London City Airport
London City Airport has opened a consultation into allowing larger planes to take off and land – saying it will result in a smaller increase in flights as the airport expands. The airport, in the Royal Docks, is proposing to slightly lower the landing path for planes as they approach the runway. Take-offs and landings […]
Plan for 20-storey tower behind Greenwich Ikea given go-ahead
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 […]
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 […]
Councillors back ‘our own National Theatre’ for Greenwich Peninsula
Plans for a 3,000-seat theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula have been given the go-ahead by councillors, with one saying it would be “our own National Theatre”. The Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula will be next to the cable car terminal on a site facing the Thames which is currently occupied by a coach park and site offices […]
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