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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Construction work begins on Sadiq Khan’s Silvertown Tunnel
Piling work has begun on the Silvertown Tunnel, nine years after plans for the £2 billion road link between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks were first mooted by Transport for London. Work has begun on the construction of the launch chamber for the tunnelling machine that will burrow under the Thames from Silvertown […]
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Greenwich Millennium Village’s final phase approved despite NHS funding worries
Greenwich councillors backed the last major phase of Greenwich Millennium Village almost without question last night – despite worries from local GPs that health services would struggle to cope with the new residents. Plans to build 489 homes, shops and work space on two adjoining parcels of land facing Bugsby’s Way were approved unanimously in […]
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MDM Props: How Greenwich’s secret art factory is getting through the pandemic
You wouldn’t know it from the outside, but stunning art installations and huge props for stage shows start life in a warehouse by the Blackwall Tunnel. NIKKI SPENCER got a rare peek behind the scenes at MDM Props at Morden Wharf, Greenwich – and found out how it’s coped with a pandemic that has badly […]
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Labour activists plan New Year move against Silvertown Tunnel
Labour campaigners are starting 2021 with a new campaign to push Sadiq Khan, their party’s London mayor, to cancel the £2 billion Silvertown Tunnel. The renewed drive comes eight years after Labour councils in Greenwich and Newham launched a ‘Bridge the Gap’ campaign to get the tunnel built, and four years after it gained planning […]
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TfL to look again at traffic impact of Silvertown Tunnel
Transport for London is to re-examine the impact the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will have on south-east and east London’s traffic because of the extension of the central London congestion charge. Detailed studies into traffic were done ahead of the public hearings into the new road, which were held in 2016 and 2017, ahead of it […]
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Relief as plans for more weekend London City Airport flights shelved
Campaigners have voiced their relief at news that London City Airport has shelved plans to increase its operating hours. The airport published its long-term vision for the future today after a consultation with neighbours and passengers last summer. Campaign groups like Hacan East were previously concerned by suggestions the airport might seek to increase flights […]
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Stop Silvertown Tunnel, Erith & Thamesmead MP Oppong-Asare tells mayor
The MP for Erith & Thamesmead has added her voice to the campaign against the Silvertown Tunnel, writing to Sadiq Khan asking him to stop and review the controversial project. Abena Oppong-Asare said the £2 billion road tunnel between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which will include a lane for HGVs, does not make […]
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