A backstreet pub in east Greenwich is to become six flats after just seven objections were received by council planning officers. The Royal Standard in Pelton Road had traded for more than 150 years but had acquired a downmarket reputation in its later years and closed in 2020. Developers applied to extend the building and […]
Greenwich SE10 news
News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
TfL reveals details of North Greenwich’s planned SL11 Superloop bus
Transport for London has revealed details of its planned Superloop bus between North Greenwich, Woolwich and Abbey Wood, which would replace the existing 472 service. The SL11 would be a limited-stop route serving Greenwich Millennium Village, Charlton station, Woolwich town centre, Belmarsh prison and various stops in Thamesmead. But a number of passengers, particularly in […]
Greenwich student blocks approved despite councillors’ concerns
Councillors raised concerns about the amount of student housing being built in the borough as they approved plans for a seven-storey development in east Greenwich. Work on the three blocks, on the site of a former Speedy Hire branch on Woolwich Road, could start early next year, Greenwich Council’s planning board heard. Plans for 820 […]
Greenwich ‘urban palazzo’ block approved after council loses appeal
Plans for a distinctive five-storey block of flats in east Greenwich have been approved by a planning inspector, nine months after councillors threw the proposal out. Council planning officers had said the plans for Woolwich Road, opposite the eight-storey Greenwich Square development, would be “overbearing and incongruous”. They said that two of the nine flats […]
Bridgerton’s secrets to be revealed in Old Royal Naval College location tour
The Old Royal Naval College is one of Britain’s most popular locations for films and TV shows – now fans of hits including Bridgerton, The Crown, Les Misérables and Pirates of the Caribbean can take a special tour to find out how the Greenwich attraction is transformed into a movie location. More than 200 productions […]
Improvements to lethal Greenwich roundabout ‘lost in the TfL ether’
Plans to rip out the notorious roundabout beneath the Blackwall Tunnel approach in east Greenwich may be “lost in the TfL ether”, councillors have been told – by a TfL official. Five years ago Transport for London proposed removing the Angerstein Roundabout – where Woolwich Road meets the A102 – and replacing it with […]
Student housing blocks on Greenwich Speedy Hire site could get green light
Plans for three blocks of student housing in east Greenwich, one seven storeys tall, could get the go-ahead next week after council planners recommended they be approved. The blocks would replace the old Speedy Hire warehouse on Woolwich Road, close to the River Ale House micropub. Plans for 58 flats in a six-storey block on […]
Greenwich Ikea’s unused community hub becomes co-working space
The community hub in Greenwich’s Ikea has been taken over by a high-end co-working operator after being unused for more than three years. But the Swedish furniture chain has said that community groups are still welcome to use the space on the top floor of the store, which opened six years ago on Friday. The […]
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