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Historic gap in houses to stay as plans for Greenwich extension thrown out

Plans to fill in a gap between houses in one of Greenwich’s most distinctive streets have been refused because they would remove a unique Georgian architectural feature. One objector said that building a first and second floor extension to the house on Gloucester Circus, just west of Greenwich Park, would “spoil a jewel in the […]

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Greenwich Council sorry after banning anti-LTN leaflet from town hall

Greenwich Council has apologised after town hall security staff banned people from bringing in copies of a leaflet criticising its decision to press on with a low-traffic neighbourhood.  The council decided last month to make the rush-hour traffic scheme permanent after a series of consultations ended. The LTN stops drivers from using north-south roads either […]

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Deptford Creek student blocks thrown out by inspector over views from Greenwich

Plans for nearly 600 student rooms on Deptford Creek would cause serious harm to views from Greenwich’s historic town centre, a planning inspector has ruled. Greenwich Council’s planning board threw out Your Tribe’s plans for 13 and 17-storey blocks off Creek Road last year, but the developer appealed against the decision. After a four-day public […]

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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 […]

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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts

Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]

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