A planning inspector has approved plans to build a 13-storey block next to the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, 15 months after Greenwich councillors threw out the scheme. Developers Taylor Wimpey and Countryside already had outline permission to build on Plot 201 at Greenwich Millennium Village site, but required detailed permission to build the 65-flat block […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Park’s Euro 2020 fan zone gets green light despite transport worries
Greenwich councillors have approved plans to host a Euro 2020 fan zone for 30,000 people in Greenwich Park this summer – despite worries over whether the area’s transport infrastructure will be able to cope. Up to 12 matches will be shown on big screens in the park in June and July at the north end […]
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‘Pity the racists’: Greenwich councillors unite to condemn antisemitic attacks
Greenwich councillors united last night to condemn an outbreak of racist and antisemitic graffti targeting businesses in Blackheath and Charlton last weekend. Attackers scrawled fascist insignia and antisemitic messages on the Barclays Bank branch at the Royal Standard in Blackheath, while graffti was also daubed on a takeaway in nearby Bramshot Avenue, Charlton. Trees in […]
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Three-year-old jet washer to be mothballed as part of Greenwich Council cuts
A £31,000 jet-washing machine bought just three years ago with money from Transport for London is set to be taken out of regular use as part of a programme of austerity cuts. The machine was bought as part of a 18-month long, £6.5m programme to revamp Eltham High Street, which was funded by TfL and […]
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28-storey Deptford Creek tower backed by councillors despite lack of ‘affordable’ housing
Plans for a new 28-storey tower on the banks of Deptford Creek have been approved due to their “architecturally superior” design, amid concerns over its height and lack of “affordable” housing. The Edition Group’s full planning application for Ravensbourne Wharf, which includes 129 residential units as well as office and cafe space, was approved by […]
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TfL releases Charlton and Woolwich cycleway proposals – but no firm plans for Greenwich yet
Transport for London has revealed the first phase of its plans to create a segregated cycleway along the Woolwich Road – but only on the dual carriageway between Charlton and Woolwich. Greenwich, Charlton and Woolwich were due to be linked by Cycleway 4 when proposals were first unveiled under the mayoralty of Boris Johnson. However, […]
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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 councillors back flats on site of Abbey Wood post office
Greenwich councillors backed plans to build new flats on the site of Abbey Wood’s closed post office last week, while there were calls for a replacement post office to be included in the development. The council’s planning board – the cross-party committee that deals with large developments in the borough – endorsed plans to demolish […]
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