Plans to demolish the historic gasholder which sits at the entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel have been blocked by Greenwich Council – but only temporarily. Owner SGN plc asked the council if it would need permission to dismantle the 130-year-old structure, one of the last remnants of the huge East Greenwich Gas Works which dominated […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Seal and bird fears prompt calls for O2 hotel Thames Clippers pier rethink
Fears have been raised that a new Thames Clippers pier could disrupt wildlife on the Greenwich Peninsula – including seals that have been spotted on sandbanks by the O2. The firm that runs the Hotel Intercontinental at the O2 has applied for planning permission to convert a disused jetty at Ordnance Wharf into a restaurant […]
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‘Greenwich’s threatened gasholder is a local icon – it deserves to be saved’
The owners of the historic East Greenwich gasholder announced before Christmas that it plans to demolish the 130-year-old structure. It has asked Greenwich Council if it needs to apply for planning permission to take the structure down (search here for 17/4068/D1 to see details and formally comment). Industrial historian and former local councillor MARY MILLS […]
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Greenwich cruise terminal campaigners take heart from European ruling
Campaigners who want to cut pollution from the proposed Greenwich cruise liner terminal say they have been given a boost by a ruling from the European Commission. The East Greenwich Residents Association objects to the London City Cruise Port, at Enderby Wharf, not having facilities to power ships while they are staying at the terminal. […]
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Greenwich’s gasholder needs to go ‘for safety and security’, owner says
The company which owns the historic East Greenwich gasholder says it needs to demolish the structure for safety and security reasons. SGN Ltd told Greenwich Council last week that it plans to demolish the structure, which has stood on the Greenwich Peninsula for 130 years. The council now needs to decide whether SGN should apply […]
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Can you help the bells at Christ Church in East Greenwich ring again?
It’s all gone quiet on Trafalgar Road. 853 reader DAVID THOMSON would like you to help him get the bells ringing again at Christ Church, East Greenwich. The bell chimes at Christ Christ on Trafalgar Road have been out of action for a number of years due a faulty system which is over 20 years […]
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Greenwich councillor threatens libel action over developers’ cash blog story
A Greenwich Labour councillor has threatened a local blog author with legal action after he was criticised over the council’s record with large developments in his ward. Peninsula ward’s Stephen Brain, who recently took part in a photocall marking the start of work on the area’s new Ikea, hit back at the writer of From […]
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London Assembly member lambasts shortening of SE London’s cycle superhighway
A leading member of the London Assembly has criticised Transport for London’s shortening of south-east London’s first cycle superhighway, adding the effects of the Silvertown Tunnel have not been properly factored into the plans. If built, Cycle Superhighway 4 (CS4) will run from Tower Bridge Road to Deptford Creek Bridge along Tooley Street, Jamaica Road, […]
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