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Kidbrooke Station Square: Deputy mayor approves ‘irresponsible’ 619-home development

Plans for 619 new homes north of Kidbrooke station are to go ahead after London’s deputy mayor for planning, reversed Greenwich councillors’ rejection of the scheme. The Kidbrooke Station Square scheme, which is being promoted by Transport for London and the housing association Notting Hill Genesis, was thrown out by Greenwich Council’s main planning committee […]

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City Hall throws out Lewisham’s 34-storey Tesco tower over unaffordable housing

London’s deputy mayor for housing has overturned Lewisham Council’s backing for a 34-storey tower close to the Lewisham Tesco store, saying the amount of “affordable” housing on offer is “wholly unacceptable”. The Meyer Homes scheme, which consists of three blocks of 34, 14 and eight storeys, was passed by four votes to three by Lewisham’s […]

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City Hall snubs council to approve 17-storey tower for Abbey Wood

City Hall has overridden Greenwich Council and given the nod to controversial plans for a 17-storey tower in Abbey Wood. Developers JMH Group proposed the demolition of a car wash and a pet hospital in place of four new housing blocks in Eynsham Drive, on the border with Bexley borough. Greenwich councillors threw out the scheme in […]

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