More than 250 homes could be built on a playing field between Blackheath and Kidbrooke that has been disused for nearly 30 years. The last matches took place on the Huntsman sports ground, which lies between the private Blackheath Cator Estate and Berkeley Homes’ Kidbrooke Village development, in 1998, and there have been four unsuccessful […]
kidbrooke village
Posted inNews
Kidbrooke Village to get police base, two years after Sabina Nessa’s murder
The Kidbrooke Village development is to get its own police base, two and a half years after the murder of schoolteacher Sabina Nessa in a nearby park. Greenwich Council has agreed to allocate £782,000 of money received from Berkeley Homes, which is building the estate, towards the office. Between 16 and 25 officers could be […]
Posted inNews
Kidbrooke Village primary school could be closed – despite area’s growing population
A primary school at the heart of the new Kidbrooke Village development has been earmarked for closure – despite the growing population around it. Holy Family Catholic Primary School has room for 210 pupils but is attended by just 128 children, with only 19 reception students starting last September. The school is the first primary […]
Posted inNews
Kidbrooke Village traders who served locals during pandemic face eviction
The Greenwich Wire exclusive: Traders who served the new Kidbrooke Village community during the pandemic face being evicted from their pitches to make way for permanent shops. One stallholder, Stefano Frigerio, fears it could be the end for his business after three years of serving coffees outside Kidbrooke station. The pitches in Pegler Square have […]
Posted inNews
Southeastern rail cuts ‘could damage Kidbrooke Village regeneration’
Labour and Conservative councillors have united to warn that government cuts to SE London rail services could harm the new Kidbrooke Village development, where over 5,000 new homes are being built, and called for local trains to be devolved to the mayor instead. There has been a wave of anger at Southeastern’s plans to reduce […]
Posted inNews
Sabina Nessa: Vigil to be held for teacher murdered in Kidbrooke
A vigil will be held on Friday evening for Sabina Nessa, the teacher who was murdered in Kidbrooke last week. Police believe that the 28-year-old, who worked at Rushey Green Primary School in Catford, was killed in Cator Park, on the Kidbrooke Village development, at about 8.30pm last Friday. Her body was not found until […]
Posted inNews
‘This isn’t ghettoisation’: Planning chair’s U-turn as revamped Kidbrooke Village scheme passes
Altered plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development were passed by Greenwich councillors last night – with the chair of planning taking back his comments made three months ago that the scheme represented “backdoor ghettoisation”. Proposals to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on land formerly occupied […]
Posted inNews
‘Backdoor ghettoisation’: Next phase of Kidbrooke Village thrown out by Greenwich councillors
Greenwich councillors have thrown out revised plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development after voicing worries about the lack of local transport capacity, density and placing all the homes for affordable rent in one block. Berkeley Homes had hoped to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.