Transport for London is to re-examine the impact the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will have on south-east and east London’s traffic because of the extension of the central London congestion charge. Detailed studies into traffic were done ahead of the public hearings into the new road, which were held in 2016 and 2017, ahead of it […]
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Objectors praised as Greenwich councillors defer plans for 80 council homes on Brook Estate
Local residents have persuaded Greenwich councillors to visit the site of 80 new council homes planned for green space in Kidbrooke after telling them they had their own plans for the land. Council officers had recommended the planning board rubber-stamp the new homes for the Brook Estate, planned as part of a pledge to start […]
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Brook Estate: Greenwich councillors urged to back 80 council homes on green space
Plans for 80 Greenwich Council homes on green space between Kidbrooke and Eltham are set for approval next week. Councillors on the planning board will discuss plans to build next to the Brook Estate as part of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme to begin 750 new council homes by 2022, with planning officers recommending they […]
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Kidbrooke Park Road: 117 Greenwich Council homes on Thomas Tallis site approved
Greenwich councillors have unanimously backed plans for 117 new council homes on the old Thomas Tallis School site on Kidbrooke Park Road – the biggest development of new council homes in the borough since the 1980s. The scheme is part of the Greenwich Builds programme to begin work on 750 council homes before 2022, and […]
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‘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 […]
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Greenwich Council waiting for cash to finish Shooters Hill Road’s cycle route
A flagship new Greenwich Council cycle route between Shooters Hill Road and Greenwich Park may not be completed until next spring – if at all, as funding is not in place to finish it, 853 has discovered. Work is complete on the first phase of the route along the main A207, between Baker Road and […]
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Cycling from Eltham ‘feels riskier than catching Covid-19’, Greenwich councillor says
Greenwich borough has been given a “raw deal” in funding for new cycle routes, a councillor said last night, saying many people felt that commuting by bike from his ward to central London was more dangerous than catching coronavirus. Councillors on the highways committee heard on Thursday night that a cycle route from Eltham to […]
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‘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 […]
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