Greenwich councillors risked a clash with Sadiq Khan on Tuesday night after throwing out a scheme for 619 new homes at Kidbrooke station backed by Transport for London. TfL, which is chaired by the mayor, and the housing association Notting Hill Genesis want to build on land next to the station as part of a […]
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Greenwich Council poised to approve 20-storey Kidbrooke development
A huge development of 619 new homes on land next to Kidbrooke station is set to be signed off despite conflicting with a council masterplan. Transport for London has partnered up with the housing association Notting Hill Genesis under the Kidbrooke Partnership for the major regeneration project, dubbed Kidbrooke Station Square. The developers propose 619 homes in […]
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Schoolchildren plead with Sadiq Khan to scrap Silvertown Tunnel
Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
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Parents’ fury over academy chain’s cutbacks at Brooklands Primary School
Parents at a Blackheath primary school are accusing its academy chain of “a failure of competence” after it announced plans to cut staff who they say are vital to their children’s wellbeing. Two office staff at Brooklands primary school are understood to be at risk of losing their jobs after Maritime Academy Trust, which runs […]
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Over 50? Want to keep fit? Get down to Long Lane JFC’s Active 50 Club
853‘s Community Spotlight feature is here to tell you what local groups are up to. This week, it’s the turn of Long Lane Junior Football Club… The biggest junior football club in Greenwich borough has opened its doors for fun and fitness for the over 50s… for FREE. Long Lane JFC in Dursley Road, Kidbrooke […]
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Greenwich borough to enjoy ‘adequate’ parks under new sports strategy
Greenwich borough residents can look forward to a future of “adequate” parks under a new strategy for getting people fitter and healthier to be approved by senior councillors next week. The underwhelming ambition accompanies a physical activity and sports strategy, which aims to address the health risks caused by having one in four adult residents […]
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Cash-strapped TfL spent £9,000 promoting Woolwich double-deckers
Transport for London has spent over £9,000 on advertisements promoting two Woolwich bus services becoming double deckers – even though other services are being cut back to save money. A total of £8,283 was spent on poster ads at bus stops at 21 locations along the route of the 178 service from Woolwich to Lewisham […]
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Greenwich Council set to back down on two Pocket Living sales after resident opposition
Greenwich Council is poised to drop a controversial scheme to sell land on two housing estates in Lewisham and Kidbrooke to “compact home” developer Pocket Living after residents objected to the plans. It had wanted to sell garages at Quince Road, off Lewisham Road – on the borough border – and two car park plots […]
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