853 exclusive: Transport for London is planning to cut evening and weekend services on one of Greenwich borough’s few north-south bus routes – making it harder to reach some of its most popular tourist and nightlife attractions. Route 286, which runs from Sidcup to Greenwich via Eltham, Kidbrooke and Blackheath, currently runs every 15 minutes […]
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Buying Erith’s Wickes store isn’t a property gamble, Bexley Council says
Bexley Council has played down figures showing it is among the top 10 councils making property investments, insisting all its land buys are for local regeneration projects. Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which has been shared with 853, found the council has bought 10 properties in the past three years. They range from […]
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Ex-Thomas Tallis School site earmarked as Greenwich confirms plans for 750 council homes
The former Thomas Tallis School site in Kidbrooke has been earmarked for up to 400 new homes as Greenwich Council confirmed plans to start building around 750 council properties before 2022. Proposals first emerged last month, when housing cabinet member Chris Kirby gave an outline of the plans in a guest piece for local planning […]
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Pocket Living land row: Greenwich Council bungle means neighbours sent wrong documents
Neighbours living near land on estates set to be sold by Greenwich Council to a private developer have been sent the wrong documents ahead of a consultation into the controversial plan, 853 has discovered. Greenwich plans to sell land at The Heights, Charlton; Kidbrooke Park Close; and the Orchard Estate in Lewisham to the firm, […]
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TfL confirms steep cut in buses between Greenwich and Woolwich – and rejects Eltham Crossrail express
Transport for London has confirmed plans to sharply cut bus services between Greenwich and Woolwich by diverting route 180 so it starts at North Greenwich station. It has also rejected calls for an express version of the 161 between Woolwich and Eltham, claiming demand for the route “is not expected to increase significantly” when Crossrail […]
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Pay more, skip the 108: Ford wants its Shooters Hill Shot buses to stop on Westcombe Hill
UPDATE: The Chariot application to run down Westcombe Hill was refused in October. Commuters in Blackheath and Charlton who are tired of crowded and unreliable buses to North Greenwich could be able to get a new service to the Jubilee Line hub – if they pay a little more. Car giant Ford, which launched its […]
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Greenwich Council cabinet told to reconsider Pocket Living land sales
Greenwich Council’s cabinet will have to look again at its plan to sell land on council estates to a private developer after residents and councillors lined up to criticise the scheme. But the cabinet member in charge of the proposal said that the proposals would help residents and fund new council housing in the borough. […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors to challenge estate land sales to private developer
Greenwich Council’s plans to sell plots of land on three estates to a private developer are to be formally challenged by Labour councillors. Pocket Living, which specialises in “affordable compact homes for first time buyers”, wants to build 151 one-bedroom flats across the three sites at The Heights, Charlton; Kidbrooke Park Close; and Quince Road […]
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