Greenwich councillors have given permission for a “rival” venue to the O2 arena to be built on the Greenwich Peninsula – with an attempt to limit its opening hours failing. Peninsula developer Knight Dragon, which already has permission to build a luxury housing development on the site at the north end of Tunnel Avenue, wants […]
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Should North Greenwich bus station be listed? These people say it should be
You probably read a couple of weeks ago about the new development planned for North Greenwich station – 30-storey glass towers, a “winter garden”, 800 flats and a world-famous architect in Santiago Calatrava. It’ll certainly be an impressive sight and will probably replace the Dome as the peninsula’s signature building – in fact, if you […]
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‘Affordable’ housing on Greenwich Peninsula: The Channel 4 News investigation
Long-suffering readers will be aware that this website was the first to raise the issue of the diminishing amount of “affordable” and social housing on Greenwich Peninsula, back in April 2013. A year back, Greenwich Council lost a legal battle to keep secret the “viability assessment” council officers used to persuade councillors to increase the […]
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Greenwich Peninsula: 22.7% of new homes set to be ‘affordable’
Less than a quarter of homes on the new phase of Greenwich Peninsula development will be “affordable”, according to planning documents released by Greenwich Council last night. Greenwich planners are recommending councillors approve the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday 8 September. Just 22.7% of homes of the 12,678 won’t be sold at full rate, […]
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Greenwich Peninsula social cleansing: The radio documentary
This website was the first media outlet to highlight how Greenwich councillors allowed developers to reduce the amount of “affordable” housing in part of the Greenwich Peninsula to zero. Councillors made the decision about Peninsula Quays on the basis of a “viability assessment” which had been kept from them – they had to trust Greenwich’s […]
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Stuck at North Greenwich: Can the peninsula cope with its new masterplan?
Update, Friday 17 April: The consultation period has now been extended to Tuesday 28 April. The general election’s well under way. But an arguably bigger decision for this part of south east London is also open for your thoughts – although you’ve only got until Friday to make your views known. Last month, Greenwich Council […]
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Greenwich Peninsula social cleansing: Council loses battle to keep developer document secret
Residents on Greenwich Peninsula have won an 18-month battle to force Greenwich Council to release a document that influenced its decision to scrap all ‘affordable’ housing on a key development there. A tribunal has told the council it should release “viability assessments” which prompted it to cut a requirement for developer Knight Dragon to include […]
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Greenwich’s Peninsula Square wakes up as golf balls set to fly
It’s been a long-running moan on this site – the sad waste of space between North Greenwich station and the Dome. Well, it’s being wasted no more. Joining Meantime Brewing’s temporary Beer Box (due for a three-year stay) is a full-time bar/restaurant, Greenwich Kitchen, that’s billing itself as a “New York-style coffee shop”. It’s even […]
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