Parts of the South Circular Road, A2 and A20 in southeast London will have 20mph speed limits put on them in the coming months – including at a notorious junction where locals have campaigned for safety improvements. Transport for London, which controls the capital’s major roads, is imposing the limits on 65km of roads in […]
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Leegate redevelopment approved with 15-storey tower and 562 homes
Updated story: Plans to knock down the Leegate shopping centre and replace it with 562 homes were approved last night – with a 15-storey tower now set to dominate the local skyline around Lee Green. Lewisham Council’s decision is now likely to end a long-running saga about redeveloping the crumbling 1960s shopping centre, which sits […]
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Leegate Centre redevelopment: Plans for 15-storey tower and 563 homes go to council
Controversial plans for a 15-storey tower and 563 homes to replace the Leegate Shopping Centre have been submitted to Lewisham Council. Local residents have long been up in arms about the plans for the crumbling shopping centre on the corner of Burnt Ash Road and Eltham Road in Lee Green, facing the borough boundary with […]
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Make ULEZ London-wide, says mother of girl who died from air pollution
The mother of a nine-year-old girl who died as a result of air pollution has called on Sadiq Khan to extend London’s ultra-low emission zone beyond the North and South Circular to cover all over the capital. Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who lived close to the South Circular Road in Catford, died in 2013. She became the […]
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Meet 15-storey Leegate developers, Greenwich deputy leader urged
Greenwich Council has been pushed to do more about the Leegate redevelopment on the borough’s border with Lewisham – but its deputy leader would not commit to meet the company behind plans for tower blocks on the site. Galliard Homes wants to build towers of 15, 13 and 11 storeys on the site of the […]
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Pub stays and 15-storey tower slimmed down in new Leegate plans
Developer Galliard Homes has tweaked its plans to redevelop the Leegate Centre at Lee Green, making its proposed 15-storey tower more slender and promising to keep a pub in the development. The crumbling 1970s shopping centre, on the Greenwich-Lewisham borough boundary and opposite a branch of Sainsbury’s, has been slated for redevelopment for many years. […]
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Vote could help Railway Children ‘national park’ come to Grove Park
An “urban national park” inspired by The Railway Children, linking the South Circular Road with Elmstead Woods, could be on its way if campaigners in Grove Park get their way. The Railway Children Urban National Park would honour the author Edith Nesbit, who lived off Baring Road in a home that backed onto woodland by […]
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Consultation begins on future of Lee Green’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Lewisham Council has launched a six-week consultation on its low-traffic neighbourhood in Lee Green and Hither Green, which was introduced last summer to stop rat-running through residential streets in the area. The scheme was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures last year to make it easier for residents to walk and cycle while capacity in […]
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