Updated story: Lewisham Library will be given a rooftop bar and the nearby market will be given a facelift after the council won £19 million in levelling-up funding from the government. The borough’s elected mayor, Damien Egan, hailed the grant as “fantastic news” for the town centre. In total, there will be £24 million to […]
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Southeastern cuts: We didn’t snub Lewisham to go to Tunbridge Wells, rail bosses say
Southeastern has insisted it did not snub Lewisham councillors by not turning up at a meeting to discuss the company’s rail cuts last night – because its representatives could not make the event in the first place. The company’s managing director and another senior executive sat through a three-hour grilling by councillors in neighbouring Greenwich […]
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No Blackheath fireworks for 2022 – with sponsors needed if display returns
This year’s Blackheath fireworks display will not be taking place – and Lewisham Council has warned that sponsorship may be needed if the event is to return. The free display was one of London’s most popular and attracted up to 100,000 people to Blackheath – boosting trade for pubs and restaurants across a wide area […]
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Lewisham Council to talk to TfL about bringing cycle hire to Deptford
Updated story: Lewisham Council and Transport for London officials are to discuss extending the capital’s cycle hire scheme into Deptford along the new Cycleway 4. The latest section of the segregated cycle route opened last month along Evelyn Street, meaning riders now have a safer way to get between the Rotherhithe one-way system and Deptford […]
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Queen Elizabeth II: Books of condolence open for Greenwich residents
Books of condolence will be be open all week in Greenwich, Woolwich and Eltham after the death of the Queen last Thursday. The new King, Charles III, was proclaimed at Woolwich Town Hall by the borough’s ceremonial mayor, Leo Fletcher, in a ceremony which was also performed by councils up and down the country. Residents […]
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Sun Wharf: 19-storey Deptford Creek tower approved despite neighbours’ light fears
People living next to Deptford Creek fear they will be left living in “near complete darkness” after Lewisham Council approved a 19-storey tower block close to their homes. Councillors on Lewisham’s strategic development committee narrowly blacked plans to knock down a warehouse at Sun Wharf in Deptford, next to the Greenwich railway line, to make […]
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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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Sun Wharf: 19-storey tower next to Deptford Creek set for approval
Update – July 14: This meeting was cancelled, as was a rearranged meeting on 15 March. In early May, a new consultation began on the scheme, following concerns about the new buildings blocking sunlight to Kent Wharf. The development was finally approved by five votes to four on July 13. A 19-storey tower block next […]
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