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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Labour picks Damien Egan to run again as Lewisham’s elected mayor
Lewisham’s elected mayor Damien Egan will stand for a second term next year after being backed by an overwhelming majority in a local Labour party vote. Speaking after his victory, Egan, who was supported by 81 per cent of party members in a vote on whether he should run again, told members that critics within […]
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Lewisham Council could install extra Silvertown Tunnel pollution monitoring
Lewisham Council is considering installing more pollution monitors on streets threatened by Silvertown Tunnel traffic. The news comes as London Labour party representatives rebuked their mayor, Sadiq Khan, to call for the controversial £2 billion toll road between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks to be scrapped. Transport for London, which is chaired by […]
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Lewisham councillors back 110 social-rent homes five weeks after High Court defeat
Plans for 110 social-rent homes have been approved by a Lewisham planning committee just five weeks after the High Court overturned its original decision to back the project. The City of London Corporation’s plans to redevelop part of the Sydenham Hill Estate were approved by five votes to one on Tuesday night. Now Mais House, […]
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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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Deptford’s Wavelengths leisure pool saved after campaigners make a splash
The leisure pool at Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford has been saved from closure after over 4,800 people signed a petition urging Lewisham Council to keep it. Lewisham announced yesterday that the pool, which has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, will reopen later this year after major renovation works. The announcement came […]
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Flop Deptford development could become hotel with 123 windowless rooms
A flopped commercial development in Deptford could be converted into a hotel and covered in images of Greenwich town centre if councillors give plans the go-ahead next week. The 12-storey Cavatina Point development on Creek Road was meant to be a hub for offices, shops and cafes when it opened in 2011. While the flats […]
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High Court throws out Lewisham Council’s permission for 110 social rent homes
Campaigners are celebrating after a High Court judge ordered that Lewisham Council’s planning permission for 110 new homes on an estate in Sydenham be quashed over “significant errors” in its decision-making. Friends of Mais House has been fighting the City of London Corporation’s plans for the Sydenham Hill Estate – on the borough’s boundary with […]
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