One of southeast London’s best-known hotels could close after welcoming visitors from around the world for more than five decades. Elysian Residences hopes to turn The Clarendon Hotel in Blackheath into retirement accommodation if Lewisham Council approves plans that will be submitted in the coming weeks. Until a decision is made, it remains business as […]
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Major plans to replace shops and flats on New Cross Road submitted
Plans to knock down shops and flats on the New Cross one-way system and replace them with a new estate with buildings of up to 16 storeys have been submitted by Lewisham Council. The Achilles Street Estate, built in the 1950s, contains shops facing New Cross Road, along with three council-built blocks – Azalea House, […]
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Greenwich Council’s debt soars by more than £900 per resident
Greenwich Council borrowed more than £900 for every resident of the borough in the last financial year – the second biggest per-head debt increase in the country. The borough’s debt went up by 57 per cent in a year, a BBC investigation into council finances across the UK found. Details of the investigation have been […]
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No plans to sell allotments in Greenwich with hundreds waiting to dig
Greenwich Council has reassured residents that it has no plans to sell or build on any of its allotments after a political row broke out at Westminster over the issue. Neighbouring Lewisham and Bexley also say they have no plans to do away with allotments, with hundreds of residents on waiting lists across the three […]
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Blackheath fireworks could return for 2025 – but at a cost
Blackheath’s fireworks could return this November for the first time in six years – but as a ticketed event with an admission charge. Up to 100,000 people used to attend the annual display, which had been running since the 1980s, boosting trade in pubs and restaurants across a wide area. The last event was in […]
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Lime bike rival Forest takes root in Greenwich and Lewisham
A second dockless hire bike operator has moved into Greenwich borough to compete with Lime – but with no agreement on creating bays where users can park their cycles. Forest bikes started to appear across the borough of Lewisham and parts of Greenwich last month. Its bikes can be cheaper than Lime for shorter trips […]
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No cash for DLR to Thamesmead in Rachel Reeves’ spring statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declined to fund an extension of the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead in her spring statement – leaving London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan warning that the Labour government risked “levelling down” the capital. The mayor, Greenwich Council and Newham Council had hoped the chancellor would put cash into the cross-river project […]
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Controversial Leegate tower could grow to 18 storeys under new plans
A planned 15-storey tower block at Lee Green could grow to 18 storeys with the new developer hoping to squeeze in more homes. A Lewisham Council planning committee approved a plan to build 562 homes on the site of the crumbling Leegate Shopping Centre in July 2023, despite objections from local councillors and residents’ groups. […]
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