Detailed plans to place a roof on part of Lewisham Market have been revealed, with the council pledging that the high street will become a “vibrant, greener and more sustainable” place. The new pavilion is the centrepiece of the proposals for the market, which have been submitted after Lewisham Council won £19 million in levelling-up […]
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Millwall set to be given green light to build homes around The Den
Plans to allow Millwall Football Club to develop housing around The Den are set to be signed off by Lewisham Council next week. (Update: this was confirmed on May 8.) Lewisham plans to give the Championship club a 999-year lease on both The Den and the adjacent Lions Centre, which is used by the club’s […]
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Blackheath tea hut stays in Lewisham after move to Greenwich flushed away
Blackheath’s famous tea hut is staying where it is, four years after it was suggested that the business move across the road to take over a disused toilet block. A hut serving hot food and teas has stood on the corner of Goffers Road and Shooters Hill Road since 1924, but the last hut was […]
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Lewisham election: Labour’s Brenda Dacres is new mayor, but only one in five vote
Labour’s Brenda Dacres has been elected as Lewisham’s new mayor – but only one in five residents of the borough cast their vote. Dacres was deputy mayor to Damien Egan, who stepped down in January to stand in the Kingswood by-election, which he won. The Deptford councillor won 21,576 votes – 51.5 per cent of […]
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Lewisham mayoral by-election: Seven stand to replace Damien Egan as he becomes Kingswood MP
Lewisham’s former elected mayor Damien Egan has become an MP after winning the Kingswood by-election for Labour. Egan, who stepped down last month to contest the election, overturned a Conservative majority of more than 11,000 in the Gloucestershire seat to win with a majority of more than 2,000. He told the BBC that winning the […]
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Neighbourhood vote could help a River Quaggy nature trail come to life
A nature trail along the River Quaggy is one of the ambitions set out in a new neighbourhood plan that residents in Lee will vote on next month. After more than eight years of preparation, a referendum will be held on the Lee Neighbourhood Plan on February 15. Locals will be asked whether they want […]
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Lewisham’s elected mayor Damien Egan stands down to fight Kingswood by-election for Labour
Lewisham’s elected mayor, Damien Egan, has stepped down from his post to pursue his dream of becoming an MP — triggering a by-election to decide who runs the borough. Egan was picked yesterday to stand for Labour in the Kingswood by-election following the resignation of the Gloucestershire seat’s Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore, in protest at […]
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Parking bays coming to Lewisham in crackdown on dumped Lime bikes
Lime bike users will have to leave their bikes in designated bays in the borough of Lewisham in future as the council tries to crack down on dumped bikes cluttering up pavements. The hire company has committed to removing dumped bikes within 12 hours once they are reported – and within two hours if they […]
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