Labour’s mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has backed campaigners who are taking Greenwich Council to court over the planned Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal. Khan has issued a statement of support backing the East Greenwich Residents’ Association, which is crowdfunding a legal action against the council’s decision to allow the terminal to permit ships to use […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: City Hall sides with council despite pollution fears
Mayor Boris Johnson’s deputy has backed Greenwich Council’s decision to allow a cruise liner terminal to be built at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, despite residents’ fears that it will increase air pollution in the area. The Conservative administration at City Hall sided with the Labour council on last month’s go-ahead for the scheme, even though […]
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Stand down Denise: Residents call on Greenwich Council leader to quit her planning role
Local residents in east Greenwich are demanding council leader Denise Hyland stands down from the borough’s main planning committee after it was revealed she is the only council leader in London who is regularly directly involved in taking decisions about major new developments. The East Greenwich Residents Association has made the call following Hyland’s role […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: The night Greenwich councillors ignored air pollution – again
Hugely controversial plans for a cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, were approved on Tuesday night after a marathon four-hour session of Greenwich Council’s planning board – with councillors dismissing fears of air pollution from the ships. I couldn’t be at Woolwich Town Hall, so have to leave you in the hands of […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: Planners shrug off pollution fears
10.40pm update: The cruise liner terminal was passed by six votes to three, with one abstention. Read on for the story from before the meeting. Greenwich Council planners have dismissed fears of air pollution from the new cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, recommending councillors pass the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Groups […]
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Air pollution threat from new Greenwich cruise liner terminal
It’s been four years since Greenwich Council approved plans for a cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf in east Greenwich – it got the green light at the same planning meeting as the cable car. In fact, it was given unanimous approval. Planning documents said: “It is the applicant’s intention to deliver the cruise liner […]
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