Earlier this year, 853 reported on the lengthy closure of the Thames Path on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula, and reported that it would be fully open again by September. GUY MIDDLETON saw the calendar, asked some questions, and has come back with good news… 853 exclusive: The river path that connects East […]
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Hop Stuff Brewery’s Greenwich bar halted after neighbours object to riverside drinking
Plans for a new Hop Stuff bar in east Greenwich look set to be abandoned after Greenwich councillors refused permission for it to have outdoor drinking by the River Thames. The Woolwich-based brewery, which already has bars in the Royal Arsenal, Deptford’s Market Yard, and Ashford, Kent, wanted to open up in a restaurant unit […]
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Locals win Lovells Wharf fight – but council bullying goes on…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa-iC4uAl4&w=640&h=480%5D Fantastic news from Woolwich Town Hall last night, as Greenwich Council’s planning board unanimously rejected developer London & Regional Properties’ proposals to pack an extra 246 homes onto the Lovell’s Wharf development, increasing the height of the buildings from 10 to 13 stories. Council leader Chris Roberts was the first on the panel […]
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Towering contempt: Greenwich’s River Gardens riles locals
Of all the developers who have come into Greenwich in recent years to make a few quid, possibly the most overtly cynical has been London & Regional Properties, which has been smashing up the riverside at Lovell’s Wharf for a good few years now. It doesn’t have to be this way – there are other […]
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Lovell’s in the air – Greenwich developer plans to pack homes in
For years, its cut-off Thames Path stood as a reminder of the poor relationship between developers and locals in Greenwich. Now the firm which is developing Lovell’s Wharf and neighbouring Pipers, Granite and Badcock’s Wharves – under the uninspiring Greenwich Wharf banner – wants Greenwich Council to back plans to pack more homes into the […]
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Is the tide turning? Progress on Greenwich’s Thames Path
One of the first big barneys on this site was over the closure – well, destruction – of the Thames Path at Lovell’s Wharf in Greenwich, and the council’s subsequent grovelling to developers after that. Of course, the developers then downed tools after finishing the first phase, leaving a flooded hole in the ground where […]
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Lovell’s Wharf developers turning the screw
There’s plenty of competition for the title, but Lovell’s Wharf may well be Greenwich’s worst development site. Not content with having destroyed the riverside path, developers London & Regional Properties now want to have 13-storey tower blocks on the site – similar to the original plans for the site, thrown out some years back. From […]
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