The controversial Mast Quay Phase 2 development by the River Thames at Woolwich can stay, a planning inspector has ruled – but its orange cladding must be removed and other changes made. Greenwich Council had ordered the developer, Comer Homes, to knock down the 204-flat development on Woolwich Church Street in September 2023 because it […]
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Residents still moving into ‘mutant’ Mast Quay in July, public inquiry hears
Tenants were still moving into the controversial Mast Quay Phase 2 development in July, ten months after Greenwich Council had ordered its demolition, a public inquiry has heard. Joseph Garfield said he had moved into his rented flat on the Woolwich riverside on August 8 – the week after the inquiry began – and had […]
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Mast Quay developer to appeal against Greenwich Council’s order to demolish Woolwich towers
The developer that has been told to knock down two towers by the Woolwich Ferry says Greenwich Council will be “wasting significant sums of taxpayers’ money” if it continues to pursue the company. Comer Homes said on Wednesday morning that it would be appealing against the council’s enforcement notice telling it to demolish phase 2 […]
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Knock them down: Greenwich Council orders developer to demolish riverside towers in Woolwich
Greenwich Council has demanded that developers tear down a riverside development in Woolwich because it has been built without planning permission. Phase 2 of the Mast Quay development, next to the Woolwich Ferry, was completed at the end of 2022 and residents have now moved in. But the finished blocks differ from those promised by […]
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Mast Quay: Fate of ‘eyesore’ Woolwich towers still in limbo after developer broke planning rules
Greenwich Council is still working out what to do about a riverside development in Woolwich after late changes to its design were rejected six months ago – after the blocks had already been built. The council approved the two blocks at Mast Quay, next to the Woolwich Ferry, in 2012, based on designs that showed […]
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Thames Path to stay closed in Woolwich – sending cyclists and walkers onto dual carriageway
A section of the Thames Path is to stay closed in Woolwich despite transport bosses wanting more people to walk and cycle while capacity is reduced on public transport. The path through Mast Pond Wharf, just west of the Woolwich Ferry, was closed for a year in November 2019 after work started on a site […]
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