A new block of flats to be built close to Oxleas Wood will lose its distinctive colouring and have a floor lopped off under updated plans submitted to Greenwich Council. Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from the council nearly a decade ago, won permission in 2024 for a seven-storey block with 63 rented […]
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Council-backed developer plans homes for Woolwich and Abbey Wood
A Greenwich Council-backed developer has applied to build 45 new homes across two sites in Woolwich and Abbey Wood. Meridian Home Start is planning to convert an old office block on Artillery Place, opposite Woolwich Barracks, into 17 homes, by adding two floors to the block and building an extension to the rear. Meanwhile, in […]
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Flats near Oxleas Woods approved despite ‘turquoise monstrosity’ criticism
Plans for discounted-rent flats close to Oxleas Woods were approved at the second time of asking after the developer lopped two storeys off the proposed building. Meridian Home Start was given the go-ahead for 63 flats at Shepherds Leas, on the borough border at Falconwood. All homes would be offered at 65 per cent of […]
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Oxleas Woods developer submits plans for smaller block at Shepherds Leas
A Greenwich Council-backed developer is submitting plans for a smaller housing block on a controversial site close to Oxleas Woods, eight months after its original proposals were rejected by councillors. Meridian Home Start had hoped to build a nine-storey block at Shepherds Leas, opposite Falconwood station. But Greenwich councillors threw out the plans last June, […]
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Controversial nine-storey tower near Oxleas Woods could be cut back
Controversial plans for a nine-storey tower block close to Oxleas Woods could be reworked to make the block smaller, Greenwich Council’s leader revealed last night. Councillors on the borough’s planning board rejected the plans from Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from Greenwich Council, to build 70 flats, all for discounted rent, at Shepherds […]
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Greenwich Council-backed developer appeals against rejection of flats near Oxleas Woods
A Greenwich Council-backed developer is appealing to planning inspectors after the borough’s councillors threw out plans to build a nine-storey block close to Oxleas Woods. Councillors on the planning board turned down Meridian Home Start’s proposal for 70 flats at Shepherds Leas, on the borough boundary at Falconwood, even though they formed a key part […]
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Shepherds Leas: Blow for Greenwich Council’s new leader as 70 flats near Oxleas Wood rejected
New Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has been dealt an early setback after his own councillors threw out controversial plans for 70 flats close to Oxleas Woods – ignoring his Bob Dylan-style plea for them to back it. Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from the council, planned a nine-storey block at Shepherds Leas, […]
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Shepherds Leas: Nine-storey block near Oxleas Woods recommended for approval
Contentious plans for a nine-storey block of flats opposite Falconwood station have been recommended for approval by Greenwich Council officers, despite hundreds of objections. The development at Shepherds Leas, between the A2 and Rochester Way and next to the woodland of the same name, would include 70 flats, all on offer at about 65 per […]
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