Parts of Woolwich and Plumstead are among the London neighbourhoods that have gentrified most rapidly over the past decade, an analysis has found. A study by the Trust for London charity identified 53 areas where average incomes had grown by an average of 11 per cent between 2012 and 2020, compared with a 1 per […]
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Private homes deal to kickstart delayed Maryon Grove estate redevelopment
Greenwich Council is poised to sign a deal to allow an estate that sat crumbling for years to finally be redeveloped. The private developer Lovell will be allowed to build 33 private homes on the site of the Maryon Grove estate in Charlton – partly rolling back a previous deal which kickstarted work on the […]
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Greenwich Council strikes £87m deal to save Morris Walk Estate redevelopment
Greenwich Council is to spend tens of millions of pounds on a new housing block in Woolwich to kickstart the redevelopment of the Morris Walk Estate after years of delays. The developer Lovell, which had warned that it would not make enough profit from the scheme to proceed, is to sell 175 flats on Woolwich […]
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Plans for Morris Walk Estate rebuild submitted with 766 new homes
Developer Lovell has submitted its planning application to redevelop the Morris Walk Estate on the Charlton/Woolwich border, with 766 new homes planned. The application comes less than two weeks after the final consultation into the scheme ended. Locals will be able to have their say in the coming weeks when Greenwich Council’s planning department publishes […]
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Woolwich Dockyard developer tries to get out of social housing commitment
A developer with permission to build a 13-storey block on the site of an old pub near Woolwich Dockyard station has applied again for planning approval – for a building without any “affordable” housing at all. Lakeview Estates has applied to Greenwich Council to build 51 flats with commercial space beneath them on the site […]
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Morris Walk Estate finally set for demolition a year late
Greenwich Council’s cabinet is poised to approve the demolition of Morris Walk Estate next week – a year after the next stage of the redevelopment of three estates in Woolwich was due to begin. Morris Walk, on the Woolwich/Charlton border, along with neighbouring Maryon Road estate and Woolwich’s Connaught Estate, are being redeveloped by developer […]
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Morris Walk Estate: ‘Misleading rumours’ criticised as estate redevelopment delayed
Greenwich Council has hit out at “misleading rumours” that a major scheme to redevelop Morris Walk Estate has been delayed for nine years. The programme, which will see the estate on the border of Woolwich and Charlton knocked down and replaced with new housing, was due to begin this year. Demolition was due to start […]
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