Plans to create a new base for a community football club along with a padel centre in New Eltham have been approved by Greenwich councillors – but the expansion of the facilities angered neighbours. GB10 Sports plans to build two 11-a-side artificial football pitches, five grass pitches, a children’s play area and new clubhouse at […]
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Help local people take over empty shops, London’s mayor told
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to boost the capital’s high streets by helping local people take over empty shop spaces for community projects. The London Assembly has told the mayor in a new report that residents often do not feel “meaningfully involved in high street regeneration plans” and that improvements to shopping […]
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Five candidates to contest close by-election for Greenwich Council seat
Five candidates are standing in next month’s by-election to find a new councillor in Motttingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham ward in what is likely to be a closely-fought contest. The election was called after John Hills, a long-serving Conservative councillor, died last month at the age of 86. Roger Tester, a former councillor, will be […]
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Council by-election means Greenwich LTN hearing is on hold
A forthcoming council by-election has put a hearing into plans for a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath on hold. Conservative leader Matt Hartley and a number of Labour councillors had all challenged the decision to implement the LTN on streets either side of Greenwich Park, which would stop through traffic from using those […]
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Christmas rail works hit Lewisham, New Eltham and Sidcup trains
Major rail works will wipe out train services through Lewisham, Hither Green, New Eltham and Sidcup over the Christmas holiday and into the new year. An £8 million upgrade programme will see points replaced south of Lewisham, hitting rail services on the Sidcup, Hayes and Orpington lines for eight days between 27 December and 3 […]
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‘Micro-flats’ developer Pocket Living eyes up New Eltham development
A company that specialises in developing “micro-flats” has begun consulting neighbours on plans to build next to New Eltham station. Pocket Living was at the centre of controversy three years ago when Greenwich’s Labour councillors revolted against plans to sell three plots of land on council estates to the company. The company specialises in building […]
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Eltham could merge with Chislehurst as constituency review threatens Labour
Eltham’s parliamentary constituency could expand south to take in Chislehurst, threatening Labour MP Clive Efford’s hold on the seat. A review of England’s constituencies, published today, recommends shrinking Matt Pennycook’s Greenwich & Woolwich seat as well as uniting most of Plumstead under Abena Oppong-Asare’s Erith & Thamesmead constituency. But the Boundary Commission’s most eye-catching recommendation […]
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Councillors back 40 Eltham council homes – and call for next-door site to be bought for more
A new development of 40 council homes behind Eltham High Street was approved by Greenwich councillors last night – amid calls for the council to buy an adjacent derelict site to build more homes. The five-storey development replaces a recently-demolished block on Orangery Lane which was built as a depot for British Gas in the […]
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