Greenwich councillors backed plans for new council homes in Eltham last night, but with both Labour and Conservative members criticising the design of their council’s own new block. The borough’s planning board endorsed proposals for 20 flats on the site of garages on Well Hall Road. But councillors said they were unhappy because of the […]
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Coronavirus as widespread in London as it is in the north, Greenwich Council leader says
Coronavirus is as widespread in the capital as it is in the north of England, Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has warned as fears grow of new lockdown measures in the capital. Thorpe lambasted the failure of the government’s privatised test-and-trace scheme to keep up with demand, saying Boris Johnson’s administration had lost control of […]
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Greenwich Council’s £30,000 planning deal over gasholder branded ‘astonishing’
Greenwich Council’s decision to accept almost £30,000 from the owner of east Greenwich’s demolished gas holder to develop a planning brief has been criticised as “astonishing” by the leader of the borough’s Conservatives. The Guardian revealed on Sunday that Greenwich had accepted the money from Scotia Gas Networks for a study into the site of […]
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Help save Charlton Athletic, Greenwich Tories urge sports minister
Greenwich’s two leading Conservative councillors have appealed to the sports minister to intervene in the battle to save Charlton Athletic, whose future is in doubt following its botched sale by former owner Roland Duchâtelet. The 115-year-old football club was relegated to the third tier of English football last month after defeat to Leeds United on […]
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Virtual consultations fine for our new homes, Greenwich Council says
Greenwich Council has defended launching virtual consultations into two new housing developments, weeks after one of its senior councillors criticised developers for doing the same. Last week the council launched two short consultations into developments at Well Hall Road in Eltham and Sam Manners House in east Greenwich. The Well Hall Road development would see […]
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‘It’s an insult to us all’: Greenwich Tory leader tells No 10 aide Cummings to go
The leader of Greenwich Council’s Conservative opposition has joined calls for Boris Johnson’s closest aide to resign – calling his actions in taking his family from London to Durham while his wife had coronavirus symptoms “a personal insult to us all”. Nigel Fletcher, a former adviser on education to the Tories, spoke out this morning […]
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Developers should pause their plans, councillors say as 3,000 object to new school
Labour and Conservative councillors have criticised developers for launching consultations on new schemes during the coronavirus lockdown, including one for a new school in Eltham that has seen over 3,000 objections. Developers have launched “virtual consultations” to replace the exhibitions that they usually hold before applying for planning permission on new sites. They include a […]
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‘Bland’ Greenwich High Road flats approved by reluctant councillors
Greenwich councillors reluctantly approved a five-storey block of 20 flats on Greenwich High Road in the borough’s first ever virtual meeting – with the outgoing planning chair branding the building “bland and uninspiring”. Councillors and officers gathered around their webcams to discuss the proposal on Tuesday afternoon, approving plans to knock down a three-storey office […]
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