Tennis fans in Plumstead are challenging Greenwich Council’s plans to charge £3 to use their local courts – saying they were promised a consultation on the issue. Last month the council said it would be refurbishing some of its tennis courts with a £300,000 grant from the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), but would be introducing […]
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Plans to knock down Plumstead’s historic Who’d A Thought It pub refused
Greenwich Council officers have thrown out plans to bulldoze a historic Plumstead pub and replace it with seven houses. A Clapton-based property company, Goldenspark (Timber) Ltd, had claimed the Who’d A Thought It on Timbercroft Lane was unviable. The Who’d A Thought It was historically known as one of the Five Idlers of Plumstead Common, […]
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Historic Who’d A Thought It pub in Plumstead faces demolition in plan for new houses
An historic Plumstead pub with links to Arsenal football club could be demolished and replaced with seven houses if developers have their way. The Who’d A Thought It, which dates back to the 1840s, “has been commercially unviable for a number of years”, according to the Clapton-based property company Goldenspark (Timber) Ltd, which wants to […]
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