The developer building an “affordable” housing development backed by Greenwich Council is applying to cut the time in which it is only available to local residents – because high interest rates mean homes are now unaffordable for the first-time buyers they are aimed at. Pocket Living had promised that its 48-flat development at The Heights […]
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Greenwich Council-backed ‘affordable housing’ scheme stalls after builders go bust
Updated story: Work on a housing development in Charlton that was launched by Greenwich councillors last year has ground to a halt after the building contractors went out of business. The development of 48 flats on an old car park at The Heights, above Charlton Athletic’s stadium, has been left half-finished after Claritas Group went […]
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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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Pocket Living ‘micro flats’ on Charlton estate passed by Greenwich councillors
Plans for 48 “micro flats” on a council car park on an estate in Charlton were approved by Greenwich councillors last night, two-and-a-half years after the proposal to sell the land to a private developer caused a political storm. Developer Pocket Living plans to build 45 one-bedroom flats and 3 two-bedroom flats on the contaminated […]
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Greenwich rose garden sale will harm environment, MP Pennycook says
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has criticised plans to sell green space close to the Blackwall Tunnel approach road – saying he is “at a loss” as to why Greenwich Council is “determined” to offload the land. The council plans to sell an old rose garden at the junction of Blackwall Lane and Tunnel […]
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Greenwich rose garden: Labour councillors challenged over sale as Pocket Living link emerges
Labour councillors are to be challenged to disown the town hall’s decision to sell open space close to the Blackwall Tunnel approach in Greenwich at a meeting next week – while new council documents suggest the land could be sold to controversial developer Pocket Living. Conservative councillors have put down a motion for next week’s […]
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Greenwich Council set to back down on two Pocket Living sales after resident opposition
Greenwich Council is poised to drop a controversial scheme to sell land on two housing estates in Lewisham and Kidbrooke to “compact home” developer Pocket Living after residents objected to the plans. It had wanted to sell garages at Quince Road, off Lewisham Road – on the borough border – and two car park plots […]
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Pocket Living land row: Greenwich Council bungle means neighbours sent wrong documents
Neighbours living near land on estates set to be sold by Greenwich Council to a private developer have been sent the wrong documents ahead of a consultation into the controversial plan, 853 has discovered. Greenwich plans to sell land at The Heights, Charlton; Kidbrooke Park Close; and the Orchard Estate in Lewisham to the firm, […]
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