Greenwich Council is to spend £87 million on buying 232 new homes to boost its council home-building programme – including buying out a scheme in Woolwich that was opposed by locals. The council is forking out £73.1 million for the leaseholds to two blocks in Greenwich Millennium Village blocks. One block, the ten-storey Hearn House […]
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Victorian terrace to go as Greenwich councillors back 34 new homes in Woolwich
A controversial development of 34 homes in Woolwich was narrowly passed by Greenwich councillors last night – despite the borough’s chair of planning questioning whether local people could afford to live in them. Four terraced houses on Sandy Hill Road and an old petrol station will be demolished as part of the scheme from Charlton-based […]
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Greenwich Council planners back knocking down ‘heritage’ terrace in Woolwich
Greenwich Council planners have backed demolishing four terraced houses in Woolwich so 31 flats and three houses can be built in their place. The council’s former deputy leader, David Gardner, had criticised the plans last year when the developer, Lita Homes, had only planned to build 23 flats and three houses on the site. “I […]
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Councillor calls for threatened Woolwich terrace to be restored
Greenwich Council’s deputy leader has called for four derelict terraced homes in Woolwich to be restored and brought back into use after a developer revealed plans to knock them down. The four homes on Sandy Hill Road, which have stood empty for years, would be demolished along with a neighbouring garage. They would be replaced […]
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