Greenwich Council’s deputy leader accused Green councillors of demonising residents who live in HMOs as plans to restrict the growth of bedsits in the borough went out to consultation. Jackie Smith hit out amid angry exchanges about the latest consultation into the Local Plan, the borough’s development blueprint for the next 15 years. Landlords have […]
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Labour anger as members denied right to pick Shooters Hill candidates
Labour has denied local party members in Shooters Hill the right to choose their candidates for May’s council election – just weeks after it lost a by-election in the ward with a candidate who had been parachuted in. Party officials are considering resigning over the issue, which comes as Labour members across the borough finally […]
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‘Sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme axed in Plumstead and Shooters Hill
Plans to implement controlled parking zones across Shooters Hill and Plumstead have been scrapped by Greenwich Council, only four weeks after they were first announced. The sudden announcement on Monday evening follows a botched consultation launch. Residents were expected to sift through a series of detailed maps to find their streets, and initially given less […]
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Greenwich HMO crackdown is coming – but residents will have to wait
Greenwich Council plans a crackdown on family homes being converted into bedsits – but anxious residents could have to wait as long as three years for change to take place because of national planning laws. There are more than 800 licensed homes of multiple occupation (HMOs) in the borough, and the number is rising with […]
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Greenwich ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ consultation extended as residents protest
Greenwich Council’s consultation on new controlled parking zones will be extended until the end of September, with its deputy leader insisting that the plans are “not a done deal”. More public events will take place and will be moved to Woolwich Town Hall so more people can attend, while consultation materials will be revamped so […]
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Council sorry for mistake on Greenwich ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ maps
Greenwich Council has apologised after maps drawn up for its consultation into new controlled parking zones featured the wrong date for sign-off – leading to accusations that it had simply ignored a past survey about the issue. Scores of maps will now need to be reissued to correct the mistake in the consultation, which is […]
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Greenwich’s ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme branded a ‘done deal’
Updated story: Plans to introduce controlled parking zones across much of the north of Greenwich borough have been branded a “done deal”, after the council launched a complex consultation and gave residents less than six weeks to respond. The “sustainable streets” proposal will introduce permit parking to a wide swathe of the borough, from its western […]
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Army linked to potential takeover of Greenwich’s equestrian centre
Mystery surrounds claims that the Army has expressed an interest in taking over the Olympic legacy equestrian centre in Shooters Hill. The Greenwich Wire has been told by a Greenwich Labour source that the military would like a long lease on the site, close to the Bexley border, to provide additional exercise space for its […]
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