Major plans to redevelop the area around Woolwich’s covered market have been delayed again – with work now not due to start until at least next spring. Work had originally been due to start on the Woolwich Exchange scheme last year, before construction delays pushed the start date back to May this year. The scheme […]
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801-home Woolwich Exchange project is delayed by another year
Major plans for hundreds of homes, a cinema and new shops around Woolwich’s old public market have been delayed by another year, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. Work on Woolwich Exchange, which will include 801 homes, is not due to start until May 2025 because the plans have to be reworked to comply with new […]
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Shops and businesses face compulsory purchase for 801-home Woolwich Exchange
Plans to redevelop part of Woolwich town centre took a big step forward last night after Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to start the process of buying scores of shops, homes and businesses for the Woolwich Exchange development. Councillors nodded through the plans, which – if approved by the government – would enable the town hall […]
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Woolwich Exchange approved as councillors voice reservations about 801-home scheme
Greenwich councillors swallowed their doubts to back plans for 801 homes, shops and a new cinema in the heart of Woolwich on Tuesday night after a last-minute plea for support from town hall leader Danny Thorpe. The controversial Woolwich Exchange project will see scores of small businesses moved or closed and buildings on Plumstead Road […]
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Woolwich Exchange: Greenwich councillors advised to back 801-home Spray Street scheme
Plans for 801 homes, shops and a new cinema at Spray Street in Woolwich have been recommended for approval by Greenwich Council officers – even though the levels of “affordable” housing fall way below council policy. The £400m Woolwich Exchange scheme includes retaining the roof of Woolwich Public Market, which was given a Grade II […]
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Woolwich Exchange: ‘Affordable’ housing drops in new covered market redevelopment
Updated story: New proposals to redevelop the area around Woolwich Public Market have been submitted to Greenwich Council – with a sharp drop in the number of “affordable” homes in the scheme to help pay for the retention of the historic market. Developer St Modwen and housing association Notting Hill Genesis plan to build 801 […]
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Council brands Picturehouse pay ‘regrettable’ as cinema chain comes to Woolwich
A cinema chain targeted by a union over its refusal to pay the London Living Wage has been picked to operate a cinema in the Greenwich Council-backed Spray Street development in Woolwich town centre. Picturehouse Cinemas, part of the giant Cineworld group, will operate a five-screen venue if the scheme, which has been delayed because […]
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‘We’re fed up’: The Woolwich traders blighted by Spray Street demolition scheme
The multi-billion pound Spray Street redevelopment scheme Woolwich, promoted by Greenwich Council, has kept long-standing and family business owners up at night fearing for their future. Local Democracy Reporter TOM BULL spoke to some of them. Traders in and around Spray Street have faced five years of uncertainty over controversial plans to bulldoze the covered […]
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