Greenwich Council is hoping that London’s mayor will help with long-delayed plans to knock down shops and businesses around Woolwich Public Market for a major new housing and retail development. Traders have been left in limbo since plans for hundreds of homes, shops, restaurants and a new cinema in the old covered market were first announced […]
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What’s holding up Woolwich Exchange? Traders angry after years of delays
Businesses waiting to find out if they will lose their premises for a major development in Woolwich say they have been “thrown under the bus” as uncertainty over the project goes on, some 12 years after it was first announced. Both Greenwich Council and the housing association Notting Hill Genesis say they are still committed […]
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Woolwich Exchange development suffers further delay
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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