Greenwich Council’s blueprint for the borough’s future should be strengthened to provide more protection for pubs, campaigners who want to reopen Charlton’s White Swan say. The consultation on Greenwich’s Local Plan closes on Sunday, and the chair of White Swan Music & Arts, Suzanne Hunt, wants residents to write to the council to ensure policies […]
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Fundraising campaign to buy Charlton’s White Swan pub launches
A fundraising drive to buy Charlton’s closed White Swan pub has been launched – with campaigners hoping to raise £360,000 towards a deposit. Among the incentives on offer for donors are tickets to an intimate gig from Squeeze singer Glenn Tilbrook, who made the offer just days after announcing his band’s biggest-ever tour, which includes […]
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Pub quiz to boost campaign to save Charlton’s White Swan pub
Campaigners hoping to bring Charlton’s White Swan pub back to life are hosting a fundraising pub quiz later this month. The event will take place five years after the pub closed suddenly, just a few days before the Covid lockdown in March 2020. Since then the Isle of Man-based developer Mendoza has kept the pub […]
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Developer’s plan for Tesco store at Charlton’s White Swan pub rejected
A government-appointed planning inspector has comprehensively rejected plans to turn the White Swan pub in Charlton into a shop and flats. Mendoza, an Isle of Man-based developer, had suggested Tesco could move into the bar area while it would build an upstairs extension to accommodate seven flats. The pub has been left empty since March […]
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Charlton’s boarded-up White Swan pub is being used for council housing
A south London council says it is investigating after its residents were given homes at a disused pub in Charlton where a cannabis farm was found last year. Croydon Council took on rooms at The White Swan earlier this year and let them out to people in its borough in need of temporary accommodation. Neighbours […]
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We would have rejected plan to turn Charlton’s White Swan pub into Tesco, council says
Greenwich Council has said it would have rejected a developer’s plan to turn the White Swan pub in Charlton into a supermarket and flats. Nearly 1,200 people signed a petition calling on the council to take enforcement action to restore the pub, which closed in 2020 and has been squatted and used as a cannabis […]
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Future of White Swan in Charlton to be decided by planning inspector after developer appeals
A planning inspector will decide the future of the White Swan pub in Charlton after an offshore developer submitted an appeal. The property company Mendoza, which is registered in the Isle of Man, wants to build a supermarket in the bar — naming Tesco in the application — and turn the upper floors into seven […]
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Developer must be forced to restore our White Swan, pub campaigners say in petition
Campaigners in Charlton are calling on Greenwich Council to force the offshore developer that owns the White Swan pub to restore the venue to how it was when it closed three years ago. Mendoza, which is based on the Isle of Man, wants to turn the pub into a supermarket with flats above, and has […]
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