Plans have been submitted to build accommodation for adults with learning difficulties on the site of the former community garden in Royal Hill, west Greenwich. The former police car park had been maintained by volunteers as a garden for three years before Greenwich Council took the land back last spring, saying it was being “unlawfully […]
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‘Bland’ Greenwich High Road flats approved by reluctant councillors
Greenwich councillors reluctantly approved a five-storey block of 20 flats on Greenwich High Road in the borough’s first ever virtual meeting – with the outgoing planning chair branding the building “bland and uninspiring”. Councillors and officers gathered around their webcams to discuss the proposal on Tuesday afternoon, approving plans to knock down a three-storey office […]
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28-storey Deptford Creek tower backed by councillors despite lack of ‘affordable’ housing
Plans for a new 28-storey tower on the banks of Deptford Creek have been approved due to their “architecturally superior” design, amid concerns over its height and lack of “affordable” housing. The Edition Group’s full planning application for Ravensbourne Wharf, which includes 129 residential units as well as office and cafe space, was approved by […]
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Greenwich councillors back flats on site of Abbey Wood post office
Greenwich councillors backed plans to build new flats on the site of Abbey Wood’s closed post office last week, while there were calls for a replacement post office to be included in the development. The council’s planning board – the cross-party committee that deals with large developments in the borough – endorsed plans to demolish […]
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Council officers back Greenwich Magistrates Court hotel plan
Council planning officers are backing a plan to turn the old Greenwich Magistrates Court and adjacent former school offices into part of a 293-room hotel. The listed courthouse, on Blackheath Road, was closed in 2016 and sold for £12 million. Cases from the area are now heard in Bexleyheath or Bromley. Now developers plan to […]
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Drivers could face curbs as council targets west Greenwich rat-runners
Drivers could be blocked from travelling down some of Greenwich’s most affluent streets as part of a council plan to combat rat-running in the roads close to Greenwich Park. Roads including Crooms Hill and Hyde Vale could be blocked to through traffic to stop motorists using the quiet streets as a cut-through between the A2 […]
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Councillors urged to back 59 flats on Greenwich Police Station site
Councillors have been asked to approve a plan to demolish the former Greenwich Police Station and replace it with a development of 59 flats. The six-storey development on the corner of Burney Street and Royal Hill would represent “less than substantial harm” to the Greenwich World Heritage Site and local conservation area, but this would […]
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Theatre company plans rooftop bar for Greenwich’s Borough Hall
A leading theatre company plans to take over the Borough Hall in west Greenwich and install a rooftop bar, according to a report to be discussed by a Greenwich Council scrutiny committee next week. 853 understands from multiple sources that the council is close to striking a deal with Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across […]
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