A Greenwich councillor has told Transport for London to “pull its socks up” over eyesore sites next to Woolwich Arsenal station that remain disused 16 years after the Docklands Light Railway extension was built. Sam Littlewood, who represents Woolwich Arsenal, made the comments when TfL representatives appeared at a transport scrutiny panel last Thursday. The […]
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Woolwich’s post office searches for a home as WH Smith closure confirmed
Woolwich’s post office is looking for a new home after WH Smith announced plans to close its town centre store in the spring. The “closing down” signs are already up at the shop in Powis Street, which is to cease trading with its lease running out, the stationery and convenience chain said. The Post Office […]
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Woolwich ‘will be a student town again’ after developments approved
Plans for hundreds of student rooms in Woolwich town centre have been approved by Greenwich Council – and hundreds more could be on their way. Former council offices at Riverside House that are currently being used as artists’ studios will be redeveloped and turned into 332 student rooms along with a 265-room hotel, with part […]
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Student housing and co-living planned for long-derelict Woolwich site
Plans to revive another long-derelict site in Woolwich have been submitted – this time with over 900 student rooms, 400 co-living spaces and 93 flats. An old electricity works would also be refurbished as part of the plans. The building would be extended and have five storeys added to it. The site at Macbean Street […]
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Greenwich Council gets go-ahead to buy up shops for 801-home Woolwich Exchange project
A planning inspector has given approval for Greenwich Council to buy shops and businesses to make way for the huge Woolwich Exchange regeneration project, which will include a cinema and 801 homes. Work is due to start next year on the project, which will feature five towers of up to 23 storeys and the refurbishment […]
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