Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says the authority will look again at how Woolwich’s controversial Spray Street redevelopment scheme will affect black and minority ethnic communities. Developers St Modwen and Notting Hill Housing plan to knock down shops as well as the old covered market, replacing them with 742 new homes, shops, offices, a cinema […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Woolwich campaigners confirm new public meeting
Local pressure group Speak Out Woolwich is to hold a public meeting on Monday 30 July to discuss controversial plans to demolish Woolwich’s covered market and the buildings around it, displacing scores of small businesses. Developers plan to knock down shops – mainly businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – and […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Heritage body fights to save Woolwich Public Market
A heritage body is battling to save Woolwich Public Market, which is under threat from a Greenwich Council-backed redevelopment scheme along with scores of small businesses. The 20th Century Society says the covered market building, which opened in 1936, is unique because of its German design, which was more commonly found in military buildings. It […]
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Street Feast lands licence for ‘wonderful’ Woolwich Public Market transformation
Plans for a street food market in the old covered market in Woolwich town centre were given the go-ahead by Greenwich councillors on Tuesday night – with operator Street Feast planning to open at the start of March. The firm had threatened to pull out after Greenwich Council’s own officers and the Metropolitan Police objected […]
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Can you help transform Woolwich’s Covered Market? Greenwich Council is offering the lease
Greenwich Council is looking for an operator to transform Woolwich Covered Market, which closed down earlier this year after decades of decline. The site is slated for long-term redevelopment as part of the council’s Spray Street Masterplan, with 600 new homes, shops, restaurants and a cinema. But the council is now offering the market on […]
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