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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What happens when Woolwich Barracks closes? Consultation starts in new year
Housing could be built on part of Woolwich Barracks after its closure in 2028, Greenwich Council has said. The army plans to sell off most of its land in Woolwich – including the former headquarters of the Royal Artillery – under cutbacks announced by the last government. Only the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery – […]
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Greenwich Council writes off £200,000 loan to save Woolwich’s Tramshed
The Tramshed theatre in Woolwich is to have a £200,000 loan written off by Greenwich Council to help secure the theatre of the troubled arts venue, which reopened two years ago after a major refurbishment. Tramshed has been a part of Woolwich life since 1971, but a council document published on Monday revealed that it […]
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Royal Arsenal residents told not to object to new buildings, developer admits
Residents in Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal are officially discouraged from objecting to planning applications put forward by Berkeley Homes that could affect their homes, the developer has admitted at a council planning meeting. The revelation came as the final details of the last stage of the Arsenal development – on the site of the temporary Maribor […]
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£8m to fix Woolwich’s crumbling car park – with neighbours handed part of bill
Greenwich Council is to spend £8 million on repairing a crumbling 1970s car park in Woolwich because of fears that passers-by could be hit by falling concrete. But residents in a development next door could end up paying part of the bill to fix the six-storey block in Calderwood Street, which is also home to […]
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Greenwich’s heritage centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich, trust boss says
The Greenwich Heritage Centre is unlikely to return to Woolwich because of a lack of funding, according to the head of the trust in charge of the borough’s archives. Janet Denne, the chief executive of the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust, told councillors last week that “the situation had moved on” from the council’s plan that […]
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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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Berkeley Homes and O2 bosses join Woolwich Works trustees
Woolwich Works has gained two new trustees – one from its landlord at Berkeley Homes, and the boss of the O2. The chairman of Berkeley Capital, Karl Whiteman, and Steve Sayer, the senior vice-president and general manager of the O2, have joined the trustees of the Woolwich Creative District Trust, which runs the arts hub […]
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