A developer with permission to build a 13-storey block on the site of an old pub near Woolwich Dockyard station has applied again for planning approval – for a building without any “affordable” housing at all. Lakeview Estates has applied to Greenwich Council to build 51 flats with commercial space beneath them on the site […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Wilko to quit Woolwich as leisure centre plan gathers pace
853 exclusive: The homeware chain Wilko is to leave Woolwich later this year with Greenwich Council planning to turn its site into a new leisure centre, 853 can reveal. While the leisure centre plans have been around for some years, the future fate of one of Woolwich’s most popular stores has been a mystery to […]
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Council housing block and Bull pub set to go for Woolwich leisure centre
A block of council housing is set for demolition as part of plans for a new leisure centre in Woolwich on the site of the current Wilko store. Greenwich Council’s cabinet will decide on Wednesday whether to flatten Troy House, which houses over-55s, as part of the scheme which will see the Waterfront Leisure Centre […]
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Three-year-old jet washer to be mothballed as part of Greenwich Council cuts
A £31,000 jet-washing machine bought just three years ago with money from Transport for London is set to be taken out of regular use as part of a programme of austerity cuts. The machine was bought as part of a 18-month long, £6.5m programme to revamp Eltham High Street, which was funded by TfL and […]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital workers scared to challenge smokers outside baby unit
Staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital are wary of challenging people who smoke outside the hospital entrance, the hospital’s boss has admitted. Ben Travis, the chief executive of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, told a panel of Greenwich councillors on Thursday that staff had reported “difficult experiences” when challenging smokers, who stand outside the entrance, which […]
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Woolwich and Abbey Wood Crossrail ‘will open in summer 2021’
Woolwich and Abbey Wood Crossrail stations will finally open their doors in summer 2021, two and a half years behind schedule, the company building the troubled rail link announced this morning. The line’s central section – between Paddington and Abbey Wood – had been due to open at the end of 2018, but the £18 […]
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TfL releases Charlton and Woolwich cycleway proposals – but no firm plans for Greenwich yet
Transport for London has revealed the first phase of its plans to create a segregated cycleway along the Woolwich Road – but only on the dual carriageway between Charlton and Woolwich. Greenwich, Charlton and Woolwich were due to be linked by Cycleway 4 when proposals were first unveiled under the mayoralty of Boris Johnson. However, […]
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Crossrail opening delays could cost TfL up to £750 million
Delays to Crossrail could cost Transport for London as much as £750 million in lost revenue, rail bosses admitted today as they warned that they may miss their target of opening the rail line in early 2021. The new rail line, linking Abbey Wood and Woolwich with Heathrow and Reading, was originally set to open […]
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