Major plans for hundreds of homes, a cinema and new shops around Woolwich’s old public market have been delayed by another year, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. Work on Woolwich Exchange, which will include 801 homes, is not due to start until May 2025 because the plans have to be reworked to comply with new […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
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Town hall in mourning as Conservative councillor John Hills dies aged 86
Tributes have been paid to long-serving Greenwich Conservative councillor and armed forces veteran John Hills, who has died aged 86 after an illness. A much-liked figure across the council chamber at Woolwich Town Hall, Hills had served as a councillor for 24 years after winning a by-election in New Eltham in March 2000. His last […]
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Part of Woolwich’s historic Furlongs garage could stay in new plans for flats
New plans for the historic Furlongs garage in Woolwich have emerged that would keep the art deco workshop building in place alongside a new 23-storey tower block. Proposals first emerged six years ago to sweep away the whole site at Mortgramit Square, a characterful alley between Powis Street and Woolwich High Street, and build two […]
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Faraday Works: Plans for new homes by the Thames Barrier reworked again
Plans for over 350 flats on the site of a long-closed factory by the River Thames look to be back on, four and a half years after the proposal was first submitted. But with just a handful of those homes currently set to go to those on Greenwich’s housing waiting list, the developer may face […]
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Flats near Oxleas Woods approved despite ‘turquoise monstrosity’ criticism
Plans for discounted-rent flats close to Oxleas Woods were approved at the second time of asking after the developer lopped two storeys off the proposed building. Meridian Home Start was given the go-ahead for 63 flats at Shepherds Leas, on the borough border at Falconwood. All homes would be offered at 65 per cent of […]
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Woolwich and Eltham in line for Superloop buses, Sadiq Khan pledges
Woolwich and Eltham could join the Superloop network of express bus services if Sadiq Khan wins next month’s election, the Labour mayor has said. Khan has put forward ten more Superloop routes as part of his campaign to be re-elected on May 2. They include a service linking North Greenwich, Woolwich and Thamesmead as well […]
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Man rescued from collapsed trench on site next to Blackwall Tunnel approach
Specially-trained fire officers rescued a man who was trapped in a collapsed trench on a construction site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach on Tuesday. The man was trapped up to his chest in sand and clay on the site at Bramshot Avenue in Charlton, where a developer has permission to build nine flats. A […]
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Jumbo towers planned next to site of Greenwich’s old gasholder
A developer is hoping to build giant tower blocks next to the site of east Greenwich’s old gasholder – with 352 homes, 340 student rooms and a self-storage unit. Fairview New Homes has applied to Greenwich Council to build on an old newspaper distribution yard that is currently being used as a worksite for the […]
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