Greenwich Council is to spend £87 million on buying 232 new homes to boost its council home-building programme – including buying out a scheme in Woolwich that was opposed by locals. The council is forking out £73.1 million for the leaseholds to two blocks in Greenwich Millennium Village blocks. One block, the ten-storey Hearn House […]
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Quiet Hallowe’en in fenced-off Woolwich – but firework fights hit Greenwich Peninsula
Hallowe’en passed off quietly in Woolwich last night – a year after the worst disorder seen in the town centre since the riots of 2011. But while all eyes were on the area after the installation of a fence to seal off General Gordon Square last week, trouble broke out three miles away on the […]
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Greenwich Millennium Village’s final phase approved despite NHS funding worries
Greenwich councillors backed the last major phase of Greenwich Millennium Village almost without question last night – despite worries from local GPs that health services would struggle to cope with the new residents. Plans to build 489 homes, shops and work space on two adjoining parcels of land facing Bugsby’s Way were approved unanimously in […]
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Planning inspector backs 13-storey block next to Greenwich ecology park
A planning inspector has approved plans to build a 13-storey block next to the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, 15 months after Greenwich councillors threw out the scheme. Developers Taylor Wimpey and Countryside already had outline permission to build on Plot 201 at Greenwich Millennium Village site, but required detailed permission to build the 65-flat block […]
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New Greenwich ecology park centre could settle Millennium Village row
Peace could break out in a long-running battle over building a tower block next to Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park with the site’s owners supporting a new ecology centre and changes to the park to mitigate the harm caused by the new development. The two developers behind Greenwich Millennium Village, Countryside Properties and Taylor Wimpey, have […]
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Greenwich ecology park faces new threat as developer appeals over 13-storey block
The developers of Greenwich Millennium Village have appealed against Greenwich councillors’ refusal to allow them to build a 13-storey block overlooking the Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park. Volunteers at the ecology park fear the block would overshadow the green space, killing off wildlife in a cherished feature of the peninsula. Councillors agreed with them at a […]
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Greenwich Millennium Village ‘development by stealth’ attacked by neighbours
Neighbours of Greenwich Millennium Village have hit out at what they dub “development by stealth” after councillors approved amendments to the next phase of the housing scheme on the Greenwich Peninsula. Plans to build on between Peartree Way and Bugsby’s Way have long been contentious, with a separate application to build a 13-storey block next […]
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Councillors throw out plans for 13-storey block next to Greenwich ecology park
Campaigners cheered in a packed town hall as a plan for a controversial tower overlooking Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park was thrown out by councillors. Dozens of concerned environmentalists, councillors and users of the park turk turned out to watch the council’s planning board block developers from building a 13-storey tower off Peartree Way. Developers Taylor […]
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