Information from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for our residents
Woolwich welcomes its new Post Office, which opened last month with support from the council. Woolwich Post Office, Gifts and Stationers can be found at 102 Powis Street and is open seven days a week: Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm and 11am to 4pm on Sunday.
Are you passionate about arts, culture and supporting young people in your community?
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is inviting people who live, work or study in the borough to apply to join its two 2026 Create Community Advisory Panels.
The panels will help commission this year’s Create programme, which will open for applications in the coming months. Create offers grants of up to £3,000 to freelancers, groups and organisations to deliver new Community Arts and Black History 365 projects in the borough.
Councillor Sandra Bauer, Cabinet Member for Equality, Culture and Communities, said: “Our Create programme brings our communities together to explore our unique stories through arts, culture and heritage. We’ll be opening applications for funding soon.
“But first, we’re looking for local people to join our two Create Community Advisory Panels. As a panel member, you’ll review grant applications, champion creative ideas, and help us support diverse cultural projects across the borough.
“This year, in support of our Cultural Impact Award programme, we’re looking for projects that put local young people at their heart – whether that’s as producers, performers, artists or audience members. So, your input will directly boost access to arts, culture and heritage for local young people too.”
Applicants should email a summary of their skills and experience, in no more than 250 words, to artsgreenwich@royalgreenwich. gov.uk by 12 noon on Tuesday 17 March.
Applications must include your name, organisation if relevant, address, email address and telephone number, along with a short explanation of why you would make a positive contribution as a panel member.
Panellists will be paid for up to 14 hours of reading time, plus a panel meeting, at the London Living Wage rate.
Applications for Create grants will open later in the year. Residents can sign up to the council’s newsletter and follow WhatsApp to receive updates: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/follow-whatsapp
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Royal Museums Greenwich are hosting a series of events throughout March to mark the contributions and resilience of historical women.
by Evie Flynn
A tour of the Royal Observatory showcasing the contributions women have made to astronomy since the Observatory was founded 350 years ago. Attendees will learn about the first woman to be paid for atronomical work, known as the ‘Greenwich Time Lady’ and figures like the pioneering solar photographer, Annie Maunder.
Date: Various dates throughout March Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Location: Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, London SE10 8XJ
Price: Free but ticket required Book here: https://www.rmg.co.uk/ whats-on/national-maritime-museumqueens-house/womens-history-month
Take part in an immersive murder mystery night in the astounding Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College on Friday 6 March.
The National Maritime Museum are hosting an afternoon of dance to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March.
The event will take place on the Ocean Map and features a diverse line-up of dance forms from around the world. It aims to be a memorable celebration of womanhood, cultural heritage and women’s relationships to the sea.
Date: Sunday 8 March
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Location: National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF, UK
Price: £5 per adult
Book here: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritimemuseum/dancefest-international-womens-day
WORLD BOOK DAY AT AN AUTHOR DROP-IN EVENT IN LEWISHAM:
Downham Heath and Leisure Centre near Catford is hosting a free author event on World Book Day (Thursday 5 March).
Children and families are invited to wear their best World Book Day costumes and discover new ways of reading.
There will be also be a guest author who will be running an event from 16:00 - 17:00 in the upstairs library.
There will be book-related crafts and a selection of graphic novels, picture books, dyselxia friendly books and audiobooks to borrow. You can also exchange your World Book Day token for your choice of free WBD books as Downham Library becomes a pop-up book
exchange from 12 February to 14 March. If you don’t have a token, you can ask the library staff for one.
Date: Thursday 5 March
THUMBELINA MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE AT THE SYDENHAM CENTRE: MURDER MYSTERY IN THE PAINTED HALL:
Assemble your team of detectives, explore their historic buildings at nighttime, and interrogate suspects to piece together the scattered clues before the time is up. Teams get 90 minutes to interrogate and investigate. The evening will take place in the grand Painted Hall which was designed by Sir James Thornill and painted between 1707 and 1726.
Recommended age 16 and above.
Date: Friday 6 March
Time: 19:00 AND 20:30
Location: Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NN
Price: £35 standard and £28 concessions Book here: https://ornc.org/whats-on/murder-mystery/
Spontaneous Productions Theatre Company are bringing a musical version of Thumbelina to the stage in Sydenham across four weekends in March.
The adaptation follows the world’s smallest superhero as she uses her superpowers to confront the villainous Spider-Queen who is menacing the forest. Her faithful sidekick Buzz-Bee will be by her side as she faces the challenge.
Spontaneous Productions Theatre Company are kicking off their Spring 2026 season with
Time: 15:30 - 18:00 (author event is 16:00 - 17:00)
Location: Downham Health and Leisure Centre, 7-9 Moorside Rd, Bromley BR1 5EP Price: Free
this production, featuring songs and music familiar to lovers of the superhero franchises. Suitable for all ages.
Date: every Saturday and Sunday from 7 March - 29 March
Time: 14:30 and 16:00
Location: Upstairs at the Sydenham Centre, 44a Sydenham Road, SE26 5QX Price: £10 adults, £5 children Book here: https://spontaneousproductions. co.uk/thumbelina-march-2026/
Here is your chance to take a look through the Black Hole Viewfinder in Deptford, writes Michael Holland...
VSSL Studio presents Time Is On Our Side, an exhibition by Black Quantum Futurism. The exhibition concludes VSSL Studio’s programme Entanglements of the Apocalypse.
Co-curated by Mine Kaplangı, Benjamin Sebastian, Joseph Morgan Schofield, and Ash McNaughton, the exhibition explores and draws on Black Quantum Futurism’s understandings of time and information to reimagine the black hole as a site of creation, transformation, and shared temporal experience.
Time Is On Our Side draws on Black Quantum Futurism’s understandings of time, darkness, and information to reimagine the black hole from a site of destruction into one of creation and transformation. Akin to Irma Thomas’s version of Time Is On My Side— recorded before it was displaced, disconnected from its origin, and later reclaimed—the exhibition understands temporality as a non-linear experience: what crosses an event horizon is not necessarily destroyed or lost. It is only delayed, displaced, or rendered illegible outside the visible boundary of the Western linear timeline running from past to present to future.
At the centre of the exhibition, the
Black Hole Viewfinder poses the event horizon as a threshold rather than a predetermined ending. It is a spacetime where my side turns into our side, and where private time crosses interstitially into shared durations. As with the black hole’s information paradox, recognition may arrive out of sequence—returned altered, yet still conveying an intentional message. Time, under
these circumstances, can obscure, but it can also curve back on itself, revealing, redeeming, and restoring what was once considered lost.
Black Quantum Futurism (BQF) is an interdisciplinary practice founded by Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips that synthesizes quantum physics with Afrodiasporic principles and ontologies of time, space,
ritual, text, and sound, yielding an innovative framework for the creation of counterhistories and alternate futures. Rooted in a commitment to challenge mainstream narratives, BQF actively confronts exclusionary perspectives of history and the future, offering critical alternatives that uplift Black experiences and possibilities.
The programme is made possible
with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England. VSSL Studio, Unit 8, 50 Resolution Way, Deptford, London, UK, SE8 4AL from 27 February to 22 March 2026 More info at www. blackquantumfuturism.com.
Studio website: https://vssl-studio.org/Programme
‘I was born in 1960 but was raised in the Forties. Not the greatest gambit for a man defending himself for murder, but there it is.’
David Martin is a man out of time, unwilling to acknowledge the modern world and the ugliness it reaps. Instead, he resides in a world concerned with all things 1940s, driven by his obsession with the cinema of this time, writes Michael Holland...
His belief in chivalry and his pursuit of beauty and elegance, put him at odds with the world around him, profoundly shaping his actions and affecting those he loves. Now detained in a police interview room on suspicion of murder, Martin prepares to make his statement. Could this quiet gentleman really be responsible for the crime of which he is accused?
From the award-winning writer and producer of the Edinburgh Fringe hit One Sugar Stirred to the Left, and starring Kit Smith, Trials of a Gentleman is a thoughtprovoking and witty play about a man on the fringes of society.
Written
Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2DH from Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 March 2026 at 7.30pm
Tickets: £16, £14 concessions (suitable for 13+)
Box office: www.brockleyjack.co.uk or 0333 666 3366 (£1.80 fee for phone bookings only)
Running time: Seventy-five minutes, with no interval.
Located at the heart of Shooters Hill, Severndroog Castle occupies a commanding position within the ancient Castle Wood in Greenwich, all whilst offering visitors a hot brew, delicious cakes and a slice of local history about one of Greenwich’s most quaint landmarks, writes Frankie Hills...
The castle is a beautifully preserved Grade II* listed 18th-century Gothic tower which was built on the orders of Lady James of Eltham in 1783, to commemorate the passing of her husband, Commodore Sir William James.
The tower was designed by architect Richard Jupp, with construction starting 1784, with the first stone being laid on 2nd April of that year.
As part of the commemorations to Sir William James, the castle itself is named after his most famous exploit during his naval career.
On 12th April 1755, James and his men captured the Suvarnadurg fort
An engraving drawing of Severndroog Castle dated from 1815
(the golden fort) on the west coast of India, as part of anti-piracy operations within the region, with this action contributing to his eventual rise as director of the East India company.
These days the castle is open to the public and offers visitors an assortment of refreshments and baked goods in its tea rooms, which are hosted on the ground floor.
Visitors can also purchase tickets to gain access to the upper levels of the facility, which includes a more in-depth look at the castle’s history and to its viewing platform which provides a stunning view across the Thames from Shooters Hill, though
this is only accessible on Sundays.
Additionally, the castle also hosts a variety of events. There is a farmers market hosted at the first Sunday of every month and singer-songwriter Mark Newlove will be performing an acoustic set at the castle on the 6th March.
Tickets are £3.50 for children and £5 for adults.
The tea rooms opening times vary, operating only between 9am3:30pm Thursday to Sunday.
More details are available at the Severndroog Castle website, which can be found at severndroogcastle.org.uk
Plans to build 258 homes on a former sports club ground in Blackheath have been revealed, writes Cameron Blackshaw, Local Democracy Reporter...
Developer Derreb Limited has unveiled its Moorehead Way project with the hopes of gathering public feedback before it submits a full planning application to Greenwich Council.
The 5.4 acre site was formerly the Huntsman Sports Club, and it has been empty since 1998. It lies at the south-eastern corner of the Cator Estate, south of Blackheath Village, and it has been identified in both Greenwich Council’s local plan and the London Plan as a potential area for residential development.
There have been four planning applications to build homes on the site since 2008, the latest of which progressed to appeal but was dismissed in November 2016. This 130-unit scheme was refused as it did not have enough affordable housing.
Commenting on affordable housing for its latest proposal, Derreb said: “As part of the application process for our forthcoming 258-unit scheme, a viability assessment will be submitted which will assess what levels of affordable housing the development can feasibly provide. Affordable homes will either be provided on-site or through a payment to the council’s offsite affordable housing delivery.”
The 258-home proposal includes 238 apartments and 20 houses; 149 of the homes will be two-bed units and 61 will be one-bedroom apartments.
The remaining 46 residences will be a mix of three and four-bed homes while 33 of the units will be fully wheelchair accessible.
Alongside the homes, 490 cycle parking spaces and 95 car parking spaces have
been planned as well as communal green areas, tree-lined streets and private gardens. Plans for a “large indoor community space for all residents to use” have also been included.
Derreb explained that the site is subject to a covenant dated November 5, 1956, which decrees that the land should only be used to build detached houses. However, the developer explained it would not be able to deliver the number of
homes required for the site by the London and local plans if they were all detached.
Derreb said: “To respect the old covenant as much as possible these emerging proposals place detached houses along the northern and western edges of the site, where the land borders the Blackheath Conservation Area. This ensures that the new development protects the character of the conservation area.”
The developer also said that the two apartment buildings located closest to the site’s western boundary will be designed to look like “large, detached houses, rather than obvious blocks of flats”.
To find out more, share your views and to register for the consultation events, visit the Moorehead Way project website mooreheadway.communityuk.site
Residents moving into the estimated 15,000 homes in a brand-new town being built in Thamesmead, should be aware that they might have to contend with significant aircraft noise, writes Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter...
New analysis has suggested that both Thamesmead here in Greenwich and Crews Hill in Enfield sit beneath flight paths from two of the capital’s major airports.
The two major developments were shortlisted by the government’s New Towns Taskforce earlier this year.
Those expecting live on a peaceful Waterfront in Thamesmead may end up facing noise levels of up to 82 decibels (dBA) between 3am and
10pm, the same as a diesel lorry, according to My Flight Path, an aviation impact analysis service.
“Thamesmead sits beneath converging flight paths from both London City Airport and Heathrow approach routes,” the report, seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), states.
“With London City planning to extend operating hours and Heathrow’s third runway approved at £49 billion,
aircraft movements over Greenwich will significantly increase.”
The same analysis found those in Crews Hill won’t be that much better off, with future residents facing noise levels of up to 77 dBA, the same as a washing machine.
This is due to the planned New Town sitting below the flight paths for Stansted and Luton airport – both of which are set to expand further, sending more planes over north
Andrew Boff, a Conservative Assembly Member who sits on the cross-party committee said people need to be made aware to aviod being ‘miss-sold’
The World Health Organisation states that aircraft noise above 45 dBA at night causes sleep disturbance and increases risks of cardiovascular disease.
Based on research showing that property values decrease by 0.5-0.6 per cent for every decibel of aircraft noise above this threshold, a typical £420,000 home in Thamesmead could lose up to £84,000 in value, and up to £73,500 in Crews Hill.
Jono Oates, Co-Founder of My Flight Path, told the LDRS: “Crews Hills location makes it among the worst of all New Towns sites. At 77 dBA, outdoor conversation becomes difficult, children’s learning is impaired, and sleep disruption is virtually guaranteed during flight operations.
“While planners focus on transport links, schools, and ground infrastructure, aircraft noise exposure has received minimal attention in public consultations or environmental assessments.
“This isn’t about stopping development – it’s about being honest with Enfield residents about what they’ll face. For Enfield, this is one of the largest developments by home numbers, meaning the financial impact is enormous: up to £1.85 billion in lost property value.
“That’s wealth that should stay in North London families’ pockets.”
Last week a member of the New Towns Taskforce told the London Assembly that Crews Hill and Thamesmead, if successful, could “show the way” for other sites in London to be developed.
The London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee is currently investigating how the two New Towns will best fit in London and what their impact will be on the capital.
Andrew Boff, a Conservative Assembly Member who sits on the cross-party committee, told the LDRS: “Whilst we’re pleased that new homes are to be built for Londoners at a time when the Mayor is falling short of his responsibilities, we want to be sure that any new housing is of good quality, in appropriate areas, and will support existing developments.
“That the New Town at Thamesmead will suffer from high volumes and loss of property value is something which needs to be taken into account before any new homeowners are miss-sold properties and end up trapped in a town they can’t escape.”
Overall, the analysis from My Flight Path found that found that 11 of the 12 locations recommended by the Government’s New Towns Taskforce – which together could yield 250,000 new homes – will be significantly affected by aircraft noise, with the worst-off being Leeds South Bank.
Only the planned 10,000 home regeneration in Plymouth will be unaffected.
The borough saw a 10.2 per cent increase in the number of health and safety incidents during the same time period, with abuse accounting for 57.4 per cent of all incidents.
According to a council report, one human bite incident and one assault by pupil/client on another pupil/client were recorded for the first time, while assaults by members of the public on library staff remained the same as the previous period (October 2023 to September 2024).
The report went on to state that extra steps are being taken regarding CCTV and the identification of offenders will soon start.
A Banning Policy is also in place which the library service uses alongside Byelaws. During a health and safety committee meeting this month Sidra Hill-Reid, Head of Community Education and Cultural Assets, said a majority of incidents are occurring at Catford
Verbal and threatening abuse accounted for more than half of health and safety incidents reported across Lewisham’s libraries between October 2024 and September 2025, writes Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter...
Library with many being driven by anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Ms Hill-Reid told committee members: “Library staff do deal with an increased amount of ASB, whether it be around using the toilets and them being misused for drug use – security staff and library staff will try and intervene and say, look, you know, because we end up with the toilets being vandalised and then shut to the public and they’re one of the only public
toilets in the area for people.
“So it’s really important that we can maintain a safe environment for library users and for our staff.
“So, really, that’s what it’s been down to and it is a startling amount of incidents that we report and that our staff experience on a daily basis.
“We issue banning letters as well to ensure that, again, we can enforce a safe environment for
library users and our staff.”
Later on in the meeting, Ms HillReid said: “Libraries are one of the only remaining places that are free at the point of access and we view them as Andrew Carnegie did, as the people’s palaces.
“They are the only place people can go to to just be, to read a book, to engage in some form of creativity, to have digital access, to get information, and we don’t want to lose that. We never
want to lose that for people.”
She added: “But people do need to respect the library Byelaws so that they can continue to be free, engaging, welcoming environments for everybody.”
Cllr Laura Cunningham, who sits on the health and safety committee, later said: “We take our grandchild now to the Rhyme Time [at Catford Library] once a week, and it is absolutely delightful and it’s full of really lovely little tots joining in with a really great officer from Lewisham Council running it.
“Every time I’ve been there, it is full of people who are enjoying the library and enjoying the books. So if you go at that time on a Monday morning, you don’t see ASB.”
She added: “The staff are really lovely and the loos are clean, so I don’t want people who might be watching this at home to think, well, that sounds an absolute dump. It absolutely isn’t.”
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Last week I did what was an introductory article in response to a request for some information about Kidbrooke Village. I hope that article last week wasn’t too boring but I felt I ought to give a bit of background and also explain why it’s quite a difficult area to write about. I have a lot of information, but was a bit perplexed as to how I could put it in a sensible order.
Perhaps I should start with why it’s called ‘Kidbrook’. It seems that it means’ kite brook’. Michael Egan, who wrote a booklet ‘Kidbrook’, gives a list of 40 variants on the name of this bird going back to 1115. Most writers have assumed that it means the bird we now know as a ‘red kite’, which may have
frequented what was then marshy land. Kidbrook fundamentally consisted of land around a network of streams running on the western slopes of Shooters Hill. Three main streams have been identified and writers on the area have described their various routes flowing west and south until they
reach the river Quaggy, which then joins the river Ravensbourne near Lewisham Station – and flows on to become Deptford Creek.
I thought it might be interesting if I also followed the courses of these three rivers and see what lay along their routes; how they impacted on the area and how it has grown and changed. Although stretches of the most southerly of these streams, the Lower Kidbrook, are still open in the fields alongside Kidbrook Park Road, most of the streams are now buried underground. We can’t see them but it doesn’t mean they’re not still there. Road names often refer to them and also the marshy nature of the area.
I thought I should start with the Upper Kidbrook, which was the most northerly of these streams and ran through the farmland south of the Dover Road, the A2. It appears that most of this stream is buried and there is virtually nothing to see of it ,so I hope that what I have written is comprehensible as there is virtually nothing to see above ground and the information
about it is patchy, to put it mildly. I have been reliant on an article and notes by Michael Egan made in the 1970s before the motorway was built, by information in Neil Rhind’s encyclopaedic works on Blackheath and a similar attempt to follow the stream by the current blogger, Running Past. I’ve been working away on it and it’s going to be much longer than I thought, so there will be lots of episodes and I might end up venturing extensively into Lewisham.
The Upper Kid Brook is said to originate in a marshy area near the corner junction of Hervey and Begbie Roads. Although the 19th century Ordnance map evidence doesn’t really bear this out but shows a stream running south from the main road. However I will stick with what the various writers on the stream have said and go to this corner junction, which is also the corner of a large stretch of open land which is used by Blackheath Rugby Club.
This field has an interesting recent history. Throughout much of the 20th century it was the sports field for the Harvey factory
which was then in Woolwich Road on the East Greenwich and Charlton border. Charlton Athletic are also said to have trained there. The Rugby Club manages this old playing field as a community resource and for its own purposes.
I have always thought that factory playing fields are interesting creating a huge social infrastructure which we have now lost - their demise as factories have closed has added to our increasing social isolation. Harvey’s field is only of many playing we will encounter as I look at the various streams in the Kidbrook area.
I wrote quite a bit about Harvey works here in Weekender a couple of years ago. They were a metal fabricating company originally specialising in ‘holes’ - perforated metal - I had a copy of a thick catalogue full of hundreds of holes they could produce in metal. They also made some very large metal objects like the huge dishes at the Goonhilly radio communications centre. There is a film showing one of their fractionating towers being taken
to Scotland by road which I would very much recommend – it’s on YouTube.
Their Greenwich factory closed in 1977 and the sports field was sold to the Inner London Education Authority, who wanted to build a school for children who were physically unable to access normal education. This school was never built and the old playing fields remained unused except by locals for dog walking and local children to run about. I very much remember debates at Greenwich Council in the 2000s when use of the site was considered and locals campaigned for it to remain a community resource – leading to its current management by Blackheath Rugby Charitable Trust. I remember making a speech about it at a Council meeting - but what I had to say is of no relevance here.
Whatever! The Upper Kid Brook seems to have risen from the playing field area. The most recent writer that I’m aware of on the Kidbrooke streams is the blogger ‘Running Past’. They have actually managed to identify a spot which looks as though it’s the place a watercourse could run. But there is a remarkable lack of information about the next section of the Upper Kidbrook and we must assume that it is somewhere underground in a pipe or whatever and invisible from the mid 19th century. There has been almost nothing on any map that I have seen which shows or even hints at its course.
By Dr Mary Mills
Michael Egan said that he worked out the route of the brook from maps in the sewer records at Greenwich Council. He was researching pre-1980 and such records may not be available now.
It seems Hervey Road followed the line of the stream when it was developed in the mid 19th century. The sewers were laid in 1870 but development seems to have been confined to the north side of the road. Following it leads us next to Eastbrook Road – one of many ‘brook’ names in the area as we will see. Running Past blogger points out there is a dip in Eastbrook Avenue which must indicate the path of the brook. The late Neil Rhind pointed out that ‘Eastbrook’ is not the original name
n THE EARLY EAST LONDON GAS INDUSTRY: HOW IT BEGAN AND HOW IT HELPED LONDON INDUSTRIES TO GROW. The gas industry in early 19th century London - all the incompetence and all the scandals. Also explores how gas industry waste products were taken up and used by other industries. £15
n GEORGE LIVESEY - A BIOGRAPHY. The life of South London’s maverick 19th century gas works manager, who forced the privately owned industry to work in partnership with the public and with its workforce. There is nothing in the industry he didn’t change. This is about a man who wanted to change society – but in 1889 got it very wrong. £10. Illustrated. £15
of the road and that it was changed in 1870. That change of name must indicate an awareness of the stream in this area.
In Volume III of his great work on Blackheath Neil Rhind gave a lot of detail about the farmland through which the Kidbrook streams ran before development in the late 19th century. There were a number of farms in the area but very little information about which farm covered which particular piece of land. Neil makes it clear that several of them were under one management and he also discusses some of the crops grown there. This was not in any way subsistence farming but businesses growing for sales in the adjacent urban areas or in central London. I think it very likely that they were selling to, or under contract to Greenwich Palace and later to the Royal Hospital.
Working westwards the next road we come to after Eastbrook is, or was, Woodville Road. Neil Rhind says that some houses were built here in the 19th century, when no.2b was occupied by a Thomas Clack
n SHIPBUILDING IN GREENWICH – A shortish run through those who built ships in our borough and what they built on. It covers two Royal Dockyards, to those who built single sailing barges, and those who built into the 1990s. £10
n THE GREENWICH RIVERSIDE – UPPER WATERGATE TO ANGERSTEIN. A siteby-site description of the Greenwich Riverside between Deptford to Charlton. This is not yet another description of Royal Greenwich but looks at riverside communities, industries and river workers – as well less known site histories. £15
who was chief electrician on cable ships for TELCOM. The road was apparently renamed Rochester Way in the 1930s but was later removed for the A2 motorway.
A small relic of Woodville Road can be found in Woodville Close which can be reached via a brick lined corridor alongside the motorway from Hervey Road to a small enclave of housing. No mention is made of the brook here.
The next feature today on the presumed route of the brook is a major obstruction - the A2 motorway heading for Dover. It emerges into Kidbrook from the beneath the roundabout which it entered as the Blackwall Tunnel Approach road. It dates from the early 1980s and was constructed after Michael Egan’s booklet was written. I suppose a future researcher into the line of the Upper Kid Brook would find much information in the records of the construction of this section of the motorway since it must pass underneath it. The motorway itself runs below ground level in a cut - as I recall this was to cut traffic noise
n THE INDUSTRIES OF DEPTFORD CREEK. A siteby-site description of this amazingly busy Creekside between its mouth with the Thames and the Lewisham border. It includes industries of national importance, from the medieval to electronics pioneers - and the downright quirky. £15
n GREENWICH PENINSULA - GREENWICH MARSH. A HISTORY OF AN INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND. This is a rewrite of my all-time bestseller Greenwich Marsh, to include the Dome. It describes the history of the Marsh and the industries which grew up there in the 19th century, including Enderby Wharf and the telecommunications revolution, as well as the amazing gas works and much else. £10
following a campaign undertaken by lady members of Greenwich Communist Party. Unlike now, there were no yoga classes in the 1980s to distract them.
Before the motorway was built we could continue to follow the line of Hervey Road. Once across the motorway Hervey Road has been renamed ‘Annesley Road’ and it takes us to Kidbrook Park Road. Neil Rhind gives some interesting information on occupants of the road given the RAF’s use of land to the south and in the Second World War. At no.10 was the Colquhoun family – Cecil Colquhoun was Director General of Aircraft Production from 1941. Earlier 10 had been the home of Sir Ernest Swinton ‘responsible more than anyone else for the development of the tank in modern warfare’.. At no.11 was Lt. Col. Charles Phipps, Director of Factory Safety during the Great War. At no.15 William Mosses, a leading trade unionist in federating craft unions in the Great War period.
To be continued...
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) ELTHAM GREEN ROAD AREA PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Southern Gas Networks who need to carry out mains replacement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 9th March 2026 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 11 weeks. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Shawbrooke Road and Messent Road at the junction of Eltham Green Road and Jeken Road from the junction of Eltham Green Road to the junction of Ealdham Square, and to prohibit parking in the Birdbrook Road opposite Boyd Way in the grass hatched bay area.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Only on closure will be active at any one time
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 30/01/2026
INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA: 496788, 497288, 497289 FN877 /LIC No 75739 / 30/01/2026 10:10
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) ROCHESTER WAY PLANNED CYCLE LANE CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out valve exchange.
2. The Order will come into operation on 5th March 2026 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit cyclists from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in the cycle lane on Rochester Way outside 235.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation, no traffic diversion will be required. Cyclists will be required to dismount, as indicated by the placement of appropriate signage. All prohibitions shall remain in force; Pedestrians shall not be affected, and vehicular access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central. Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 30/01/2026
INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA496024 FN882 /LIC No 75747 / 30/01/2026 15:00
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) ABBEY WOOD ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Southern Gas Networks who need to make repairs to the gas main.
2. The Order will come into operation on 13/03/26 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 27 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Abbey Wood Road outside 27-31
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 17/10/25
INTERNAL REF: PL /LA 493272 FN 839 / 75042
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WOODVILLE CLOSE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Uk Power Networks who need to install a new supply.
2. The Order will come into operation on 5th March 2026 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 9 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Woodville Close opposite 9.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not be diverted as this is a dead end. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 16/02/26
INTERNAL REF: LA497760 FN891
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) PENMON ROAD
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water to complete sewer cleaning.
2. The Order will come into operation on 01/03/26 21:00 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 night. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Penmon Road at the side of 2.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 06/02/26
INTERNAL REF: PL / LA 498952 FN 886 / Lic. No: 75794
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) WILTON ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out nighttime sewer cleaning.
2. The Order will come into operation on 15/03/26 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 nights. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Wilton Road at the side of 2.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 04/12/25
INTERNAL REF: PL / LA 495769 FN 850 / Lic. No: 75421
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - Section 14(1) PEARTREE WAY PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1)of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by UKPOWER NETWORKS whoneed to carry out the installation of a new service.
2. The Order will come into operation on 14/02/2026 and would continue to be valid for 18 months.However, the works are expected to be completed by 27/02/2026. The duration of the Order can beextended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit cyclists from entering, exiting, proceeding, orwaiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), on Peartree Way, Greenwich on thecycle lane adjacent to the filling station.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage.Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and cyclist access will be available at otherparts of the cycle path.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at thedirection of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehiclesbeing used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall beindicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich Directorate ofCommunities and Environment and Central via email to street.works@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ INTERNAL REF - EM/ EC40041786799 /LIC No 75714 / LA 497431 / FN 880
Royal Borough of Greenwich Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.
If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.
Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.
Please quote the appropriate reference number.
Date: 25/2/2026
Victoria Goghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 25/2/2026
Publicity for Planning Applications
Applicant: Riverside House West Limited 25/3415/MA
Site Address: RIVERSIDE HOUSE, WOOLWICH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE18 6BU
Development: Application submitted under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in respect of planning permission 24/2813/F dated 13 October 2025 for: "Demolition of link structure and removal of external staircase, refurbishment and extensions of existing buildings, comprising Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Sui Generis) with ancillary spaces, external amenity space, basement cycle store with plant and ground floor commercial/café floorspace (Use Class E), and comprising Hotel (Use Class C1) with ancillary spaces and ground floor commercial retail floorspace (Use Class E), public realm works, along with associated plant space, refuse/recycling store, landscaping, servicing zones, disabled car parking, cycle parking and associated works" to vary Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) and Condition 3 (Maximum Floor Space Restrictions) and to add a new condition regarding development phasing. The proposed variations comprise: alterations to the approved drawings to provide an additional storey; revisions to the PBSA western building including a curtain wall treatment to the north-east corner, amended internal escape route with omission of external steps, relocation/reconfiguration of cycle refuse/plant accommodation from basement to ground floor with associated ground floor/mezzanine reconfiguration and minor southern ground floor projection; relocation of the access ramp to the north-east with consequential amendments to the raised terrace, trees and landscaping; provision of additional green roofs; a chamfered garden wall to facilitate access; relocation of one blue badge parking space; amendments to refuse storage capacity (85L per unit basis); and amended cycle parking provision including additional stands and e-bike spaces. (Re-consultation)
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Applicant: Orbit Construction Ltd
25/3679/F
Site Address: 93 PRINCE HENRY ROAD, LONDON, SE7 8PJ
Development: Construction of a two-storey detached dwelling with private amenity. (Re-consultation)
Conservation Area: ADJACENT TO CHARLTON VILLAGE
Applicant: Building Property Management LTD
26/0009/HD
Site Address: 274 WELL HALL ROAD, ETLHAM, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE9 6UG
Development: Construction of a single storey rear infill extension and all other associated works.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: RTB Roofing Ltd
26/0059/F
Site Address: 30 PHINEAS PETT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RH
Development: Replacement of roof tiles and associated works.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Jonathan Page 26/0173/HD
Site Address: 25 HUMBER ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7LS
Development: Reconstruction and reroofing of the existing alleyway to the east of the dwelling, reconstruction of the existing rear infill extension with the addition of a glass bay to the existing rear outrigger extension and new proposed rear patio with other associated works.
[Re-consultation, Amended description]
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: Ms Simmons 26/0176/HD
Site Address: 50 POINT HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QL
Development: Construction of a single storey rear side infill extension, addition of roof covering to existing rear extension and associated works [Amended description, re-consultation].
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: MEPA Automotive Gmbh 26/0189/MA
Site Address: 122 HUMBER ROAD, BLACKHEATH, SE3 7LX
Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 16/12/2022 (Reference 22/0519/F) for 'Demolition of existing garage and construction of a 2-storey dwelling with associated works.' to allow for:
- Deletion of Condition 16 (Car-Free Development)
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: The Hyde Group 26/0276/F
Site Address: 50 GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EN
Development: Replacement of the existing timber front door with a FD30 fire door replacement.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: NTA Planning LLP 26/0300/HD
Site Address: 30 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH
Development: Retrospective installation of two retractable bollards at front driveway, two external security lighting on side elevation of the existing property and a sauna pod.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: Mr Perrott 26/0302/HD
Site Address: 31 BUSHMOOR CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EG
Development: Replacement of existing roof covering to main roof in matching tiles.
Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE
Applicant: Mr Adrian Fleet 26/0315/HD
Site Address: 46 THE KEEP, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0AF
Development: Construction of a single-storey rear extension and the addition of a detached garden room office and an enclosure for air source heat pump.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Mr Richard Perrott
26/0370/HD
Site Address: 31 BUSHMOOR CRESCENT, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3EG
Development: Proposed conversion of existing garage with associated internal and external alterations.
Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE
Applicant: The Hyde Group 26/0388/F
Site Address: 62 AND 62A GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EN
Development: Replacement of the existing front timber door with like for like white timber FD30 fire door.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Day Group Ltd 26/0392/F
Site Address: LAND AT MURPHY’S WHARF, LOMBARD WALL, GREENWICH, LONDON SE7 7SH
Development: Reconfiguration and additions to existing C&D plant and storage areas including erection of unprocessed glass storage area enclosure (enclosed on three sides and covered) and other ancillary plant items, conveyors and structures, to additionally allow for screening and cleaning of glass (as well as continued recycling of C&D waste); Installation of feed ramp, belt feeder and hopper for existing HBM plant; and works associated with provision of sealed drainage system (Retrospective application). IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Applicant: Mr Tingle 26/0409/HD
Site Address: ERNEST COTTAGE, PEYTON PLACE, LONDON, SE10 8RS
Development: Loft conversion with a roof terrace.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: Wireless Infrastructure Group 26/0411/T3
Site Address: TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST, EAGLESFIELD ROAD, SHOOTERS HILL, LONDON, SE18
Development: The removal and replacement of 3no. antennas and installation of 3no. new antennas; plus, ancillary thereto development. (Re-consultation - Amendment to site address)
Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE
Applicant: LHG Greenwich Ltd 26/0487/SD
Site Address: FORMER GREENWICH MAGISTRATES COURT (INCLUDING REAR CAR PARK), 7-9 BLACKHEATH ROAD & 2 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8PE Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 7 (Method Statement) of planning permission 25/3916/MA dated 12/01/2026
Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE
Publicity for Listed Building Consent
Applicant: NTA Planning LLP 26/0301/L Site Address: 30 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH Development: Retrospective installation of two retractable bollards at front driveway, two external security lighting on side elevation of the existing property and a sauna pod.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich proposes to make the above-mentioned Order under sections 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Order will be to:
(a) add the following to a list of ‘car free’ developments which are ineligible for parking permits, unless a resident or business user of that property is a disabled person’s badge holder:
(i) No. 8 and 9 Masons Hill;
(ii) Nos. 265 (Flats 1-9) Greenwich High Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits; (iii) Nos. 27, 29 and 31 Morden Street, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits; (iv) Nos. 86, 88 and 90 Lewisham Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits;
(v) Nos. 69 and 71 Calvert Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits; (vi) Nos. 35 (Flats 1-8) and 37 Greenwich Park Street, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits; (vii) No. 475 Footscray Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits.
3. Copies of the proposed Orders, the statement of reasons for proposing to make the Orders and plans showing the proposals, along with a copy of the Consolidation Orders can be inspected during normal office hours on Monday to Fridays inclusive at the Woolwich Centre Library, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ.
4. Further information may be obtained from Traffic Team, Floor 3, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ or email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 02-26 Car Free Developments).
5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 18th March 2026, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 02-26 Car Free Developments).
6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection and all data will be handled according to GDPR regulations.
Director of Communities, Environment and Central
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 25th February 2026
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to update the Street Trading License Standard Conditions in accordance with section 27(3) of the London Local Authority Act 1990, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders will apply to Street Trading Licenses, on the occasion of its grant or renewal, with effect from 1st April 2026.
3. Copies of the proposed Orders and the statement of reasons for proposing to make the Orders can be inspected during normal office hours on Monday to Fridays inclusive at the Woolwich Centre Library, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ.
4. Further information may be obtained from the Street Trading and Markets team, Floor 2, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ or email to street-trading@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 24th March 2026 specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to street-trading@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection and all data will be handled according to GDPR regulations.
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February 2026
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is proposing 50 new onstreet cycle hangars to help more people travel by bike.
Many residents do not have space to store a bike safely at home. This can put people off cycling. The proposals aim to remove that barrier by providing secure on-street storage in locations requested by residents.
To take this forward, the council is launching a statutory consultation on Traffic Management Orders, known as TMOs, which are needed to formally approve the proposed sites. The 50 locations have been identified through resident demand and local engagement. One site has been amended and moved to a nearby street following feedback from a previous consultation.
At this stage, the consultation is seeking views on whether the TMOs should be made. It does not approve installation or confirm delivery timescales.
The consultation runs from 18 February to 11 March 2026. Residents and stakeholders can view the plans and submit objections in writing, clearly stating the grounds for objection: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ cycle-hangers
Paper copies of the plans and notices are available to view at Woolwich Centre Library during normal opening hours. Notices will also be displayed on affected streets and advertised in the London Gazette and the Greenwich Weekender. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk