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On Tuesday 27 January, the council brought members of our communities across all faiths together to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
Holocaust Memorial Day is marked each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.



After over 120 applications, the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Creative Programme Partner Tramshed have recruited 24 talented young people to steer the borough’s Cultural Impact Award, part of the Mayor of London’s London Borough of Culture programme.
Steering board member Ethan Quao, 18, who performs as Etz, was joined by jazz trumpeter Byron Wallen at City Hall to showcase what’s to come. The duo took to the stage together to perform original compositions ‘Spirit of Bilal’ (Wallen) and ‘Met You’ (Etz), alongside fellow award-winning borough’s Barnet and Merton.
Councillor Sandra Bauer, Cabinet Member for Equality, Culture and Communities, said: “Our Cultural Impact Award programme puts young people in the driver’s seat. They’ll decide who we work with, what we do and how we do it, all while getting paid and developing their creative skills.
“We’re removing barriers so that every young person can reach their full potential, and all of our successful steering board candidates are from underrepresented backgrounds. Thanks to our brilliant industry partners, all based
in Greenwich, our young panellists will gain invaluable experience to help them on their journey to becoming the creative leaders of tomorrow and shaping the future of culture and heritage in our borough and beyond.
“Keep an eye on our social media channels for details of our kick-off event in June - we can’t wait to see what Ethan and the rest of our brilliant young board members deliver!”
Steering Board Member Ethan Quao, said: “Through working with Tramshed, I’ve met people, grown and learned in a way I always dreamed of. I became connected to people and to my home, so to represent that as part of the Cultural Impact Award is special to me. Music is my way of expressing myself...I want to create events where people can find a safe space to share their experiences, meet people and try new things. I’m so excited for what’s next and honoured to be here!”
The Cultural Impact Award is part of a £2.3million investment into arts and culture in the Royal Borough of Greenwich as part of the council’s Getting Things Done programme.
Find out more: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/cultural-impact-launch
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Join the Queer History Club for a FREE evening celebrating LGBTQ+ History at the National Maritime Museum. The club is an informal, community-centred research group who meet monthly to discuss queer maritime history. There are a range of speakers each session, with some of the upcoming topics including hidden queer icons, Victorian gender presentation and the Dutch East India Company’s ‘sodomites’. No historical expertise is required, but passions and special interests are encouraged.
Date: Thursday 12 February
Time: 18:00 - 21:30
Location: National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF Tickets: Free
Head to Woolwich Works to see The Very Busy Bumblebee this February, a family ballet performance about friendship and looking after our planet. The Let’s All Dance Ballet Company will bring the story of to life with a mixture of movement and laughter. It follows Mr Grumpy the Gardener, who is a litter bug, and is taught how to look after the planet by the Very Busy Bumblebee. The show is suitable for all ages, especially for children aged 0 to 8.
Date: Saturday 14 February
Time: Three performances at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00. Each performance lasts 35 minutes.
Location: Woolwich Works (Ropekeepers Studio), 11 No.1 Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HD
Price: £11.50 per ticket or £28 for a family ticket (two adults and two children) https://www.woolwich.works/events/the-very-busy-bumblebee


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In the Dark at the Cutty Sark is a unique and romantic Valentine’s performance, featuring 30 world-class musicians, in the depths of the ship’s hull. The hour-long performance of live music is held in total darkness, with no phones and no distractions. Attendees will be seated throughout the performance and given a sleep mask at the start for full immersion. The music is not confined to a stage, instead performers will roam around the audience and surround listeners in different ways throughout the experience. The night is described by organisers as “intimate” and “three-dimensional”, with some music you may recognise and some you won’t. The theme for the night is ‘life and love’ and is happening one night only.
Date: Friday 13 February
Time: Performances at 19:15 - 20:15 and 21:15 - 22:15
Location: Cutty Sark, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9HT
Tickets: Starting from £35 per ticket https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/cutty-sark/in-the-dark
The Fan Museum in Greenwich will be hosting a rehearsed reading of A Gift of Love, a new play about Jane Austen and her great-grandnephew, Blackheath resident, E. C. Lefroy. Writer Wayne Adrian Drew, discovered that Lefroy was formerly a resident of his home on Shooter’s Hill Road. Through further research he discovered Lefroy’s impressive poetry, prose, and complex life story. A tale comparable to that of his greatgrand-aunt, Jane Austen’s, own thwarted love affair, A Gift of Love throws new light on a poignant hidden history. The museum marked the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death in December 2025 with an exhibition called ‘Fans in the Age of Jane Austen’. The door will open for the evening from 18:45, with time for pre-show refreshments and an out-of-hours look around the exhibition before the reading. The performance will begin promptly in the Orangery at 7:30pm.
Date: Saturday 14 February
Time: 18:45 - 20:45
Location: The Fan Museum, 12 Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ER
Tickets: £20
www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/events/a-gift-of-love-a-valentines-dayreading-2026
The Queen’s House in Greenwich will be transformed into a space of queer creativity and celebration this February as Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched… Unapologetic! returns for LGBTQ+ History Month, writes Evie Flynn…





On 27 February, the evening will bring together performers and historians for a night of ‘queer liberation’, blending cabaret, storytelling and activism.
Held annually at the Queen’s House, this year’s theme, Unframed, Unstitched… Unapologetic!, centres on authentic identities that have often been overlooked or constrained by history.
It will be hosted by resident drag king and queen Adam All and Apple Derrieres, who will lead a full cabaret programme. Tickets are priced at £18 for adults and £16 for members, with advance booking required.
Highlights include a gallery takeover by the Bold Mellon Collective and sessions from Queer History Club.
In the lead-up to the main event, Royal Museums Greenwich is also offering a free queer costuming workshop,
where participants can get their costume ready for the big night.
The hands-on workshop explores how design tells a story, through colour, texture and character. Drawing inspiration from the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, attendees will rework discarded fabrics and plastics into bold costume pieces inspired by maritime and queer histories.
Accessibility is central to the event, with BSL interpretation and audio description available throughout the evening.
Date: 27 February 2026
Time: 19.00 – 23.00
Price: £18 standard and £16 for members
Location: Queen’s House, Romney Rd, Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF URL: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whatson/queens-house/fierce-queensunframed-unstitched-unapologetic
Plans to build London’s largest theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula have been approved, writes Cameron Blackshaw, Local Democracy Reporter...
Greenwich Council gave the green light to the borough’s very own ‘National Theatre’ at a meeting of its Planning Board on January 20.
The new 3,000 capacity theatre, split across two 1,500-seat auditoriums, will be built on a patch of land on the east side of the peninsula, adjacent to the cable car station.
It will become the capital’s biggest theatre by capacity, besting the 2,359seat London Coliseum in the West End which currently holds the title.
The plans were put forward by Troubadour Theatres which currently owns and operates two London venues, one in Wembley Park and the other in Canary Wharf.
The Canary Wharf site opened last October and is home to the first-ever theatrical adaptation of the book and film series The Hunger Games, while Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is currently playing in Wembley.
The approval of the plans was welcomed by Troubadour. The theatre company’s joint founders and CEOs Oliver Royds and Tristan Baker said:

“At Troubadour, we are driven by a belief in creating extraordinary spaces that inspire artists, audiences, and the stories they come together to share.
“Securing planning permission for the new Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula Theatre marks a major milestone for us, and an exciting new chapter in our commitment to bold, large-scale live performance.
“Following the success of our Canary Wharf Theatre and the world’s first stage adaptation of The Hunger Games , the opening of Greenwich Peninsula Theatre will further expand London’s cultural landscape. We are proud to be investing in the future of theatre –creating versatile, ambitious spaces designed to host landmark productions
Here’s your chance to give a group in your neighbourhood up to £35,000
Greenwich residents have until Sunday February 8 to vote on who should get it
Residents in Greenwich can now vote for a group in their neighbourhood to get up to £35,000 from money collected by the council from developers, writes Tom Appleby…
and deliver unforgettable experiences for audiences for years to come.”
Planning permission for the new Troubadour Theatre has only been granted for a temporary period of 10 years, after which the land will eventually be used to build residential tower blocks as per the Greenwich Peninsula Masterplan.
At the January 20 meeting, Sylvia Williams spoke in support of the theatre plans on behalf of the Greenwich Millennium Village Residents Association. She said the new venue would be a “welcome addition… to the cultural life of the Greenwich Peninsula” and called upon the council to add a condition that would allow the theatre to
Voting is now open for the largest Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund on record.
Residents can cast three votes to help sponsor their favourite projects, which could include anything from regenerating green spaces, renovating community buildings and supporting local sports teams.
From a £1 million pot of cash, subsidised by local developers through the Community Infrastructure Levy, residents have 150 projects to choose from.
Grants between £2,500 and £35,000 will be given out, but residents have only days left to decide.
The money will be split equally across the Royal Borough with a £250,000 allocated in these four areas: i) Eltham and Kidbrooke, ii) Blackheath, Greenwich and Greenwich Peninsula, iii) Charlton and Woolwich, and iv) Abbey Wood, Plumstead and Thamestead.
The fund was launched in 2017 with £2.5 million awarded to 157 projects in the last eight years.

be used by local schools.
Ms Williams concluded: “A theatre could be a valuable and positive addition to the peninsula if it is delivered with clear commitments to education, community access and responsible traffic planning. With the right conditions, it can become a cultural asset that genuinely serves the local community and local people.”
When asked about the possibility of allowing the theatre to be used by the community, Troubadour’s Chief Operating Officer Rowley Gregg said it was a “key desire” of Troubadour to support Greenwich residents. He spoke of the Troubadour Trust which uses 50p of every ticket sold at a Troubadour venue to support
locals via workshops, ticket schemes for schools and charities.
Mr Gregg also said the theatre would likely take nine months to complete once construction begins in June.
Cllr David Gardner described the theatre proposal as “excellent” in terms of what it offered culturally to Greenwich, although he did have some misgivings about what he considered to be the “boxy” design of the building itself.
Cllr Tamasin Rhymes was more fond of the look. She said: “I quite like the idea of our own National Theatre. I quite like the design. I very much welcome the cultural benefits, the jobs and the training.”

Once the votes are cast this year, the council will formally announce which projects have been selected in March. Residents have until Sunday 8 February to cast their votes. Vote here: https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/
Plans to build housing on Blackheath station car park have been put on hold after Lewisham Council requested stronger evidence on the impact the proposals could have on the local economy, writes Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter..
At the end of a four-hour meeting with Lewisham Council’s Planning Committee on Tuesday evening (January 27), councillors concluded that they did not have all of the information they needed to make a fully informed decision on the plans.
A Lewisham Council spokesperson said: “Deferring the application ensures residents’ concerns can be properly considered and any decision is taken with a full understanding of the likely effects on local businesses and the wider area.
“Our priority is securing the best possible outcome for Blackheath.”
Community opposition is well over 1,000 and includes Hollywood movie stars
The proposals, to build 45 new homes on the car park site, had attracted 1,202 objections and had seen Hollywood movie stars including Jude Law and Dominic Cooper as well as local public figures speak out against the plans.
The plans would see the car park, which currently consists of 162 spaces, reduced to just 17. According to a council document, two out of the 17 spaces would be designated disabled spaces.
Developer Acorn Property Group said its scheme would bring “substantial public benefits” which “outweigh the low level of harm identified.”
However those who had objected to the plans had raised several concerns relating to the affordable housing on offer, the impact the loss of parking would have on local businesses and footfall, the scale of development, loss of light and the impact construction work would have on a local school.
Two open letters, signed by dozens of local businesses and a third open letter backed by “notable individuals with a connection to Blackheath” urged the council not to accept the plans.
Dominic Cooper, who starred in Mamma Mia and The History Boys and grew up in Blackheath, said local people who object are not “anti-development.”
He added: “They are instead demanding development that is fair, responsible, and puts local people at the heart of decision-making. To plough ahead with a proposal of this size, that provides so little social and affordable housing, that prioritises developer profit, whilst ignoring overwhelming public opposition would amount to a
devastating betrayal of the electorate.”
The development would consist of 20 terraced homes and 25 flats which would be in one four-storey and five-storey block respectively.
Eight homes would be social rent, which equates to 21.3per cent affordable housing by habitable room and falls significantly below Lewisham Council’s strategic target of 50per cent affordable housing on developments with 10 or more homes.
Concerns had also been raised over the uncertainty around the future of the Blackheath Farmers’ Market, which operates in the car park every Sunday, as a temporary location during the construction phase had still not been found.
Before Tuesday’s planning meeting had started (January 27), a large crowd of protesters had gathered outside Lewisham Town Hall with placards which said “Blackheath deserves better” as they sang chants of “save our village”.
Acorn’s representative, Jacqui Macqueen, told Lewisham Council’s Planning Committee: “Whether it’s the integration of renewable energy, solar shading to avoid overheating or biodiversity-led landscaping, these principles have fundamentally informed our approach to Blackheath station car park.
“In short, we are committed to designing more than homes, we are passionate about helping create thoughtfully designed, sustainable communities that respect their settings and will stand the test of time.”
But those who spoke out in objection last night expressed concern over the impact the development could have on the existing community.
Local resident, Emma Theedom, whose house is directly attached to one of the proposed housing blocks, said her garden would see a significant drop in daylight and sunlight, and that several other neighbours in her street would also be impacted.
Emma said: “What’s currently proposed feels out of proportion and will have a significant negative impact on our homes. And in the case of Block A, all for just four flats, a commercial space and a penthouse suite that will benefit from the very light and privacy it deprives us of.”
Nick Ellis, from Ellis Butchers, who was speaking on behalf of Blackheath Village Businesses, said the uncertainty of where the Blackheath Farmers’ Market would temporarily move to during
A large crowd of protesters had gathered outside Lewisham Town Hall with placards which said “Blackheath deserves better” as they sang chants of “save our village”


construction was “deeply worrying”.
Nick said: “It makes us question whether there is even a suitable temporary location. Or if there is, whether it’ll be significantly smaller, fewer stalls, fewer visitors and far less footfall into the village.
“Either way, that is a serious problem for us because to many of us, this doesn’t feel like a temporary disruption, it feels like the beginning of the end of the market. And if the market goes, it’ll be disastrous for independent businesses and for Blackheath as a whole.”
He went on to explain that local businesses had “a very hard time” after the Covid-19 pandemic, and said he and others are only just getting back on their feet.
Blackheath is ‘A jewel in Lewisham’s crown’
Adam Oliver, a Blackheath Society Trustee, said: “You are presented with a proposal for 20 houses valued at £1.2 million each and flats valued at £860,000 each. The affordable housing proposal – as it stands – is well below policy. The developer has designed a high-end scheme and has pushed the envelope far too far.”
He continued: “The site is in a Conservation Area. A jewel in Lewisham’s crown. It is not a development site. It is obvious that the proposal neither

enhances nor protects it.” The committee then heard from two supporters, including a local resident who is raising his young family in the area who said, “we simply cannot afford to prioritise parking spaces over 45 new homes”.
Mark Handley, Director of London Farmers’ Market, who was speaking in support of the application, said: “This proposal offers a rare opportunity in London to provide a purpose-built public space for the market, which will be a permanent and secure home for the Blackheath Farmers’ Market for many years to come. This in itself is a significant benefit, guaranteeing the market’s future for everybody.”
The committee briefly retired from the meeting while councillors sought legal
advice and made their decision in private. Following the adjournment, Cllr James Rathbone proposed that the committee defer its decision on the current plans because more information was required.
Cllr Rathbone suggested a parking survey be carried out on peak commercial days and a report detailing commercial activity in the village and the impact the proposals would have on that. He also asked for a more detailed report regarding the market operation and access arrangements including emergency services.
Cllr Rathbone’s proposal was seconded by Cllr John Muldoon, and the decision to defer the application was unanimously agreed by all councillors sitting on the committee.
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The proposed DLR extension to Thamesmead may need to go at least one stop further to make the planned New Town “commercially viable”, the London Assembly has been told., writes Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter..
Last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the green light for the light rail line to cross the river into Thamesmead, with timeline estimates suggesting it could be built by the early 2030s.
However, Dr Thomas Aubrey, a visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, said the experience of building large projects in other major European cities suggests that the DLR extension may need to go further.
“One of the things I would just raise, particularly on the Thamesmead site, is that when you’re looking at the absolute costs of infrastructure, sometimes if you’re only doing a couple of stations in terms of an extension, you just
don’t make it commercially viable,” he told the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee.
“So a lot of the larger scale projects you can see across Europe, they often have to go a bit bigger to make those commercially viable.
“So if you’re looking at Thamesmead, actually extending it into Bexley may be actually necessary in order to make that up commercially viable proposition.”
Transport for London (TfL) currently plans to extend the line to two new stations – Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead – while leaving the possibility open for “potential further extension”. Bexley

Council and other stakeholders have previously called for a commitment to extend to Belvedere, though there are no current plans to do this.
He said it may not be possible to fund the new settlement through current various streams available to City Hall, such as Land Value Capture, and that the returns from building two stations is far less than it would be for “five or six”.
“One way of trying to ensure that it does get funded and financed and get off the ground is that you actually have to have a larger bit of infrastructure,” Dr Aubrey added.
The academic said the crucial first
step to ensuring a New Town would be a success would be to ensure infrastructure – especially transport – is built before homes, as it would mean future residents would not be stranded.
He added: “We have a bad example in this country of not putting the infrastructure in first. But if the station is there and then the houses start getting built – put the infrastructure in first.”
Kane Emerson, Head of Housing Research at the YIMBY Alliance, said a historic failure of this sort was Skelmersdale, which was designated as a New Town in 1961.
Mr Emerson said the settlement, which
sits between Wigan, Liverpool and Preston, was intended to be a place for working-class people who were then living in slums to move to a habitable place within commuting distance of Liverpool.
However, the Beeching Cuts closing the town’s train station, combined with the only major employer shutting down, meant residents had neither transport nor employment.
Lessons should be learned from Milton Keynes, Mr Emerson suggested, which has a train station with rapid connections to London, as well as being commutable by car to the Oxford-Cambridge corridor, opening up opportunities for residents.



Up to 15,000 homes could be built on the 100-hectare site in South East London which was shortlisted by the Government as one of 12 possible ‘New Towns’ across the country.
The project, which is being run by housing association Peabody, received a boost late last year when the Chancellor announced Central Government backing for a DLR extension to Thamesmead, with the station set to sit near the site.
However, it is still subject to final Government approval, with a decision set to be made in spring following a Strategic Environmental Assessment.
On Thursday (January 22) the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee visited the site as part of an investigation into how ‘New Towns’ would work in practice in London, with the Local Democracy Reporting Service joining the visit.
James Small-Edwards, the Labour Assembly Member who chairs the committee, said it was an “complete no-brainer” for the scheme to go forward in Thamesmead.
“You’ve got Peabody ready to go, you’ve go the DLR extension now
Thamesmead Waterfront must be approved as one of the Government’s ambitious ‘New Towns’ to help solve London’s housing crisis, ministers have been told, Harrison Galliven, Local Democracy Reporter...
approved by the Government – it’s a really exciting site, I think it’d be great for London,” he told the LDRS.
“It’s really important to bring down the number of people on housing waiting lists as well – I hope that we’ll get a stamp of approval in the spring.”
The capital is facing a substantial housing shortage, with more than 336,000 people currently on social housing waiting lists.
Meanwhile, the number of private homes being started by developers fell by 84 per cent between 2015 and 2025, something the Mayor of London has blamed on a “perfect storm” of factors making it more difficult to build.
However, Peabody say they are ready to start work at the Thamesmead site as soon as they receive Government approval, with their aim
being to construct 15,000 homes in land that is now unused.
Alongside Thamesmead, the other one of the 12 proposed schemes that sits within London is an expanded development bringing together Chase Park and Crews Hill in Enfield.
Mr Small-Edwards said the idea of New Towns is a “great way to meet the really ambitious housing targets” set by ministers and City Hall.
London is currently required to deliver 88,000 homes a year for the next decade to meet the capital’s needs.
He said the DLR extension announcement “shows how important transport infrastructure is” when it comes to delivering new homes in London, and suggested a similar proposal to extend the Bakerloo Line will have the same effect.
“That extension has been transformative and allowed them to bring forward a lot of homes, which are going to be really beneficial for Londoners,” he said.
“The main thing [with this project] is speed – this needs to start delivering homes. The ambition for this Government is for it to start doing so by the end of this Parliament.
“If we can get the approval, get the deliver model in, we can just let them build these houses and Londoners can start living in them.”
Thamesmead infamously underwent a botched development plan in the 1960s.
Intended to offer a new vision of urban living, including vast green spaces and elevated walkways, it ultimately failed due to a lack of infrastructure, including abandoned plans for a Jubilee Line extension to the area.
John Lewis, Executive Director at Peabody, said the context of developing the area was vastly different this time around, primarily down to the DLR extension announcement.
“Whilst the land’s always been there and has had the opportunity for development, it’s always had to be at a much lower scale because there wasn’t the the transport infrastructure in place,” he told the LDRS.
“We’re very committed to the fact that you have to have infrastructure before you start development, and of course that’s what that site needs. It hasn’t had the commitment before, so that’s the big difference this time. With the certainty of transport, it means we can start to be very confident in the delivery of the new town itself.
“We’ve been very clear for some years now that without decent public transport, accessing London and bringing people from London into Thamesmead is absolutely vital to bring a really good quality sustainable development on the waterfront.”
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Last week I did the first episode of what I intended to be a sort of background to the Borough and who was in charge of it and when – and how the system worked. I said that I would have to look at the various areas separately as they were all very different, and that I would start with Greenwich itself, as it was the most complicated of the parishes involved. But, I would carry on later and do Woolwich and other areas like Plumstead and Kidbrooke. In fact I have a request from a reader for me to do Kidbrooke soon.
So, as far as I could I covered the background to the institutions involved in the earliest years of Greenwich as an expanding urban area - albeit one with a large national institution within it. I also covered the ownership of some of the land and how that affected how it was run. I finished in the early 17th century when - like everywhere else –there were changes to the responsibility
for various bits of local infrastructure – changes to the poor law and the responsibility of local parishes for those unable to look after themselves.
Institutions evolved to care for orphans, the sick, the insane, the old, and those unable to support themselves. Over the years ideas and institutions changed and evolved which
means that its history is enormously complex. So I think I will describe that part of local administration at another time and concentrate on the basic administration of the area - otherwise I’ll never get finished.
There are a number of excellent websites about local welfare provision - ‘workhouses’ covers Greenwich in enormous detail –as does ‘ Lost Hospitals’. {see https://www.workhouses.org.uk/ Greenwich/ and https://www.ezitis. myzen.co.uk/}. The complexity of all this meant that when the National Health Service was set up in 1947 Greenwich had three big General Hospitals. It all needed sorting out!
However in this article I will concentrate on what was happening with basic administration from the 17th century. The responsible body was the parish but it didn’t function like a church organisation. I have written a number of articles about the gas industry in Greenwich in the early 19th century and it very much illustrates the parish authorities at work. They had identified
that gas lighting, which was just coming in, would improve street lighting and help with people’s perceptions about danger in the streets. Contractors were identified and interviewed and when it emerged that some procedural rules had been broken one of the parish officers resigned. In due course contracts were drawn up and because of public concerns a town meeting was called which all ratepayers could attend. Following a failure to set a rate a ‘writ of mandamus’ was issued - a very unusual move and one which only applied to civic malpractice and not to the church.
In my book on George Livesey I talked a bit about the campaign in the 1840s and ‘50s to bring the London private gas industry into some form of regulation over pricing, quality and relationships with local authorities. This was part of a London wide movement which was dominated by South London based politicians. Longterm one result of this was the eventual setting up of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 with a remit to sort out sewage disposal – although it worked on many other issues, including the gas industry.
Local representatives on the Metropolitan Board were delegated from a new network of local area boards of works. For Greenwich, this was St Alfege and St Nicholas Parishes - as well as St Paul’s Deptford Parish, which is now in Lewisham. I’ve looked in vain for some exciting press coverage in the setting up of these bodies in this system, but it seems to be largely unremarked apart from a bit of bleating that there were more North London councillors involved in the Metropolitan Board than there were South Londoners and also some objections from Greenwich residents that they were being lumped in with Deptford.
Twenty or so years after it was set up the Greenwich Board built itself a ‘town hall/ office block with meeting rooms. This is the building which is now known as West Greenwich House, which effectively served as a town hall in the years before the Second World War. It’s very different now from what it looked like when it was built since it was bomb damaged in the Second World War, losing its porch and dome. It is now an independent arts and community

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centre. I’ve no idea what it’s like inside now, but at one time the rooms were all named from 1930s Greenwich councillors - let’s hope they still are.
The Greenwich Board also had a works department on a wharf in the area now housing known as Riverside Gardens; then adjacent to Granite Wharf and later called Badcock’s Wharf. When the Board of Works were abolished the Depot remained as part of the new Greenwich Council until 1904. The entrance to the yard was in Chester Street (now Banning Street) and there was a ramp, leading from the centre of the yard to a jetty and wharf – probably for use by dustcarts which had to access the jetty from which rubbish was tipped into barges. The ramp remained until the site was cleared and rebuilt by the current developer.
Over the years the Board undertook work on local infrastructure –predominantly on main drainage but also road widening, particularly at Deptford Bridge. For many years the Board Chairman was Thomas Norfolk, who was in charge of the brewery at Deptford Bridge. He came from Bromley in Kent and had been at school in Greenwich, where he was a friend of
John Penn, the engineer. He was the manager of Mr. Lambert’s Deptford Bridge brewery who in 1829 married Lambert’s daughter, becoming owner of the brewery which was thenceforth known as ‘Norfolk Brewery’. When he retired the Board of Works gave a public banquet to celebrate his work as Chair with speeches and toasts about how conscientious he was. At his death in 1887 he was buried in the presence of at least 1,000 people alongside his wife, mother of his ten children.
The Metropolitan Board of Works was replaced in 1889 by the London County Council, a directly elected body to which Greenwich sent an elected representative. There are many histories of the London County Council, which became a pioneering body running many different services. Many of its works remain in current use in Greenwich today.
In 1900 the Greenwich Board of Works was replaced by the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich, which covered eventually just the parishes of St Alphege and St Nicholas - Charlton and Kidbrook becoming a separate body. The Metropolitan Borough was really very much like the Borough
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
we understand today, although with different powers and services.
The Metropolitan Borough covered a great many services and clearly they had many buildings all around the Borough. For basic services the Board of Works yard next to Granite Wharf was used for a short time, but soon replaced by Tunnel Avenue Depot.
There is no detail on maps showing the earliest years of Tunnel Avenue Depot. However, buildings must have existed there since and in 1919 the Borough’s disinfection station was moved here from Banning Street. Disinfection is a means of dealing with ‘verminous persons’ and their possessions and in some Boroughs, cyanide chambers were used for infested property. There also seems to have been a rubbish destructor at the depot in 1926. Jetty Road was built to get rubbish to a concrete jetty, but the jetty which remains now is more modern although also used for rubbish to be tipped into barges and then carried off to Essex. The only exception was food waste that was sent to a neighbouring Borough – almost certainly Woolwich, to be sold as food for pigs. The depot was bombed several times during


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
the Second World War. The council disposed of it in the early 21st century but the disinfection/ bath house, the jetty and some wall remain in other use.
In the new Metropolitan Borough the Board of Works building, now West Greenwich House, was used as a town hall but in 1939 a brave new town hall was opened at the bottom of Royal Hill. This building has been written about widely and with enthusiasm. It was very, very special. The architect they appointed was Clifford Culpin – whose father was then the Labour Chair of the London County Council. It was one of a succession of modernist public buildings which he and his partners built in that period. Famously Pevsner described Greenwich Town Hall as “the only town hall of any London borough to represent the style of our time adequately”. It was part of a movement across Europe to build civic buildings differently. It was art deco, functional, ‘avowedly modernist’, to ”consciously reflect” a progressive left-wing Metropolitan Borough. Or, as contemporary architectural commentator Owen Hatherley has said, “You gradually realise it is an extraordinary work of art”. It had a tower from which the people of Greenwich could see the river and it included many



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
interesting decorative features. In brick, it is “moderate modern.. rectilinear but not aggressive’. It’s easily the most important modern building in the Royal Borough, probably also in South London.
The London County Council and the Metropolitan Boroughs lasted into the mid 1960s when the then Conservative governments wanted to include places like Bexley and Bromley as part of the Greater London Council to replace the London County Council. As part of these changes the Metropolitan Boroughs were twinned with some of their neighbours in order to make larger ‘more efficient’units. This interestingly led to endless disputes because many boroughs didn’t get on with their nearest neighbour. Greenwich was merged with Woolwich, which was a much bigger borough. This meant ex-Greenwich councillors were very much in a minority. In the early 1970s it was decided to sell off half of the revolutionary architecture of the new Greenwich Town Hall. In the years since all Council offices have been moved to Woolwich.
A few weeks before writing this article it was decided to sell off the rest of the town hall and there is no longer a civic presence in Greenwich.














Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) are delighted to offer football courses for young people across south-east London during the upcoming February half-term break.
Taking place for the first time in 2026, CACT’s holiday courses will once again provide young people aged 4 to 15 with the opportunity to develop their skills.
The courses will run from Monday, February 16th to Friday, February 20th, across three locations:
• Charlton Athletic’s Training Ground, New Eltham
• Sporting Club Thamesmead
• John Wallis Academy
All sessions are delivered by FAqualified CACT coaches. In addition, Charlton’s men’s and women’s
first-team players regularly visit the holiday courses in New Eltham, giving aspiring players the chance to meet and learn from the professionals.
In New Eltham, alongside courses for 4–10 year-olds and 11–15 year-olds, CACT will also be running girls-only courses and a goalkeeper-specific course during the half-term break.
As part of the girls-only provision, a two-day development course for girls aged 12 to 15 will be delivered.
This course will run on Thursday and Friday of the February break and will focus on 11-a-side technical and tactical coaching for older players looking to develop their game further. Courses for girls aged 7 to 11 will run throughout the week and will follow the same structure as CACT’s
usual girls-only holiday courses.
CACT’s Advanced Holiday Courses, tailored to ambitious young footballers competing at Advanced Centre, JPL, Kent Youth League or equivalent levels, will also take place in New Eltham and will provide players with elitelevel coaching delivered by UEFA A and B licensed coaches.
Sessions will focus on technical skills, tactical understanding, physical conditioning and ingame decision-making.
Each session will run for five hours, including a short lunch break, and will give players the opportunity to train alongside other highachieving footballers, helping to push their game to the next level.
Scan the QR code to view the full schedule for CACT’s February Football Holiday Courses.

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: 4/2/2026
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 4/2/2026
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Woodford 25/2053/HD
Site Address: 57 COURT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5AF Development: Retrospective installation of replacement of all windows, front, rear and garage door (Reconsultation)(Revised description).
Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE
Applicant: Shree Kutch Satsang 25/3316/F
Site Address: Rear garden of nos. 1 and 2 ST MARGARETS GROVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RL
Development: Change of use of residential rear garden serving nos. 1 and 2 1 & 2 St Margarets Grove to childrens play area, construction of single-storey outbuilding, garden wall, installation of new fencing and planting of two trees.
Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Chai 25/4064/MA
Site Address: 18 BLACKHEATH PARK, LONDON, SE3 9RP
Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with planning permission dated 29/08/2024, ref: 23/2660/HD for "Construction of a single storey side extension and two storey infill extension and associated fenestration; part re-configuration of the lower ground floor and extensions under part of the existing footprint as well as the part re-configuration of the second floor; conversion of the coach house into ancillary living accommodation, including a new roof and associated fenestration; refurbishment works to external facade and the existing windows, including the provision of a roof to match existing over the main body of the house; formation of a sunken terrace to the rear and associated landscaping; other associated alterations. (This application affects the Grade II listed No. 18 Blackheath Park in the Blackheath Park Conservation Area) " to allow:
• Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Drawings and Documents) and Condition 3 (Materials) for: Amendment to external facing material to the northern façade of the infill extension from bronze cladding to traditional stucco render to match host building.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Mr Mustafa Hussein 25/4075/HD
Site Address: 59 ARSENAL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1JT
Development: Installation of 2 roof lights to main roof.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Royal Museums Greenwich 25/4251/F
Site Address: ROYAL OBSERVATORY, BLACKHEATH AVENUE, LONDON, SE10 8XJ
Development: Erection of a external artist installation within the Meridian Courtyard adjacent to the Meridian Building for a temporary period between 03/03/2026 and 31/03/2028 and associated works [This application affects a scheduled monument and the setting of a number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 Listed Buildings].
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Applicant: Mr & Mrs Rappak 25/4261/HD
Site Address: 3 ST ALFEGE PASSAGE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JS
Development: Conversion of the two existing rear dormers to one large rear dormer, installation of a window to the side elevation (first floor level), enlargement of the lower ground floor doors and window and all associated works.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: The Hyde Group 25/4286/F
Site Address: 22 & 24 MOIRA ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1SH
Development: Replacement of the existing timber front doors with an FD30 fire door replacements to two self contained flats.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Greatglen Estates 26/0005/F
Site Address: 78 BLACKHEATH ROAD, LONDON, SE10 8DA
Development: Alterations to the ground and lower ground floors including replacement of the existing shopfront and removal of the existing front bays to form a stepped-back frontage with replacement fenestration and entrance door. Unblocking and replacement of ground-floor front window and door with white

uPVC windows. Removal of sections of the front forecourt slab to provide two courtyards and storage on the lower ground floor with associated internal reconfiguration works. Alterations to the rear lower ground floor openings including replacement doors and windows and reopening of previously blocked openings.
Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE
Applicant: Burrell Mistry Architects 26/0006/F
Site Address: DRAKE COURT, 17 BROOKLANDS PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BN
Development: Construction of a two-storey dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to land in the curtilage of Drake Court, 17 Brooklands Park; felling and pruning of trees, associated landscaping works, widening of accessway and fencing alterations and all other associated works. (This application affects the setting of locally listed building to the application site, adjacent Grade II listed building, and is within the Blackheath Park Conservation Area).
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Ms Claire Wilmann 26/0012/HD
Site Address: 81 LEE ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE3 9EN
Development: Demolition of existing rear and front extensions and construction of a new single-storey rear extension, new front entrance porch, and loft dormer extension; installation of four conservation-style rooflights; replacement and blocking of windows, and removal of chimney; together with internal refurbishment works and all associated works.
(Reconsultation- Amended Description).
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Abbott and Spink 26/0016/F
Site Address: 12 VANBRUGH FIELDS, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7TZ
Development: Construction of single storey rear outbuilding, replacement windows and doors to ground floor flat and associated works.
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Applicant: In Toto Ed 26/0045/F
Site Address: 1 CRESSWELL PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9RD
Development: Change of use from Use Class E(g)(i) [Office] to an Use Class F1(a) [Education Facility], installation of cycle parking, planters, bin store and ancillary works.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Mr Simon Murray 26/0193/HD
Site Address: 150 LANGTON WAY, LONDON, SE3 7JS
Development: Removal of door to the side elevation and associated works.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH
Applicant: Mrs Thomas 26/0198/HD
Site Address: 63 COLERAINE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7PF
Development: Demolition of the existing rear lift shaft, construction of a single-storey rear extension, and relocation of the first-floor rear window adjacent to the lift shaft and associated works.
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: Mr Rahul Bhansali 26/0212/HD
Site Address: 26 FOXES DALE, LONDON, SE3 9BQ
Development: Construction of a single-storey garden room within the rear of the property.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: NTA Planning LLP 26/0231/SD
Site Address: 30 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH
Development: Submission of details pursuant to discharge condition 3b (rainwater goods) and condition 4a (altered electrical wiring and plumbing) of planning permission reference 25/3231/L dated 12/01/2026.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Publicity for Listed Building Consent.
Applicant: Dr John Rainbird 26/0163/L
Site Address: 8 FEATHERS PLACE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9NE
Development: Window replacement to the rear top floor rear bedroom with traditional timber sash window on a 'like for like' basis.
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Listed Building: Grade 2
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) WROTTESLEY 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 complete a service water pipe connection.
2. The Order will come into operation on 12/01/26 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 vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Wrottesley Road outside 65.
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: 18/11/25

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 – SECTION 247 STOPPING UP OF THE HIGHWAY- (ROYAL ARSENAL RIVERSIDE)
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has Made an Order under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the Act"), entitled the Royal Borough of Greenwich (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.1) (Royal Arsenal Riverside) Order 2026.
2. The general effect of the Order would be to authorise the stopping-up of two areas of the highway shown edged and hatched in black on the deposited plan as follows:
(a) The major part is of irregular shape and lies on the eastern side of Bell Water Gate from the junction of Bell Water Gate and Woolwich High Street extending north-westwards, northwards and north-eastwards having a maximum length of 30.62 metres and a maximum width of 2.38 metres. E: 543392.968 N: 179277.110 to E: 543402.097 N: 179247.886
(b) The second part is also of irregular shape and lies at the north-easternmost extent of Bell Water Gate shown on the deposited plan, having a maximum length of 13.57 metres and a maximum width of 6.42 metres. E: 543398.456 N: 179292.386 to E: 543394.834 N: 179279.310
The term “stopping up” means that these areas of highway will cease to be public highway.
3. The stopping up has been authorised in order to enable the provision of the development described in the Schedule to this Notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permissions reference 16/3025/MA and 16/3024/R granted on 17th March 2017 and 20th March 2017.
4. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Strategic Transportation on 020 8921 2103.
5. The Order and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order are available for inspection during normal office hours until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, at the Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central, Strategic Transportation, Royal Borough of Greenwich, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ.
6 If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act or of any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from 4th February 2026, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Strategic Transportation
The Woolwich Centre, 3 5 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 4th February 2026
(DESCRIPTION OF DEVELOPMENT – see paragraph 3 above)

The Development “Royal Arsenal Riverside” is a mixed-use development comprising 2,032 units and 2,442 (GEA) sqm of non-residential floor space (A1/A2/A3/A4/B1/D1 Use), access, landscaping, public accessible open space, car and cycle parking provision and refuse and recycling storage areas.
Stopping Up is required of an area of the east side of Bell Water Gate to facilitate the development. Built form approved under Reserved Matters Approval reference 16/3024/R will occupy the public highway to the full extent of the area to be stopped up. An alternative elevated pedestrian route will provide access over the completed development to the adjacent development plots and through to the River Thames.
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2. The effect of the Order would be to:
(a) temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in the roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice for their entire length.
(b) Revoke the existing One-Way prohibitions at the following locations:
(i) Admaston Road between its junction with Palmerston Crescent and Plumstead Common Road in a northerly direction.
(ii) Anglesea Avenue between its junction with Anglesea Road and Wilmount Street in a north-easterly direction.
(iii) Battery Road from the extended common boundary of Nos. 26 and 28 Battery Road to a point adjacent to No. 39 Battery Road in an anti-clockwise direction.
(iv) Bloomfield Road between its junction with Crescent Road and Plumstead Common Road in a southerly direction.
(v) Calderwood Street between its junction with Market Street and John Wilson Street in a south-westerly direction.
(vi) Castile Road between its junction with John Wilson Street and Monk Street in a north-easterly direction.
(vii) College Approach between its junction with Greenwich Church Street and King William Walk in a north-easterly direction.
(viii) Hare Street between its junction with Woolwich High Street and Powis Street in a south-easterly direction.
(ix) Macoma Road between its junction with Erindale Terrace and Ennis Road in a westerly direction.
(x) Orchard Road between its junction with Plumstead High Street and Griffin Road in a south-westerly direction.
(xi) Pettman Crescent between its junction with Plumstead Road and Plumstead High Street for its full length in a clockwise direction.
(xii) Red Lion Lane between its junction with Shooters Hill and the entrance to Shooters Hill Sixth Form College in a northerly direction.
(xiii) Sandy Hill Road between its junction with Plumstead Common Road and Bignell Road in a north-westerly direction.
(xiv) Tewson Road between its junction with Lakedale Road and the extended common boundary of Nos. 33 and 35 Tewson Road in a northerly direction.
(xv) Wilmount Street between its junction with Masons Hill and Woolwich New Road in a north-westerly direction.
3. 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 persons in connection with the works.
4. The above prohibitions will only apply to such times and such extent as shall be indicated by the appropriate traffic signs and traffic management measures.
5. Whilst the closures are in operation, vehicular access to properties affected by these works would be maintained wherever possible subject to the extent and operations of the works. Alternative routes for diverted vehicles would be available via local roads and would be indicated via local signage.
6. The Order would come into force on Thursday 19th February 2026 and would continue in force for up to 18 months, or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner and may be re-introduced should further works be required.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to transportation-admin@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 02-26 Highways Maintenance.
Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 4th February 2026

ADDERLEY GARDENS; ADMASTON ROAD; ALABAMA STREET; ALBATROSS STREET; ALDEBURGH STREET; ANCASTER STREET; ANCHOR AND HOPE LANE; ANCONA ROAD; ANGLESEA ROAD; ANGLESEA AVENUE; ANKERDINE CRESCENT; ANN STREET; ANNESLEY ROAD; ARTHUR GROVE; AUSTEN CLOSE; AVERY HILL ROAD; BAILEY CLOSE; BALCASKIE ROAD; BARNFIELD ROAD; BASKET GARDENS; BATTERY ROAD; BEACONSFIELD ROAD; BEGBIE ROAD; BELL STREET; BELSON ROAD; BEXLEY ROAD; BLACKWALL LANE; BLENDON TERRACE; BLITHDALE ROAD; BLOOMFIELD ROAD; BOOTH CLOSE; BORTHWICK STREET; BOSTALL HILL; BOSTALL LANE; BOURNEWOOD ROAD; BOXGROVE ROAD; BRACONDALE ROAD; BRAMBLEBURY ROAD; BRAMHOPE LANE; BRAND STREET; BRINKLOW CRESCENT; BROAD LAWN; BROAD WALK; BROMHEDGE; BROOK LANE; BUGSBYS WAY; BURRAGE GROVE; BURRAGE ROAD; BYLAND CLOSE; CALDERWOOD STREET; CANBERRA ROAD; CASTILE ROAD; CENTRAL WAY; CHAMBERLAIN CLOSE; CHARLTON CHURCH LANE; CHARLTON DENE; CHARLTON LANE; CHARLTON PARK LANE; CHARLTON PARK ROAD; CHARLTON ROAD; CLEANTHUS CLOSE; COLE CLOSE; COLERAINE ROAD; COLLEGE APPROACH; COMMONWEALTH WAY; CONGREVE ROAD; CONWAY ROAD; COOKHILL ROAD; CORELLI ROAD; COURT ROAD; CRADLEY ROAD; CREEK ROAD; CRESCENT ROAD; CROCKHAM WAY; CRUMPSALL STREET; DAHLIA ROAD; DAIRSIE ROAD; DALLIN ROAD; DELAFIELD ROAD; DOWNMAN ROAD; DUNCROFT; DUPREE ROAD; EASTBROOK ROAD; EASTCOMBE AVENUE; EASTERN WAY; EASTVIEW AVENUE; EDISON GROVE; EDMUND HALLEY WAY; EGLINTON HILL; EGLINTON ROAD; EGREMONT ROAD; ELMDENE ROAD; ELTHAM GREEN ROAD; ELTHAM HIGH STREET; ELTHAM PARK GARDENS; ENNIS ROAD; FAIRLAWN; FAIRTHORN ROAD; FARJEON ROAD; FARMDALE ROAD; FEDERATION ROAD; FLAXTON ROAD; FOOTSCRAY ROAD; FOXCROFT ROAD; GALLIONS ROAD; GALLOSSON ROAD; GARLAND ROAD; GATLING ROAD; GENESTA ROAD; GLENESK ROAD; GLENLYON ROAD; GLENURE ROAD; GODFREY ROAD; GODSTOW ROAD; GOLDCREST CLOSE; GOOSANDER WAY; GRANGEHILL ROAD; GREAT HARRY DRIVE; GREEN WAY; GREENBAY ROAD; GREENHOLM ROAD; GREENWICH CHURCH STREET; GREENWICH HIGH ROAD; GREENWICH SOUTH STREET; GRENADA ROAD; GRIFFIN ROAD; GUILDFORD GROVE; HADDO STREET; HALSTOW ROAD; HARDMAN ROAD; HARE STREET; HARGOOD ROAD; HARRADEN ROAD; HARVEY GARDENS; HAWKSMOOR CLOSE; HEAVITREE ROAD; HERBERT ROAD; HERVEY ROAD; HIGHBROOK ROAD; HIGHCOMBE; HILLREACH; HINSTOCK ROAD; HOLBURNE CLOSE; HOLBURNE ROAD; HORN LANE; HORNFAIR ROAD; HORSFELD ROAD; HOVETON ROAD; HUDSON PLACE; HYDE VALE; INDUS ROAD; INGLESIDE GROVE; INIGO JONES ROAD; INVERMORE PLACE; INVICTA ROAD; IRWIN AVENUE; JASON WALK; JOHN HARRISON WAY; JOHN PENN STREET; KASHMIR ROAD; KEIGHTLEY DRIVE; KEMSING ROAD; KENTLEA ROAD; KENYA ROAD; KIDBROOKE GARDENS; KIDBROOKE PARK CLOSE; KIDBROOKE PARK ROAD; KINGS HIGHWAY; KINGSLEY WOOD DRIVE; KINVEACHY GARDENS; KIRKHAM STREET; KNEE HILL; LEGHORN ROAD; LEWISHAM ROAD; LILBURNE ROAD; LIME KILN DRIVE; LISKEARD GARDENS; LITTLE HEATH; LOMBARD WALL; LONGLEIGH LANE; LUXFIELD ROAD; MACOMA ROAD; MACOMA TERRACE; MALTON STREET; MANTHORP ROAD; MARKET STREET; MARLTON STREET; MARSHALLS GROVE; MAXEY ROAD; MAZE HILL; MCCALL CRESCENT; MCLEOD ROAD; MELLING STREET; MERBURY CLOSE; MERBURY ROAD; MERCHLAND ROAD; MERIDIAN ROAD; MERRIMAN ROAD; MILES DRIVE; MONTCALM ROAD; MONK STREET; MORDEN STREET; MYCENAE ROAD; NATHAN WAY; NECTARINE WAY; NEWMARKET GREEN; NEWMARSH ROAD; NORMAN ROAD; OGILBY STREET; OLD MILL ROAD; ORCHARD ROAD; PALMERSTON CRESCENT; PANFIELD ROAD; PARK DRIVE; PARKDALE ROAD; PENHALL ROAD; PERPINS ROAD; PETTMAN CRESCENT; PHINEAS PETT ROAD; PLUM LANE; PLUMBRIDGE STREET; PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD; PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET; PLUMSTEAD ROAD; POINT HILL; POWIS STREET; PRINCE HENRY ROAD; PRINCE RUPERT ROAD; PRIOLO ROAD; PURLAND ROAD; QUEENSCROFT ROAD; RAINTON ROAD; RANCLIFFE GARDENS; RANDALL PLACE; RECTORY FIELD CRESCENT; RED BARRACKS ROAD; RED LION LANE; REPOSITORY ROAD; RIEFIELD ROAD; RIVERDALE ROAD; ROAN STREET; ROBERT STREET; ROCHESTER WAY; ROMNEY ROAD; ROWTON ROAD; ROYDENE ROAD; SAMUEL STREET; SANDY HILL ROAD; SHIELDHALL STREET; SHOOTERS HILL; SHOOTERS HILL ROAD; SHREWSBURY LANE; SIDCUP ROAD SERVICE ROAD EASTBOUND; SIDCUP ROAD SERVICE ROAD WESTBOUND; SIEBERT ROAD; SLADEDALE ROAD; SMITHIES ROAD; SOUTH RISE WAY; SOUTHLAND ROAD; SPRAY STREET; ST JOHNS PARK; ST MARGARETS GROVE; ST MARY STREET; STATION CRESCENT; STOCKWELL STREET; STRAIGHTSMOUTH; STRATHEDEN PARADE; STRATHEDEN ROAD; STRONGBOW ROAD; SUNBURY STREET; SUSAN ROAD; SWALLOWFIELD ROAD; SWINGATE LANE; TALLIS GROVE; TARVES WAY; TEWSON ROAD; THAMESMERE DRIVE; THE SLADE; THE VILLAGE; THELMA GARDENS; THOMAS STREET; TOM CRIBB ROAD; TRAFALGAR ROAD; TUAM ROAD; TUNNEL AVENUE; UPTON ROAD; VANBRUGH PARK; VICARAGE PARK; VICTORIA WAY; VILLAS ROAD; WALMER TERRACE; WARLAND ROAD; WARWICK TERRACE; WAVERLEY CRESCENT; WAVERLEY ROAD; WEIGALL ROAD; WELL HALL ROAD; WELLING WAY; WELLINGTON STREET; WELTON ROAD; WENDOVER ROAD; WEST HALLOWES; WESTCOMBE HILL; WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD; WESTERN WAY; WESTMOOR STREET; WESTMOUNT ROAD; WEYMAN ROAD; WHETSTONE ROAD; WHINCHAT ROAD; WICKHAM LANE; WILMOUNT STREET; WOLFE CRESCENT; WOODBROOK ROAD; WOODHURST ROAD; WOODLAND TERRACE; WOODLANDS PARK ROAD; WOOLWICH CHURCH STREET; WOOLWICH HIGH STREET; WOOLWICH NEW ROAD; WOOLWICH ROAD; WRICKLEMARSH ROAD; WYCHERLEY CLOSE; WYNDCLIFF ROAD; WYNFORD WAY; ZANGWILL ROAD.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WELL HALL ROAD PLANNED DIRECTIONAL 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 as part of their ongoing major works for their mains replacement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 16th February 2026 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Well Hall Road from outside 244 to 254 (southbound) from the junction of Rochester Way.
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 Communities, Environment and Central on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated: 23/01/26
INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA496177 FN873 /LIC No 75692
ELAINE VIOLET JONES Deceased





The Royal Borough of Greenwich has published its draft Budget for 2026 to 2027, which will be considered for approval by Full Council on Thursday 26 February.
The Budget sets out clear plans to protect essential services while investing in initiatives that help residents stay independent, connected and supported. A key commitment this year is a £1 million investment in Freedom Passes, helping older residents travel freely across London to access healthcare, social activities, shops and community life.
Despite making £150 million in savings over the past 14 years, the council continues to set a legally balanced Budget without emergency government support, while managing rising demand for services.
Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “Budget pressures have meant that over the last three years we have had to make some difficult decisions that not everyone will always agree with, but I’m proud that we able to continue funding our five Advice Hubs, provide a generous Council Tax Support Scheme, and retain a wealth of services that any borough would be proud to have.
“We welcome the government’s introduction of a three-year settlement, something we’ve long campaigned for, as well as the announcement that it will take responsibility for children’s special educational needs funding in the future and its commitment to providing partial funding for the DLR to Thamesmead.
“We’ve been able to use one-off resources to create lasting impact too. In October we announced Getting Things Done which will see £60 million invested across a range of areas that we know matter to residents such as safer and cleaner town centres, tackling fly-tipping, schools for children with SEND, fixing potholes and much more.
“Plus, we are investing £1 million in Freedom Passes, helping older residents travel freely across London to access services, social activities and opportunities. Our goal is to ensure a secure future for everyone in our borough, as we rise to meet national challenges.”

Councillor Denise Hyland, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Social Value, said: “We’ve been able to balance our books despite dealing with huge financial changes. But we need to keep doing things differently and make changes to the way that we work to reduce costs and improve services.
“Last year we reduced the number of homeless families in hotels to zero, saving taxpayers £5.88 million and this year we’ll continue to tackle the causes of homelessness to reduce household needing temporary accommodation.
“Protecting vulnerable adults and children alone accounts for more that 66 per cent of the entire Budget. We’re working to protect our future by helping people live well in their own homes for longer by using technology and bringing down the excessive costs of private children’s care placements.”
The funding the government has given the council assumes it will raise Council Tax by the maximum allowed (2.99%) and Adult Social Care the same (2%). However, it remains cheaper than neighbouring boroughs. For most residents, the increase will be £1.46 per week for council services, with an additional 39p per week going to the Greater London Authority to fund policing, transport and the fire brigade. Raising Council Tax will only result in an additional £6.9million towards the £45million shortfall.
The draft Budget will be considered by Full Council in February. Read the full report: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/draft-budget
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Get on the list
First, you’ve got to be on the housing waiting list to join the scheme. If you’re not, register an application online at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/homes
Find your applicant number
It will be on the letter you’ve already had from the Royal Borough of Greenwich about the new scheme. You’ll need that number and the reference number of the property you’re after, which will be on the advert.
Pick out your ideal property by looking in Greenwich Info or regularly checking the website: royalgreenwich. gov.uk/homes. Click on your preference on the website. If you don’t have a computer, you can always use one for free at either The Eltham or Woolwich Centre or a local library.
Apply in one of three ways
• Text bidding is now available and the number to use is 07786207913. For further information please see page 2, or
• Via the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s website royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ homes or
• Phone the 24-hour hotline 020 8921 4340. It’s an automatic push-button system and calls will be charged at the normal local rate.
If you would like to bid by text, please use the following Text Bidding Number: 0778 620 7913 and type: CBL, the property reference number and your applicant number.
The property reference will be on the advert and your applicant number is on the letter we sent to you when you registered for housing. A successful bid will look like this: CBL 179104 12191
You will need to do a separate text for each property you wish to bid for and the text is charged at your mobile provider’s standard rate. You will receive a text response to confirm your bid within 5 minutes.
If you are unable to bid for advertised properties and have no one that can do so for you please contact the Allocations team on 020 8921 2941 and we will help you with bidding or will bid on your behalf. If you are in temporary accommodation, then please contact your Temporary Accommodation Officer for help with this.
Please be aware that users must now enter the date of birth of the main applicant when logging into this site. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/homes




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Griffin Road SE18
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Metcalfe Court
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People on the Housing register are able to bid for all properties, regardless of their banding. You must be eligible for the size of property and bids will be considered in the following order: First Band A, followed by Band B1/B2 both in priority date order. Those in Band C will then be considered in registration date order.
Please note that there will still be some properties with age restrictions so only people of this age group can apply for these.



is for applicants in unsatisfactory housing, including people moving due to demolition and those under occupying their homes.
B1 or B2 is for applicants the Royal Borough of Greenwich must prioritise according to the law, particularly homeless people, and others with an urgent need to move for medical or welfare reasons. C
is for all applicants on the housing register, including those that are in priority bands A and B1/B2.











The next printed edition of Greenwich Homes will be available on 18 February 2026 at midday. The closing date for all applications for this issue is midnight on 8 February 2026

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If your property is now too big for you, you can apply for the Small is Beautiful scheme.
To be eligible, your current property must:
• be a council or housing association property
• have 2, 3, 4 or 5 bedrooms
• be in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
The scheme can help you move to a smaller home that better meets your needs. We can then use your property to help another family who need it. For example, those in an overcrowded property or who are homeless.
We’ll help you with costs and finding a new home that better meets your needs.
We’ll pay:
• £1,000 for each spare room you give up
• an extra £500 if you downsize by mutual exchange
• your moving costs
• your disturbance costs, for example, for packing, disconnecting and reconnecting your appliances
Priority to find a new home
We’ll put your household in the highest priority band on the housing register so you can find a new home as soon as possible.
An Under Occupation Adviser will support you throughout the downsizing process.
Extra support for households with adult children
If you have non-dependant adult children living with you, we can offer them their own flat, if we can get a bedroom back. This means you and your adult child will each get a one-bedroom flat.
Extra support for older tenants
If you’re Pension Credit age you can downsize to a home with one extra bedroom to allow for caring or support needs.
We can visit you and support you with everything you need to downsize.
You can apply if you’re under-occupying your home by at least one bedroom.
When we decide if a tenant is under-occupying, we count a second living room (or parlour) as a bedroom.
APPLY
Email: Housing-Allocations-Downsizi@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk
OTHER DOWNSIZING
If you’re 55 or over, you could also consider moving to the seaside or countryside.
This could be for you if you’re:
• in poor health
• struggling to cope in your current home
• keen to move nearer to friends, family or amenities
You can also contact us if you know other tenants who might benefit from this scheme.
Find out about moving to the seaside or country.
Greenwich Council (in foyer)
6 Mitre Passage, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 0ER
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES
West Greenwich House
141 Greenwich High Road London SE10 8JA
West Greenwich Library
146 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN
Royal Standard
67 Pelton Road, London SE10 9AH
Forum@Greenwich Trafalgar Road, London SE10 9EQ
Greenwich University
Cooper Building, Students Union, King William Walk, London SE10 9JH
Greenwich Communications Centre
164 Trafalgar Road Greenwich, London SE10 9TZ
Maze Hill Station
Tom Smith Close, London SE10 9XG
Blackheath Library
Old Dover Road, Blackheath SE3 7BT
Westcombe Park Station
Station Crescent, Westcombe Park, London SE3 7EQ
Blackheath Newbridge Working Mens Club
22 Charlton Road, Blackheath SE3 7HG
Waitrose
Dreadnought Wharf, Victoria Parade, 1 Thames Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9FR
Greenwich Square Health Centre
12 Lambarde Square SE10 9GB
Woodland Surgery
Woodland Walk SE10 9UB
Vanbrugh Dental Centre
Vanbrugh Hill SE10 9HQ
Greenwich Launderette
174 Trafalgar Road SE10 9TZ
Slade Library
Erindale SE18 2QQ
Woolwich Community Centre
Leslie Smith Square SE18 4DW
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Station Road, London SE18 4QH
Clockhouse Community Centre
Defiance Walk, Woolwich Dockyard Estate SE18 5QL
Waterfront Leisure Centre
Woolwich High Street SE18 6DL
McDonald’s
56-58 Powis Street SE18 6LQ
Greenwich University 54-58 Powis Street SE18 6NL
Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Post Room Woolwich Service Centre
Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Town Hall
Wellington Street SE18 6PW
Woolwich Centre Library 21 Love Lane SE18 6QT
Brookhill Children’s Centre
130 Brookhill Road SE18 6UZ
Charlton Athletic Football Club
Reception The Valley, Floyd Road SE7 8BL
Time Court
Woodland Terrace SE7 8DD
Charlton Library
Charlton House, Charlton Road SE7 8RE
Gllab Work and Learn Centre
Old library Calderwood Street SE18 6QW
The Point
47 Woolwich New Road, SE18 6EW
Smile With Pride Dental Care Ltd 81A Powis Street SE18 6JB
Equitable House
General Gordon Place SE18 6AB
St.Marks Medical Centre 24 Wrottesley Road SE18 3EP
Plumstead Library
Plumstead High Street SE18 1JL
Greenwich Community College 95 Plumstead Road SE18 7DQ
Glyndon Community Centre 75 Raglan Road SE18 7LB
Abbey Wood Community Group 4 Knee Hill, SE2 0YS
Abbey Wood Library Eynsham Drive SE2 9PT
Thamesmead Leisure Centre
Thamesmere Drive SE28 8RE
Gallions Housing Association 90 Titmuss Avenue SE28 8HL
Conway Medical Centre
44 Conway Road SE18 1AH
Basildon Road Surgery
111 Basildon Road SE2 0ER
Heronsgate Medical Centre
Goosander Way SE28 0ER
Middle Park Community Centre
150 Middle Park Avenue SE9 5SD
Vista Childrens Centre
Middle Park Avenue SE9 5SD
City Point Concierge Suite
Campbell Court, Meadowside, Kidbrooke SE3 9XT
Kidbrooke Dental Centre
Telemann Square SE3 9YR
Briset Corner Surgery 591 Westhorne Avenue SE9 6JX
Eltham Centre & Eltham Library
2 Archery Road SE9 1HA
Cold Harbour Library
Wiliam Barefoot Drive SE9 3AY
Cold Harbour Leisure Centre
Chapel Farm Road SE9 3LX
New Eltham Library
Southwood Road SE9 3QT
Eltham Community Hospital
30 Passey Place SE9 5DQ
52 Well Hall Road
52 Well Hall Road SE9 6SH