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Our Black History Month art competition is on. Open to children and young people across Royal Greenwich, we’re looking for creative work that celebrates culture, diversity or Black History.

Whether it’s a drawing, painting or poem, submissions will be showcased at Woolwich Town Hall on Thursday 23 October, from 3:30pm to 7pm, and vouchers will be up for grabs for the most creative and original pieces.

Email entries to Childrens.tsr@royalgreenwich.gov.uk by Friday 17 October

What’s on for Black History Month

Charlton Athletic and University of Greenwich Red, White and Black Day and community parade

Saturday 18 October, 3pm kick off, match tickets £10 to £35, parade is free

Charlton men’s team take on Sheffield Wednesday on their annual Red, White and Black Day and community parade!

Book match tickets at booking.cafc.co.uk

Author event: F. S. Nestor

Monday 20 October, 5pm to 6:30pm, free Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Explore the themes of Chocolate, Chips and Cola, the story of 15-year-old Cecilia. After leaving Dominica for 1950s London, her courage and resilience are tested in a journey of survival and strength.

Grandad Anansi

Tuesday 21 October, 11:30am and 1:30pm, £6 to £18

Tramshed, 51 to 53 Woolwich New Road SE18 6ES

An uplifting tale of love, courage and letting go that shines a light on Jamaican culture and the Windrush generation.

Book tickets at tramshed.org

Black Female Entrepreneur Greenwich presents: Remembrance Poppy Making Workshop

Tuesday 21 October, 12 noon to 2pm, free Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Black Female Entrepreneur Greenwich presents: Pop up market day celebrating small businesses

Thursday 23 October, 10am to 6pm, free Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

RASCALS After School Club

Thursday 23 October, 4:30 to 5:30pm, free

Make an African Masai Necklace.

Author event: Phyllis Jemmott

Friday 24 October, 2pm to 3pm, free Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Phyllis discusses her book, Connie. Born in the 1940s District of Troubles, Connie dreams of becoming a doctor against all the odds.

Author event: Bryan Ramsay

Thursday 23 October, 5:30pm to 6:45pm, free

A former teacher in South East London, Bryan’s debut novel, Everybody Wants to be a Footballer blends humour and heart to explore teenage dreams and competition.

Arts and crafts with GCDA

Monday 27 October from 10am to 1pm, free Eltham Centre Library, Archery Road, SE9 1HA

Author event: Luba Salpetrier Thursday 30 October 11am to 11.30am

Explore the alphabet through story time with the author of ‘A for Africa’ and ‘S for Sierra Leone’.

Book launch: A Whole Heap of Mixup by Stella Dadzie

Thursday 30 October, 6pm to 8:30pm, pay what you can Queen’s House, Romney Road, SE10 9NF

Book tickets at rmg.co.uk

Celebrate award-winning historian Stella Dadzie’s new book, covering themes from her family life and early years to political activism, travel in Africa and the Caribbean, and race and gender inequalities in Britain.

Perfect for the whole family, create arts and crafts inspired by Black history.

For an up-to-date calendar of Black History month events across the borough, visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/ black-history-month

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Grandad Anansi at Tramshed:

Pick of the Week

An uplifting performance of love, courage and letting go. Grandad Anansi shines a light on Jamaican culture and the Windrush generation. The performance follows Abi and her Grandad as they tell each other Anansi folktales. They play games as they work together in the garden among the beautiful flowers and tasty vegetables. The story is written by award-winning children’s

author Elayne Ogbeta. Grandad Anansi is a Half Moon and Z-arts co-production.

Date: 21 October

Time: 11:30 or 13:30 (50 mins in length)

Price: £12 adults, £6 children

Location: Tramshed, 51-53 Woolwich New Rd, London SE18 6ES

A packed half-term schedule of FREE activities at the National Maritime Museum:

Journey to Greenwich to take part in a wide range of myth and legend themed activities at the National Maritime Museum during half term. There is a new activity every day, including making your own sea monster masks, making a concertina dragon book and listening to storyteller talks by celebrated authors. All activities, from craft workshops to storytelling sessions, are free of charge and operate on a drop-in basis, so there’s no need to book in advance.

Dates: Sunday 26th October - Sunday 2 November

Time: Various times: https://www.rmg.co.uk/ whats-on/national-maritime-museum/octoberhalf-term

Price: Free, no need to book tickets

Location: National Maritime Museum, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF

My Neighbour Totoro experience at Woolwich Works:

Woolwich Works are putting on an interactive take on the classic Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro, where viewers can become part of a pop-up orchestra to create a magical soundtrack. It is not a full screening of the film, but an interactive showing of five much-loved scenes. The event is ideal for children aged 4+ and their grown-ups, who team up to become the magical orchestra. It will follow two sisters who move to a house in the country with a mysterious giant tree, and their adventures with “Totoro” creatures.

Date: Saturday 25th October

Time: 11:30am or 2pm

Price: £11 per ticket

Location: The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD

Pumpkin floral arrangement workshop in Woolwich:

Celebrate the spirit of autumn with a unique pumpkin floral arrangement workshop. Under the guidance of experienced instructors, you’ll create a gorgeous floral arrangement within a pumpkin, blending natural textures, colours, and designs. Whether you’re crafting alone, with friends, or as a family outing, this workshop promises an unforgettable autumnal experience.

Date: 25 and 26 October

Time: 11am - 1pm

Price: £85 per ticket

Location: TB-05 Thames Sides Studios, Unit 8, Harrington Way, Woolwich, London, SE18 5NR

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to delve into the mysteries of this Jacobean mansion. Expect séances, vigils, experiments and more.

Get into the spirit
Halloween with an evening of ghost hunting and paranormal exploration at Charlton House, one of London’s most historic and reportedly haunted locations. This exclusive ghost hunt is hosted by Ghost Hunt Events and offers a unique opportunity
Location: Charlton House, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE
Ghost events at Charlton House:
© Charlton House
© Lizzie Henshaw

Students and experts weigh in on GreenwichKent university merger

Students at the University of Greenwich have voiced optimism about preliminary plans to merge their institution with the University of Kent, in a pioneering move set to establish the UK’s first multiuniversity group, writes

From autumn 2026, if plans are approved, the two universities will be managed by a single vice-chancellor, Professor Jane Harrington, and unite more than 28,000 students across existing campuses in Greenwich, Kent and Medway. The new university group will become the largest higher education institution in the south of England.

During freshers’ week in Greenwich, many new undergraduates had yet to hear of the proposals. However, those that were aware of the changes planned to affect their experience at the institution were generally upbeat.

“A new collaboration will enhance

the quality of the atmosphere,” said Anju Murali, 24, a first-year pharmaceutical science student. “Exposure to other university cultures and traditions always enhances the student experience.”

Her friend Indraja, 20, who studies business analytics, agreed: “This will open doors rather than close them.”

Neither expressed concern that the scale of the new institution would diminish student life. Both, however, stressed for teaching standards to remain a priority for policymakers going forward. “One-to-one specialism is important. Don’t compromise on teaching. We’re all here for our futures.”

specialist institutions absorbed into larger university structures, usually within a similar geographical region.

domestic recruitment, and the impact of overseas student shortfalls.

Nick Hillman, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), described the merger as “a very interesting initiative and possibly a trailblazer.” Hillman speculated that the merger will allow for shared services and other cost-saving measures, which may amount to “the sum being stronger than its parts.”

British higher education is no stranger to consolidation. The Institute of Education folded into University College London in 2014; City University joined forces with St George’s in medicine; and, earlier still, Queen Mary combined with Westfield College. Such partnerships often find smaller,

The proposal for Kent and Greenwich diverges from this familiar model as two sizeable, regional universities pledge to preserve their names, identities and community links under a shared umbrella.

Edward Venning, a specialist in higher education governance, warns that plotting the new multiuniversity structure must hinge upon more than financial expediency.

“What does this new university stand for, except to save money?

“A compelling value proposition – a reason to stand together – will steer their decision making. Otherwise there’s nothing to stand in the way of cultural incompatibility and poor integration… one of the main

reasons why mergers fail.”

Venning added that while some services, like mental health provision, could benefit from scale, teaching quality often thrives when staff are given the agency to make decisions without layers of bureaucracy.

“The survival of the character, name and pedagogy of the institutions that they swallow depends on how they organise their governance and structure shape. There are ways to assure this, but these take money and time,” he said.

To its architects, the merger is a bold sketch of higher education’s future; to its students, it is simply the promise of something new. Whether the merger becomes a “blueprint” or footnote will hopefully become clearer by the end of the year as we await more detailed plans for the London and South East University Group.

Thamesmead on list of 12 new towns with 15,000 homes

The Government’s plan to build up to 15,000 homes in Thamesmead as part of its ‘New Towns’ housing project has been hailed as “fantastic news” for the area, writes Cameron Blackshaw, Local Democracy Reporter

Thamesmead is one of 12 shortlisted locations across the country that the Government hopes can collectively deliver up to 300,000 new homes over the coming decades and Greenwich Council has given its backing to the idea.

Thamesmead is one of two London areas on the list, the other being Crews Hill in Enfield. Crews Hill was picked alongside Leeds South Bank and Tempsford in Bedfordshire as one of three “priority” sites that the Government hopes it will break ground on before the next General Election.

Greenwich Council Leader

Okereke said: “This is fantastic news for Thamesmead and the borough. We have consistently demonstrated our ability to deliver quality affordable housing developments.

“This recognition shows the confidence the Government has in our track record of tackling the housing crisis and getting things done for residents.”

As one of its first actions, the Labour administration commissioned an independent New Towns Taskforce to identify potential locations for the next generation of new towns. The Government believes “the delivery of large-scale, well-designed places

is essential to tackling the housing crisis facing this country as well as delivering economic growth”.

The taskforce revealed its 12 location shortlist on September 28. It backed the creation of a riverside settlement in Thamesmead “unlocking inaccessible land in the city and improving connectivity if the proposed extension of the Docklands Light Railway can be delivered to enable the development.”

The Thamesmead Waterfront project is a joint venture between housing association Peabody and developer Lendlease. It is a 100-hectare development site on the southern bank of the Thames in West Thamesmead and one of the few remaining undeveloped waterfront sites in London.

Cllr Majid Rahman, Greenwich Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning, Estate Renewal and Development, added:

“We know how much potential there is waiting to be unlocked in Thamesmead, and we’re thrilled the Government also recognises what a key role it could play in delivering up to 15,000 new homes.

“Earlier this year, the council welcomed fresh investment for our long-championed campaign to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead. The New Town regeneration and potential rail link

would create new jobs, new housing and boost business to an area that benefits from better transport links.

“Thamesmead represents one of the largest regeneration areas in London and we will continue to work together with our partners the Greater London Authority, Transport for London, Peabody and Lendlease, to realise its full potential for existing and new communities.”

Photos by National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
The plans arrive amid a moment of financial strain across the higher education sector. Both Kent and Greenwich have contended with diminishing budgets, falling
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© Peabody and Lendlease.
The proposed area for the Thamesmead Waterfront project.

LIFESTYLE

Lewisham artist Jahnavi Inniss celebrates black history through quilting

She has ‘never encountered an art form that has so much cultural relevance for black women’, writes Maxine Brigue

A Lewisham artist is using quilting to explore centuries of black British history.

Jahnavi Inniss is a 27-year-old Central Saint Martins alum who grew up and is based in Catford, working in her studio in Lewisham Arthouse.

Whilst volunteering at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, Inniss was struck by the number of black figures from the 17th and 18th centuries that she had not learned about in school, so she chose to use her graphic design skills to share their stories.

She told us: “People should care about black history because it’s part of the national story. Black people have a place in Britain. We have contributed to this country. We have built this country, and people need to know that because it creates a sense of empowerment.”

Through her art, Inniss uses a critical lens to challenge historical narratives and create representation for black Brits.

The graphic designer said she settled on quilting as the “perfect medium due to its direct links to black history.”

“I have never encountered an art form that has so much cultural relevance for black women, because it was a way for black women to express themselves creatively,” she said.

“For example, enslaved people created quilts with secret communication devices that would tell people how to escape to North America. My work tells the history of black quilting whilst also telling black history.”

Inniss facilitates artistic workshops around the UK for organisations such as Craft Council England, Tate Britain, the South London Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

This summer, the artist became the family space artist in residence at the South London Gallery, where she led free workshops for children aged five to 12 to create quilt blocks

for the gallery’s large-scale quilt project.

Inniss’ largest piece, The Black British History Quilt, spans 11 metres and features the names of 34 black historical figures from a range of time periods, including the Victorian, Tudor, Elizabethan, Stewart and Georgian.

The Black British History Quilt was displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge over the summer as part of their ‘Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition‘ exhibition.

Inniss said: “I wanted to challenge the narrative that black people only arrived in Britain during the Windrush period because that time is often framed as when black people began to contribute to British society, which is not true. Black people have been contributing to British society for centuries before the 1950s.”

For each square, she used fabric related to the figure’s time period. She also chose a specific typeface inspired by the signage at Martin Luther King Jr.’s last recorded speech during the Memphis Sanitation strikes of 1968.

“History helps us to have a sense of self because if we can understand where we’ve come from, then we can feel like we deserve to be here,” she explained.

For her next piece, the artist is looking to explore local black history in Lewisham — a project that is set to be released next summer.

“When you know the history of your community, it provides a sense of empowerment and belonging,” she added.

On 23rd October, Inniss will run a workshop at Republic London in Tower Hamlets, exploring quilting as a tool for storytelling.

Inniss regularly shares information about her workshops and commissions on her website www.jahnavi-inniss.com/Workshops-1 and Instagram: @jahnavinniss

© Jahnavi Inniss
„ Fitzwilliam Museum Quilting Workshop

Illuminate Diwali

Saturday 25 October: 10.00-17.00

National Maritime Museum

Celebrate the Festival of Lights in Greenwich with lantern parades, dance performances, rangoli workshops and more.

rmg.co.uk/diwali

Free entry | Suitable for all ages and abilities

Student-built circular kitchen opens at Woolwich Community Centre

It provides a free alternative to commercial

A portable outdoor kitchen designed by Central Saint Martins students has been completed at Woolwich Common Community Centre, writes Jessica Khan

Designed as an octagonal structure that folds out into a working kitchen, it features a hob, sink, and ample workspace. The setup provides a free alternative to commercial kitchen rentals, supporting food-focused programming at the centre.

Named The Circular Kitchen, the structure is fully portable and reconfigurable, offering a yearround space for communal meals and events. Backed by the National

kitchen rentals

Lottery Community Fund, the kitchen supports cooking classes and seasonal gatherings.

The project began in 2024 as a live brief for architecture students,

mentored by Stride Treglown and built using reclaimed materials. A second student cohort refined the design in 2025 by working closely with Woolwich residents to shape it around community needs.

“It’s not just about what we build, but how and why we build it—and who we build it with,” said Stride Treglown Director Laura Cassullo.

Students gathered insights through

interviews with women’s groups, boxers, gardeners, and cooking clubs to ensure the design responded to local life. The result is a kitchen tailored to the daily activities of the centre – from nutrition classes to cultural cooking sessions.

“It’s incredibly valuable for students to understand how the thinking and skills that they’re developing can be applied in different ways to deliver real social impactarchitecture is about much more than buildings,” said Cassullo

The final build included help from local volunteers and students, culminating in a shared meal prepared in the new kitchen. Public Works also supported the build phase.

“Food is a huge part of what we do here,” said Jane Downes, Manager of Woolwich Common Community Centre. “It brings people together - it’s the glue. Whether it’s cooking lessons, sharing a meal, or just having a chat while something’s bubbling away, food is at the heart of this centre.”

Illuminate. Dance. Celebrate.

THE PENINSULA

Saturday 18 October

2pm - 7pm

Join us for Diwali at Greenwich Peninsula - an afternoon of colour, rhythm and community. From creative workshops and street food to a vibrant procession and a mass dance under the lights. Come in your brightest colours or traditional dress and be part of the celebration.

@greenwich.peninsula

Let’s get back to the 1851 parish boundary procession!

Well, I thought it was about time that I got back on the walk going right round the Greenwich Parish boundary. I can’t believe the amount of episodes that this is taking to do! When I started it I thought it would be two or three episodes, but now we’re on Episode 9 and I feel that there are lots of things which I’ve missed.

What this is about - I have been following a newspaper report of a civic procession going right round the Greenwich Parish boundary in 1851. In the 19th century these parish boundary walks were fairly common occurrences, taking place every couple of years. In those days, although things were changing, the parish was still the civic centre of the local area - but increasingly it was becoming a much more professional organisation.

Every few years they would walk round the parish boundary – the vicar, churchwardens, some parish officers, a lot of choir boys and groups of school children from all the local schools.

They had started off early morning from the top of Garden Stairs, which

I’m sure they don’t want people poking about looking for them.

From 123 Shooters Hill Road we need to cross over to what in 1851 was known as ‘Trout Common’. This is the triangular area between Old Dover Road and Shooters Hill Road on which some new houses have just been built - replacing a garage and outdoor car showroom. It was once part of an area owned by the Trout family, who had their farmhouse on the site which is now the M&S Foodhall in Old Dover Road.

point of the triangle which now faces down Shooters Hill Road and look up to Shooters Hill itself.

In 1851 the procession crossed Shooters Hill Road from 122 and then went down a passage which crossed Trout Common into what the newspaper report calls ’the road to Myrtle Place’ - although we would know it as ‘Old Dover Road’. ‘Myrtle Place’ itself refers to some houses then newly built on the corner of Vanburgh Park.

are just by Greenwich pier and had proceeded up Deptford Creek, through the back streets up onto Blackheath and done a strange loop down to the Paragon and back. Where we left them last time was in the street outside number 122 Shooters Hill Road, where there is a small boundary stone up against the wall.

I suspect that this next section as we go north down the border with Charlton is it going to be fairly complicated. There are several boundary stones there, but many of them are hidden and in places difficult to see. So I am very reliant on what other people have recorded - in particular in the report on a walk which was done in 1980.

I am also omitting from this article the house numbers where there is a stone in somebody’s garden, because

The Trout family must have been there a long, long time because it is shown as this on the 1695 Travers’ Plan. On that the boundary is shown at the easternmost end of Trout’s Common, with the farm house right at the other end of what is now the Old Dover Road. I’m a little confused as to how it can be called a ‘common’ and thus public, when it also appears to be privately owned. In the 1850s the area appears to be occupied by ‘Farmer Floyd’, although I am not sure whether ‘Farmer’ is his first name or his occupation. It later became a part of a timber yard, but most of us will remember the area for the sales of old cars. Neil Rhind commented that this was ‘an undistinguished end to what was once the entrance to one of the finest roadscapes in London... leading the traveller out of the country and onto the open plain of Blackheath’.

To be fair it does appear that the builders of the new houses on the site have made an effort here, with big windows on the house at the

The boundary therefore emerges from Trout Common to cross Old Dover Road and then immediately turn left - westwards. We are now also following the Charlton boundary as well as the Greenwich one and some of the boundary stones will have been laid by Charlton Parish as much as by Greenwich. It appears that there was at one time a boundary stone on both sides of Old Dover Road here as we emerge from the Common.

Having turned left the newspaper reporting the 1851 walk says that they go a short way down the road - that’s Old Dover Road - and ‘turn into the garden of the first house on the right hand where there is a Charlton Stone’. A little further on is a road junction and we will need to turn down this as part of the walk. This road today is Reynold’s Place, but it was originally Russel Place after a then well known local firm of builders. The boundary line itself goes down the back of these houses, running between them and the boundary of the school.

In 1851 when the walk took place

this was St John’s National Schools, and marked as such on the 1860s Ordnance Survey map. Now, one of my problems with writing about this area is that it is very much divided by that boundary line between two parishes - and some historians write just about Blackheath and others just about Charlton. St John’s Church is very firmly in Blackheath in Stratheden Road - and unfortunately some of its facilities, like the school, are technically in Charlton! The original school buildings are still in Reynold’s Place as the first two or three houses on the east side - and I have to admit that I had no idea they were there until I looked at the road for this article. The school appears to have had a fairly unstable existence, never doing very well and only recently it has been reconfigured as The Leigh Academy and rebuilt. So, back to the newspaper report about the procession in 1851. They went down Old Dover Road to ‘The first house on the right’ said to have a boundary stone in its front garden. That will be of course the first house just past the tyre sales building - and very properly that is level with the footpath that goes down alongside the school grounds and the Reynolds Place back gardens. Clearly there is no garden there now either and the fate of the boundary stone is clearly unknown. I sometimes wonder if these stones get themselves built into walls in the area near where they were originally placed. If I had known one needed to be looked for I could have done that instead of sitting cursing while I waited for a tyre to be replaced, on several occasions.

Mary Mills
„ Buildings of St John’s School in Reynolds Place

The procession continued down Reynold’s Place to Lizban Street – that name ‘Lizban’ is very strange and I can find nothing to explain what it means. The spell checker just keeps changing it to ‘Lisbon’ of course . The road was originally called Bowater Place and the Bowater family were big land owners in the Charlton area so that’s understandable - but ‘Lizban’? There are said to be boundary stones at the junction between Lizban and Reynolds Place and the account of the 1980s walks give considerable details about where they are. They also say that there is a boundary marker way out of line at the other end of Lizban Street where a footpath goes down an alleyway through bollards.

The walk turns right at the junction with Lizban Street and Reynolds Place and went right along to a gateway which goes into the grounds of Rectory Field and the school. A boundary stone is marked on the map just as you turn from Lizban Street into the Rectory Field Grounds. There is an awful lot of undergrowth in that area which could be hiding it.

There is a path which goes right the way down the side of Rectory Field between here and Charlton Road and along which the boundary goes. This same path was there in the 1850s. Clearly Rectory Field is now a well used and very diverse sports ground. I really don’t have the space here to even begin to list out the various famous clubs who

have been part of this complex of sports organisations and the various famous victories which have been part of that. Perhaps another time. Although it is probably worth noting that this remains a private sports ground available to the Clubs and their members who occupy it.

When the walk took place in the 1860s the rectory itself was just to the west of the Rectory Field in the middle of what is now the Cherry Garden Estate. The field was then just a field attached to the rectory and with nothing more than a couple of trees marked in the middle of it.

Various accounts of the boundary say that at the point at which the Rectory Field foot path emerges in Charlton Road there was once a boundary stone, but that this is now in the garden of Poplar Cottagewhich is on the of the left as you come out of the sports ground. This ‘traditional’ weatherboarded cottage was restored in the 1970s and was apparently previously known as ‘Asses Milk House.

On reaching Charlton Road the boundary as shown on the map, goes straight over. But I think I will have to leave that for next time. In the 1850s when this walk was originally undertaken, across the road was an area full of very posh houses in their own grounds and it will be a bit of a puzzle to work out exactly where the route went.

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) MARLBOROUGH LANE AND CANBERRA 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 Southern Gas Networks who need to carry out the replacement of gas mains.

2. The Order will come into operation on 20th October 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 21 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 Marlborough Lane at its junctions with Charlton Road and Canberra Road.

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 : 20/08/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA490171 & 490177

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WOODLAND TERRACE 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 M Group Telecoms Ltd who need to carry out repairs and maintenance.

2. The Order will come into operation on 27th October 2025 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 Woodland Terrace at the junction with Heathwood Gardens.

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: 04/09/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/LA490890 FN812 /LIC No 74615

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) LAKEDALE 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 UKPOWER NETWORKS who need to carry out an installation of an electrical link box.

2. The Order will come into operation on 27/10/2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 5 days until the 02/11/2025 . 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 proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in LAKEDALE ROAD between 47 and 69. This affects traffic travelling southbound.

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: 11/09/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/ EC40086793756-04 /LIC No 74688 / LA 491996 / FN 832 ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) CARADOC STREET 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 who need to carry out a ferrule exchange.

2. The Order will come into operation on 20th October 2025 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), Caradoc Street outside 28.

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: 22/08/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA491364 FN813 /LIC No 74519

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WHITWORTH STREET 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 who need to carry out a ferrule exchange.

2. The Order will come into operation on 22nd October 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 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 Whitworth Street outside 32.

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, 3 5 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated: 22/08/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA491360 FN814 /LIC No 74521

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) MASCALLS 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 Southern Gas Networks who need to carry out the replacement of gas mains.

2. The Order will come into operation on 20th October 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 16 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 Mascalls Road at the junction of Charlton Road.

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: 13/06/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA488446 FN793 /LIC No 73896

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WOOLWICH HIGH STREET PLANNED DIRECTIONAL 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 Franklin Infrastructure who need to carry out S278 Works in regards to removing a tower crane.

2. The Order will come into operation for four days starting between 24/10/2025 and 28/10/2025, however the order would continue to be valid for 18 months. The works are expected to be completed by 02/11/2025 at the latest, but weather permitting could be finished earlier. 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) WOOLWICH HIGH STREET/A206 between the junctions of GLASS YARD and WARREN LANE. The order will also place the parking restrictions on the following locations: Outside 74 - 30 SANDY HILL ROAD, outside 2-60 CRESCENT ROAD, outside 70opposite 133 CRESCENT ROAD and outside 111-113 WOOLWICH HIGH STREET/A206. This will prevent vehicles from parking, waiting (including for the purposes of loading and unloading) at these locations.

4. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible for vehicles in connection with the works only. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the following roads: A205/JOHN WILSON STREET onto NIGHTINGALE PLACE onto PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD onto SANDY HILL ROAD onto CRESCENT ROAD onto BURRAGE ROAD and back onto PLUMSTEAD ROAD/A206.

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: 12/09/2025

INTERNAL REF - EM FA004S47-01 / LIC No 74692 / LA 492536 / FN 833

Find out who is applying to DIG UP THE ROAD and where.

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)

Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (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: 15/10/2025

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 15/10/2025

Publicity for Planning Applications

Applicant: Miss Legon Fordingbridge PLC 25/2288/F

Site Address: JOHN ROAN LOWER SCHOOL, WESTCOMBE PARK ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7QR

Development: Installation of an open sided timber canopy in the school court yard to provide covered learning and outdoor dining space

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Applicant: C/O Agent

25/2513/SD

Site Address: 29 GLOUCESTER CIRCUS, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RY

Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 5 (Render Specification) of Listed Building Consent dated 17/06/2025 of Ref 25/0447/L. (Amended description)

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: WIZA PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LTD 25/2895/F

Site Address: DEVELOPMENT LAND AT FORMER, 82 PURRETT ROAD

Development: Construction of a two storey dwellinghouse with associated landscaping, refuse storage, cycle parking and associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON

Applicant: Greenwich Hospital 25/2949/F

Site Address: 14A-15A GREENWICH MARKET, LONDON, SE10 9HZ

Development: Conversion of existing four-bedroom residential unit (C3) to 2 x one-bedroom self-contained residential units (C3), replacement of existing windows and doors and associated external alterations (This application impacts the setting of a number of Grade 2 Listed Buildings nearby)

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Transport for London 25/3015/F

Site Address: O/S 153-155 WELL HALL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6UF

Development: Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure comprising one charging terminal on the carriageway.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Morden College 25/3031/F

Site Address: BROADBRIDGE HALL, BROADBRIDGE CLOSE, LONDON, SE3 7AD

Licensing Team, 1st Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003

Notice is given that: The Cheese Collective Ltd has applied for the Grant

Development: Change of use of the existing building on site from a local community facility (Use Class F2) to residential (Use Class C3) to provide 3 x 2-bedroom apartments; construction of single storey rear extension and rear dormer extensions; installation of side rooflights, PV panels and air source heat pumps; associated landscaping, cycle parking, bin storage and other associated alterations. (Resubmission)

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Applicant: Mr Matt Dickson 25/3039/HD

Site Address: 201 PLUM LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3HQ

Development: Garage conversion and construction of a single storey rear extension, replacement of front driveway and paving with associated works.

Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 25/3068/F

Site Address: 12 BANNING STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9PH

Development: Replacement of windows and doors.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr Bailey 25/3078/HD

Site Address: 5A ST GERMANS PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0NH

Development: Installation of new PVCu replacement windows to the front of the property.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Applicant: BT PLC 25/3086/F

Site Address: PAVEMENT OPPOSITE THE UPTOWN DOG, 73 TRAFALGAR RD, GREENWICH, SE10 9TS

Development: The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub, removal of associated BT payphone kiosk(s) and associated works.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: Cheyne BT PLC 25/3089/F

Site Address: Pavement outside Library, 17-27 Old Dover Road, Greenwich, London SE3 7BT

Development: The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Applicant: Verity Cheyne BT PLC 25/3093/F

Site Address: Pavement outside Nisa Local, 12-14 Creek Road, Greenwich, London SE8 3BN

Development: Installation of 1 x BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).

25/3152/F

Applicant: L&Q

Site Address: 25A & 25B GIBSON STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9AD

Development: Replacement of existing timber windows to front elevation and front entrance door with new slimline double glazed timber units, and replacement of rear and side elevation timber windows and doors with new uPVC units.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: Sophie Maynard 25/3343/HD

Site Address: 39 COURT ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5AF

Development: Construction of a single storey side and rear wraparound extension, new paved patio, resurfacing of existing driveway and associated landscaping and external alterations (resubmission)

Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE

Applicant: Richard Lees 25/3352/PN3

Site Address: QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, STADIUM ROAD, LONDON, SE18 4QH

Development: Prior Approval is sought for Installation of a roof top solar array on the roofs of non-domestic buildings (use class B2) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Woolwich Common

Publicity for Listed Building Consent

Applicant: Mr Jim McDonnell 25/3008/L

Site Address: 64 CROOMS HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8HG

Development: Retrospective listed building consent application for the infilling of an internal first floor half landing door entrance to allow the Grade II listed No. 64 Crooms Hill to be separated from the Grade II* listed No. 66 Crooms Hill; other associated alterations.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Mr Smith 25/3033/L

Site Address: FLAT B, 1 SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7AR

Development: Erect stud wall to create new bathroom, relocate kitchen, add sink to conservatory and bedroom and other minor associated works. Install one vent to side elevation.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Hallgate Residents Society Limited 25/3205/L

Site Address: HALLGATE, BLACKHEATH PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON SE3 9SG

Development: Update the mains electricity circuit board, the rewire of the mains supply to each flat, renew external and internal lighting, install linked

Conservation

Publicity for Advertisements

Applicant: BT PLC 25/3087/A

Site Address: PAVEMENT OPPOSITE THE UPTOWN DOG,

Council pledges £60million in one-off funds to deliver major improvements

The Royal Borough of Greenwich has announced a one-off £60 million funding drive, Getting Things Done. Tackling flytipping, keeping the borough safe, and much more, subject to Cabinet approval on Wednesday 15 October.

The council has a one-off pot made up of funding it has negotiated from developers and grants it has successfully bid for. It is using this money to get things done across eight key areas over five years, picking up on resident feedback to put money where it will really make a difference.

Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “We’re putting developers’ cash to good use and getting things done in Greenwich.

We have a one-off £60million pot that we’re dividing up to get on with investing and improving our borough. Development should mean more than new houses and flats, so we’re making sure that we put developers’ cash to good use in ways that benefit everyone in Greenwich.

“We’re putting millions into making sure Greenwich has clean and safe streets, thriving town centres and places for families and communities to connect with each other. We’re focusing on key issues that we know really matter to you – because they matter to us too. It’s easy to just point at problems, but in Greenwich we’re getting things done to sort them.”

Cllr Denise Hyland, Cabinet Member for Finance, Resources and Social Value, said: “The £60million announced today is from one-off ringfenced sources, so it can’t be spent to offset any future deficit in the

Council’s operating costs – but it can be used to get things done. Like nearly every other council, we have budget pressures. Every year there is more demand for our services and the cost of delivering those services continues to rise.

“We’re making our case to the government about inner London councils funding. In the meantime, we currently anticipate a budget gap of over £45million next year. This means we will have to make savings to balance our budget, and this won't be achievable without making fundamental changes to what services we deliver and how we deliver them.

“By getting things done now, we can make sure the cash we win from development and grants has a positive impact and help us deliver savings in the future.”

Announcements will be made weekly. Follow the council on WhatsApp to be the first to know:

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GREENWICH:

Getting Things Done

Reminder: Apply for 2026 Secondary school places

A great future starts now as applications for secondary school places starting in September 2026 are open.

Parents and young people need to choose their preferred secondary schools and submit their applications by the October 31 deadline: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/secondary-admissions

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