Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - January 4th 2023

Trying to beat the winter blues?

Our mental health can often suffer following the rush of the holidays, making January a difficult month. Cold and long nights, a prolonged wait until pay day and not as much cheer as the festive season, can have many of us feeling isolated and distressed.

If you are feeling the blues and looking for ways to help your mental health this January, Live Well Greenwich has some useful tips from staying active, taking care of your body and being aware and mindful of the environments you are in to help lessen the blues. Surround yourself with people you

love or find out what is going on in your local community. Confide in someone you trust or share your feelings with others who can help you through any emotional challenges you may be experiencing. Get active with regular physical activities like walking, running or swimming to help with difficult emotions and worries. Or try

a new hobby like arts and crafts or do something else you enjoy.

It is important to have someone to talk to when you are struggling with your mental health, talking to someone you trust, or a professional can help with severe ‘January blues’ when needed.

If you’re finding it extremely difficult during the new year don’t be afraid to seek professional help, Live Well Greenwich is here to help you look after you and get the support you need.

Visit livewellgreenwich.org.uk/ lookafteryou

Give back to your community this year

As a Royal Greenwich resident, you can help your community by becoming a Community Champion.

Community Champions help share what we are doing in the borough with their networks; including how we are helping to tackle the cost of living and supporting residents to stay happy and healthy.

The benefits are endless, from improving the health and wellbeing of residents in the borough to getting involved in your community and helping people get the right

support they need. Why not make helping your community your New Year’s resolution?

If you are community spirited and eager to help your neighbours, friends and family, become a Royal Borough of Greenwich Community Champion today at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ community_champions

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Pick of the Week

Dine at Dorothy and Marshall

Big, tasty things have put Bromley Town Hall firmly on the foodie map this winter. In the dining room of the Grade II-listed building – once the old courthouse – it’s all about celebrating seasonal British flavours. Local chef Ralph Jones is in charge of the kitchen, cooking up a menu promising treacle for both mains and pud (yes, really!). We’re talking a steaming dish of braised beef short rib with Guinness and black treacle, followed by a dessert of Golden Tate and Lyle treacle tart with raspberries topped with whipped almond clotted cream. Start the year as you mean to go on, eh? Dorothy and Marshall, 4 Court Street, Bromley BR1 1AN. Opening in November, hours TBD. www.dorothyandmarshall.co.uk

Manifest your dreams for 2023

Feeling spiritual? The Old Royal Naval College is hosting a ‘Full Moon Manifesting Ritual’ led by Roxy Maronne from wellness hub House of Roxy. Against the backdrop of artist Luke Jerram’s striking installation ‘Museum of the Moon’, which is hanging in the Painted Hall this winter, the workshop invites a small group to ‘manifest’ a positive 2023 through breath-work and mind-shifting techniques. It sounds a bit airy-fairy, we know, but what have you got to lose? Bring your own yoga mat and warm clothing – it’s chilly in there – and stick around for a chat over some ginger and turmeric kombucha following the session. Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 9NN. January 7, 5.15pm - 8pm. Admission: £38. www.ornc.org/ whats-on/full-moon-manifestingworkshop-with-house-of-roxy

The Queen’s House ice rink closes this Sunday, so get your skates on if you’re keen to pay a final visit. Set against the regal backdrop – a UNESCO World Heritage site, no less – the rink has given us the chance to skid across the ice while enjoying views of both the landmark house and nearby Greenwich Park this winter. Once your session is up, warm up with a hot drink or plate of something delicious from the on-site food and drink stalls. Queen’s House, Greenwich, SE10 9NF. Until January 8, from 10am - 8pm. Admission: £16-£19/£10-£13 children. www.rmg.co.uk/skate

Dive underwater with The Little Mermaid

At the newly renovated Woolwich Tramshed, classic fairytale The Little Mermaid is being frolicked into a pantomime, with plenty of songs and good cheer. The little mermaid in question is Opal, who’s hoping to find true love with her prince, Ben. Will they succeed? They’ll need the help of audience members if they stand a chance of booing off evil, that’s for sure. Woolwich tramshed, London, SE18 6ES. January 7, 2pm; January 8, 2:30pm & 6pm. Admission: £8. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/ event/8754/the_little_mermaid_pantomime

January 7, 7:30pm. Admission: £29. www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/ticket-elvis-bromley-2020

Disney on Ice returns with big dreams

Courage takes centre stage in the latest Disney on Ice show: Dream Big, which begins its 12-day run at the O2 Arena on December 22. Fortunately, courage is something the franchise’s heroes and heroines are in no short supply of. Prepare to feel thoroughly inspired by high-flying jumps, daring acrobatics and world-class figure skating as seven of Disney’s most adventurous leading characters whisk audiences through the tales of their bravest feats, writes Holly O’Mahony…

The all-new production, produced by Feld Entertainment, sees several of Disney’s well-known stories brought to life side-by-side on the icy stage. Disney stalwarts Mickey and Minnie Mouse lead the procession of characters, bringing a sprinkling of nostalgia for older audience members.

Viewers also get to join the fearless Moana and the demigod Maui, on their quest to restore the stolen heart of Te Fiti; party like it’s Day of the Dead as Miguel from Disney Pixar’s Coco brings the festivities to the ice; watch Rapunzel, Cinderella and Belle as they discover how to make their own magic; travel to the wintry world of Arendelle with sisters Anna and Elsa; and witness Jasmine discovering a whole new world.

Figure skater Callum Leach, who plays Frozen’s loveable ice harvester Kristoff in the show, gives us a peek behind the scenes…

Holly O’Mahony: How did you come to be a skater-performer with Disney On Ice?

Callum Leach: I joined Disney On Ice in 2012 at the age of 19. I’ve previously toured with their shows 100 Years of Magic, Worlds of Enchantment, Let’s Celebrate,

Worlds of Fantasy, Mickey and Friends and Dream Big.

HOM: Tell us about the current show. How does it differ from past Disney on Ice stories?

CL: The show has a lot of stories and characters, from Mickey and Minnie to princesses including Cinderella and Tiana. I portray the role of Kristoff thanks to the show having a great Frozen segment – everyone loves to sing along to ‘Let It Go’.

HOM: Putting Disney characters on ice skates has proved a winning formula. What do you think makes it so magical?

CL: It’s a unique chance for the audience to see Disney characters live on ice.

HOM: Be honest… how hard is it to skate gracefully in a giant costume?

CL: Honestly not that difficult! Practice makes perfect!

HOM: What do you love most about your job?

CL: Reactions on the audiences faces make performing worthwhile. I also love travelling and getting to visit a different city every week.

HOM: Lastly, what do you hope little audience members take away from seeing your latest show?

CL: I hope we give them the best Disney experience of their life!

Disney on Ice’s Dream Big is on at the O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. From December 22 - January 2, times vary.

Admission: £34 - £88. www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/ disney-on-ice-presents-dream-big

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I’m standing on the water’s edge at Forest Hill Pools. I’m shivering but hoping I’m wearing an expression resembling a brave face beneath the various pieces of paraphernalia I’ve been handed: snorkels, fins, a hard-eared swimming cap, rubber glove, hockey stick and, to my surprise, a thick pair of socks. Paranoid I’m looking increasingly ridiculous, I try to remember I’m just doing my job, in this case reporting on an unusual, under-the-radar local sports club, writes Holly O’Mahony...

New year, new you: could 2023 be the year to try underwater hockey?

The club in question is Lewisham Underwater Hockey, which has been running for 10 years, since the squad’s founding players Alan Quarterman, 76, and James Bayley, 58, set it up in 2012. Both former scuba diving instructors, Alan has been playing since 1981 and James discovered an interest when he was looking for a sport to play with his daughter, who was training for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at the time. They meet once a week on Friday evenings, playing a couple of games then going to a local Chinese restaurant for a catch up.

An underwater hockey match typically lasts 30 minutes, during which the two teams (of around six players) go snorkel-to-snorkel to score the most goals. A heavily weighted puck sits on the pool floor, with the players using a small stick to guide it towards their opponent’s goal. What sets the sport apart from most water sports is that players have to hold their breath while engaging with the action underwater, resurfacing now and then for air.

I’d never heard of underwater hockey before coming across the Lewisham club on Instagram,

but it’s not as niche a sport as I’d imagined. Originating in the United Kingdom in 1954, today it’s popular the world over, with France, New Zealand and Australia regular winners of the annual World Cup.

Despite the fact many of Lewisham’s team members have been in the game for years, they’re very welcoming of new players of all abilities, offering a free trial session/

lesson by way of encouragement.

That’s how I’ve ended up here, with James giving me a quick snorkelling lesson before Alan teaches me the basics of underwater hockey. Both have taken time out from their own game to indoctrinate me, as they do whenever newbies turn up keen to have a go.

Feeling more like a buoyant sea

slug than, say, a graceful dolphin, I practise moving through the water propelled by my fins, turning in circles and taking some deep dives, before eventually attempting to swim along the pool floor, stick in hand, to hit the puck. It takes a few tries before I even get close.

Elsewhere in the pool, the game is in full swing, and once my lesson is over, I take advantage of my goggles to watch the action under water. From my frontrow seat, I marvel at the speed and competence of the players, their yellow fins gliding and bodies twirling. It’s as peaceful as watching tropical fish in a tank – that is, until I’m called up.

James invites me to kick off the next point of the match, for which I need to swim to the deepest point in the pool, dive underwater and kick things off by hitting the puck. I try to say no, not sure my 45-minute lesson has qualified me for the task, but with half my head under water my words come out all bubbly, and they’re looking at me expectantly. So I give it a go, and, to everyone’s surprise (well, mine at least) I manage to reach the pool floor and thwack the puck before running out of breath. It’s a small achievement – nothing on what the underwater hockey players around me manage with each game – but I leave the pool feeling pretty proud of myself for trying something new.

It was an all-male team playing on the night of my visit, but Alan and James assure me they have regular female players too. After the game, I speak to Yu, who’s still relatively new to underwater hockey, having

joined just four months ago. He comes with a friend and admits he took some convincing to get involved, but now he’s hooked. It’s a steep learning curve, he tells me, what with all the equipment and tricks to get used to, but it’s a fun, social way to spend a Friday night – and a decent alternative to going out drinking.

What’s striking about Lewisham Underwater Hockey Club is the real sense of community here. There’s a gentle openness in how they interact, with Alan playing Dad and reminding the younger players to put away their equipment tidily after the game, and sharing around a chocolate bar as a ‘well done’ after

the match. It’s also rare to see a sport played by a team varying so broadly in age: the club welcomes kids aged 12 and up if they’re accompanied by an adult, while the oldest player is in his late 70s.

I’m not sure I’ve got much skill as an underwater hockey player, but

I’d happily join another session to soak up more of that camaraderie.

Lewisham Underwater Hockey Club meets at Forest Hill Pools, Dartmouth Road, London SE23 3HZ. Fridays, 7:45pm - 9pm. Admission: £8/£4 children. www.luwhc.org.uk

Charlton goalkeeper visits community trust course

Wollacott, 26, took a wide range of questions from young people on the course about his club and international career so far.

The Ghana international, who arrived in SE7 in June, is currently out with a fractured finger, which he suffered against Burton Albion in November.

Despite being ruled out through injury, he joined the Ghana squad for the World Cup in Qatar to encourage

his teammates, and spoke about his experience as part of the travelling party.

Prior to the World Cup, which he helped his country qualify for, he played against a Brazil side featuring Neymar, Vinicius and Richarlison.

As well as asking him about his time as a full international, participants quizzed him about his experiences as a Charlton player, and the transition to life in SE7 which he joined a number of

other signings from Swindon Town in making. He hopes to make a return to Charlton’s first-team squad in 2023.

Michael Ward, CACT’s Head of Football & Sports Development, said:

“We were delighted to welcome Jojo Wollacott to our Training Ground holiday course recently.

“He took various questions from our young participants, signed merchandise, posed for photographs and shared advice with those taking part in the course. We’re grateful for players from both our men’s and women’s first-teams who take the time to visit our programmes and feel these visits are an important addition to the football courses we run.

“The young people had a range of questions prepared, and are always grateful, as I am, to all players who stop by to meet them as well as Charlton Athletic’s Player Liaison Officer Tracey Leaburn for facilitating men’s team appearances.

CACT holiday courses across South East London and Kent will return in the February half-term. To find out more, visit cact.gives/courses

Getting up Shooter’s Hill under

Nineteenth century Greenwich was home to any number of innovative engineers – with a reputation for skilled metal working. Most famous are the armaments made in the Royal Arsenal and the steam engines made at establishments like Penn’s on Blackheath Hill, but also there were many smaller firms. It was also an area where experiments in such devices were sometimes tried out – and this included mechanical road transport devices.

Inventors in the late 18th and early 19th century wanted to apply the developing technologies to road vehicles. One of the earliest and most famous was the working model steam car made by William Murdoch in 1782. Although he was in Cornwall it was described and popularised by Blackheath resident, writer Samuel Smiles. Locally, from the 1820s onwards, some roads were - well, almost - buzzing with newly invented vehicles. Most of them were steam powered and while they were developed as the same time as railway locomotives, they were lighter and smaller and, perhaps, more sophisticated.

The idea of steam road transport had been around a long time. Another early inventor from Cornwall was Richard Trevithick. He came to London in 1803, bringing with him a steam locomotive which he had developed in Cambourne and which had been demonstrated on roads there. The original model was burnt out when Trevithick and his friends were in the pub eating roast goose a couple of days after Christmas. Later he demonstrated locomotives in London – I have seen a replica of his vehicle in Dartford, where he was living at the time of his death.

Deptford, Greenwich and Woolwich were on the main Dover Road and a test for newly developed vehicles might be to ascend Shooters Hill –not only on a main road but steep and well known. Many vehicles which were developed elsewhere were tried and tested here. Inventors needed publicity for their carriages and it was a very good advertisement to be seen taking the new vehicle over a difficult piece of public road, so Shooters Hill was a firm favourite. We need to remember the description of the road up Shooters Hill in Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities - the novel was written in 1859 but set in 1775 - ‘he walked uphill in the mire by the side of the mail as the other passengers did ... with drooping heads and tremulous tails [the horses] mashed their way through the thick mud ... there was a steaming mist in all the hollows ... a clammy and intensely cold mist .... A loaded blunderbuss lay on the top of six or eight loaded horse pistols, deposited on a substratum of cutlasses’.

An early powered vehicle which ascended Shooters Hill seems to have been that built by Samuel Brown. It was, however, not a steam car – and the Samuel Brown involved was not the distinguished Blackheath resident associated with

various types of chain manufacture. I must admit to having confused them in past articles, and I’m sorry about that.

This, other, Samuel Brown was a cooper whose patents included improvements to machinery for manufacturing casks. He lived in West London, in Eagle Lodge in Brompton, between 1825 and 1835, and the road vehicle he developed there was tested by driving it up Shooters Hill on 27th May 1826. It was powered by ‘the first gas engine’ - unlike many later vehicles which climbed the hill it did not use steam but was powered by gas, perhaps coal gas or the vapour from commercial alcohol. The engine was known as a ‘gas vacuum’ and has been claimed as the forerunner of internal combustion. The car itself had four wooden wheels, a small seat for the driver and very little room for anything else on top of a gigantic engine. It climbed up Shooters Hill very slowly but ‘with considerable ease’.

In the 1820s many people thought that Mr. Brown’s carriage and others would never be able to go uphill because of something they called ‘perpendicular resistance’. The drive up Shooters Hill was to disprove

this once and for all. Reports said ‘this precipitous surface experiment demonstrated that perpendicular resistance could be surmounted’. Mr. Brown’s car went up the hill all right - and plenty more were to follow it.

There had been concern about the weight of the vehicle and the load it could carry as it went up the hill. However it was reported that seven people sat on the shafts and it ‘appeared to make no difference to the motion’. Then ‘some sailors who were accidentally passing’ surrounded the engine ‘and expressed their amazement at its impelling power’. They ‘put a young chimney sweeper on the board which corresponded to a coach box on an ordinary coach’ and he ‘became the first conductor of a heavily laden vehicle up Shooters Hill without the agency of horses’.

Shooters Hill had recently had a new road surface laid down to help coach wheels get a purchase at the point where these experiments took place. It was also thought that a steam powered vehicle could only be used on a slightly inclined surface. However Mr Brown’s gas powered invention was shown to be able to work on the road in the roughest

under their own steam (or gas)

of conditions. It was also pointed out in reports of the ascent that a steam engine explosion would ‘produce considerable mischief’ but this ‘pneumatic engine would not explode in such a manner’ and ‘there cannot be any scattering expulsion of its fractured parts’.

Brown’s ride up Shooters Hill has been given very little attention in histories of motor transport although it was well reported at the time in the technical and national press. It was very early in the history of powered road transport and, in some ways, isolated from the later development of the internal combustion engine. Clearly it has not been described in histories of steam transport because steam was not used.

After this experimental trip Brown himself seems to have abandoned the idea of using the system for a road vehicle and adapted it to be used for powering boats. The ‘Canal Gas Engine Company’ was formed by a group of entrepreneurs to exploit the engine for use in vessels on the Croydon Canal – the canal which ran from New Cross to Croydon and which became the route of the London Bridge/Norwood Junction railway line. The canal was not a success and the gas engine project floundered with it.

Brown was not the only person in Greenwich trying to put powered vehicles on the roads in the 1820s. Another, more local, inventor was working on a steam carriage. John Hill came from Greenwich. He may have been the John Hill from Creek Street, Deptford but ‘John Hill’ is a common name. His partner in the steam carriage project was a Timothy Burstill who came from Edinburgh and was, of course, a competitor in the 1829 Rainhill Trials for an effective railway

locomotive. His entry there was with ‘Perseverance’ - said to have been ‘no more than a glorified domestic boiler’.

In London Burstill and Hill made a very heavy, 8 ton, road steam carriage with a very large boiler. This meant that it was very slow and could only do, at the most, three or five miles an hour. They found it difficult to get passengers because, it emerged, people were scared of sitting close to the enormous boiler and as it turns out, with good reason,

They were quite right to be afraid because this boiler eventually exploded during a demonstration run in Kennington outside ‘New Bedlam’, today that’s the Imperial War Museum. What happened is a good example of what the writers on Brown’s non-steam engine said about the dangers of steam. The carriage was ‘making a short turn, in order to get into the public road, when one of the wheels stuck in a piece of soft ground, the fore wheels being locked at the time, and the steam being generated faster than expended, the boiler burst, with a great explosion’. No one was badly hurt in the accident although two people were taken to hospital. Twenty three people were standing nearby ‘on the bank’ and one man had his foot on the machine itself. Burstill and Hill claimed that the fact that no one was killed showed how safe the engine really was! No more was heard of it.

Such steam carriages were experimental and none of them ever ran a regular public transport service. This changed in the late 1830s when new carriages came on to the roads which were designed to hold fifteen or more passengers and run an ‘omnibus’ service.

The next article will look at them and some of the others.

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1)

WiLmount 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 disconnection.

2. The Order will come into operation on 9th January 2023 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Wilmount Street from outside 8 and reverse the one way from the junction of Anglesea Avenue to the junction of Masons Hill.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted by 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 12/10/22

(INTERNAL REF: PL/447/LA435235)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH

roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) [nevada street]

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 Royal Borough of Greenwich Filming Unit who need to carry out filming works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 2 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, Nevada Street for the full length. As well as temporarily revoke the no entry’s in King William Walk at the Junction of Romney Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via an appropriately signed diversion route. 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.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 29th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/469/LATBC)

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: 04/01/2023

Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 4/01/2023

Publicity for Planning Applications

Applicant: K Williams Hyde Housing Group 22/1116/F

Site Address: BROOKHILL CLOSE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6TX

Development: Demolition of the existing dwellinghouses to provide for the comprehensive residential redevelopment of the Brookhill Estate. The proposal includes the construction of residential dwellings (Use Class C3), improvements to public realm including hard and soft landscaping, highways works, car parking, cycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, plant, external amenity space and playspace.

Further detailed explanation of the scale of the proposal (not forming part of the formal description of development set out above):

254 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) site wide Six blocks, with a maximum no. of storeys and building heights of:

Block A (2 – 7 Storeys) up to 63.56 metres Above

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Block B (2 – 3 Storeys) up to 47.55 metres Above

Ordnance Datum (m AOD)

Block C (4 – 5 Storeys) up to 56.05 metres Above Ordnance Datum (m AOD)

Block D (2 – 3 Storeys) up to 44.10 metres Above

Ordnance Datum (m AOD)

Block E (3 – 7 Storeys) up to 52.45 metres Above

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Block F (4 – 5 Storeys) up to 46.15 metres Above

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(The development may impact on the setting of the Woolwich Conservation Area, Woolwich Common Conservation Area and the Plumstead Common Conservation Area as well as nearby Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings)

(This re-consultation is required following submission of revised plans and reports which include changes to Blocks A, C and F. These changes incorporate the reduction in the number of units from 263 to 251, and a reduction in massing to Blocks A1, A2, C & F).

Applicant: Mr Paul Fellows 22/3032/F

Site Address: THE VISTA BUILDING, 30 CALDERWOOD STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 6JF

Development: Erection of 9 Storey extension to the North West of the building (fronting Clara Place) to provide 1 x 1 bed flat, 6 x 2 bed flats and a ground floor retail unit (RECONSULTATION DUE TO AMENDED DESCRIPTION)

Applicant: Jolly Good Time Ltd 22/3852/F

Site Address: 165 TRAFALGAR ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9TX

Development: Retrospective change the use from a barber shop (Class E) to a massage shop (Sui Generis) and associated alterations to internal layout, including installation of a wet room and sink.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: C Decaux UK Limited 22/3894/F

Site Address: PAVEMENT OPPOSITE 249 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE10 8NB

Development: Installation of a streetside multifunctional communication hub including defibrillator and advertisement display.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: Department of Work and Pensions 22/3921/F

Site Address: REAR OF 50 WELLINGTON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PY

Development: Removal of redundant boilers and plant room equipment. Replacment of external and internal units and controls. Install 5no. new Condenser units. Installation of acoustic enclosure for 3no. new units. 2no. units located within existing acoustic enclosure. Alterations to parking arrangement.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Woolwich Conservation Area

Applicant: Mr Kunchamwar 22/3924/F

Site Address: 96A CHARLTON CHURCH LANE, LONDON, SE7 7AA

Development: Construction of two dormer windows with a roof terrace and screening and installation of 1 rooflight to the front roof slope.

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Applicant: Mr John Johnston Hyde Housing 22/4004/F

Site Address: 51 ROSS WAY, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RJ

Development: Replacement of existing roof tiles.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: c/o Agent Essential Living (Greenwich) Limited 22/4043/F

Site Address: Land Bounded by Deptford Creek, Copperas Street, Creek Road (Creekside East), London SE8 3FN

Development: Part change of use of existing ground and lower floor unit from Use Class E to form; a separate corner unit (Creek Road) remaining in Use Class E; a separate lower ground floor unit (rear Copperas Street) for use as either, a pet grooming parlour (Sui Generis) or within Use Class E; enlargement to existing concierge / reception facilities to serve existing residential units (ancillary Use Class C3), and use of part ground floor as either a residents only gym (ancillary Use Class C3), or within Use Class E; and minor associated external alterations.

Applicant: Mr Dennis Dobrzynski 22/4111/HD

Site Address: 102 SHREWSBURY LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3JL

Development: Demolition of existing garage and construction of a larger garage to the rear garden.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Shrewsbury Park Estate

Applicant: Mr & Mrs R Sargent 22/4152/mA

Site Address: 3 MORDEN ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0AA

Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 26/10/2022 (Reference: 22/0465/F) for demolition of existing dwelling and construction of a two-storey plus basement single-family dwelling, with associated landscaping to allow:

- Amendment to Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) where drawing numbers 124-PD-101 - Rev A and 124-PD-103 - Rev A are superseded by new drawing numbers 124-PD-101 - Rev B and 124-PD-103 - Rev B.

- Amendment to Condition 3 (Basement Impact Assessment) by replacement with revised Basement Impact Assessment.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Mr Alastair Laing 22/4173/HD

Site Address: 20 COUTHURST ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8TW

Development: Installation of one rooflight to side roof slope, one rooflight to first floor roof, new window to first floor side elevation and installation of new soil pipe

Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD

Applicant: Mr Blake Royal Borough of Greenwich 22/4187/F

Site Address: MARKET PAVILION, BERESFORD SQUARE, BERESFORD STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 6BA

Development: Demolition of existing toilet block and erection of replacement building providing toilet facilities and commercial food and beverage unit (Use Class E). Landscaping works, including the removal of trees, hard and soft landscaping, installation of street furniture including seating and changes to ground level.

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area

Applicant: London and Quadrant Housing Trust 22/4197/F

Site Address: 35 WERNBROOK STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RU

Development: Replacement of front elevation windows with timber double-glazed sash window and replacement of the rear and side windows with double glazed Upvc windows, with associated external alterations.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON

Applicant: Mr & Mrs P Murray 22/4206/HD

Site Address: 34 BROOKWAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BJ

Development: Demolition of existing rear conservatory and construction of a part one/part two storey rear extension, roof extension, rear dormer roof extension, front porch, enlargement of garage door, installation of two rooflights to side roof slope, alterations to extising side dormer, installation of door to side elevation, alterations to windows on side elevation, alterations to front boundary wall, landscaping of front garden and replacement of windows throughout

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Greenwich Music School 22/4247/F

Site Address: CHARLTON HOUSE, CHARLTON ROAD, CHARLTON, SE7 8RE

Development: Conversion and change of use of the ground floor rooms from charity offices (Use Class E(g)(i)) into music teaching rooms (Use Class F1(a)).

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Applicant: Ms Agnes Sawicka 22/4284/HD

Site Address: 109 RED LION LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 4LF

Development: Construction of a ground floor side rear infill extension with rooflights, alterations to the outrigger roof, and installation of solar panels to rear roof slope.

Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON

Publicity for Listed Building consent

Applicant: Ms and Mr Claire and Chris Trask and Bennett-Britton 22/4063/L

Site Address: FLAT 1, 2 THE PARAGON, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0NX

Development: Remove a portion of wall to open up the kitchen; remove a portion of wall to create an understair alcove; convert a storeroom to shower and toilet with a new waste branch pipe and connection to drain; replacement of living room fireplace hearth and front, together with all associated works

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

Listed Building: Grade 1

Applicant: Greenwich Music School 22/4248/L Site Address: CHARLTON HOUSE, CHARLTON ROAD, LONDON, SE7 8RE

Development: Conversion of the ground floor rooms from charity offices into music teaching rooms.

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Listed Building: Grade 1

Publicity for Advertisements

Applicant: J C Decaux UK Limited 22/3895/A

Site Address: PAVEMENT OPPOSITE, 249 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD, LONDON, SE10 8NB

Development: Installation of a streetside multifunctional communication hub with LCD portait advertisement display showing static illuminated content remotely changes via a secure ISDN.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

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 Woolacombe Road outside number 64.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Dursley Road, Hargood Road, Wricklemarsh Road and vice versa.. 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.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 30th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/464/LA440785)

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 Cover replacement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 9th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one day. 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, Commonwealth Way outside number 7.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Bostall Lane, Federation Road and vice versa. 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.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 30th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/445/LA441233

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out water mains repair.

2. The Order will come into operation on 16th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one week. 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, Howarth Road outside number 73.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Mcleod Road, Rochdale Road, Blithdale Road and vice versa. 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.

Assistant

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1) [Eglinton Hill]

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 water main repair works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 10th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one week. 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, Eglinton Hill outside number 41.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Cantwell Road, Brent Road and vice versa. 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.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 30th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/455/LA443085)

royAL BorouGH of GrEEnWicH

roAD trAFFic rEGuLAtion Act 1984 – sEction 14(1)

[Bostall Lane]

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 cover replacement.

2. The Order will come into operation on 5th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take one day. 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, Bostall Lane at the junction of Federation Road and Federation Road at the junction of Bostall Lane.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) McLeod Road, Dahlia Road, Fuchsia Road and vice versa. (ii) Commonwealth way and vice versa. 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.

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 30th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/446/LA441252)

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 Riverlynx who need to carry out Utility works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th January 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However the works are expected to take 6 months and will be in place multiple times within this period and will require 7 days’ notice to Stakeholders and the public prior to closure. 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, Millennium Way Southbound at the junction of Edmund Halley Way. And Edmund Halley Way eastbound Slip Road on Millennium Way. These will not be in enforce at the same time.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via (i) Edmund Halley Way U-turn at Roundabout. (ii) Millennium Way Northbound with U-Turn at round about. 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.

The

Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ Dated 28th December 2022 (INTERNAL REF: PL/441/LA438520)

Assistant Director, Transport

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 28th December 2022

(INTERNAL REF: PL/470/LA446082)

If you’re a Royal Greenwich resident, the Council will take your real Christmas tree as part of the green bin collection service, which will resume as normal from the week of 9 January 2023.

If you live in a house, please place the tree outside the front of your home beside your bin. If you live in a block of flats, please put the tree next to the communal bins.

Remember to remove all the decorations and save them for next year. If you want to dispose of your tree yourself, you can do so at our Reuse and Recycling Centre in Nathan Way.

The Centre is free to use for Royal Greenwich residents, you’ll just need to show you live in the borough when you arrive, so bring a valid driving licence or council tax bill as proof of address.

Find out more about your waste and street services at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ recycling