the amazing and eccentric rotunda
Mary Mills
All the advice on sleeping better tells you never to look at the computer and your email during the night. So, Monday night I was feeling quite smug - nothing to do all day Tuesday when I was giving a talk in the evening. My next week’s Weekender article was written and I could sleep all day. 3am and I looked at my emails and there it was - from the Greenwich Wire blogger –“ historic Woolwich Rotunda needs emergency repairs to stop it collapsing” and the more I thought about it the more I thought ‘I can’t let this go’… so …. here we are. I wrote this article up specially and quickly.
When I really thought about it and it was daylight, I guessed that the vast majority of people in Woolwich and in the borough would have no idea what the Rotunda is. It’s been hidden away near the barracks with no signage for years. You don’t know it’s there and you can’t get into if you do manage to find out where it is.
There is no competition for it being the most eccentric building in the borough - possibly the most eccentric building in London, and weird in a friendly sort of way.
Now I usually quote from ‘The Industrial Archaeology of South-East London ‘but they don’t list it. I don’t know why because I would have thought it was well within their remit. It is listed by Darrell Spurgeon in his ‘Discover Woolwich and its Environs’. So let’s start with an introduction to the Rotunda from Darrell. He says:
“The Rotunda. An extraordinary building which started life as one of six tents erected by John Nash at Carlton House Gardens in 1814 for a premature celebration of victory over Napoleon. It was transferred to this site to become the Museum of Artillery in 1820 and for this purpose John Nash added an elegant concave shaped nave roof to protect the canvas, placed it on a brick surround and installed a massive central pillar. In 1975 restoration the original canvas and lead roof were replaced.”
So it stands above the barracks, nearly in the woods, as a building which is built to look like a tent. The news that the army has neglected it is nothing new to those campaigners on Woolwich Common who have been trying to get the Army to take an interest in its non-military property for years. Many years ago I used to Chair a Borough Wildlife Group and there were always environmentalists
asking if we could ask the Army what their biodiversity strategy was for Woolwich Common. Some hapless Council officer would be asked to find out, before admitting they were still trying to find someone in the military who would admit that there were burnt out cars on their property and that they were an eyesore. But that was a long time ago and I’m sure things must have changed.
The Greenwich Wire blogger has given details of a planning application to the Council by the owners to do some remedial work to the Rotunda. As ever with these applications there is a historical assessment of the building among the planning papers. These assessments are frequently well beyond dire but, I’m very pleased to say that the description of the Rotunda done by Wessex archaeology is actually very good – even if some vital source material isn’t mentioned. It’s very
clear about the history of the building and gives details of construction and background. Congratulations to them!
Someone who wants to know more about the building would do well to read the paper which is part of the planning application for remedial work. Unlike other accounts it adds in a small building south-east of the main site which it said includes a forge – and that is much more like an item of industrial history than the exhibition tent is. It also details some of the surrounding earthworks and their function. Although I wonder if by ‘forge’ they really mean ‘farrier’?
If you want to see the building - a road goes right up to it although it has some rather forbidding signage on it. You can just about see it on Google Street view from Repository Road as a sort of ghostly presence. Also on Bing systems’ Birds Eye View is a view from above - on which you can twirl round that amazing twisted tent from the pinnacle in a very satisfactory way. You can also identify the little building to the south-east, apparently once a forge.
Looking to see what other material I have around the house which I can reference about the rotunda there is of course the Survey of Woolwich – which, very surprisingly, I can’t see in the bibliography given by Wessex Archaeology. I would very much recommend the first half of the Survey’s description of the Rotunda when they talk about the exhibition for which it was originally built and how it later got to Woolwich. As this includes a lot about George IV – as Prinny – and of both Congreves, father and son. They all had their idiosyncrasies - it’s a
lovely description and very informative. The Survey describes the built structure as it was –‘audaciously designed’ and ‘challenging’ as a structure that looked convincingly like a military bell tent both inside and out. Obviously there were structural problems and solutions found. They also describe the surrounding ground layouts as a military training exercise but how once it was in Woolwich it had to be fitted in as a publicly accessible museum. It details the history of the Rotunda as a Museum, the use of the grounds around it and how there was a need to adapt as the military establishment began to change. It includes closure and the removal of the exhibits and the more recent use of the site as a boxing centre for the soldiers.
I would very much recommend everyone reading the Survey on the Rotunda and its story and what an eccentric building it is. I have also been sent at the very last minute a report on the building by Historic England of over 200 pages - much too long to quote here but a interesting read.
I thought readers might also be interested in what the building was like when it was first used as a museum. I am now referring to Vincent’s ‘Warlike Woolwich’ which, I think, is from 1885 - the copy I have has no visible publishing date. It tells us that the museum is open free every day except Sunday from 10 to 6 in summer, 10 to 4 in winter. It says that the original museum in Woolwich contained the objects which the ‘great fire of 1802’ spared and that the museum ‘abounds with records of the fertile invention of William Congreve and his equally
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Inside Rotunda as a 19th century museum
remarkable son’. It says that a catalogue of exhibits can be purchased in the Rotunda. Attendants, military and civil, are invariably intelligent and courteous to visitors and will point out and explain the objects of greatest interest. He then lists out those objects which he sees as being of the greatest interest. For example ‘a Chinese gun carriage barbarous in its construction’ and ‘iron targets showing the effects brought on by hardheaded shot and shell’. As he goes round the Rotunda there seems to be an enormous number of models of various types. The very first items are models of Plymouth and Sheerness Dockyards. I wonder what has happened to these exhibits - can I ask anyone in the Maritime Museum who happens to be reading this if these models of various dockyards are the ones which are now in the Prince Philip Centre in Kidbrooke. And what about the models of other places – for example ‘a magnificent model of Gibraltar’ and ‘a model of St James’s Park’?
But there are also various weapons from native sources - the result presumably of various colonial wars. For example ‘native weapons of Polynesia’ … ‘Chinese flags’… ‘A model of different modes of crossing chasms in India’ and so on. There are also some real eccentricities
‘a wonderful cinder, all that was left when the old pound notes were destroyed - notes to the value of hundred thousand pounds went in the stove …. This is the cinder’. There is also a ‘model of making charcoal gunpowder’ and ‘ a curious doll in a cage illustrative of a plan suggested by Col Congreve for saving life from wrecks’…. a curious instrument for measuring time’. Where is all this stuff now - was it all thrown out or is it somewhere languishing in a museum
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store? I understand that when the site closed most recently everything went to the re-located Firepower Museum – even these eccentricities?
Incidentally it also gives a list of all the various guns which were displayed along with various models and ‘cases of arrowheads’, some of them showing
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 112) Order 2023
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 119) Order 2023
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the above mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 21st September 2023.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Extend Abbey Wood (AW) Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) to provide that in addition to the roads within the existing AW CPZ the extended AW CPZ would include the roads and lengths of roads listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice and would retain CPZ hours of between 11am and 1.00pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
b) provide that in addition to residents and business users whose postal address is within the existing AW CPZ, residents and business users whose postal address is detailed in Schedule 2 to this Notice will also be eligible to purchase permits and visitors’ vouchers for parking within AW CPZ at the new rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice.
c) provide that all premises that are eligible for the issue of parking permits for AW CPZ will be able to purchase permits and visitors’ vouchers for parking within AW CPZ at the new rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice;
d) retain double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions where they are currently located and provide additional double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions; (i) in Federation Road at its junction with Bostall Lane and Owenite Street; (ii) at the junction of Abbey Wood Road with Owenite Street; (iii) in Edington Road, opposite No. 75 and outside No. 206 Edington Road, outside No. 204 and opposite No. 63 Edington Road, at the junction of Edington Road north to south arm and Edington Road southern arm, at the junction of Edington Road north to south arm and Edington Road fronting Nos. 1-25 Edington Road, outside No. 56 Edington Road, in Edgington Road on the north side at the junction with Boxgrove Road, on Edington Road fronting Nos. 1-25 Edington Road south side at its junction with Boxgrove Road; (iv) on Boxgrove Road on the west side north of the junction with Edington Road north to south arm, on Boxgrove Road on the west side south of the junction with Edington Road fronting Nos. 1-25 Edington Road, on Boxgrove Road north to south arm at its junction with Boxgrove Road fronting Nos. 9-47 Boxgrove Road, on Boxgrove Road north to south arm at its junction with Boxgrove Road fronting Nos. 10-64 Boxgrove Road, at the junction of Boxgrove Road with Throwley Close. e) provide a combination of permit holders parking places, permit holders past this point except in marked bays and single yellow line waiting restrictions that would operate during the AW CPZ hours throughout the extended part of AW CPZ except where the double yellow lines referred to in sub-paragraph 2(d) above, or any existing disabled persons’ parking places or double yellow lines, would be provided. f) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to (e).
3. Further information about the Orders may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich. gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 20th September 2023
Schedule 1 – Additional lengths of road in ‘AW’ CPZ Federation Road (between Bostall Lane and Chancelot Road), Owenite Street, McLeod Road (between Bostall Lane and Chancelot Road), Edington Road, Boxgrove Road (between its southern junction with Edington Road and Eynsham Drive), Throwley Close.
Schedule 2 – Additional premises to be eligible to purchase permits and visitors vouchers in Abbey Wood (AW) CPZ Boxgrove Road, all premises; Eddington Road, all premises; Felixstowe Road, all premises; McLeod Road, all premises, between its easternmost extremity and the eastern kerb-line of Bostal Lane; Owenite Street, all premises; Throwley Close, all premises;
Schedule 3 – The new Permit and voucher charges for Abbey Wood (AW) CPZ
(1) residents' permit, £62.40 each per year; (2) residents’ visitors’ vouchers valid for one day: £7.80 for 10 for a maximum of 100 per year;
(3) business permit, £112.32 per year for 1st permit, £239.20 for each additional business permit; (4) nannies' permits, £112.32 each per year
‘the principles by which the guns are made’ and models describing them.
I have written this article very quickly and out of sequence with others. But I think the Rotunda is so important and thus I’m very grateful to Greenwich Wire blogger drawing attention to the planning application.
As I said, I guess most people now living in Woolwich will know nothing about the Rotunda because it’s been hidden away so many years. It’s an amazing and eccentric building. Thanks to Daryl Chamberlain, Peter Guillery, Chris Mansfield, Elizabeth Pearcey.
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions)
(Amendment No. *) Order 202*
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Introduce double yellow ‘No waiting at any time’ restriction at the following locations:
i) Lakedale Road, east side, from its junction with Tewson Road for 21.5 metres in a northerly direction.
ii) Lakedale Road, east side, from the southern property boundary of No.90 Lakedale Road for 11.5 metres in a southerly direction.
iii) Lakedale Road, east side, from the southern property boundary of No.80 Lakedale Road for 15.5 metres in a northerly direction.
iv) Lakedale Road, south-west side, from the northern property boundary of No.48 Lakedale Road for 17.5 metres in a north-westerly direction.
v) Tewson Road, west side, from its junction with Lakedale Road for 19 metres in a northerly direction.
b) Replace in part the existing Permit Holders or Pay and Display 9am-6.30pm 2 Hours No Return 3 Hours Zone EG bay with a Motorcycle Parking Bay on Earlswood Street, south-west side, from a point 13.5 metres south-east of its junction with Trafalgar Road for 5.6 metres in a south-easterly direction.
c) Replace the existing single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm’ restrictions with double yellow ‘No waiting at any time’ restrictions on Woolwich New Road, east side, from its junction with Sandy Hill Road for 10.7 metres in a northerly direction.
d) Replace the existing single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm’ restrictions with double yellow ‘No waiting at any time’ restrictions at the following locations:
i) Woolwich New Road, east side, from its junction with Sandy Hill Road to a point 15 metres north of its junction with Salter Close.
ii) Woolwich New Road, west side, from a point 10.5 metres north of its junction with Sandy Hill Road to a point 15 metres north of its junction with Salter Close.
e) Replace the existing single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 8.30am-6.30pm’ restrictions with double yellow ‘No waiting at any time’ restrictions on Sandy Hill Road, both sides, from its junction with Woolwich New Road to a point 33 metres north-west of its junction with Brumwell Avenue.
f) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Lakedale Road 23-09).
4. Further information may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 11th October 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Lakedale Road 23-09).
6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 20th September 2023
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doctor’s permits, £239.20 each per year (6) tradesmen's permits, £16.64 each per week up to a maximum of six weeks (7) car club permits, £166.40 each per year (8) carers' permits, no charge; (9) electric vehicle permits, £26.00 each per year.
Rotunda
Survey of Woolwich 2012 book with best account of the Rotunda
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TUSKAR 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 Elkins Construction who need to facilitate the delivery of modular homes.
2. The Order will come into operation on 2nd October 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 Tuskar Street from outside 30-48
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 06/09/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/581/LA69109)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
VANDYKE CROSS PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Open Reach who need to carry out installation works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 2nd October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 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 Vandyke Cross at the junction of Eltham Hill.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 06/09/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/582/LA458645)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) MARYON GROVE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Openreach who need to an existing BT pole.
2. The Order will come into operation on 2nd October 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 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 Maryon Grove at the junction of Woodville Street.
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 01/08/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/559/LA455655)
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015
Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.
If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.
Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.
Please quote the appropriate reference number.
Date: 20/09/2023
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 20/09/2023
Publicity For Planning Applications.
Applicant: Mr Fowler 23/1794/F
Site Address: FLAT 1, 89 SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7HU
Development: Replacement of existing single glazed widows at the property with new double glazed uPVC windows, installation of replacement doors and associated works and alterations.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH
Applicant: Queensbury Investments 23/2245/F
Site Address: 196-198 TRAFALGAR ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9ER
Development: Conversion of part of the first floor from commercial use (E(a)) into residential use (C3) to form 1 x bedroom dwelling. Construction of a second floor extension to form 2 x 1 bedroom dwellings (C3). Construction of a third floor extension to form a 1 x 1 bedroom studio flat, with associated external works and alterations.
Conservation Area: ADJACENT TO EAST GREENWICH
Applicant: Mr Perombelon 23/2595/F
Site Address: 21D HUMBER ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7LS
Development: Construction of a rear dormer roof extension and installation of two rooflights to front roof slope. (Resubmission)
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: Blue Phoenix Developments 23/2625/F
Site Address: LAND ADJ. 136 WOODHILL, WOOLWICH, SE18 5JL
Development: Demolition of garages to the rear of 134 - 136 Woodhill, erection of two-storey, one-bedroom, attached dwellinghouse on land adj to 136 Woodhill, and all associated works.
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Applicant: Ms A. Pearson 23/2773/HD
Site Address: 114 RED LION LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 4LE
Development: Construction of a side porch extension with green roof, removal of front and rear staircase and installation of side staircase with extended walkway and new railings, alterations to existing window openings for the installation of new windows to front, side and rear elevations, installation of new doors to side, front and rear elevations, installation of pop out window seat and Juliet balconies to rear elevation, installation of rooflights to front and side roof slope and rooflights to roofs of side and rear additions, PV panels installation to side roof slope, the installation of an ASHP and other external alterations to façade including (but not limited to) external insulation and painted render
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Applicant: Mr Amos 23/2808/HD
Site Address: 11 LANGHORNE STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 4BJ
Development: Removal of a gas boiler for installation of air source heat pump unit into rear garden, including acoustic enclosure and timber louvered surround with associated external alterations.
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Applicant: Sunvine Limited 23/2828/F
Site Address: ROYAL STANDARD, 67 PELTON ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9AH
Development: Change of use from public house (Sui Generis Use Class) to residential (C3 Use Class), construction of a two storey rear extension and associated works to provide 7 self-contained residential units.
Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH
Applicant: Mr G. Halkyard 23/2892/SD
Site Address: Development Site at Rushgrove House, Rushgrove Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 5DD
Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission 21/2639/MA dated 21/10/2021.
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Applicant: Mr Wiggins 23/2965/HD
Site Address: 5 ST MARGARETS GROVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RL
Development: Construction of a single storey lower ground floor rear extension.
Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Publicity for Listed Building Consent.
Applicant: Mr Golc 23/1246/L
Site Address: FLAT 5, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, 15 CALDWELL CLOSE, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6FX
Development: Construction of a self standing, 2.5m x1.4m and 2m high, bike store matching existing bike stores at the rear of Government House. (Re-consultation)
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Listed Building: Grade 2
Applicant: Mr Amos 23/2809/L
Site Address: 11 LANGHORNE STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 4BJ
Development: Listed building consent for the removal of a gas boiler for installation of air source heat pump unit into rear garden, including acoustic enclosure and timber louvered surround with associated external alterations.
Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON
Listed Building: Grade 2*
Applicant: Mr Skinner RSK Consultants 23/2880/L
Site Address: 5 NELSON ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JB
Development: Replacement of an existing air vent with two air vents at the same location above the secondary door entrance.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Listed Building: Grade 2
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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) DEVONSHIRE DRIVE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s 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 who need to carry out a crane lift.
2. The Order will come into operation on 28th September 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 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 Devonshire Drive from the junction of Greenwich High Road to the junction of Guildford Grove.
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 24/08/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/583/LN69081)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
NORMAN ROAD
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Willmott Dixon Construction who need to carry out a crane lift.
2. The Order will come into operation on 7th October 2023 with a backup date of the 14/10/23 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 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 Norman Road outside 77.
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 07/09/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/585/LN69205)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) GLOUCESTER CIRCUS 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 repair works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 25th September 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, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading). Outside 37 Gloucester Circus.
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 24/08/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/577/LA457641)
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 113) Order 2023
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 120) Order 2023
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the above mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 21st September 2023.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) provide a new CPZ, to be called Abbeywood Outer (AO) Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) to include the roads and lengths of roads listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice and would have CPZ hours of between 9am and 11am on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
b) provide that residents and business users whose powstal address is detailed in Schedule 2 to this Notice will be eligible to purchase permits and visitors’ vouchers for parking within AO CPZ at the new rates set out in Schedule 3 to this Notice.
c) retain double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions where they are currently located and provide additional double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (i) at the junction of Commonwealth Way with Willrose Crescent, Mitchell Close and south side opposite No. 47-53 Commonwealth Way; (ii) in Bostall Lane at its junction with Federation Road; (iii) at the junction of Basildon Road with Cassilda Road, McLeod Road and Blithdale Road; (iv) in McLeod, south side fronting 76-82; (v) in McLeod Road layby, south side fronting No.78 McLeod Road, south side fronting No.84 McLeod Road, north side fronting 78-84 McLeod Road; (vi) Dahlia Road, west side adjacent to No.84 McLeod Road; (vii) at the junction of Blithdale Road with Brodrick Grove, Openshaw Road, Smithies Road, Rochdale Road and Howarth Road; (viii) in Blithdale Road, fronting Nos. 175, 191-191a Blithdale Road and around the central island outside properties Nos. 175-191 Blithdale Road (ix) Bracondale Road, around the central island outside 90-128 Bracondale Road, around the central island outside Nos. 184-190 Bracondale Road; (x) at the junction of Bracondale Road with the Access Road From Side Of 130 Bracondale Road To Rear Of 145 Blithdale Road and the Access Road Side Of 172 Bracondale Road To Rear 193 Blithdale Road; (xi) at the junction of Mottisfont Road with Bromholm Road, Brimpsfield Close fronting Nos. 46-62 Brimpsfield Close, Brimpsfield Close fronting Nos. 2-12 Brimpsfield Close, Mottisfont Road fronting 168-178 Mottisfont Road, Mottisfont Road fronting 130-138 Mottisfont Road, Mottisfont Road fronting 92-100 Mottisfont Road, Mottisfont Road fronting 54-62 Mottisfont Road and Mottisfont Road fronting 18-24 Mottisfont Road; (x) in Bromholm Road, around the central island opposite 19-25 Bromholm Road; (xi) at the junction of Bromholm Road with Pynham Close, Felixstowe Road and the Footpath from Bromholm Road through to Garages Rear of 34 Brimpsfield Road; (xii) at the junction of Felixstowe Road with Eynsham Drive, Felixstowe Road fronting 19-29 Felixstowe Road, Bromholm Road and Chalcombe Road; (xiii) at the junction of Chalcombe Road with Felixstowe Road, Chalcombe Road fronting 72-92 Chalcombe Road, Chalcombe Road fronting 91-99 Chalcombe Road, Chalcombe Road fronting 14-26 Chalcombe Road, Chalcombe Road fronting 37-43 Chalcombe Road, Chalcombe Road fronting 1-7 Chalcombe Road and Eynsham Drive.
d) replace the disabled persons’ parking place from Bracondale Road access road to No.192-190 Bracondale Road, north side, opposite No. 186 Bracondale Road, to Bracondale Road access road to No.192-190 Bracondale Road, south side, outside No. 186 Bracondale Road.
e) Replace the Permit holders only Mon-Fri 11am-1pm Zone AW bays with Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO and Mon-Fri 11am-1pm Zone AW bays (i) Bracondale Road, north side, outside Nos. 163-173 Bracondale Road; (ii) Bracondale Road, north side, outside Nos. 175-177 Bracondale Road; (iii) Bracondale Road, north side, outside Nos. 183-185 Bracondale Road; (iv) Bracondale Road, north side, outside Nos. 189-191 Bracondale Road; (v) Federation Road, south side, outside No. 72-75 Federation Road; (vi) Federation Road, south side, outside No. 60a-66 Federation Road; (vii) Federation Road, north side, outside No. 61-69 Federation Road.
f) Introduce Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO and Mon-Fri 11am-1pm Zone AW bays on (i) Bracondale Road access road to No.192-190 Bracondale Road, south side, outside No. 184 Bracondale Road and Nos. 188-190 Bracondale Road; (ii) Commonwealth Way, east side, adjacent to No. 70 Federation Road.
g) retain the free parking place on Mc Leod Road layby fronting Nos. 80-84 Mc Leod Road and the car club parking place on Felixstowe Road from a point 31 metres south-east of its junction with Eynsham Drive for 11.5 metres in a south-easterly direction;
h) provide a combination of permit holders parking places, permit holders past this point except in marked bays and single yellow line waiting restrictions that would operate during the AO CPZ hours throughout the extended part of AO CPZ except where the double yellow lines and parking places referred to a sub-paragraphs 2(c), 2(d), 2(e), 2(f) and 2(g) above, on Bromholm Road south-east side outside No. 3 Bromholm Road, or any existing disabled persons’ parking places or double yellow lines, would be provided;
i) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to (h).
3. Further information about the Orders may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich. gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 20th September 2023
Schedule 1 – Additional lengths of road in ‘AO’ CPZ Chalcombe Road; Felixstowe Road (between Eynsham Drive and No. 45 Felixstowe Road); Bromholm Road; Mottisfont Road (between Bromholm Road and No. 18 Mottisfont Road); Basildon Road (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Howarth Road (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Rochdale Road (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Smithies Road (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Openshaw Road (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Broderick Grove (between McLeod Road and Blithdale Road); Bostall Lane (between Fuchsia Street and Blithdale Road); Blithdale Road (between Basildon Road and Bostall Lane); McLeod Road (between Basildon Road and Bostall Lane); Bracondale Road (between Eynsham Drive and Bostall Manorway); Commonwealth Way (between Suffolk Place and Federation Road, excluding Commonwealth Way fronting 92-234 Commonwealth Way); Willrose Crescent (between Shornells Way and Commonwealth Way); Mitchell Close; Federation Road (between No. 60a and 76 Federation Road).
Schedule 2 – Additional premises to be eligible to purchase permits and visitors vouchers in Abbeywood Outer (AO) CPZ
Basildon Road, odd Nos. 81 to 121, even Nos. 80 to 138; Blithdale Road, odd Nos. 121 to 215; Bostall Lane, odd Nos. 1 to 89, even Nos. 2 to 138; Bracondale Road, odd Nos. 75 to 175, even Nos. 90 to 190; Brimpsfield Close, odd Nos. 1 to 35, even Nos. 2 to 62; Broderick Grove, odd Nos. 1 to 49, even Nos. 2 to 52; Bromholme Road, all premises; Chalcombe Road, all premises; Commonwealth Way, odd Nos. 33 to 59, even Nos. 44 to 298; Felixstowe Road, odd Nos. 1 to 59, even Nos. 2 to 66; Howarth Road, odd Nos. 1 to 73, even Nos. 2 to 62; McLeod Road, odd Nos. 1 to 121, even Nos. 2 to 116; Mitchell Close, all premises; Mottisfont Road, odd Nos. 18 to 206; Openshaw Road, odd Nos. 1 to 51, even Nos. 2 to 58; Pynham Close, all premises; Rochdale Road, odd Nos. 1 to 75, even Nos. 2 to 74; Shornells Way, odd Nos. 1 to 11, even Nos. 2 to 8; Smithies Road, all premises; Willrose Crescent, odd Nos. 45 to 57, even Nos. 32 to 50.
Schedule 3 – The new Permit and voucher charges for Abbeywood Outer (AO) CPZ
(1) residents' permit, £62.40 each per year; (2) residents’ visitors’ vouchers valid for one day: £7.80 for 10 for a maximum of 100 per year;
(3) business permit, £112.32 per year for 1st permit, £239.20 for each additional business permit; (4) nannies' permits, £112.32 each per year
(5) doctor’s permits, £239.20 each per year (6) tradesmen's permits, £16.64 each per week up to a maximum of six weeks (7) car club permits, £166.40 each per year (8) carers' permits, no charge; (9) electric vehicle permits, £26.00 each per year.
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