Weekender Greenwich & Lewisham
November 15 2023 • www.weekender.co.uk
Cinema / Theatre / Education / Arts / Music / Food & Drink / Family / Property
FREE Save £
14.95 w
ith
CONN Offer e
ECTIO
nds 4.1
Get that
every day Switch with confidence communityfibre.co.uk
2.2023
N
Switch with confidence communityfibre.co.uk
We could be great together... Scan the QR code to compare us to your current provider and see if you’d be better off with us FREE CONNECTION
FREE CONNECTION
FREE CONNECTION
150 Mbps
1 Gbps
3 Gbps
Fibre Broadband
Fibre Broadband
Fibre Broadband
24 months
24 months
24 months
£20
.00
/month*
then £22/month
Avg. download & upload 150 Mbps (wired) 150 Mbps (WiFi)
£25
.00
/month*
then £27/month
Avg. download & upload 920 Mbps (wired) 450-700 Mbps (WiFi)
Price: Price applies to new customers joining on a 24-month contract. Free connection offer: Set up fee normally £14.95, removed during promotional period; 09:00 GMT 13th November to 23:59 GMT 4th December 2023. Applies to 24-month contracts only. * We may, at our discretion, from 1st April every year increase the price of our services by up to the Government published Consumer Price Index (CPI) from January of the same year plus 2.9%. For more details and a worked example see communityfibre.co.uk/legal-stuff#promotional.
£49
.00
/month*
then £51/month
Avg. download & upload 3,000 Mbps (wired) 500-800 Mbps (WiFi)
Weekender November 15 2023 • www.weekender.co.uk
Greenwich & Lewisham
Cinema / Theatre / Education / Arts / Music / Food & Drink / Family / Property
Puppet masters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream reimagined at Blackheath Halls ONE NIGHT AT THE DISCO!
FRI 1 DEC * AXS.com Greenwich Weekender 30Oct23 Indigo O2 LIMX Strip.indd 1
BOOK NOW! 17/10/2023 12:53
ADVERTORIAL
News from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Plan your visit to Sparkle in the Park It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! And the council’s team of elves are busy transforming Avery Hill Park into a winter wonderland for our residents to explore. The free festive fun continues daily from 30 November to 3 December, between 4.30 and 9pm. As part of the annual festive light trail, the historic Winter Garden will be illuminated, alongside stunning light features sponsored by Bagnalls and Lbox Communications. There will also be a market, fun fair and performances including Elle and the Pocket Belles and Disco Shed. Entry is free, and no ticket is required. We will do our best to minimise any wait times, but please be prepared to queue for entry at especially busy times.
Getting there
Leave it at home
Please use the park entrance on Avery Hill Road, next to the junction with Bexley Road.
Anything that could be considered as a weapon.
There is no on-site public parking. Please use public transport, walk or cycle to the event.
Alcohol should not be brought on site but can be purchased at the event bars.
There is limited disabled parking available on a first come, first served basis.
Animals
Accessibility On Sunday 3 December from 4.30 to 5.30pm, there will be a quiet hour, for children and adults with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and sensory sensitivities. The trail is on a hardstanding trackway and is wheelchair accessible, but some areas may become muddy if the weather is wet. The Christmas Market is on soft terrain and grass, and there are some small inclines around the trail.
Dogs must always be kept on a lead and under control. Please consider if your dog will be comfortable with the lights, smells and loud noises of the event before bringing them along.
First aid First aiders will be on site. In the event of accident or injury please inform the nearest member of event staff who will call for help.
There will be Changing Places toilets on site.
Lost children and vulnerable people
Food and drink
If you find or lose a child or vulnerable person, please notify the nearest member of security staff immediately.
Sparkle in the Park will have stalls selling a wide variety of food and drink for all dietary requirements and you may bring in your own treats too.
It's cold outside! Be prepared for chilly weather. Wrap up warm, and this is Britain so you may need raincoats and an umbrella too...
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Photography Filming and photography will take place at this event. If you do not wish your image to be taken, please let a member of staff know.
Get excited: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/christmas
@royal_greenwich
royalgreenwich
royal_greenwich
greenwichcouncil
Pick of the Week By Holly O`Mahony
Laugh locally The Tramshed’s monthly comedy night returns this Friday, bringing a chance to see TV faces practise their latest material live. The night’s humour is in the hands of Richard Stott (ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show) and author and mental health campaigner Dave Chawner (Normally Abnormal). So get off your sofa, switch off the telly, and support your local comedy club.
editor
Holly O'Mahony
The
Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender is an independent weekly newspaper, covering the boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham.
The Tramshed, 41 Woolwich New Road, London SE18 6ET. November 17, 7pm. Admission: £12.50. www. tramshed.org/whats-on/comedy-attramshed
We publish every Wednesday, covering every postcode sector of the borough, and boasting, by far, the highest weekly circulation in Greenwich. Each week, we deliver our paper to every Greenwich neighbourhood, with further copies stocked at convenient public stands. We are also the highest distribution newspaper in Lewisham.
Fill your stockings at Mycenae House Community centre Mycenae House is hosting a two-day Christmas fair this weekend, with stocking fillers galore. It’s a chance to get a head start on your present buying, while supporting the local makers and artists showcasing their wares. We imagine there will be plenty to deck your halls with too! Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Road, London SE3 7SE. November 18 & 19, 10am - 4pm. Admission: FREE. www.mycenaehouse.co.uk/events/ christmas-fair/
You can also view each edition online, as well as daily news and events, on our website: www.weekender.co.uk The Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender covers all aspects of life in the boroughs, including music, theatre, comedy, film, events, and food and drink, as well as all your community events and campaigns.
A holly, jolly Eltham Eltham is getting into the Christmas spirit this Saturday, throwing a Christmas market to coincide with the switch on of its Christmas lights. Head on over to see Passey Place aglow for the first time this winter, and to stock up on locally-made gifts, or just to line your stomach with some festive flavours.
Weekender The Greenwich and Lewisham Weekender is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UK’s magazine and newspaper industry). We abide by the Editors’ Code of Practice and are committed to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think that we have not met those standards and want to make a complaint, please contact 020 7231 5258. If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors’ Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk
Passey Place, Eltham, London SE9 5DQ. November 18, 12pm - 6pm. Admission: FREE. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ events/event/9307/eltham_ christmas_market_and_light_ switch_on
Weekender Editor: Holly O’Mahony Media Partnerships: Anthony Phillips Advertising team: Clarry Frewin; Sophie Ali Advertising support: Katie Boyd Editorial: Michael Holland; Holly O’Mahony Design Manager: Dan Martin Design team: Ann Gravesen Finance: Em Zeki - Tel: 0779 883 3758 Managing & Commercial Director: Chris Mullany Managing & Editorial Director: Kevin Quinn Offices at: A202, The Biscuit Factory, Drummond Road, SE16 4DG. Printed by Iliffe Print Cambridge Ltd – www.iliffeprint.co.uk News: 020 7231 5258 /hello@cm-media.co.uk Ads: 020 7232 1639 / hello@cm-media.co.uk Finance: 0779 883 3758 / em@cm-media.co.uk www.weekender.co.uk @insouthlndn
Issue: GW337
Ivo Graham – live! He’s a favourite on the British comedy circuit, with his USP of ridiculing his own posh upbringing – including his schooling at Eton College. This Friday, Ivo Graham is bringing his new show Organised Fun to Blackheath Halls. It’s likely to sell out, mind, so be sure to save your seats in advance. Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. November 17, 8pm. Admission: £16. www.blackheathhalls.com/ whats-on/ivo-graham-organised-fun/
A lesson in African hair Composer William Basinski on stage William Basinski is something of a musical visionary. Classically trained, the musician and composer has been working with experimental media for over 30 years in New York and California. Without getting too technical about it, he sets his haunting, melancholic soundscapes to installations and films. He’s the composer behind the Robert Wilson opera The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, so pretty cool. See him live at Caford’s Broadway Theatre, where he’s being supported by Ebe Oke and Frankie. Broadway Theatre, Rushey Green, London SE6 4RU. November 18, 7pm. Admission: £21.50. www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/ events/william-basinski-plus-ebe-oke/
Part of the ongoing Black History 365 programme, ‘Totally Black, Tangled Roots: Celebrating Our Hair’ is a chance to learn the historic narrative of black hair – including what different styles meant to early African civilisations before the 15th Century. Glyndon Community Centre, 75 Raglan Road, Plumstead SE18 7LB. November 18, 4pm - 6pm. Admission: FREE. www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ events/event/9351/fresh_ chances_totally_black_tangled_ roots_celebrating_our_hair
November 15 2023 5
Short Break Team Leader Salary details: £37,725 - £40,614
Blackheath Christmas Fair
Organisation Royal Borough of Greenwich Reference REC/23/00208 Salary Details £37,725 - £40,614 Additional Allowances N/A
Sunday 19 November 10.30am-4.45pm Blackheath Halls 23 Lee Road, Blackheath SE3 9RQ
Location Postcode SE18 6HQ Job Term and Hours per Week Permanent; 35 Closing Date 19 November 2023
Royal Greenwich Children’s Services is an exciting place to work right now. Following on from a comprehensive innovation programme and significant investment, together with our partners, children and young people and their families, we have introduced new ways of working which will help ensure that young people are held at the heart of all we do. Underpinning our new ways of working, Royal Greenwich has transformed our services to create a new Disabled Children and Young People’s Service. This new and innovative service will provide social care services for eligible children and young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) from age 0-25, ensuring a smooth and seamless transition into Adult’s Services at the best time based on their individual needs and circumstances. This new structure provides increased capacity ensuring that children, young people, and their families are provided with high-quality social care services and their experience and outcomes continue to improve.
£3 entry (Free to Friends and under 16s)
Shortlisting will take place on 20 November, with interviews provisionally scheduled for 27 to 29 November.
All sales support Age Exchange and their dementia services
Short Break Team Leader (royalgreenwichcareers.com) For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Alex Levey; Alexandra.Levey@royalgreenwich.gov.uk 020 8921 4387
Devika James Audiology
If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020 8921 8977
Box office 020 8463 0100 • blackheathhalls.com • & DANCE PART OF TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC
What's On 2023
The Snowman with East London Brass Sun 10 Dec, 2pm & 4.15pm
BH Christmas Concert
SAT 18 Nov, 11am & 3pm Julian Jacobson, piano
Sun 17 Dec 7.30pm Sun 26 Nov, 7pm
Elena Toponogova Ensemble Mon 18 Dec, 1.10pm
Mon 4 Dec, 1.10pm
BH Goes Gospel Sat 16 Dec 7.30pm
Fri 22 Dec, 1.30pm & 4pm Sat 23 Dec, 11am & 1.30pm
ARTS & ENTS
Bangladesh’s vibrant art scene comes to Woolwich
East London-based Revolution Gallery is on a mission to showcase and platform Bangladesh’s vibrant contemporary art scene. Its latest project, showing at Woolwich Works, features works by around 20 practitioners currently shaping the country’s artistic landscape, writes Holly O’Mahony… Bangladesh Brush Strokes: Masters & Mavericks features works by leading names Zainul Abedin, SM Sultan, Quamrul Hassan, and Rashid Choudhury, as well as avant-garde talents breaking preexisting boundaries. Above all, it’s a celebration of the country’s rich cultural heritage and drive. Ahead of the exhibition’s weeklong run at Woolwich Works, the Weekender spoke to Victor Francis, director of Revolution Gallery, to find out more…
Holly O’Mahony: Firstly, what inspired your exhibition championing works by Bangladeshi artists?
support from other collectors in Bangladesh, we approached Woolwich Works to host the event.
Victor Francis: The exhibition was inspired by our passion for art and our roots in Bangladesh. I am originally from Bangladesh, and, as a lifelong art enthusiast, partnering with my friend Farhadul Islam, who is a Bangladeshi art collector, motivated us to organise this exhibition. We had been contemplating this exhibition for quite some time, and when we received
HOM: The artists whose work you’re showing are all contemporary. Why did you choose to focus on these particular artists? VF: In this exhibition, we have six master artists who initiated the Bangladeshi art movement: Zainul Abedin, SM Sultan, Quamrul Hassan, Rashid Choudhury, Mohammad Kibria, and Murtaja Baseer. Additionally,
we are featuring 11 avant-garde talents who are currently shaping Bangladesh’s art landscape. Our focus on these artists is not only a celebration of their artistic brilliance but also an acknowledgment of the rich cultural background that fuels their creativity. HOM: The exhibition is showing at Woolwich Works for a week. Is it showing anywhere else? VF: We’re hoping to hold another exhibition in March, which will take place in Dorset. However, the exact venue for the March exhibition has not been finalised yet. HOM: What do you hope visitors take away from seeing the show? VF: We hope that visitors take away a deep appreciation for the diversity and talent within Bangladesh’s contemporary art scene. We want them to be inspired by the creative expressions of these artists and gain a greater understanding of the cultural and artistic heritage that informs their work. Ultimately, we hope the exhibition sparks curiosity and fosters a sense of connection
with the art and its creators. HOM: Tell us about your organisation, Revolution Gallery? What’s your mission? VF: Revolution Gallery is a platform that seeks to promote and celebrate art, particularly the art of Bangladesh. We aim to showcase the work of both established and emerging artists, providing them with opportunities to exhibit their creations. Our mission is to connect artists with art enthusiasts and collectors, fostering a vibrant and thriving art community. This exhibition is just one of our initiatives to support and spotlight the artistic talents of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Brush Strokes: Masters & Mavericks exhibition is showing at Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. November 12 - 18, 12pm - 6pm. Admission: FREE, no booking required. www.woolwich.works/events/ bangladeshi-brush-strokesmasters-mavericks-exhibition
November 15 2023 7
NEW 2024 Holiday Brochure
JOURNEYS IN STYLE
OUT NOW!
LUXURY FESTIVE BREAKS FROM YOUR DOOR Festive Sidmouth
Christmas at Belvoir Castle
18 Nov 2023
24 Nov 2023 3 Days £399
5 Days £550
Longleat Festival of Light & Bath 26 Nov 2023 4 Days £499
ENGLAND
✓
Door to Door Holidays
SCOTLAND
✓
Tour Managers
WALES
✓
Excellent hotels
IRELAND
✓
Included Excursions
FESTIVE DAYS OUT Pick ups in Bexleyheath, Dartford, Eltham, Sidcup, Swanley, Thamesmead, Welling, Woolwich. Call 0208 300 7606 for a brochure. NOVEMBER
Festive Chester with Cream Tea
Bruges Christmas Market
Lakeland Turkey and Tinsel
1 Dec 2023 3 Days £399
3 Dec 2023
11 Dec 2023
3 Days £399
5 Days £575
Value Christmas Break 23 Dec 2023 5 Days £675
8th
Mystery Lunch Drive (Adult £40 Conc £38)
18th
Ely Cathedral Christmas Fair (Adult £36 Conc £34)
24th
Winchester Cathedral Xmas Market (Adult £29 Conc £27)
26th
Bury St Edmunds at Christmas (Adult £31 Conc £29)
29th
Christmas at Blenheim Palace (Adult £57 Conc £55)
DECEMBER
Christmas in the Cotswolds
New Year in Cheltenham
23 Dec 2023
30 Dec 2023
5 Days £795
4 Days £639
1st
Polhill Garden Centre Christmas (Adult £20 Conc £20)
2nd
Rochester Dickensian Christmas (Adult £24 Conc £22)
6th
Oxford Christmas Market (Adult £29 Conc £27)
7th
Christmas Variety Show (Adult £60 Conc £58)
8th
Christmas Lunch at Hever Castle (Adult £61 Conc £59)
10th
World’s Biggest Primark (Adult £33 Conc £31)
17th
London Christmas Lights with Fish ‘n’ chip supper (Adult £41 Conc £39)
* Conc - concession (over 60)
Thursford Christmas Spectacular Nov 27th 2 days £259 (8 tickets left) Nov 28th 3 days £425 (3 tickets left) Dec 6th 3 days £425 (4 tickets left) Single supplemenst apply
To make a booking, a brochure or for further information please call
0208 300 7606 Or visit www.epsomexplore.co.uk
ADVERTORIAL
News from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
INVESTING £100,000 INTO OUR WELCOMING SPACES We’ve given £100,000 in funding to 10 community organisations to set up and run Welcoming Spaces this winter. Our hope is to provide safe spaces for those facing rising fuel costs, and isolation. It’s an Our Greenwich mission to strengthen the voluntary sector, which has never been more important due to the cost of living crisis.
Councillor Mariam Lolavar, Cabinet Member for Inclusive Economy, Business and Skills said: "No one in Royal Greenwich should have to face the bleak winter months alone and we understand that isolation can be devastating to our mental and emotional wellbeing.
Our successful organisations are: • Caletock Estate Residents Association
sponsored by Emergency Exit Arts • Samuel Montague Youth Centre • Greenwich Cooperative Development Agency - Woolwich Front Room • Charlton Athletic Community Trust Hawksmoor Youth Hub • Roots4Life • Javan Coker Foundation • Shrewsbury House • Emmaus • Greenwich Coalition for Equality and Human Rights • African Smile Keep an eye out for opening times which will be announced soon!
"Sadly, not everyone is blessed with a support system, and may need to lean on our community spirit. We hope our Welcoming Spaces become a home away from home for residents who need a cup of tea and a chat when times are tough.”
Find more support and advice at: ROYALGREENWICH.GOV.UK/ GREENWICH-SUPPORTS
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
@royal_greenwich
royalgreenwich
royal_greenwich
greenwichcouncil
FAMILY
Can puppets perform Shakespeare? Oh, yes they can!
environmental issues, gender, human rights and accessibility. And finally Norwich Puppet Theatre, one of just three buildingwe make decisions based on what we feel will be successful at both based puppet theatres in the UK, is known for its the box office, and with promoters. adaptations of classic stories. With its touring company HOM: Tell us about your touring of A Midsummer bringing a contemporary take on Shakespeare’s magical production Night’s Dream? How have you gone about recreating Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Blackheath magical comedy using puppets? Shadow puppetry is at the heart Halls, the Weekender spoke to company director Peter PB: of our production, which is aimed at younger audiences. We were keen Beck about slimming down the show into a childto have a work that enabled young people to have an introduction or a friendly 50 minutes, making it modern, and telling it reference point to this complex but play. We brought in Steve through puppets and shadows. writes Holly O’Mahony… beautiful Tiplady (Director) and Sally Todd Holly O’Mahony: Firstly, could you tell us a brief bit of history about Norwich Puppet Theatre? How long has it been running and what is its mission?
producing company has created new shows for family audiences, performing in Norwich before touring in the UK and internationally.
for the stage using puppets. How do you go about choosing which shows to stage? And, are your shows mainly aimed at children?
Peter Beck: Norwich Puppet Theatre is an arts venue specialising in puppetry, a touring puppetry company, and community outreach organisation. We are dedicated to championing the special art form of puppetry and are committed to providing magical experiences and creative skills sessions for all ages. The theatre is based inside a mediaeval church, and we are one of only three buildingbased puppet theatres in England. Our programme of family events offers an excellent introduction to the magic of theatre. For over 40 years Norwich Puppet Theatre’s
HOM: You’re a theatre director for the company. How long have you been working with Norwich Puppet Theatre and what led you to your current role?
PB: We speak with schools and our audiences about stories that are currently capturing their imagination. Sometimes there is a link to an anniversary of the work, or if there is a specific national focus on a theme, author or book. We talk to potential directors and designers about ideas they might have around recreating a traditional story or creating something original. We look at what other companies are currently touring, and which shows audiences are responding positively to. We look at ideas for shows that encourage debates – such as
10 November 15 2023
PB: I took up the role of theatre director in January 2023. I was working previously as a freelance director, actor and set designer. I was engaged by the theatre as a consultant in August 2021 for a three-month arts management project. When the then theatre director left, I was asked to take on my present role. HOM: You adapt classic stories
(Designer) who are renown shadow puppet theatre practitioners in the UK, with dramaturg David Hunt, who has worked as a dramaturg for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) amongst other companies, and composer Bill Vine, who has created compositions and soundscapes for many theatre productions and installations. HOM: With your chosen creatives in place, how did you next go about adapting Shakespeare for puppets? PB: There was a long process of carefully re-shaping the plot, making decisions about which areas of the multiple story lines in the work you will tell in a version reduced to 50 minutes, and how the story and those moments can be told through puppetry, through sound, and by speaking passages of the original
text. We were in agreement that we wanted to speak the original verse, to let young audiences hear the text. A great deal of devising happens in the rehearsal room, where the elements are slowly built to become the whole piece. It is a process of creative exchange and experimentation for the whole team, including the puppeteers. HOM: Are there actors on stage as well as those operating the puppets? Who voices the dialogue? PB: The production is performed and operated by two puppeteers. So, the actors that you see and hear on stage, the shadow puppetry, the soundscape and lighting, are all operated by those two puppeteers. It’s very much a choreographed piece, where all these elements have to be practised equally. HOM: With plot points about laptops and tech glitches, it sounds like a contemporary adaptation. What made you decide to set the show in present day? PB: The concept was that we would open with the idea of pupils attending a ‘boring’ lecture about a Shakespearean play. That lecture, like parts of the play itself, would then descend into chaos, with the wrong slides being presented and the power cut off. We suggest to the audience that forces outside our control have taken over. The idea that Shakespeare has to be performed, it can’t just be read aloud. It was set in the present day to show that the work is still relevant today.
FAMILY ©©Andi Sapey
HOM: At 50 minutes, it’s also heavily abridged. How did you decide which bits to cut? PB: Abridging the work was challenging. When you have a love for the work you want to keep so much of it, so have to get ‘practical’. You take the work apart, look at the scenes and their meanings, track the individual narratives. Then you start to rebuild, being careful not to damage the sense of the lines and the meter. You make a decision about which passages can be told visually or through sound, instead of text. HOM: Lastly, what do you hope audiences take away from seeing your A Midsummer Night’s Dream on stage? PB: We hope that audiences will understand that the play is about magic, otherworldliness, love and chaos, and that they will have had an experience that is a feast for the senses. Shakespeare says in the prologue to Henry V: “And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.” It seems to fit our intentions very well. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is showing at Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ. November 18, 11am & 3pm. Admission: £9. www.blackheathhalls.com/whatson/midsummer-nights-dream/
Greenwich Dance is Closing Our dance classes will continue through to December while we explore various ways to keep our programmes going with other custodians. Please check our website or follow us @GreenwichDance on social media for the latest updates. In the meantime, we would like to thank our participants and artists who have moved with us over the last 30 years. We will miss dancing with you. Team Greenwich Dance x
greenwichdance.org.uk Photo: Kinga Dawid
HIstoRY
Finding water supplies Mary Mills
Last week I did an article on Charlton Water Works. It was a bit of an emergency last-minute thing because my laptop, with all my notes on it, developed a virus. So I had to write something different on a clean machine. But - for a reason which I will explain in a week or so - I thought it might good idea to concentrate on the history of water supply in our area for a bit. There were a lot of sites and different ways of doing it! So, let’s go back in time as early as we can and see what our ancestors did about getting water into their homes. Obviously we can only know if they left some remains, or written information behind and if they did then they were probably posh. For most people, I guess, it was a bucket or something and the nearest watercourse, regardless of what had been dumped in it earlier upstream. Or if they were lucky there might be a well. The earlier Royal Palace in our Borough was, of course, in Eltham. Happily ‘The Industrial Archaeology of South East London’ has a relevant entry about their water supply. It says “sluice house rear of 53-57 Southend Crescent, SE9. A small red brick structure which formerly housed a sluice controlling the water”. John Kennett in his ‘Eltham: A Pictorial History’ included a particularly grisly photograph of it from 1912 in which the structure seems to have been covered in some particularly unpleasant claggy mould. About the sluice house, John says, “an inadequate supply of water at Eltham Palace prompted the construction of an underground conduit laid across the Great Park to a source the Warren, Gravel Pit Lane” and “an old conduit head can be seen alongside the footpath at Holy Trinity Church”. Well, the structure has been cleaned up quite a bit since that photograph and there are some very nice pictures of it on the net. When you get here there is a notice saying that it is ‘closed’. But it is right by the footpath and you can’t miss it – so you can look at it. I am not at all clear what more you can see if it is ‘open’.
12 November 15 2023
Conduit house for Hampton Court
Along with some pictures, various bloggers and tour guides give their spin on what it was for. It all seems very unclear. Discussing the water it channeled some of them point out on their web sites its nearness to the Pipp Brook and others to the head waters of the River Shuttle. One says that the ‘design is advanced for its day’ – and adds that it was less advanced in design than such structures built by the Romans. One web site, by ‘Gary Parkinson’, says ‘the conduit head is two linked underground chambers housing settling tanks not unlike the filter beds still used in modern sewage works’. It is usually assumed that it was there to provide clean water to the Palace. The moat would also have needed a water supply – a stagnant moat is a very bad idea. The English Heritage Web site on Eltham Palace discusses research done on the site – or at any rate research undertake by their
staff and professional archaeologists – no mention of any locals! It comments that there is still work to be done on some areas and cites ….’ research into the development of water supply and disposal at Eltham … and also .. the source of the water supply to the moat, and how were leaks prevented?
Park and West Kingston. There are several of them and very nice they are too - Combe Conduit, Gallows Conduit and Ivy Conduit –plus some smaller sites. I remember going to visit one many years ago when it was actually processing water –and thus demonstrating how it worked.
So I am not the only one who is a bit sceptical! Nevertheless go and see it – closed or not.
It worries me a bit that all these conduit houses are south of the river, while Hampton Court is to the north. How did they get the clean water over the river? People from the wonderful Kew Bridge London Museum of Water and Steam have pointed me to information on the English Heritage site and to a very detailed article from Kingston History Research. One conclusion of course is that we underestimate the expertise and professionalism of the systems designers – just because they lived five hundred years ago doesn’t mean they didn’t know what they were doing!
Remains of these conduits are fairly common around old houses where the gentry or royalty could afford to have their own clean water. To see a larger system with more remains – and which has been studied in great detail - I would very much recommend the series of conduit houses and associated buildings which are said to have supplied water to Hampton Court. They are mostly in the area of Combe which is the posh area south of Richmond
Perhaps we should get back to Greenwich. There is a lot of evidence for water supply systems to posh houses on the riverside, channeling the water which still pours down the hillside from Blackheath. I am however going to be looking at those outside of and east of Greenwich Park. The systems in the Park are well known, built for the Royal Hospital and the subject of many articles and papers. There is no reason why I should add to them here. We can however come up with a reference to domestic water supply which is much older than the conduit houses I have been talking about above. This is in the records from St.Peter’s Abbey, Ghent, which owned parts of Greenwich in the early middle ages. Their record for 1268 mentions repairs to the water supply of the ‘old house’. This was their administrative building and hostel which was on the riverside on the area which
HIstoRY boundary with what is now Westcombe Woodlands. This is described as ‘the entrance to the ‘Primrose Hill Conduit’. These references are all so fragmentary and raise so many questions – has anyone tried to interpret them. What does ‘Arundel Conduit’ mean? Where was Primose Hill?
Late 17th Century map of Greenwich - area from Vanburgh Hill to the River
of John Taylor Beale before he moved to Westcombe Park. It later became a clinic for the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and ended its days as Conduit House Club for the Rechabite Order.
The Eltham Conduit Head
is now known as Anchor Iron Wharf. It is repairs which are mentioned in the records, not construction, which shows that the system was older than 1268. A report of an archaeological study of 2001 discusses this mention of the water
F.A.A.
supply to the ‘old house’ and also Travers’ 1697 Survey of Greenwich. This notes that this supply ran from the ‘Arundel Conduit’ which they think was likely to hvae been in the area of modern Colomb Street. On Travers plan there is a little drawing, captioned ‘conduit’ roughly in that area.
Today the Plaza block of flats, converted from the Granada Cinema, is nearish to the end of Colomb Street. In the 19th century it was the site of Conduit House – which rather implies that they knew something that we don’t. This house was probably built around 1830 and was the home
F A ALBIN & SONS
On some old maps Vanburgh Hill is marked as Conduit Lane. Neil Rhind in his volume on Blackheath Westcombe gives a lot of detail of fields towards the top of Vanburgh Hill and the area now covered by Ulundi Road . He gives many references to ‘Conduit Field ‘. There is another little drawing of a ‘conduit’ on the Travers plan which appears to be slightly to the east of what is now the gate into the Park from Maze Hill. Both Neil Rhind and Harry Pearman (in his account of this for the Chelsea Speliological Society in 1966) mention some ‘brickwork’ at the back of houses in Maze Hill at their
These drawings on the Travers plan, although tiny, are all of different structures –are they drawings of the actual buildings which were here? There is another conduit head illustrated on the plan which is very different and more like the one in Eltham. Harry Pearman notes it as being ‘close to Invicta School’. Maybe it was where the little trading estate is at the back of Westcombe Hill. There is no information beyond that little drawing – what water did it handle and where did it go? Today the water which comes down the hillside through the Westcombe Park area from Blackheath is hardly mentioned. It regularly appears at building sites on the Woolwich Road to the apparent surprise of everyone. Along with road collapses and floods it is blamed by Thames Water on ‘broken water mains’. A few years ago I was standing on a site listening to a developer’s agent saying there was definitely no underground water in the area. The man standing next to me kicked some leaves on the ground away - and there it was – a little stream of water bubbling out of the earth and trickling down the hill. In thr 13th and 17th centuries they channeled this water and used it. All we can do is try and trace the remains of how they did it.
020 7237 3637
Family Run Funeral Directors
RotheRhithe 52 Culling Road, London, SE16 2TN OuR OThER bRaNCh addRESSES aRE: welling 4 Welling Way, Welling, KENT, da16 2Rj T: 020 8856 7514
deptfoRd 164 deptford high Street, LONdON, SE8 3dP T: 020 8694 1384
sidcup 163 Station Road, Sidcup, KENT, da15 7aa T: 020 8308 0015
eAst london 378 barking Road, Plaistow LONdON, E13 8hL T: 020 7476 1861
MottinghAM 54-56 Mottingham Road, London, SE9 4QZ T: 020 8857 0330 cRAYfoRd 30-32 Crayford high Street, Crayford, KENT, da1 4hG T: 01322 533012
wAlwoRth 88 brandon Street, LONdON, SE17 1Nd T: 020 7313 6990
Serving the people of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe for over 200 years
www.albins.co.uk November 15 2023 13
COMMUNITY TRUST At The Heart Of The Community
NEWS FROM CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST
CACT offers the chance to earn a sports diploma or A levels alongside regular football training and opportunities to play matches
Begin your Post 16 journey today! CACT’s Post 16 Football and Education Academy is aimed at boys and girls aged 16-19 who are interested in combining schoolwork with the life of a professional footballer. The Post-16 Academy’s mission is to help develop higher performing individuals and teams through good education on and off the field whilst delivering a great experience. The team aims to achieve these targets and goals by striving to create a safe, positive inclusive environment in line with the ethos of the club and CACT. Utilising the structure and setup of the highly successful Charlton Athletic Academy and its non-league partners Welling Town FC, CACT creates strong footballing pathways as well as routes into careers and higher education.
14 November 15 2023
The structure of the course is created based on the season and individual needs of the players within each cohort. For example, in early preseason coaches may look to do higher individual technical work and as they approach the season technical elements may adjust according to the demands required by upcoming league games. Sessions meet the needs of individuals in the group, which may differ considerably. The coaching team will make tactical session plans based on the recent performances of the students and upcoming opposition. Utilising footage
CACT’s Post 16 Academy has a site in Greenwich and in Ashford
from previous games and reflecting on players’ performance informs tactical plans created and executed during training and match preparation. The programme offers serious
aspirations of playing football at higher levels with links to clubs at all levels of the pyramid and provides education in a range of subject areas with the help of education partner SCL, making the Post-16 Football Academy
a truly educational football package. To find out more, please come along to a Post 16 open evening. Reserve your free place by visiting: cact.gives/courses
Until Sun 7 Jan 2024
Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival has returned, sprinkling magic across our site
©©India Roper-Evans
Come together this winter for spellbinding shows, glorious music and choirs, luminous art, festive family fun and our wondrous Winter Market and pop-ups. Wondrous Winter Market Stroll along the Thames under twinkling lights at our Winter Market, where you can sample delicious drinks and street food or browse for Christmas gifts. At our seasonal pop-ups, take part in alpine-themed curling at The Curling Club, toast marshmallows at Fire & Fromage and enjoy more goodies at Beltane & Pop, Choco Fruit and The Thirsty Farrier. Festive family fun Little ones will love Bluey’s Big Play, as Bluey, Bingo, Bandit and Chilli are brought to real life in a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the hit TV show. Follow Marinka, a young girl trying to find her feet in The House with Chicken Legs, featuring puppets, projection and live music. And start your family’s New Year celebrations early at our free daytime party Kids’ Countdown with Len Blanco. Spellbinding shows Dive into a glittering winter wonderland at an immersive reimagining of the festive classic Nutcracker, packed with hope, heart and humour. After the Nutcracker performance ends, the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club transforms into a speakeasy, with new jazz musicians playing every evening. Australian comedian Reuben Kaye brings brutally funny comedy and cabaret to the Purcell Room with Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back, supported by a full band. Or enjoy the ultimate festive variety show, Christmas Actually, curated by Love Actually writer and director Richard Curtis. Free parties
fun and empowering dance class with a queer dose of Bollywood entertainment. Finally, join riotous party starters Pxssy Liquor as they take over the Southbank Centre for one night only at Pxssy Liquor’s Office Christmas Party.
Southbank Centre Winter Market
Parillan shared dishes ©John Carey
Luminous art While you’re soaking up the atmosphere of our site, take in our free outdoor Winter Light exhibition. Then head indoors where there’s more art to see at the Hayward Gallery’s Hiroshi Sugimoto photography exhibition, the largest survey to date of an artist renowned for creating some of the most alluringly enigmatic photographs of our time. Also, don’t miss the free Koestler Arts: IN CASE OF EMERGENCY exhibition, curated by poet Joelle Taylor. Glorious music and choirs We invite you to join us for free choirs and concerts including winter classics at Fab-YULE-ous Voices, and our Southbank Centre Youth Voices Winter Showcase. Plus, we’ve a procession of festive classical music performances including Christmas Classics, ET in Concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Christmas in Tinseltown. Find out more at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/winter
Winter Festival Come together UNTIL SUN 7 JAN
Witness an invigorating live performance by London’s finest young jazz musicians at Tomorrow’s Warriors Extraordinary Winter Showcase. Get your dancing shoes on for the popular Christmas Eve social Five Go Jiving plus our New Year’s Day Ceilidh, and don’t miss Heart n Soul’s Winter Rave, an evening of revelry. Bollyqueer invites you to enjoy a
November 15 2023 15
The Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023 The Royal Borough of Greenwich in exercise of their powers under section 56 of the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) hereby designates for additional licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (“HMOs”) the area described in paragraph 4. CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION 1. This designation may be cited as the Royal Borough of Greenwich Designation for an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation 2023. 2. This designation is made on 20 September 2023 and shall come into force on 1 January 2024. The Designation falls within a description of designations for which the Secretary of State has issued a General Approval dated 26th March 2015 and came into effect on 1st April 2015 (The Housing Act 2004: Licensing Of Houses In Multiple Occupation And Selective Licensing of other Residential Accommodation (England) General Approval 2015) 3. This designation shall cease to have effect on 31 December 2028 or earlier if the Council revokes the scheme under section 60 of the Act. AREA TO WHICH THE DESIGNATION APPLIES 4. This designation shall apply to the district of the Council as delineated on the map at annex a. APPLICATION OF THE DESIGNATION
5. This designation applies to all HMOs as described at annex b within the area described in paragraph 4 unless (a) the building is of a description specified in annex c (Buildings that are not HMOs for the purpose of the Act - other than Part 1); (b) the HMO is subject to an Interim or Final Management Order under Part 4 of the Act; (c) the HMO is subject to a temporary exemption under section 62 of the Act; or (d) the HMO is required to be licensed under section 55 (2) (a) of the Act (mandatory licensing)1. 1 For the application of mandatory licensing see SI 371/2006 – The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Descriptions) (England) Order 2006
EFFECT OF THE DESIGNATION 6. Subject to sub paragraphs 5(a) to (d) every HMO of the description specified in that paragraph in the area specified in paragraph 4 shall be required to be licensed under section 61 of the Act.2 7. The Royal Borough of Greenwich will comply with the notification requirements contained in section 59 of the Act and shall maintain a register of all houses registered under this designation, as required under section 232 of the Act.3 8. Landlords, persons managing or a tenant within the designated area should seek advice from the Local Housing Authority by contacting them as specified in Paragraphs 14, 15, and 16 to ascertain whether their property is affected by this designation. CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING TO LICENCE AN HMO 9. Failure to license a property, which requires licensing by virtue of this designation or allowing a licensed property to be occupied by more households or persons other than as authorised by a license, is liable to prosecution and upon summary conviction is liable to an unlimited fine (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004). The Local Housing Authority may, as an alternative to prosecution, impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 (section 249a of the Housing Act 2004). 10. A person who breaches a condition of a license is liable upon summary conviction to an unlimited fine (section 72 of the Housing Act 2004). The Local Housing Authority may, as an alternative to prosecution, impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 (section 249a of the Housing Act 2004). 11. The tenant(s) and/or the Local Housing Authority may apply to the First-Tier Tribunal (Residential Tribunal) under the provisions of section 41 the Housing and Planning Act 2016, for a rent repayment order. 12. No section 21 notice (Housing Act 1988 (recovery of possession on termination of shorthold tenancy)) may be given in relation to a shorthold tenancy of a part of an unlicensed HMO so long as it remains such an HMO. INSPECTION OF THE DESIGNATION 13. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is the Local Housing Authority, which made the designation. The designation may be inspected at the address as outlined in Paragraph 14 below. 2 3
Section 62 of the Act provides for certain temporary exemption. As to suitability see section 64. Note, if the house is not suitable to be licensed the Council must make an Interim Management Order-see section 10 Section 232 of the Act and paragraph 11 of SI 373/2006
APPLICATION FOR HMO LICENCE AND GENERAL ADVICE ABOUT HMO LICENSING 14. Applications for HMO additional licences and general advice about HMO licensing should be made at the Royal Borough’s office at the following address: The Royal Borough of Greenwich Environmental Health (Pollution and Residential) Services The Woolwich Centre 35 Wellington Street London SE18 6HQ
Annex a – Paragraph 4: Map of Designated Area
15. The contact number is: 020 8921 8152 16. The email address is: Private-Rented-Property-Licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk Date and authentication by the Council:
20 September 2023
Signed Debbie Warren Chief Executive Date 20 September 2023 For and on behalf of Royal Borough of Greenwich Annex b – Paragraph 5: HMOs subject to the designation For the purpose of this designation and subject to the following eight paragraphs an HMO is a building or part of a building, which is occupied by three or more persons in two or more households. 1. A building or a part of a building is an HMO if: a) it consists of one or more units of living accommodation not consisting of a self-contained flat or flats; b) the living accommodation is occupied by persons who do not form a single household (see Section 258 of the Housing Act 2004 and Paragraph 4 below); c) the living accommodation is occupied by those persons as their only or main residence or they are to be treated as so occupying it; d) their occupation of the living accommodation constitutes the only use of that accommodation; e) rents are payable or other consideration is to be provided in respect of at least one of those persons’ occupation of the living accommodation; and f) two or more of the households who occupy the living accommodation share one or more basic amenities or the living accommodation is lacking in one or more basic amenities. 2. A self-contained flat is an HMO if paragraphs 1(b) to 1(f) apply. 3. A converted building or a part of a converted building is an HMO if:a) it is a converted building; b) it contains one or more units of living accommodation that do not consist of a self-contained, flat or flats (whether or not it also contains any such flat or flats); or c) it is a building converted entirely into self contained flats, but the conversion did not meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations, and more than one third of the flats are let on short term tenancies (see Section 257 of the Housing Act 2004) d) the living accommodation is occupied by persons who do not form a single household; e) the living accommodation is occupied by those persons as their only or main residence or they are to be treated as so occupying it ; f) their occupation of the living accommodation constitutes the only use of that accommodation; and g) rents are payable or other consideration is to be provided in respect of at least one of those persons’ occupation of the living accommodation. 4. Persons are to be regarded as not forming a single household unless:a) they are all members of the same family, or b) their circumstances are circumstances of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the appropriate national authority. 5. A person is a member of the same family as another person if:a) those persons are married to each other or live together as husband and wife (or in an equivalent relationship in the case of persons of the same sex); b) one of them is a relative of the other; or c) one of them is, or is a relative of, one member of a couple and the other is a relative of the other member of the couple. 6. For those purposes:a) a “couple” means two persons who are married to each other or otherwise fall within 5(a); b) “relative” means parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or cousin; c) a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood; and d) the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child. 7. A person is to be treated as occupying a building or part of a building as their only or main residence if it is occupied by the person:a) as the person’s residence for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education; b) as a refuge, or c) in any other circumstances which are circumstances of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the appropriate national authority. 8. “refuge” means a building or part of a building managed by a voluntary organisation and used wholly or mainly for the temporary accommodation of persons who have left their homes as a result of:a) physical violence or mental abuse, or b) threats of such violence or abuse, from persons to whom they are or were married or with whom they are or were co-habiting. Annex c – Paragraph 5(a): Buildings that are not HMOs for the purpose of the Act Buildings controlled or managed by public bodies etc5 1. A building where the person managing or having control of it is6: (a) a local housing authority; (b) a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 or the Metropolitan Police Authority established under section 5B of that Act; (c) a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; (d) a health service body within the meaning of section 9 of the National Health Service Act 2006; (e) a body which is registered as a social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996. Buildings regulated by other enactments7 2. A tenancy, licence or occupation of a house which is regulated under the following enactments: (a) sections 87 to 87D of the Children Act 1989; (b) section 43 (4) of the Prison Act 1952; (c) section 34 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; (d) The Secure Training Centre Rules 19988 ;
16 November 15 2023
public notices (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k)
The Prison Rules 19989 ; The Young Offender Institute Rules 200010 ; The Detention Centre Rules 200111 ; The Criminal Justice and Court Service Act 200 (Approved Premises) Regulations 200112 ; The Care Homes Regulations 200113 ; The Children’s Homes Regulations 200114 ; The Residential Family Centres Regulations 200215.
4 Schedule 14 of the Act and
5 Paragraph 2 of schedule 14
SI 373/2006
6 For the definition of “person managing” and “person having control” see section 263 of the Act 7 Paragraph 3 of schedule 14 and paragraph 6 (1) and schedule 1 of SI 373/2006 8 SI 472/1998 as amended by SI 3005/200
9 SI 728/1999 as amended by SI 1794/2000, SI 1149/2001, SI 2116/2002, SI 3135/2002. SI 3301/2003 and SI 869/200 10 SI 3371/2000 as amended by SI 2117/2002, SI 3135/2002 and SI 897/20
11 SI 238/2001. Section 66 (4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act
2002 provides that the reference to a detention centre is to be construed as a reference to a removal centre as defined in Part VIII of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Certain student lettings etc16 3. A building – (i) which is managed or controlled by a specified educational establishment or is of a specified description of such establishments and (ii) the occupiers of the house or dwelling are undertaking a full time course of further or higher education at the specified establishment17 and (iii) the house or dwelling is being managed in conformity with an Approved Code of Practice for the management of excepted accommodation under section 233 of the Act18. Religious communities19 4. A building which is occupied principally for the purpose of a religious community whose principal occupation is prayer, contemplation, education or the relief of the suffering except if the building is a converted block of flats to which section 257 of the Act applies. Buildings occupied by owners20 5. A building which is only occupied by – 12 SI 850/2001
13 SI 3965/2001 as amended by SI 865/2001. SI 534/2003, SI 1590/2003, SI 1703/2003, SI 1845/2003, SI 664/2004, SI 696/2004, SI 1770/2004, 14 SI 3967/2001 as amended by SI 865/2002, SI 2469/2002, SI 664/2004 and SI 3168/2004
SI 2071/2004 SI and SI 3168/200
15 SI 3213/2002 as amended by SI 664/2004, SI 865/2004 and SI 3168/2004 16 Paragraph 4 of schedule 14
17 See the schedule to The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006 for the list of specified bodies
18 The relevant codes of practice are approved under SI 646/2006 – The Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2006 19 Paragraph 5 of schedule 14
20 Paragraph 6 of Schedule 14
(i) one or more persons who hold the freehold or a leasehold interest granted for a term of more than 21 years of the whole, or any part of, the building (ii) and/or any member of the household21 of that person or persons but this exemption does not apply to a converted block of flats to which section 257 of the Act applies, except for ascertaining the status of any flat within the block. Buildings occupied by Resident Landlord etc22 6. A building which is occupied by a person or persons to whom paragraph 7 applies (subject to the proviso therein) and no more than two other persons23, not forming part of the owner’s household. Buildings occupied by two persons24 7. Any building which is only occupied by two persons (forming two households) Meaning of “building” 8. In this annex a “building” includes a part of a building. 21 22 23 24
For the definition of “household” see section 258 (2) and paragraphs 3 and 4 of SI 373/2006Paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 Paragraph 6 of schedule 14 and SI 373/200 Paragraph 6 (2) of SI 373/200 Paragraph 7 of schedule 1
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) SHAWBROOKE ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 Network Rail who need to carry out inspections work. The Order will come into operation on 20th November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 night. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Shawbrooke Road by the rail over bridge. 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. 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. 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. 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
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) ROCHESTER WAY PLANNED CYCLE LANE CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 who need close both cycle lanes for temporary loading bays for the Greenwich Homes project. The Order will come into operation on 27th November 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 12 Months. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit cyclists from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in the cycle lane both sides of the road from the junction of Carnbrook Road to the junction of Briset Road. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not need to be diverted and cyclist will need to dismount. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Dated 25/10/23
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
(INTERNAL REF: PL/602/LA451678)
Dated 01/11/23 ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) BLENDON TERRACE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 Thames Water who need to carry out repair works. The Order will come into operation on 22nd November 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. 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 Blendon Terrace at the junction of Plumstead Common Road. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Plumstead Common Road, Waverly Crescent, Wernbrook Street & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. 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 26/10/23 (INTERNAL REF: PL/579/LA458577)
(INTERNAL REF: PL/597/LN69428) ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WINCHCOMBE GARDENS PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 replace a decay pole. The Order will come into operation on 27th November 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. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Winchomb Gardens from the junction of Wendover Road. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Placing of the appropriate signage Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. 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. 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. 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 14/09/23
To place a public notice, please call 020 7232 1639 or email: hello@cm-media.co.uk (INTERNAL REF: PL/580/LA458557)
November 15 2023 17
public notices
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED) Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning. If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below. Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice. Please quote the appropriate reference number. List of Press Advertisements - 15/11/2023 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control Publicity For Planning Applications. Applicant:
Mayflower Hygiene Supplies ( London ) Ltd 23/1935/F Site Address: Units 208A & 208B, WESTMINSTER INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WARSPITE ROAD, LONDON, SE18 5NU Development: Change of use to allow transfer of hazardous and non hazardous healthcare related wastes whilst retaining the existing business and offices (B1, now Class E), general industrial (Class B2) and storage and distribution (Class B8) uses. Conservation Area: THAMES BARRIER & BOWATER ROAD Applicant: Ms Nadiya Cherepukhina 23/3040/F Site Address: 62 ROYAL HILL, LONDON, SE10 8RT Development: Internal and external alterations. Internal works including installation of new kitchen and bathrooms, demolition of walls and restoration of staircase panelling. Associated general repairs, restorations and refurbishments. External works including replacement of street side ground floor and first floor sash windows with slim double-glazed alternatives, demolition of garden chimney stack, installation of rear facing conservation roof window, replacement of garden timber fence with brick. (This application affects the Grade II listed Nos. 58-64 Royal Hill in the West Greenwich Conservation Area) Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Applicant: Mr Benjamin Cowen 23/3056/F Site Address: 18A WELL HALL ROAD, LONDON, SE9 6SF Development: Change of use from single family dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a small HMO for 4 people (Sui Generis) with internal alterations. Applicant: Mr Peter Reyes 23/3100/F Site Address: 157 WOODHILL, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 5HW Development: Change of use from a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 5-bed small HMO (Use Class C4) with a maximum capacity of up to six occupants. Conservation Area: WOOLWICH COMMON Applicant: Shooters Hill Lawn Tennis Club 23/3177/F Site Address: SHOOTERS HILL TENNIS CLUB, EAGLESFIELD ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3HU Development: Installation of ten (10) low level LED floodlighting to replace the existing twelve (12) low level LED floodlighting to two existing outdoor floodlit tennis courts Conservation Area: SHREWSBURY PARK ESTATE Applicant: Becky 23/3275/F Site Address: 18A ROYAL HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8RT Development: Demolition of existing rear outrigger sloped roof and construction of a flat roof with access from the second floor to be used as an amenity space, with associated external alterations. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Applicant: Park Lane House Ltd 23/3374/F Site Address: BLACKHEATH AND GREENWICH BOWLING, BROOKLANDS PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BL Development: Construction of four 3-storey dwellings and other associated works including access, parking and amenity space. (This development may affect the settings of the Blackheath Park Conservation Area and a Grade II Listed Building - Brooklands House, 20 Brooklands Park, SE3 9BL) (This application does not accord with the provisions of the development plan for the Royal Borough of Greenwich) Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK Applicant: Royal Borough of Greenwich 23/3483/F Site Address: 105 POWIS STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6JB Development: Ground floor shopfront replacement with new shopfront, addition of 1no. new canopy, new pilasters and all associated external works. Ground floor shop front replacement including new timber sign fascia, new lighting and all associated works. Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Mr Y Schwartz 23/3508/F Site Address: 179 PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 2UJ Development: Change of use from family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to small HMO (Use Class C4) for a maximum of 6 occupants, erection of ground floor rear extension, with replacement of rear door with window, loft conversion including rear dormer window and front roof lights, and all associated external works. Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON Applicant: Berkeley Homes 23/3546/MA Site Address: Kidbrooke Village, Phase 5, Block C only, Kidbrooke, SE3 Development: An application submitted under section 73 of the town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a
material amendment to Planning Permission 19/3415/F dated 31st March 2021 for the 'Demolition of existing buildings and erection of residential units, publicly accessible open space and associated access, car parking, cycle parking and landscaping, erection of a new pavilion building within the Park. The proposals result in the uplift of residential units compared to approved Planning Permission refs. 14/2607/F (as amended) related to Phase 3 and ref. 14/2611/F (as amended) related to Phase 5' for an amendment to condition 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Condition 2 (Approved Drawings), 4 (Quantum of Development), 6 (Compliance with Approved Environmental Statement), 7 (Compliance with EIA Mitigation Measures), 8 (Land Uses), 9 Quantum of Development) and 10 (Maximum Floor Space Restrictions) are proposed to be amended to capture the following changes to Phase 5, Building C: Additional staircases and lifts in each core in line with emerging guidance. Fire Strategy updates to comply with current guidance – Protected lobby, risers etc. Change from modular to traditional construction, thereby resulting in a reduction in the height of building C2 by 0.875m and building C3 by 0.625m. Revised undercroft layout - revised cycle storage, car parking, plant requirement, bins, etc. Offset of the NIA lost to additional staircase and lifts, results in the following: i. Revisions to the unit mix. ii. Increase in the height of building C1 and C4 by 1.2m and 2.450m respectively. iii. Additional 22 residential units; and iv. Refinement of the footprint/stepping on the elevations. (This application is an EIA development and accompanied by an Environmental Statement) (This development may impact the setting of the Blackheath Conservation Area) Applicant: Ms Nadiya Cherepukhina 23/3641/SD Site Address: 62 ROYAL HILL, LONDON, SE10 8RT Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 4 (internal works related to the installation of the bathroom), Condition 5(Full details and specification of the proposed ventilation related to the installation of the ground floor kitchen and bathroom) & Condition 6 (full details and specification of the proposed sun pipe) of listed building consent 23/2271/L dated 01/09/2023. Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Publicity for Listed Building Consent Applicant: Site Address: Development:
Ms Nadiya Cherepukhina 23/3041/L 62 ROYAL HILL, LONDON, SE10 8RT Internal and external alterations. Internal works including installation of new kitchen and bathrooms, demolition of walls and restoration of staircase panelling. Associated general repairs, restorations and refurbishments. External works including replacement of street side ground floor and first floor sash windows with slim double glazed alternatives, demolition of garden chimney stack, installation of rear facing conservation roof window, replacement of garden timber fence with brick. (This application affects the Grade II listed Nos. 58-64 Royal Hill in the West Greenwich Conservation Area) Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: The Royal Parks 23/3385/L Site Address: ST MARYS LODGE, THE AVENUE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8PU Development: Internal and external repairs and refurbishment of St Mary's Lodge Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK Listed Building: Grade 2 Publicity for Advertisements Applicant:
Royal Borough of Greenwich 23/3484/A Site Address: 105 POWIS STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6JB Development: Ground floor shop front replacement including new timber sign fascia, new lighting and all associated works. Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Site Address:
Asda Stores Ltd 23/3610/A 123 GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, LONDON, SE10 8NX Development: Installation of illuminated fascia signages, entrance posts, service panels and various vinyls. Conservation Area: adjacent to Ashburnham Triangle
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) Replace the Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO bays with Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-11am Zone AO and Zone AW bays at the following locations on Blithdale Road: i) South side, from a point 10 metres west of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 14 metres in a westerly direction. ii) South side, from a point 10 metres east of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 17 metres in an easterly direction. iii) South side, from a point 33.5 metres east of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 9.5 metres in an easterly direction. iv) North side, from a point 29 metres west of its junction with Brodrick Grove for 79 metres in an easterly direction. b) 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). 3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Blithdale Road 23-11). 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 6th December 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Blithdale Road 23-11). 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 15th November 2023 Schedule 1 – The current 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. Schedule 2 – The current 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 (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.
Notice is given that Meridian Hotels Operations Limited, InterContinental London (The O2) Hotel, 1 Waterview Drive, London, SE10 0TW has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: Peninsula Ballroom, The InterContinental Hotel (O2), 1 Waterview Drive, London SE10 0TW A record of this application may be inspected by appointment. Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than Friday 8th December 2023. (last date for making representations). Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one or more of the four licensing objectives, namely: • Prevention of Crime and Disorder • Prevention of Public Nuisance • Public Safety • Protection of Children from Harm. Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine. It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises: Supply of Alcohol, Performance of Plays, Exhibition of Films, Indoor Sports, Provision of both Live and Recorded Music, Performance of Dance, Provision of Late-Night Refreshment.
Switch with confidence communityfibre.co.uk
Unbeatable prices See how much you can save over 24 months with our 1 Gbps package at £25/month* vs the national providers....
BT
Virgin Media Gig1
Gigafast
£42.99/month
£50/month
First 6 months: £30/month
£58/month
ave s d n a h c it w S
ave s d n a h c it w S
ave s d n a h c it w S
Download: 900 Mbps Upload: 110 Mbps
Download: 1,130 Mbps Upload: 104 Mbps
Download: 900 Mbps Upload: 90 Mbps
24 month contract
24 month contract
18 month contract
Full Fibre 900
Sky
7 5 8 0 2 6 8 4 4 £ £ £ £428 £465 Scan the QR code to compare us to your current provider and see if you’d be better off with us
Competitor comparison: Based on data independently checked and verified by FDM (08.11.2023). Please see communityfibre.co.uk/#comparison-broadband for more information.
Switch with confidence communityfibre.co.uk
Now that’s quality Gives binge watchers unbeatable value Gives zombie hunters unbeatable speed Gives the work from homers outstanding reliability
FREE Save £
14.95 w
ith
CONN Offer e
ECTIO
nds 4.1
2.2023
N
Gives super-chilled switchers outstanding service
To get switching, call our Sales team on 0808 196 6206 Our Sales team is available Monday to Friday 9am-8pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am-5pm.
Free connection offer: Free connection offer: Set up fee normally £14.95, removed during promotional period; 09:00 GMT 13th November to 23:59 GMT 4th December 2023. Applies to 24-month contracts only. Claims: For all claims made, please see communityfibre.co.uk/claims.