Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - July 24th 2024 by CommunityMattersMedia

Services for children ‘outstanding’ in Royal Greenwich

Ofsted has rated services for children and their families ‘outstanding’ in Royal Greenwich.

This is the most recent Ofsted inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS), with the last taking place in 2019 – where services were rated ‘good.’

The latest report praised the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s clear and evidenced commitment to listening to the voices of children and young people.

Inspectors noted how strong and innovative partnership working with organisations across the borough was ‘making a difference to children and young people’s lives’.

The report also praised the ‘impressive’ children and young people who have been instrumental in driving progress forward and holding the Council to account.

Read more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/outstanding-ofsted

Are you passionate about helping every child in Royal Greenwich to be great?

Find out more about joining our ‘outstanding’ team: royalgreenwichcareers.com

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Horrible Histories

Pick of the Week

It’s history with the nasty bits left in… The latest in the Horrible Histories series of stage shows is coming to Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College for the whole family to enjoy.

Would you be wooed by Richard the Lionheart? Are you ready for a date with King Edward I? Would you be shaken or stirred by Richard III? See Mary Tudor knock the spots off Mary Queen of Scots. Singalong with crazy King Charles and move to the groove with party Queen Victoria.

This show is made up of some of the craziest and funniest bits from the Barmy Britain series of shows, and it’s recommended for ages 5 and over.

Dates: Sunday 11 to Wednesday 14 August Tickets: £18

Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, Greenwich, SE10 9NN ornc.org/whats-on/horrible-histories

The Formula 1 Exhibition

An immersive experience taking you on a journey through the world of Formula 1 is coming to London.

Packed with contributions from F1’s best teams and drivers, the exhibition lifts the curtain on this story of sport.

Tracing the influences of Enzo Ferrari and Ayrton Senna to the impact of Netflix’s Drive To Survive series, the exhibition combines a mix of historic and modern-day race cars, previously unseen film and interviews, artefacts and interactive elements, including racing simulators.

The exhibition includes six rooms offering an insight into the speedy story of Formula 1 – you’ll find almost 100 helmets, and also Romain Grosjean’s car from his 2020 crash in Bahrain. For those with a need for speed, this exhibition is for you.

Dates: Opens Friday 23 August 2024 Tickets: Adults (17+) £35.50, child £20

ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, E16 1XL f1exhibition.com/london

Holiday Arts and Gardening Club

Take part in drama, food making, drawing, gardening, playing and working together, in the Albany’s theatre and garden this summer with their Arts and Gardening Club. This activity is free for young people eligible for free school meals and Lewisham Homes residents. You will need to fill out a form on the link below to apply. Week 1 (5-8 August) is for ages 7-9 and week 2 (12-15 August) is for ages 10-12. Lunch will be provided every day.

Dates: Monday 5 to Thursday 15 August 2024, 10am to 2pm

Free for young people eligible for free school meals and Lewisham Homes residents

The Albany, Douglas Way, SE8 4AG www.thealbany.org.uk/projects/holiday-arts-gardening-club-2024

Finding Awe collage workshops

Look around, listen closely for sounds, find joy in the feelings that arise and the details that you see. NOW Gallery has invited artists and designers Common Exception and Coco Lom to present a workshop exploring connection and collage, to coincide with John Booth X CAN’s exhibition, Up in Smoke. Walk + Awe will take participants on an “awe walk” around Greenwich Peninsula, exploring the Design District’s unique buildings, landscaping and hidden corners, and drawing in response.

On return to NOW Gallery, amid the Up in Smoke exhibition, you will create a series of collages inspired by the shapes, patterns and colours encountered, guided by Coco Lom and Common Exception. Mix, match and be mesmerised by collage.

Date: Saturday 10 August 2024, 2pm Tickets: £5, all materials are provided NOW Gallery, The Gateway Pavilions, Peninsula Square, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0SQ nowgallery.co.uk/events/ finding-awe-collage-workshops

Greenwich Park Revealed showcase

Greenwich Park Revealed is a four-year initiative, with a £12 million investment, that has rejuvenated Greenwich Park by revealing, restoring, protecting and sharing its unique heritage for present and future generations.

This showcase will be an exhibition of archaeological finds, photos, timelapse footage of projects, activities and much more.

The landscape comprises the Grand Ascent (giant grass steps), and a formal banked layout (parterres) lined with sweeping tree avenues. It provides a symmetrical formal layout linking the Thames to Blackheath Gate and beyond. However, over time, the original sharp landscape features have eroded. The Greenwich Park Revealed initiative reintroduces features, restores damaged tree avenues and transforms the public space.

Dates: Monday 12 to Monday 26 August 2024 Free Greenwich Park, SE10 8QY www.royalparks.org.uk/whatson/greenwich-park-revealedshowcase-120824

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The Weekender hears from the Neighbours star as he embarks on the UK leg of The Rocky Horror Show tour, coming to Churchill Theatre this August

Jason Donovan returns as Frank-NFurter

Jason Donovan is making a return to one of his most famous roles: playing Frank-N-Furter in Richard O’Brien’s musical, The Rocky Horror Show.

“I’m a fan. I love the show; I love the music; I love the character. I was touring my own show about five years ago and included ‘Sweet Transvestite’ from Rocky as a key moment in my musical career. It went down a storm,” says Jason.

He subsequently emailed producer Howard Panter saying that he’d read there was to be a 50th anniversary production of Rocky Horror and he’d love to be involved. And so it came to pass: first in Sydney and Melbourne and now, from midAugust, via an extensive UK tour.

And it opens at Churchill Theatre in Bromley with shows

from 19 to 24 August 2024.

The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O’Brien. A humorous tribute to various B movies associated with the science fiction and horror genres from the 1930s to the early 1960s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged, clean-cut couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist, Dr Frank-N-Furter, unveiling his new creation, Rocky, a Frankenstein-style monster in the form of an artificially-made, fullygrown, physically perfect muscle man complete with blond hair and a tan.

On the 50th anniversary of the musical in 2023, it is said the production had been performed in 20 different languages and seen by 30 million people globally.

Jason is the same performer but how does he feel about tackling the role over 25 years later? “To be honest, I can’t really remember much about 1998 but that’s another story. I don’t feel uncomfortable, though, playing him at 56 – and, of course, I have personal reasons for being grateful to the show.”

The stage manager on that late 90s touring production was a woman called Angela Malloch. “I’d be backstage waiting to go on,” recalls Jason, “and I’d get chatting to Ange.” The blossoming friendship turned into romance.

Shortly after, Angela found out she was pregnant. It was ultimatum time. “If the relationship had any chance of working, she told me, and if I was going to have any involvement in the life of our child, I would have to

give up the self-indulgent hedonistic lifestyle of the 90s and take greater control of my life. And I did.”

“You either seize your opportunities or you don’t”. But, in the end, he says, you’ve got to want to change. “Elton John said it and it’s true: nobody can do it for you.”

It was a major turning point in his life and the beginning of a relationship – the couple married in 2008 – that has stood him in good stead from that day to this.

In the meantime, Jason has graduated from small-screen fame as Scott in the long-running Australian soap, Neighbours, to pop stardom and now, among much else, as a stalwart of musical and straight theatre in a diverse number of productions.

But it is Dr Frank-N-Furter who occupies a special place in his heart.

“One of the reasons I love Rocky is because it’s a short show.” And he’s not joking. “It says everything it needs to say and nothing more. There’s no unnecessary padding. It means nobody gets bored and you leave them wanting more.”

And what’s it like climbing into those fishnet stockings and high heels seven times a week? “In many ways, very easy, I put on the costume and there’s Frank all over again. I’m in touch with my feminine side but I come from a masculine sensibility.

The character embraces both sides of me: a strength and a vulnerability as well as danger and denial.

“And audiences love it. As I look out from the stage, I see a beautiful landscape of people wearing outrageous costumes. It’s not hard to see why: in many ways, Rocky is panto for adults. The costumes are just as much a part of the show as the characters and the music.”

And after Rocky? “I’ve got my Doin’ Fine 25 tour – that’s 35 concerts across the UK and Ireland. It’s a greatest hits show, a celebration of 35 years of work.”

For now, though, all his concentration is on bringing Frank-N-Furter back to life, both for his own satisfaction and that of his inexhaustible audience. “I’ve reached a point of great contentment,” says Jason. “As long as I have my family and my health, as long as I have a good life/work balance, I’m happy. I like to think I work to live, not the other way around.”

Words by Richard Barber

Showing 19 to 24 August 2024, tickets £22 to £60

Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HA

trafalgartickets.com/churchill-theatrebromley/en-GB/event/musical/ the-rocky-horror-show-tickets

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival 2024

The full programme for GDIF this year has been announced, expect a free line-up of world-class theatre, dance and spectacle

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) announces its full 2024 programme of more than 50 free performances over 17 days, from Friday 23

August to Sunday 8 September.

The annual outdoor festival of free theatre and performing arts returns with a total of 20

premieres, including two world and one European premieres, plus it welcomes international and UK artists for events inspired by the festival theme of “All Change”.

This year, the festival will open with Silence! from street theatre company Les Commandos Perçu with a fusion of percussion and pyrotechnics in Woolwich.

Skies above Woolwich will be lit up for an evening of live drumming and choreographed pyrotechnics, launching GDIF 2024 with a wave of energy against the backdrop of Woolwich’s Royal Artillery Barracks. With echoes of the area’s industrial, military and manufacturing heritage, Silence! also looks to the future in its celebration of collective endeavour and creativity.

GDIF’s programme is packed with surprising and unusual events –often with innovative staging, too.

Five productions in the programme have been co-created with local people, and all of the events will be taking place in public spaces across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Newham and the City of London.

Premieres include site-specific theatre makers Dante or Die with A Ballad of Thamesmead; a heartfelt and immersive cocreated portrait of South-East

London’s “town of tomorrow”.

And theatre companies Good Chance and Gecko join forces to present From Here On, marking the 85th anniversary of the Kindertransport to imagine a safer future for all children in the present and explores a child’s right to safe passage and calls for empathy, hope and unity.

These world premieres join the Actors Touring Company production Bodies of Water, directed by Olivier-winning director Matthew Xia, co-created with local sanctuary-seeking communities and experienced on the shore of the Thames in Greenwich.

In Eltham, theatre company Mechanimal’s Crap at Animals will playfully explore extinct and endangered species through clowning and physical theatre.

Life Lines by climbing and acrobatics artists Lézards Bleus will take audiences on a surprising journey

through the Greenwich Peninsula with a tour de force integration of parkour and contemporary architecture.

Artist collective Variable Matter presents the art and sound installation World Kiosk at Green Street in Newham, where a street kiosk will appear for five days. Visitors are invited to escape the intensity of the city, sip a delicious cup of tea and listen to an entrancing soundscape of shared stories and reflections.

For the first time, GDIF transforms Stratford Park in Newham into a theatrical playground for children and families in PARKWORKS, a new, free two-day family-friendly programme with performances and games across the August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday.

Kicking off the festivities with a synchronised pram party is Pram People by Polyglot, a celebration of community

 Pram People

and parent-child connection.

Families are also invited to experience an inclusive aerial performance with Ella Mesma’s Rainbow Butterfly, South Asian dance and storytelling in Sonia Sabri’s Moghul Miniatures and help to build Morphosis, an enormous bamboo play structure with French artists Moso.

Plus, Dancing City, GDIF’s annual celebration of international and UK dance, this year moves to Newham in public spaces across Stratford Cross, East Bank, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Stratford Town Centre on 7 September.

Bradley Hemmings MBE, GDIF’s artistic director, said: “These are difficult times everywhere and the world of outdoor arts is no exception. However, by embracing change, welcoming new partners and reinventing the shape of this year’s festival for 2024, we’re foregrounding the great tradition of outdoor arts and activism with a series of commissions and events that invite us to reflect on making positive change, while disrupting the everyday rhythm of life and creating moments of joy and togetherness.”

A spokesperson for the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: “We’re proud to be

supporting another brilliant year of GDIF as part of Royal Greenwich Festivals 2024, bringing our communities together to enjoy free, exciting and accessible events across our borough.

“With an opening spectacle in Woolwich, and performances and events in Abbey Wood and Eltham, together we’re delivering world-class arts and culture to town centres, public spaces and riverside locations across Greenwich.

“From brand new immersive theatre cocreated

with some of our refugee communities to world-renowned dance performances, this year’s GDIF will celebrate the unique heritage of the people of our borough and entertain local residents and visitors.”

festival.org/gdif-2024

 THAW by Legs On The Wall - Sydney Festival 2022 performer Jenni Large

Where to watch Paris Olympics 2024 locally

Cheer on Team GB this summer at these open-air spaces with big screens

From beach volleyball and boxing, BMX racing and equestrian events, to sailing, swimming and taekwondo, the summer of sport is certainly not over yet.

This is where you can watch the Paris 2024 Olympics on the big screen this summer – and all for free.

With a schedule of 329 medal events, there’s a lot to keep up with. So, grab a picnic blanket, sit back and get involved in all action, and watch Team GB bring home the medals…

Greenwich Market

Greenwich Market promises to be a standout venue to watch the Paris Olympics in London this summer. For just over two weeks between 26 July and 11 August, every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, a giant screen will be broadcasting Olympic excitement in the Market’s Fry’s Court.

It’s free, and there’s no need to book – just grab a deck chair and watch

the main coverage unfold. You’ll be able to cheer on your country and watch your favourite athletes pursue a win with like-minded sports lovers.

Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ

www.greenwichmarket.london/ events/detail/big-screen-paris2024-olympic-games

Old Royal Naval College

This summer, the Old Royal Naval College is also showing the best in sporting talent on an outdoor screen.

Already serving up Wimbledon, you’ll be able to soak up the scenes of the River Thames while lounging among the architecture of the historic grounds as you watch the Paris Olympics 2024.

There’s seating in front of the screen for fans who don’t want to miss a moment of the action, and smaller tables for foodies who want to make the most of the food and drink on offer as well.

King William Lawn, Old Royal Naval College, SE10 9NN

ornc.org/whats-on/outdoorsummer-screen-olympics

Canada Square Park

Just over the river, there’s another big screen perfect for setting up camp and securing your spot for this year’s summer of sport.

The Canada Square Park summer screens are free to attend, you can simply go along to your chosen event with a picnic blanket and settle in for an afternoon of sporting fun.

With an itinerary of sporting fixtures subject to change, be sure to visit the website below for the latest confirmed times for the Olympics screenings.

And if sport isn’t necessarily your thing – you can stay for the big screen

film schedule. Canada Square Park will be showing films for everyone. From The Incredibles and Barbie to The Little Mermaid and Grease, you can come for Paris 2024 and stay for some classic movie entertainment.

Canada Square Park, Canary Wharf, E14 5AH

canarywharf.com/whats-on/ summer-screens

LESS THAN ONE WEEK until Charlton Athletic’s FREE Family Fun Day!

There is less than one week to go until Charlton Athletic Football Club will be hosting a FREE Family Fun Day during the summer holidays and you’re invited!

The Fun Day is set to run from 12pm to 4pm on Tuesday, July 30th in the car park at The Valley (Floyd Road, SE7 8BL).

Bring all the family to an exciting day with lots of activities for everyone, whether you love your football or not! Get involved in lots of different games and funfair attractions, meet the men’s and women’s first team players and enjoy delicious food and drink, plus much more!

All activities other than the food and drink will be free of charge on the day with local vendors on site as part of the food and drink offering, where both cash and card payments will be accepted.

The club hosted a successful Family Fun Day in April this year and this event promises to be bigger and better, with OVER 3,500 people

having already signed up to attend.

To find out more about the event, please scan the QR code.

This event is part of Charlton Athletic’s All Together, All Different, All Charlton project, supported by the Premier League Charitable Fund.

Charlton Station through the years

Mary Mills

This week I thought we should take a look at Charlton Station. The background to its setting up is quite complicated - and so I thought I would just mention it briefly and maybe come back and do another article or articles about how it came to be built when and where it was.

Briefly, it proved impossible to extend the railway line from Greenwich Station down to what is now Maze Hill – maybe by going through Greenwich Park. A lot of time was spent trying to find various routes but eventually a way of getting the railway to Woolwich, and beyond via Charlton was built by a different railway company - the North Kent. They built their railway line from Blackheath Station, then going through a tunnel which ended up in the Westcombe Park area and carried on to Charlton. Perhaps I should write up the tunnel sometime – and I see there is new work being done to it at the moment.

Charlton Station opened on the North Kent Line on 30th July 1849. It was built on Charlton Church Lane, then the only road running between Charlton Village and the Woolwich Road. It was thus not only some way away but there was a steep hill to climb to get to Charlton itself.

The station is described on the Kent Rail website - and generally the Kent Rail site is excellent at describing station buildings and what they looked like. (https://www.kentrail. org.uk/) They say it was ‘very similar

to nearby Woolwich Arsenal... two storeys high with pitched roofs on the up side. There was no building on the down platform, but instead there was a wall which supported a canopy’. There was no goods yard nor was there a footbridge - you had to walk over the rails to cross from platform to platform. A covered foot bridge was eventually installed along with a goods yard in 1873. From the start there was a signal box.

Newspaper reports over the years give what seems to be an enormous number of deaths at the station. The first, only a month after the opening, was of a drunken woman who died after getting out of the carriage on the wrong side. Only five days later a labourer was killed when walking alongside the track.

These accidents were overshadowed a year later when, in July 1850, a delayed goods train was struggling to get through the Blackheath tunnel – ‘the driving wheel slipping round without taking hold of the metals’. Also the guard had lost the fog signals to lay behind the train. The driver of a passenger train behind did not see the guard’s hand light and ran into the

goods train. Happily no one was hurt – but over the years there were other and worse accidents in the tunnel - all of which involved staff from Charlton Station in one way or another.

Charlton Station had a royal visitor in 1865 when a train arrived carrying the Prince of Wales - later Edward VII – who had been to see the Great Eastern ship. He had been ‘at his place at the engine’ since Higham Station. At Charlton he returned to the Royal Carriage.

The line from the tunnel was paralleled in 1852 by the private, goods-only Angerstein Line which continued through a junction from Charlton – I’ve written a lot about Angerstein here in the past. This junction became even more complex when the line was eventually extended through to Charlton from Greenwich Station via Maze Hill. From 1873 Charlton Station was called Charlton Junction Station.

In 1904 there was a panic ‘owing to a discovery that a wasp had entered a train at Charlton Station’.

Station staff came and went. In

 Station destroyed 1944

1895 at a smoking concert at the Antigallican, a presentation was made to. J. Cooper, ‘who had been thirteen years booking clerk at Charlton Station’ – he had been promoted to Canterbury Station and so was presented with ‘a gold Albert and pendant, suitably inscribed’ plus a ‘teapot for Mrs. Cooper’. In 1900 a smoking concert was held at the Bugle Horn, for C. Waghorn, inspector at Charlton Station, who was retiring. He got a Gladstone bag from the other staff and a liqueur stand and purse of money, ‘subscribed for by passengers’.

There were many changes to the station in 1904 when the original signal box was demolished and replaced by a two-storey all-timber building. Most noticeably changes were made to install the present ‘high level’ entrance from Church Lane. Passenger accommodation was improved and shelters were built on the platforms. There were a number of sidings connected to the goods yard on the down side.

The area was rapidly being built up and there were many jobs in the growing industrial areas near the station. Newspaper advertisements

whom was Mrs Newick wife of the signalman who lived in the station house. Three members of the staff were injured. Once debris had been cleared, access from the down side was through the coal yard and for the up line there was a footpath from Delafield road. Wooden huts were built foe tickets sales.

The Station was to remain a ruin for many years until in 1955 the platforms were extended for ten-car trains. Then the ‘junction’ part of the station name was dropped . In 1957 there was electric lighting and a metal canopy on each platform. The goods yard closed in 1963. The signal box ceased to function from 1970. Station buildings were gradually replaced by ones from the ubiquitous ‘CLASP’ design including a new footbridge. Houses were built in the 1990s on the site of the coal yard.

I remember using the station at some point in the 1960s -probably the only time I have ever done so. I asked if I could use the ladies toilet and the friendly, helpful staff pointed it out to me. Not only was it available but it was very clean and decent - which is more than you could say for the ones at Maze Hill and Westcombe Park. So, belatedly after 60 years, can I say ‘thank you’ to the staff at Charlton.

When plans for the Millennium celebrations were made it was decided that for those visitors wanting to get to the Dome by public transport Charlton should be designated as the principal station to use. Various arrangements were made at the station to make it a bit nicer for visitors waiting their transport to the Dome. A new lift was installed on the up side in a two-storey brick tower and a 90-foot long covered section was built on the down side in Church Lane - creating a considerable space.

for rooms and houses to let dominate the small ads in the papers of the day. There was even a hotel opposite the station in what is now Wellington Buildings. Also ‘CABS at all times at Charlton Stations. ‘CARRIAGES A SPECIALITY - Horses - ON HIRE - suitable for any purpose, at low charge’ - demonstrates the prosperity of the area. This was now a commuter line- made quite clear by a report of a 1909 incident when two goods trains collided outside the station “The passengers left the trains, and had to walk considerable distances before taking a train to the City.

In 1926, and now part as of the Southern Railway, the line was electrified. As part of this a threestorey high red-brick substation was built on the down side at the end of a single-track siding which was extended into the building.

The Second World War brought devastation in the area near the station. On 23rd June 1944 a flying rocket, a V1, crashed on the station and virtually destroyed it. The only structures to survive the attack were the signal box and the substation. Four civilians were killed, one of

This space created for Millennium transport lay unused for some years but has now become a community garden which opened in April 2013. It was developed as an organic, demonstration garden to show that food could be grown in small spaces. It was thought that homecoming commuters would get off the train, walk through the garden and maybe pick some fruits or herbs to take home with them for their evening meal. There is a mix of decorative planting as well as vegetables and salads, and a grapevine. It includes a memorial cherry tree planted in 2018 in memory of Elaine Picton, a founder member of a local Residents Association.

An email has just arrived in my inbox – after ten years work on the garden (or is it a ‘pocket park?). The email gives a list of work which needs to be done – and so we can get a glimpse of what has been achieved here: “litter pick ...weed raised beds .... remove ornamental plants .. cut back rocket .. remove bark chippings ..... remove acanthus from the Pollinator Friendly Area .... ... cut back the bay tree by the herb bed - ... prune currant bushes - ..... cut back buddleia “.

I’m afraid this has been a very quick run through what is a complicated and important station with all the details removed from most of the features. However, I suspect that there are very few stations where a description of it will include a community garden...

 Charlton Station entrance in Church Lane

 Charlton Station garden local councillor briefed on plans

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) PRINCE RUPERT ROAD

PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out works on a valve repack.

2. The Order will come into operation on 30th July 2024 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), at the junction of Rochester Way (in Prince Rupert Road outside 45).

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 20 June 2024

Royal Borough of Greenwich Notice of Planning Application.

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended)

Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (As Amended)

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (As Amended)

Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended)

Proposed Development At: FORMER LORRY PARK, (ADJACENT TO STUDIO 338), LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF BOORD STREET AND MILLENNIUM WAY, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10

Reference Number: 24/0995/F

Notice is hereby given that an application is being made to the Royal Borough of Greenwich By: Parkhurst Road Limited

For Full Planning Permission in respect of: Redevelopment of the site to deliver a mixed-use development comprising residential units (Use Class C3) with ground floor commercial space (Use Class E), a nursery (Use Class E), Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), a new self-storage facility (Use Class B8), light Industrial workspace / incubator units (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and other associated infrastructure. (This application is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement and Addendum/Note) (RE-CONSULTATION)

Further information not forming part of the formal description of development provided for consultation purposes:

- The proposed scheme includes 3 residential blocks with a maximum height of 26 storeys (90.77metres AOD) providing 352 residential units within the northern section (north-east) of the site with ground/ first floor commercial and a Nursery space (combined 792 sqm of floor space).

- Within the southern (south-west) section of the site, a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) block with a maximum height of 18 storeys (63.88metres AOD) providing 340 student accommodation units.

- The southern section also includes up to 37.85 metres AOD block for the use as a self-storage facility providing 2,931sq m of floor space and 469 sqm of Fab Labs floor space.

- Alterations also include the introduction/improvements of pedestrian footpaths, cycle lane and highway work as well as soft and hard landscaping with public realm works.

A copy of the application and any plans and/or documents submitted with it is available for inspection by the public at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ planning

Representations to the Council about the application should be made within 30 days of the date of this notice using the above link or to the Planning Department, 5th floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich SE18 6HQ stating the full reference number(s) above.

Members of the public may obtain copies of the Non-Technical Statement, the full Environmental Statement and other associated documents as either hard or digital copies from:

i) https://planning.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/online-applications/ and by searching via the application reference 24/0995/F or

ii) In addition hardcopies of the Environmental Statement can be purchased at a cost from Iceni Project on 020 3640 8508 or 0141 473 7338 and/or impact_management@iceniprojects.com

Date: 24/7/2024

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) CHARLTON LANE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)

1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by network rail who need to carry out examination works at the rail crossing point.

2. The Order will come into operation on 03rd August 2024 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.

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 17 May 2024

INTERNAL REF - PL / LA470822 FN 669 / Lic. No: 71043

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Off-Street Parking Place) (Charlton Village Car Park) Order 202*

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereby known as “the Council”) proposes to make the above mentioned Order under sections 32, 33, 35 and 124 of and Parts I to IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to introduce a public off-street car park with provisions, ‘Charlton Village car park’ located off Torrance Close which will be managed by the Council. Parking will be restricted to marked bays and payment will be made using a cashless ‘pay-by-phone’ system only, the proposed parking charges for the car park are detailed in the Schedule to this Notice. Disabled badge holders and motorcycles will be able to park in designated bays free of charge.

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-07 Charlton Village car park).

4. Further information may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@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 14th August 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-07 Charlton Village car park).

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 24th July 2024

Schedule – Proposed Parking Charges for Charlton Village car park

Please note: Disabled Badge Holders and Motorcycles will be able to park free of charge

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Highways Act 1980

The Greenwich (20mph Zone) (Various Roads) (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 84, 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) impose a 20 miles per hour speed limit on motor vehicles on:

i) The eastbound carriageway of Plumstead High Street, from a point 90 metres south-east of its junction with Pettman Crescent to its junction with Wickham Lane;

ii) The westbound carriageway of Plumstead High Street, from its junction with Wickham Lane to its junction with Plumstead Road

iii) the westbound carriageway of Plumstead Road, from its junction with Plumstead High Street to a point 16 metres northwest of its junction with Walmer Terrace;

iv) Nelson Road for its entire length;

v) Greenwich Church Street from its junction with Nelson Road to its northernmost extent;

vi) College Approach for its entire length;

vii) King William Walk from its junction with Nelson Road to its northernmost extent;

viii) Halfway Street between its junction with Restons Crescent and its junction with Overmead; and

ix) Peartree Way from its junction with Bugsby’s Way to a point 28.5 metres north of its junction with Rennie Street.

3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-07 20mph).

4. Further information may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich Dated 24th July 2024

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Royal Borough of Greenwich

Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)

Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED)

Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/ sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.

If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.

Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.

Please quote the appropriate reference number.

Date: 24/07/2024

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 24/07/2024

Publicity for Planning Applications

Applicant: Ms Sarah Punter 24/1173/MA

Site Address: 64 BROOKLANDS PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9AJ

Development: An application submitted under section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 10/11/2023 (ref. 23/3003/HD) for Conversion of the existing loft space and construction of a rear dormer roof extension and 3no. conservation rooflights to allow; Amendment to Condition 2 (Approved Drawings) for the alteration of the rear dormer roof form from hipped to gable end.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: C/O Agent 24/1217/HD

Site Address: 30 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH

Development: Landscape works to rear garden including paving, the construction of sheds, pergolas and other outbuildings, and associated works (This applicaiton affects the setting of a Grade II Listed Building in the West Greenwich Conservation Area)

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/1592/F

Site Address: 59 / 59A GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EH

Development: Replacement of existing windows and door replacement

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Webb Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 24/1637/F

Site Address: Barefoot Lodge, Goldie Leigh Hospital, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AY

Development: Replacement of existing first floor windows with new anti-ligature specification and associated external works. Style and finish to match existing.

Conservation Area: GOLDIE LEIGH HOSPITAL

Applicant: Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust 24/1766/F

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

Development: Installation of external AHU and 3.no condensers, associated plant kit and external ductwork with associated support structures, within a new louvred enclosure with stepped access.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Woolwich Common

Applicant: Mr Hall 24/1825/HD

Site Address: 34 GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EW

Development: Construction of a first floor rear extension, alterations to existing ground floor extension roof, loft alterations to facilitate loft conversion with rear roof lights, replacement of windows and doors, fenestration alterations and alterations to rear raised decking.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Mr Bunturi 24/1868/HD

Site Address: 7 KENWARD ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6AD

Development: Construction of a part single, part 2 storey side & front extension, single storey rear extension and all associated works.

Conservation Area: adjacent to Eltham Green

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/1968/F

Site Address: 20 & 20A ADMIRAL SEYMOUR ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1SL

Development: Installation of replacement windows & doors.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2108/HD

Site Address: 81 CONGREVE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LW

Development: The replacement of all existing windows, front and rear door and all other associated works.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2152/F

Site Address: 3 and 4 SANDBY GREEN, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6NJ

Development: Replacement of existing windows and all external doors on the application property.

Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE

Applicant: Greenwich Psychology 24/2156/SD

Site Address: 25 MARKET STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6QR

Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 8 (Flooring Specifications) of Planning Permission dated 05/03/2024, Planning Ref: 23/4055/L.

Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area

Applicant: Mr & Mrs Marshall 24/2166/HD

Site Address: 28 BROOKWAY, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9BJ

Development: Part single, part two storey side and rear extension with roof extension, new rear dormer, new rooflights and loft conversion, works to replace roof finishes and renovate th property with associated internal and external alterations.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Publicity for Listed Building Consent

Applicant: C/O Agent 24/1218/L

Site Address: 30 HYDE VALE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QH

Development: Landscape works to rear garden including paving, the construction of sheds, pergolas and other outbuildings, and associated works

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2

Applicant: Mr Cork 24/1990/L

Site Address: BUGLE HORN, 6 THE VILLAGE, LONDON, SE7 8UD

Development: Listed building consent for repainting of fascias and replacement of external signage with installation of new lighting

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Listed Building: Grade 2

Publicity for Advertisements

Applicant: Mr Cork 24/2008/A

Site Address: BUGLE HORN, 6 THE VILLAGE, LONDON, SE7 8UD

Development: Repainting of fascias and replacement of external signage with installation of new lighting.

Conservation Area: CHARLTON VILLAGE

Applicant: Wildstone Estates Limited 24/2131/A

Site Address: PETROL FILLING STATION, 37A SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE3 7HS

Development: Installation of 1no D6 (digital advertisement) screen.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 131) Order 2024

The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 138) Order 2024

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 1st August 2024.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:

a) Introduce double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions at the following locations:

i) Rochester Way, north-west side, from a point 14.6 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 10 metres.

ii) Rochester Way, north-west side, from a point 84.6 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 5 metres.

iii) Rochester Way, south-east side, from a point 6.5 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 19.5 metres.

iv) Rochester Way, south-east side, from a point 83 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 5 metres.

v) Welling Way, north side, from a point 6.6 metres west of the western boundary of 194 Welling Way in a westerly direction for 28.4 metres.

vi) Welling Way, south side, from a point 21.2 metres west of the common boundary of 189 and 191 Welling Way in a westerly direction for 22 metres.

b) Introduce Limited waiting 2 hours no return within 2 hours Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm bays on Rochester Way at the following locations:

i) Rochester Way, north-west side, from a point 24.6 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 60 metres.

ii) Rochester Way, south-east side, from a point 26 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way in a north-easterly direction for 57 metres.

c) Introduce Pay & Display Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm bays at the following locations, at the new rates set out in Schedule 1 to this Notice:

i) Rochester Way, north side, from a point 89.6 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way to a point 91.5 metres north-west of its junction with Welling Way.

ii) Rochester Way, south side, from a point 88 metres north-east of the common boundary of 697 and 699 Rochester Way to a point 61 metres north-west of its junction with Welling Way.

iii) Welling Way, north side, from a point 35 metres west of the western boundary of 194 Welling Way in a westerly direction for 377.3 metres.

iv) Welling Way, south side, from a point 43.2 metres west of the common boundary of 189 and 191 Welling Way in a westerly direction for 352.5 metres.

d) Introduce Pay & Display Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm bays at the following locations, at the new rates set out in Schedule 2 to this Notice:

i) Rochester Way, north-east side, from a point 47 meters south-east of its junction with Welling Way in a south-easterly direction for a distance of 117.7 metres.

ii) Rochester Way, south-west side, from a point 174.7 meters south-east of its junction with Welling Way in a south-easterly direction for a distance of 172.8 metres.

e) 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 (d).

3. Further information about the proposed Orders may be obtained by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@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 24th July 2024

Schedule 1 – The new Pay & Display charges for Rochester Way (between its junction with Welling Way and its junction with Crookston Road) and Welling Way (1) 50p an hour or £2.00 a day

Schedule 2 – The new Pay & Display charges for Rochester Way (between its junction with Riefield Road and its junction with Welling Way) (1) £1.00 an hour or £4.00 a day

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) GREENHITHE CLOSE 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 UK Power Networks, who need to carry out the installation of a new electrical supply.

2. The Order will come into operation on 01st August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 6 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.

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 28 June 2024

INTERNAL REF: PL / LA473165 FN684 Lic. No: 71397

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Art gallery to celebrate being Borough of Sanctuary

A display of local children’s artwork has opened in Woolwich to mark the Royal Borough of Greenwich becoming a Borough of Sanctuary for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

To mark this momentous occasion, the Council asked children to paint, draw, or create what ‘Our Home’ means to them.

The incredible display of art is available to visit at Tramshed in Woolwich until 29 July. No tickets are needed, just pop by any time.

Read more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/bos-celebration

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