Know the signs of cuckooing
When someone takes over a vulnerable person's home to use it for illegal activity like dealing or storing drugs, this is known as cuckooing.
Sadly, there has been an increase in cuckooing recently, so we have put together advice on how to spot the signs. If you notice any of the below, this could be a sign that a person is being ‘cuckooed.’
More anti-social behaviour and noise around a property.
More cars or bikes outside of a property.
Frequent new visitors and fewer visits from their family and friends.
The property may become untidy.
The person is not seen for a while.
The person has money, food and clothes stolen.
The victim has expensive items they cannot usually a ord.
If you are a council or housing association tenant and notice any of the above behaviour you can report it directly to your housing o cer or housing association.
If you are a private tenant or a homeowner, contact our Community Protection team by emailing pollution-regulation@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or report it to the police on 101. Report concerns anonymously at crimestoppers-uk.org. In an emergency, always call 999.
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Pick of the Week
Woolwich Carnival making workshop
Black British History Quiz
Join TARU Arts for a series of free dropin workshops and get involved in making carnival decorations and props for Woolwich Carnival.
Starting at 1pm, the workshop runs for four hours, but no worries if you are late –you can still join in the fun. It is suitable for everyone and all skill sets. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
You will make decorations for this year’s carnival and learn how to reuse materials in a creative way with TARU artists. You’ll also see your artwork and decorations in the square and used as props in the carnival parade.
Tuesday 13 to Tuesday 27 August 2024
Tickets: Free but ticketed
The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, SE18 6HD www.woolwich.works/events/woolwichcarnival-making-workshop
Look at the morning stars
Discover our planet’s morning stars in a planetarium show at the Royal Observatory in a show that is designed for anyone who would benefit from a calmer and more relaxed environment.
These shows include adaptions such as room lighting left at a higher level, a slower narration, a less crowded auditorium, and other changes from normal planetarium sessions.
The beginner session on 10 August is suited for children and will feature the night sky in general, constellations, the moon, Mars, Saturn and deep space images.
The advanced session on 24 August is for older children and adults and will also feature the night sky in general, constellations and the moon, as well as star formation, how stars end, and the planets – with a close look at at least one – plus galaxies if time allows, too.
Saturday 10 and Saturday 24 August 2024, 10:15am to 11am
Tickets: Adult £10, child £5, free companion tickets
Blackheath Avenue, SE10 8XJ www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/planetarium-shows/morning-stars
Comedy at Little Nan’s Bar
Your Friend & Mine presents its comedy night at Little Nan’s Bar – 2.0. Get ready for a night full of laughs and good times at one of Deptford’s most interesting venues. There will be a lineup of comedians ready to make you laugh until your sides hurt, or until you drink enough cocktails to find them funny – find out on the night!
Wednesday 28 August 2024, 7pm
Tickets: £1.79
Deptford Market Yard, SE8 4BX www.eventbrite.com/e/your-friend-minecomedy-night-little-nans-20-deptfordtickets-941809185627
The History Hotline invites you to a quiz night for trivia lovers and history buffs alike at Buster Mantis.
The carnival warmup event will test your knowledge and quiz you about important figures, events and achievements in Black British history. It’s a chance to have fun, while also learning something new about Black British history.
You don’t have to attend with a group, you will be sorted into teams at the start of the event – so go alone or with fave your quiz partner.
The quiz is hosted by writer and presenter Chanté Joseph. It will feature prizes such as two rounds of golf for five people at Junkyard Golf Club, a BBQ boat experience for 10 people at Skuna Boats, £50 voucher for Backyard Comedy Club, and loads more.
Saturday 17 August 2024, 5:30pm
Tickets: £9.92
3-4 Resolution Way, SE8 4NT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-britishhistory-quiz-tickets-930114285867
Sea Cadets National Band Contest
The Old Royal Naval College is playing host to this year’s Sea Cadets National Band Contest. Returning for the first time since 2019, the event promises a dazzling display of musical talent with nearly 200 cadets showcasing their skills.
Listen to solo performances at Queen Mary’s Court from 10am, then from 12:30pm to 4:15pm, you will see the full band performances near the Water Gate entrance. At 5pm, the day culminates with the prize-giving ceremony and 5:30pm sees the march past.
Head on down to the free event on the day to be a part of the tradition, support the cadets, and witness performances that aim to leave you inspired.
Saturday 17 August 2024, 10am to 6pm
Tickets: Free Old Royal Naval College, SE10 9NN ornc.org/whats-on/sea-cadets-nationalband-contest
The Northern Soul Classics Orchestra
Taking you on a musical journey steeped in nostalgia, yet bursting with timeless energy, the Northern Soul Classics Orchestra is coming to Churchill Theatre to recreate the sounds of the northern soul. The evening promises a rhythm section that “lays down a beat so deep you’ll feel it in your bones”, while the brass section “blares with a force that can lift your spirits to new heights”.
Four vocalists will channel the spirit of Northern Soul and bring you all of the biggest tunes. So, whether you’re a die-hard Northern Soul enthusiast or a newcomer to the scene, the Northern Soul Classics Orchestra promises to get straight to the heart of the genre – and have you tapping your feet along to the music.
Thursday 29 August 2024, 7:30pm
Tickets: £31
Churchill Theatre, High Street, BR1 1HA trafalgartickets.com/churchill-theatrebromley/en-GB/event/music/the-northernsoul-classics-orchestra-tickets
Creekside Festival is back for 2024
Back for its second year following a sell-out Creekside Festival 2023, south east London community radio station, record label and hub, AJAA, presents a bigger and better event for 2024: a day-to-night gathering across multiple venues in Deptford. The festival will be taking over more venues and hosting even more parties, with a special after party at The Albany planned, too, for those of you who don’t want the party to end.
AJAA co-founders and Creekside Festival creators, Samuel Willott and Owen Howells, say: “Creekside is the neighbourhood block party we always dreamed of – crews, DIY radio, good food, and local businesses coming together. We get to collaborate with all of our favourite cool spaces in
south east London while working alongside our best friends.
“Creekside was born from years of experience and experimentation within the underground music sphere and this festival shows off AAJA’s passion, resilience and drive within the hyperlocal music community – it’s a massive liberation party.
“The launch of Creekside last year was a very proud moment for the team. The positive success of the day vibrated across the community, and for this 2024 edition we’re going to do it again, but bigger.
“Creekside Festival 2024 will host an outdoor open-air stage for the first time ever, several intimate, hole-in-thewall party spots, the 300 cap basement
Bunker Club, a few nice surprises, and a whopper after party at The Albany.”
This year, the 2024 lineup will see: rising Rinse FM DJ with the clubready beats, Freshta; south London local garage queen, Lady Passion; underground electronic music creator and champion, Mia Koden; minimal soul producer, Steve O’Sullivan; garage, house and breaks DJ, Yosh; and legacy headliner and drum and bass innovator, LTJ Bukem – as well as Distant Planet, Marbles, Cheeky Soundsystem crews and many more.
Creekside Festival will take place on Saturday 27 September, with first release tickets currently £11.
It has teamed up with 17 independent music venues across Deptford, which
are taking part in the day, including AAJA’s very own AAJA Snake Pit, AAJA Bar and event space, Artworks Courtyard, The Birds Nest, The Bunker Club, Buster Mantis, Catford Rum Arrangé, The Endeavour, Isla Ray, Jam Circus, Jazu, Open 205, Upside Down Records, and Villages Brewery.
Plus, a special union with Deptford’s much-loved arts hub, The Albany, with Creekside curation in both its theatre and garden providing a huge outdoor space for tunes and those late-summer feelings.
Food vendors available on the day will be Big John’s Biltong Bar, Buster Mantis, Cafe Del Nido, Cheese Steaks, Jazu, Harlans, Lai Cha Bubble Tea, Watergate and other options to fulfil your foody needs, too.
Each venue was chosen as an intimate space and will play host to a set of crews curated by AAJA, including party hosts themselves – AAJA, creative community broadcast platform and event space, as well as AAJA Italy, Asha Sound System, Botanica Zoo, Cheeky Sound System, Dancing Family, Dear Boss, Decisive Sounds, Funky Adjacent, Marbles, Supernature, Trinomic, Whistle Crew Horns Crew, Palacïal, Sass & Vibes.
“We can’t wait to fire up the sound systems and have a killer day out in the sun,” add Samuel and Owen.
With more still to be announced for the fest, you’ll want to get your ticket early for this one.
www.creeksidefestival.com
The Air Between Us (Image 3 by Oliver Crawford)
Highroad Social
Editor Eliza Frost visits the new Greenwich restaurant focusing on seasonal produce from the British Isles
It’s time to take the fast lane to new Greenwich restaurant Highroad Social. Just opened, it offers decadent dining in the heart of SE10.
The Weekender editor Eliza Frost visited to taste the small plates menu and experienced a feast that tasted like home.
Owner David O’Brien has created a welcoming atmosphere for Highroad Social, with attentive staff and a great makeover for the décor, too.
First things first when sitting down for the evening, the drinks list. There is a curated cocktail list, with spirits, wines and beers sourced with taste at the forefront.
Highroad Social even has some concoctions named after Greenwich hotspots: the Maritime (£13, Tidal Rum, homemade raspberry and basil syrup, white Port, with fresh lime and tonic), the Painted Hall (£13, Kinahan’s KASC Whiskey, Beesou honey and Ancho Reyes) and the Observatory (£13, Ojo De Dios Mezcal, apricot, orange wine and roasted pineapple soda).
It was two Maritimes for this table, and the drink was as refreshing as it was tasty. With a rosemary sprig in our drink and a spring in our step, my dining partner and I were now faced with the main menu.
Focusing on the seasons and sharing, Highroad Social shines a spotlight on local food and drink as it celebrates produce from the British Isles in a menu created by head chef Fionnan Flood. And it really shines through in its offering, nodding to some truly classic dishes.
The first of classic dishes, a battered sausage… Sitting on the ‘snacks’ menu (which are three for £25, or £9 each) was a battered smoked
Shallot tarte tatin, British ricotta, thyme at Highroad Social
Elderflower jelly, Evesham Pearl strawberry, almond cake at Highroad Social
Hereford Beef On Toast at Highroad Social © All photos by Steven Joyce
Londoner sausage, served with a pork reduction and crackling. Like your favourite chippy just had an A-list makeover. The crunchy batter, homemade crackling and delicious jus elevated an existing menu favourite.
We also ordered the cheese puffs –at O’Brien’s recommendation – and they didn’t disappoint, topped with crushed walnuts and a black pepper
honey, it was like a savoury choux bun. The cheese oozed out when cut in half and felt like a decadent mouthful. Made for sharing, but likely to eat three by yourself.
The third snack was Glamorgan pork croquettes, with a toffee apple sauce for dipping. The perfect crunch combined with soft, shredded pork inside, and a sauce so shiny you
could almost see your reflection.
From the raw bar, we also got to taste the broad bean dip, with mint, seasonal radishes and crisp bread for dipping and scooping (£9). Perfectly refreshing and a moreish dip to cleanse the palette before moving to the next course.
When it comes to Highroad Social’s
main sharing plates, there is a selection of fish, meat, and sides for the table – and large feasting plates, too, still with sharing and ‘tasting a bit of everything’ at the forefront of the design.
We stuck with the small plate options, with extra salty, and crunchy, British fries (£6) and a roasted hispi cabbage quarter topped with puffed wild rice (£6) on the side, which complemented our main sharers perfectly.
There was the old spot pork belly, served with courgette basil cream, tomato petals, Perroche goat’s cheese (£16), Suffolk lamb rump with a Port and anchovy sauce (£18) and braised ox tongue and beef cheek, presented in a bone broth with house pickles and pistachio (£15).
The three options offered melt-inthe-mouth meat, glazed sauces to make you melt and additions to the plate that piqued the interest of your tastebuds. Classic cookery with added curiosity. Truly sumptuous.
As we couldn’t possibly end the meal without something sweet, it was one dessert and two spoons, please. The treacle tart, with British orange liqueur and Cornish clotted cream (£7), was rich and sweet, but also balanced. Everything you could want from a treacle tart.
178 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich, SE10 8NN www.highroadsocial.com
Head Chef Fionnan Flood at Highroad Social
Owner David
O’Brien at Highroad Social
Selection of dishes at Highroad Social
Unlimited festival returns to the Southbank Centre!
The Southbank Centre is excited to announce the return of Unlimited festival, a showcase of extraordinary performance, music and art by disabled artists. Taking place from Wednesday 4 – Sunday 8 September, the festival features comedy shows, theatre, dance, club nights and plenty of free events across the five-day programme.
This year’s festival includes London premieres of Stopgap Dance Company’s Lived Fiction and Touretteshero's Burnt Out in Biscuit Land , plus award-winning theatre company Flawbored’s It’s a Mother F**king Pleasure and a new commission by Abnormally Funny People featuring comedians Shaparak Khorsandi, Harriet Dyer, Steve Day and more. And keeping the energy up around the clock, Disco Neurotico brings its first neurodiverse club night to London, alongside Deaf Rave’s multidimensional dancefloor.
You can also explore movement, mobility and connection in Precarious Moves , a humorous solo performance by choreographer, performer and theoretician Michael Turinsky, as well as a unique combination of musical theatre, movement, live art and drag in Midgitte Bardot’s Shooting
From Below. And don’t miss Jo Bannon’s Sleight of Hand – a tactile installation that integrates audio description, tactile design, choreography and an immersive ASMR soundscape.
The festival's free events programme includes a wide range of art installations, film screenings, club nights, immersive music and contemporary dance.
Serious, subversive, sweaty and joyful, the events in Unlimited 2024 flip narratives around disability
on their heads and turn the spotlight on sensational storytelling from some of the most talented standups, writers, artists and performers in the industry.
Book now at southbankcentre.co.uk/unlimited
Wed 4 – Sun 8 Sep
Extraordinary performance, music and art by disabled artists
Jo Bannon: Sleight of Hand, Photo: Jo Bannon
Chisato Minamimura: Mark of A Woman,
Photo: Mark Pickthall
Music. Film. Flavours.
Over 3,500 people attended Charlton Athletic’s Family Fun Day
More than 3,500 people attended Tuesday’s free Family Fun Day, supported by Rivervale, at The Valley!
As well as meeting the men’s and women’s first-team players, those attending played on the brand-new Tussle pitch and took part in plenty of other activities in the SE7 sunshine - including a range of fun fair attractions, face painting, mini-football games, balloonmodelling and much, much more.
Charlton’s Fan Engagement Manager
Lisa Squires said: “What a fabulous day to have in the sun at The Valley building on the success from our first free Family Fun Day in April. The event was bigger, better and hotter than the last one and once again the standout moments were seeing the smiles on so many faces of those attending. It was particularly pleasing to see such a mix of Charlton families and families that live locally that don’t, yet, have that Charlton affiliation.
“Charlton is a community-driven club and as well as having the local community attending, it was great to have support from the community in putting the event
on. We’d like to thank the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council, who promoted the event beforehand and attended the opening, and others involved including Charlton Athletic Community Trust, Valley Gold and Charlton Athletic Museum.
“Again, credit must also go to club staff, men’s and women’s first-team players, volunteers and external staff who worked as a team to put on a fantastic day and to our event partners Rivervale and the very popular Chicken George. We’re now gearing up to welcome everyone back to The Valley for Saturday’s friendly against Portsmouth.”
This event was part of the club’s All Together, All Different, All Charlton project, supported by the Premier League Charitable Fund.
To purchase a 24/25 season ticket for Charlton Athletic men’s or women’s team, please visit: booking.cafc.co.uk
Local invention and innovation
Mary Mills
Last week I had the most entertaining morning being told by a neighbour about her research and involvement in promotion of the Noakesoscope. Now I have known about the Noakesoscope for some time and we once even had a speaker about it a Greenwich Industrial History meeting some years ago - and I’m not going to go on about it now. The Noakesoscope was a great Greenwich invention and I might I do an article about it at some time in the future.
The point I want to make is that the Noakesoscope was a device which in its day was on the cutting edge of research on projection and magic lanterns. It was developed by a local man from a family of riverside hay and straw dealers - and he’s a good example of somebody who successfully worked on something at home which was a major innovation in its field.
I thought it would be interesting to have a quick look at other innovations in Greenwich and Woolwich – all the way from home hobbyists like Noakes to vast industrial research departments.
It struck me that there were probably lots of people like Noakes around if we only knew where to look. I’m sure that if I had mentioned this to the late, and very much lamented, Neil Rhind, that he would have come up with lots of people in Blackheath who developed interesting things in their back gardens. It was Neil originally who got me onto Percival Parsons, whom I wrote about a couple of months ago. He developed manganese bronze in his back garden. Parsons was a professional engineer and had a foundry down in Greenwich – and so presumably had his reasons for wanting to do his experimental work privately at home.
Someone else with a foundry down the road was John Taylor Beale - I’ve written about him and his father,
Joshua, before. Joshua was a busy engineer and inventor in the early mid 19th century. John inherited his father’s money, closed the foundry and developed his ‘Facile’ bicycle which was very successful. He went on to invent the Choreutoscope –another ‘magic lantern’, presumably imventing it at home since he was wealthy, retired and bored.
There was a whole lot of inventing and development going on in the workplaces of our area from the very earliest days of industrialisation. We need to go back to Deptford and Woolwich dockyards in Tudor times and in the 17th century where they were developed and continued to find all sorts of new ways of enhancing shipping both for the warships of what became ‘Nelson’s Navy ‘ but also the huge East Indiamen, out to plunder when and where they could. We talk about the British Empire and colonisation and perhaps we also need to talk about how it was achieved by inventions in shipping and weaponry. Both of which were local specialities. I’ll come back to the weaponry in a moment.
I should of course also mention the Royal Observatory and the way that it used and needed scientific instruments. In these articles I’ve not looked at their work with instrument makers like Troughton and Sims,
then based in Charlton. Much later, in the post war years, in New Eltham we had Stanley’s huge scientific instrument works. The Stanley firm itself came from their base in South Norwood, but at New Eltham they took over a factory that had been built by Heaths of Crayford.
In the 20th century, of course, all of those big firms which dominated Greenwich had their research departments. One firm I’ve written up here in detail is Harveys - and there were many others which I’ve not looked at yet. With Harveys we are all very impressed by major products like the great metal bowls they made for the Goonhilly satellite scanners. The background to their manufacture is that Harveys invested in training young men as apprentices and teaching them how to research. Of course they also had a Research and Development officeand that constant flow of ideas allowed Harveys to come from a backstreet workshop to a huge international industry. We could say the same of several others in Greenwich – firms like, say, Johnson Phillips or Stones –neither of which I’ve written up yet.
East Greenwich Gas Works has had a lot of attention with, among much else, the great gas holders built with all sorts of engineering expertise and research - although George Livesey the company Chair and ideas man
is said to have experimented on their construction at home with rubber bands and matchsticks. Part of the works was a big chemical factory and how many of us are aware of the research organisation there which had been started during the Great War - I’m afraid it was set up to look at poison gas production – the Fuel Research Station.
The one thing we have to face in Greenwich is that so much of this industrial innovation was to do with weapons of war. So we come to the biggest of them all - of course, the Arsenal down in Woolwich. I think at the heart of the Arsenal was a mindset about developing something useful in war and then manufacturing it in vast quantities. The whole place was set up to experiment first. I remember being very impressed when I was researching the Arsenal gas works to find out how much of their output of gas was used in ways which had clearly been thought up in the Arsenal itself and which wasn’t extended to the gas industry outside. I could understand that the balloon section was likely to be unique, but there were also all sorts of small industrial applications - because it was the Arsenal and that was how they thought. Someone had worked out how to make it work.
To come back to the late 18th century in Woolwich and the Royal Military Academy - in its day the leading military
training school in Europe. I keep meaning to research this – perhaps somebody else should do it! That is the number of scientists who were living in Woolwich in the late 18th century and who were basically employed in the RMA. Where else might there be two or more Fellows of the Royal Society living as neighbours! We could carry this educational thing on to look at Woolwich Polytechnic - again a leading institution of technical education in Europe in its day - and something we seem to have totally forgotten about.
One of the local firms with a a big research department was Siemens. I have an article which we published in the Greenwich Industrial History newsletter from a chap who had worked on the setting up a museum. He had access to warehouses full of devices that had been developed by Siemens staff, most of which had been complete blind alleys or had been an early prototype of something useful and famous.
We should absolutely of course mention the Greenwich cable making industries, whose successes still take the Internet round the world. An achievement we think so little of that all mention of it has been totally erased from the housing now on the site and the pub – in one of the old buildings – knows nothing at all about.
I wanted to end with somebody I know who is a member of Greenwich Industrial History Society – Alan Burkitt Gray. He wants to tell the world about how London was the centre of research and development in telecommunications and technology and associated industries right the way through the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s to suddenly come to a halt in the 1980s. Of course we now see America and the Far East as the source of all this innovation. It started in London and we lost it.
Alan has done several talks already – even one at Bletchley Park itself. He is booked to talk to the Charlton Society on Alcatel and its predecessors on Saturday 21 Sept. And tone to Seriac - the South East Region Industrial Archaeology Conference - in Chichester on Saturday 12 October, on what happened to high tech in southern England - all of it.
I know Alan is very anxious to talk to more people -by power point on zoom, or live - and if you are interested please get back to us via the Greenwich Industrial History Facebook page or alan@burkitt-gray.com
And let us know if you are aware of anything else like the Noakesoscope.
Thanks to Julian for putting the ideas for this article in my head.
Fuel res
Arsenal chem lab plaque
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) LASSELL STREET PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Southern Gas Network who need to install a new service.
2. The Order will come into operation on 19th August 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) in Lassell Street at the junction of Trafalgar Road
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 31 May 2024
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) COLDBATH STREET PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Keltic Traffic Management who need to carry out the installation of water connections for a new development.
2. The Order will come into operation on 12th August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 10 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Coldbath Street at outside 23.
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
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) GREENWICH HIGH ROAD PLANNED BUS LANE CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by JSM Group Services Limited who need to install new utility services.
2. The Order will come into operation on 21st August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 18 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 suspend the bus lane and prohibit vehicles from waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Greenwich High Road from the junction of Greenwich South Street to the junction of Straightsmouth
4. Whilst the Order is in operation no traffic will be diverted. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 24 June 2024
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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) SWINGATE LANE PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out works on a sewer cover replacement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 23rd August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Swingate Lane at the junction of Flaxton Road, and to prohibit parking from opposite 42 – 48 Kirkham Street and side of 93 and 102 Flaxton Road in Kirkham Street.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 12 June 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA472503 FN679 / Lic. No: 71268
Dated 14 June 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA472669 FN678 / Lic. No: 71286
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) ROYAL HILL PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out works on a service pipe repair.
2. The Order will come into operation on 10th August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Royal Hill at outside 111
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 22 May 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA471415 FN671 / Lic. No: 71093
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) VILLAS 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 Power On who need to install a new electricity supply.
2. The Order will come into operation on 12th August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 10 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Villas Road at the rails over bridge
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 06 June 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA471807 FN675 / Lic. No: 71221
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) ORANGERY LANE AND MERLEWOOD PLACE PLANNED ROAD AND FOOTPATH 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 install a new supply.
2. The Order will come into operation on 12th August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 26 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) in Orangery Lane at the junction of Merlewood Place and to close Merlewood Place Footpath
4. Whilst the Order is in operation no traffic will be diverted as this a no through road. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians will be diverted via placing of the appropriate signage, 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 27 June 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA472824 LA473171 FN683 / Lic. No: 71381
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) TUSKAR STREET PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to install a new water connection.
2. The Order will come into operation on 12th August 2024 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 4 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Tuskar Street outside and opposite 36.
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 25 June 2024
INTERNAL REF - PL / LA472283 FN674 / Lic. No: 71352
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003
Notice is given that: Blackheath Butchers Limited, has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: 24 Old Dover Road, SE3 7BT
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 19th August 2024
Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details below.
Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
Representations can only be made on the grounds of one 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 a maximum fine of £5,000.
It is proposed that the following licensable activity/ies will take place at the premises: 24 Old Dover Road, SE3 7BT.
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 22 days of the date of this notice.
Please quote the appropriate reference number.
Date: 7/08/2024
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 7/08/2024
Publicity for Planning Applications
Applicant: Eastmoor Street 81 LLP 24/1709/MA
Site Address: Land at Nos. 6, 61-81 and Coopers Yard, Eastmoor Street and Nos. 6 & 10 Westmoor Street, Charlton, London, SE7 8LX
Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 in connection with the planning permission 23/2423/MA dated 30 April 2024 for 'Demolition of existing structures and erection of buildings between 6 and 9 storeys in height comprising residential units, flexible employment floorspace and flexible retail and community uses with associated landscaping and new public realm, access and infrastructure works, refuse and recycling storage, car parking and cycle parking and associated development' to allow the variation of conditions 1, 2, 18, 38, 49, 50, 57, 58 and 61 to facilitate the modification to the internal arrangement and inclusion of second staircores'. This further Section 73 amendment seeks to amend conditions 2 and 18 to update the Energy, Sustainability, and Ecology strategies.
Conservation Area: Adj to Thames Barrier & Bowater Road
Applicant: Brett Slater 24/1935/F
Site Address: FLAT 5, 23 GLENLUCE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7SD
Development: The replacement of 4. no windows on the top floor flat to a white upvc.
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/1966/F
Site Address: 54 & 54A GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EN
Applicant: Mr Matt Ruddy 24/2502/HD
Site Address: 40 CARADOC STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9AG
Development: Installation of replacement timber sash windows (2.no rear & 2.no front) and front door.
Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH
Applicant: Matthew Sweet 24/2545/HD
Site Address: 8 PRIOR STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8SF
Development: Construction of a single rear extension and all associated works.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2568/HD
Site Address: 53 MAUDSLAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LH Development: Replace existing upvc windows to front and rear elevations with new Upvc windows, including external white pvc beading bars, to match existing styles and sizes. Replace 1 No. rear garden door with Upvc garden door to match existing size. Replace existing front door with Climatec Period 1930`s Style authentic timber effect door to match existing size.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Mr Shinegold 24/2607/HD
Site Address:
Applicant:
Development: Replacement of windows and doors throughout the property and associated external works.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: London Square Developments Ltd 24/2023/MA
Site Address: Phase 3 and 4 Woolwich Central, Land at Love Lane, Grand Depot Road, John Wilson Street, Thomas Street and Woolwich New Road, Woolwich, SE18 6SJ
Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 in connection with the planning permission dated 17/11/2023 (Reference: 21/3231/F) for "The construction of a mixed-use development (within two phases, known as Phase 3 and 4) comprising residential dwellings (Use Class C3), flexible commercial and business service uses (Use Class E), and community uses (Use Class F2), improvements to public realm with hard and soft landscaping (including new pedestrian link), highways works, car parking at Lower Ground Floor of Phase 4, cycle parking, refuse and recycling storage, plant, external amenity space, playspace and alterations to the roof of existing loading bay to provide amenity space for residents. Phase 3 will include the removal of temporary landscaping'. This amendment proposes a modification to Condition 2, substituting the pre cast concrete facade material for brick on Block D and E.
Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2212/F
Site Address: 115 GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EJ
Development: Replacement of windows and doors including locks and hardware.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Site Address: 45 MAUDSLAY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, Development: Replacement of existing front door with a Climatec Period 1930`s Style authentic timber effect door, and replace existing rear garden door with a Upvc double glazed 2XG style
We are transforming how we work with residents by launching our first ever community engagement framework, the Our Greenwich: Community Engagement Pledge. The pledge:
Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said:
“We’re taking the bold step of setting up the Council’s first dedicated community engagement team and with the help of residents and partners, we’ve created the Our Greenwich: Community Engagement Pledge to ensure residents are at the heart of the decisions we take.
• provides guidance for the council on high quality engagement outlines how we’ll measure our progress gives residents, staff and councillors a clear understanding of the influence of communities
The pledge will help to achieve real and lasting change, including setting up a borough-wide Community Engagement Panel.
“This pledge holds us to account and presses us to be inclusive, groundbreaking and unapologetically ambitious in how we work with our communities to shape our services.
“No one knows our communities needs and aspirations better than our communities themselves, and by paying attention to your thoughts and ideas, together we can continue to build a Greenwich which is truly ‘Ours’.”
Printed copies are available at libraries and community centres. Translations are available on request. News from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for our residents
The Community Engagement Pledge follows a nine-week consultation resulting in hundreds of comments, all influencing the content of the final framework.
The panel will monitor quality and push for more and better community engagement. To learn more about the panel and how to join, contact community.engagement@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Download the pledge and handbook at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/community-engagement