Woolwich Power Station
Mary Mills
I had been thinking for some time that if I ever finish my book about George Livesey I will do the next one about Public Utilities in the Borough of Greenwich. I think I’ve covered most of them in these articles but I’m aware of an omission. I have never done anything about Woolwich Power Station, monumental and efficient –so perhaps this is the time to do it.
Woolwich Power Station itself dates from around 1890 when an organisation called Woolwich District Electric Light Company was set up to build a power station in Woolwich - desite plans by Ferranti’s Deptford based London Electricity Supply Company to supply Woolwich. The shareholders were all Woolwich politicians and the message was that ownership of power should be local and that big corporations were not wanted. I assume this is a response to the closure by the South Metropolitan Gas Company in 1888 of the two Woolwich gas companies.
We need to keep in mind that Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council as we understand it, only dates from 1900. One of their first acts appears to have been the takeover and municipalisation of the erstwhile private electricity company
Woolwich Borough was an amalgamation of three district boards. One of the others was Plumstead Board who with an outstanding engineer in Frank Sumner had begun to build a state-of-the-art generating station in White Hart Road. This was to generate power from Plumstead’s waste and included many other features which we would see today as green and outstanding . It was only the second such generating
plant to be built. In 1900 it was still not operational and Woolwich inherited it and opened it in 1903..
I am not clear if the street lights were converted to electricity from gas. The South Metropolitan Gas Company was making some very advantageous offers to local authorities and the incandescent light was coming in - some of which had been taken up by Plumstead . However Woolwich politicians were not impressed with incandescent light and I suspect were busy converting everything to electricity made in Woolwich.
In-1906 Woolwich Council was presented with a report which had been commissioned from elite civil engineer Alexander Kennedy. This is many pages long and absolutely damning about the situation with the power stations in Woolwich. It says in great detail that the finances are unsupportable and that there is a very low customer base. I don’t entirely understand why that is but I wonder if all the huge government institutions in Woolwich were being supplied by another source, maybe in the Arsenal. He also infers but doesn’t say that it’s madness to try to support two power stations and gives considerable detail of how things can be changed - which on the whole point to a down grading of the Plumstead
destructor and generating station.
Nevertheless Woolwich power station itself flourished. It was built on the site which is now partly covered by the Woolwich Leisure Centre but mainly what used to be their car park. It was part of what had been Roff’s Wharf on the site of some boat repair facilities in Globe Lane.
From 1912 they concentrated electricity supply from the Globe Lane works and considerate expansion took place then with a large turbine hall being added, along with a boiler house and chimneys and a cooling system which involved a tunnel under the river - does this still exist? In the course of the work timbers from a Tudor warship were discovered.
Everything seemed to be going well but in 1920 the station was involved in an accident so bizarre that I would not have believed the story to be true that hadn’t seen official coverage. On the 29th of November 1920 Maurice Pettit, aged 15, an apprentice bricklayer, had left his home in Wickham Way and made his way to the Woolwich foot tunnel, and having walked through it got on a bus where a seat had been saved on the upper deck. It was 5 minutes past 7 am.
In Woolwich Power Station William
Woolwich power station
Jetty on Riverside only remains power station
Cottle, the shift engineer was getting ready to set up extra capacity for the morning’s work load. He had been instructed to start No. 4 set and in about ten minutes had a speed of 3, 00 revolutions a minute and the governor had control of the speed. He was then told to lower it but instead the set started to race. He tried to deal with this and there were several things he could do. At first he expected the seed to decrease but it still increased. He tried to close the valve but he was then hit by flying metal and remembered nothing after that. It should have shut off automatically, but it didn’t. Later ‘experts ‘said the governor for one reason or another failed to carry out its proper functions with the result that the alternator burst and the set had been reduced to scrap iron. One of the pieces, of the now demols4hed machine struck the steam rotor of the next largest set and debris flew everywhere.”
Over in North Woolwich Maurice walked up the stairs of the bus, and went to the front where his friend had saved his seat. He started to unbutton his coat and then he fell down. On the bus there was shaking and terrible confusion, and an explosion seemed to come from the other side of the water’. Maurice was lying on the floor in the gangway and a piece of metal was beside him . He had a large wound in his back and a fracture of
the spine . He had died very quickly..
In the power station itself same other workers were injured— William Cottle. Plumstead. The driver the machine with minor injuries to the head; William Henry Stiff, charge hand, Charlton with injuries to head and legs; and Robert Dally, Bow with Wit (injuries to head and face.. Dally was removed to Plumctead Infirmary, and was there detained.
I have been unable to find a report of this accident other than the inquest report in the local newspaper. Woolwich Council a month later awarded less than “£100 to Maurice’s family in respect of loss of his income but without admitting liability. There was very considerable damage to the power station building as well as the machinery yet there is no report of this to the electricity committee in the local papers. Sadly of course the Minutes of the Committee are inaccessible in the Greenwich archive. Let’s hope it was insured
The earliest buildings on the site were replaced in 1924–28 and new machinery installed. The engine-house elongated and re-equipped – the work overseen by G. W. Keats, the Council’s Electrical Engineer. The Council continued to take a proudly progressive role in promoting the use of domestic electricity. In 1930 Globe
Lane was closed and the reinforcedconcrete lattice-framed coaling jetty that still stand line was built to designs by John Sutcliffe, Borough Engineer. Later the irregular river walls were re-laid and straightened.
It was further expanded in the 1930s and was the only power station in the country built by direct labour. It had art deco decoration as befitted a town centre building with three fluted chimneys as a local landmark. It was notably efficient and from 1934 was a ‘selected’ station under the Central Electricity Board, its supply linked into the National Grid. It was not fully brought into use until 1948, when, following nationalisation, the British Electricity Authority ran the station.
There were more changes in 1952–7. Given the town centre location, an architectural effort was made. Vertical ‘special brick’ strips in glazed-panel walls added a loosely Art Deco veneer, and extensions of the older buildings to the south onto Market Hill gave the complex coherence from the High Street. Perimeter walls and railings went up only in the early 1960s. The three chimneys which rose 263ft were a local landmark, fluted ‘for balance and dignity’ There were further slum clearances east of the power station making room for a huge coal yard that extended up to the Arsenal.
But Woolwich Power Station soon came to be outmoded. In 1978 Generation stopped in 1978 and it was demolished the following year. The first chimney was demolished by hand in 1988. QE TheH remaining two by explosives in 1979. The site of the main power station building then became the Waterfront Leisure Centre car park; part of the coaling jetty remains but in 2020 the car park was sold to Berkeley homes and it became part of the Royal Arsenal development.
And – what about the destructor station in Plumstead. Throughout its existence it has been used as a depot and most lately by Crossrail. Its listed buildings are the major remains of Woolwich electricity generating. That and the long jetty on the riverside.
Woolwich power station
Plumstead white hart generating station
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)
BUSHMOOR CRESCENT 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 28th 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 Bushmoor Crescent outside and opposite 56.
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 16 July 2024
INTERNAL REF: PL / LA473475 FN485 / Lic. No: 71547
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) BARDSLEY LANE
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich makes this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out sewer repair and maintenance works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 27th 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Bardsley Lane outside 9 to 17.
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 16 July 2024
INTERNAL REF: PL / LA473724 FN486 / Lic. No: 71548
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202* The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Introduce double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions at the following locations:
i. Vambery Road, south side, from the common boundary of Nos. 31 and 33 for a distance of 7 metres in a north-westerly direction.
ii. Garland Road, south-east side, from a point 1 metre north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 3 and 5 for a distance of 10 metres in a north-easterly direction replacing part of the zig-zag markings.
b) Update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Vambery Road and Garland Road 24-08).
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 11th September 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Vambery Road and Garland Road 24-08).
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 21th August 2024
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Notice of Environmental Statement & Any Other Information
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended)
Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended)
Notice is hereby given that an Environmental Statement and Any Other Information has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (who has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) by Fincraft Limited in relation to the below appeal dated 30 October 2023 submitted to the Planning Inspectorate against the serving of an Enforcement Notice dated 25 September 2023.
Site: MAST QUAY PHASE 2, MAST QUAY, WOOLWICH CHURCH STREET, LONDON, SE18 5NP
Description: Without planning permission, the erection of a 15 storey tower block known as Sky Sail House ('Block D') and a tower block of 23 storeys known as Main Sail House, with linked tiered 11, 9 and 6 storeys known as Moon Sail House ('Block E') and all associated development on the Land including all hard landscaping, the pedestrian footbridge to Woolwich Church Street and the underground development and car park (the 'Unauthorised Development')
PIN Ref: APP/E5330/C/23/3332209
A copy of the Environmental Statement and Any Other Information (specifically Addendums dated 4 June 2024 and 3 July 2024 to the Environmental Statement) are available for inspection by the public online or at the following address: https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200190/planning_and_building_control/2557/current_planning_inquiries or at the Woolwich Centre Library, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HQ during normal opening hours.
Representations to The Planning Inspectorate about the Environmental Statement or its Addendums must be made within 31 days of the date of this notice using https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk or by post to The Planning Inspectorate 3/23 Hawk Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN stating the full reference number(s) above.
Date: 21/08/2024
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Replace free parking bays with a double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restriction on Sewell Road, south-east side, from a point 4 metres south-west of the common boundary between Nos. 155 and 156 Sewell Road for a distance of 5 metres in a south-westerly direction.
b) Introduce a double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restriction on Sewell Road, north-west side, from a point 4 metres south-west of the common boundary between Nos. 155 and 156 Sewell Road for a distance of 4 metres in a south-westerly direction.
c) Extend the existing free parking bay on Sewell Road, south-east side, from a point 2 metres south-west of the south-western property boundary of No. 162 Sewell Road for a distance of 5 metres south-west.
d) Update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to (c).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Sewell Road 24-08).
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 11th September 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Sewell Road 24-08).
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 21th August 2024
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – BLITHDALE ROAD AND BARTH ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make an Order to prevent danger to the public under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
2. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily: a) prohibit all motor vehicles (including motorcycles), from entering into, exiting from or proceeding in: i) Blithdale Road outside No. 121; b) replace the no entry restrictions with a prohibition of motor vehicles (including motorcycles) on: i) Barth Road, outside No. 49; ii) Blithdale Road at its junction with Eynsham Road, outside No. 104 Blithdale Road.
3. The Order would come into force on 29th August 2024 and will remain in force for 18 months, or until the Council decides the Order should end, whichever is the sooner. Alternative routes for diverted vehicles would be available via local roads.
4. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 08-24 Plumstead MF.
Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH The Greenwich (Bus Lanes) (No. **) Traffic 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 Order under sections 6 and 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The effect of the Order would be to introduce bus, cycle and taxi lanes operational 7am-7pm Mondays to Fridays on:
a) John Harrison Way, south-east side, from its junction with West Parkside to a point 56 metres north-east of its junction with the roundabout with Bugsbys Way.
b) John Harrison Way, north-west side, from a point 31 metres south-west of its junction with West Parkside to a point 49 metres north-east of its junction with the roundabout with Bugsbys Way.
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-08 John Harrison Way).
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 11th September 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-08 John Harrison Way).
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 21st August 2024
Dated 21st August 2024
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: 21/08/2024
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 21/08/2024
Publicity for Planning Applications
Applicant: New World Payphones 24/1954/F
Site Address: LAND OUTSIDE 55-63 ELTHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE9 1TD
Development: Removal of existing telephone box followed by the installation of 1 no. new communications Kiosk with integrated digital advertising display with internal luminance. (May impact the setting of the rade II Listed Buildings - 86 and 90 Eltham High Street)
Applicant: A J Wiggins 24/2025/HD
Site Address: 5 ST MARGARETS GROVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RL
Development: Construction of a single storey rear extension (reconsultation - amended plans)
Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Applicant: Professor B Bell 24/2112/HD
Site Address: 51 GUILDFORD GROVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JY
Development: Installation of replacement windows on front facing top floor of the application site.
Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2220/HD
Site Address: 51 ROSS WAY, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6RJ
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 Georgian 1 Style authentic timber effect panelled door to match existing size.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2500/F
Site Address: 43 & 45 WHINYATES ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6NL
Development: Replacement of the existing windows with double glazed PVCu casement windows with Astragal Bars and all external doors with Bespoke Heritage doors in PVCu for the front and a white double glazed PVCu single door for the rear.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2584/F
Site Address: 119A GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EJ
Development: Replacement of 8 No. windows to a first floor flat with double glazed white coloured Upvc of side hung casement styles and pvc external beading bars. All replacements to match existing styles and sizes.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Royal Museums Greenwich 24/2640/F
Site Address: ROYAL OBSERVATORY, BLACKHEATH AVENUE, LONDON, SE10 8XJ
Development: Full Regeneration of the Royal Observatory Site including (but not limited to) demolition of the existing single storey ticketing office, installation of new entrance pavilion on the eastern perimeter of the site with supported garden walk structure; installation of an external elliptical access stair to the Great Equatorial Building, including new lift and overrun within the Meridian Building; extending the planetarium lobby to create new science engagement space, and connecting to the South
Building facade; new access core from the planetarium terrace down to the infilled courtyard; new café kiosk in the Astronomers Garden; removal of gas boilers and introduction of new air source heat pumps and acoustic enclosure; associated switch room and relocated bin store on the southern perimeter of the site, new cycle stands, a site wide landscaping scheme, conservation repairs and other associated works [This application affects a scheduled monument and a number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 Listed Buildings]
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Applicant: Royal Museums Greenwich 24/2720/SD
Site Address: NEPTUNE HALL, ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH, PARK ROW, GREENWICH
Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 2 (Glazing & Actuators Details) & 4 (Works Specification) of planning permission 23/2613/L dated 08/02/2024.
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Applicant: The Hyde Group 24/2781/HD
Site Address: 43 GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EH
Development: Replace existing Upvc windows to front, side 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 (within existing porch area) with a Climatec Period 1930`s Style authentic timber effect door to match existing size.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Publicity for Listed Building Consent.
Applicant: c/o Agent 24/2754/L
Site Address: 16 NELSON ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9JB
Development: Listed building consent for the installation of a set of halo illuminated fascia text, retention of existing externally illuminated projection sign, retention of existing non illuminated awning and retention of existing internally illuminated menu.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Listed Building: Grade 2
Publicity For Advertisements.
Applicant: Royal Museums Greenwich 24/2641/A
Site Address: ROYAL OBSERVATORY, BLACKHEATH AVENUE, LONDON, SE10 8XJ
Development: Installation of 6no. non-illuminated printed advertisement poster panels to the eastern railings of the Royal Observatory Site [This application affects a scheduled monument and a number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 Listed Buildings]
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Highways Act 1980 The Greenwich (20mph Zone) (Various Roads) (No. 60) 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 84, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Orders will come into operation on 22nd August 2024.
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. Further information about the 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 21st August 2024
1.
to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The effect of the Orders would be to:
a. extend the length of the existing bus, cycle, motorcycle, coach and taxi lanes operational 6am-10pm Mondays to Sundays to:
i. Blackwall Lane, east side, from a point 56 metres north of the northern kerb-line of vehicular accessway leading to Lawrence Trading Estate, Blackwall Lane to the northern boundary wall of No. 6 to 10 Greenwich Town Social Club, Blackwall Lane;
b. Replace the existing single yellow lines ‘No Waiting 7am-7pm’ with double yellow line ‘No Waiting at any time’ restrictions from the southern boundary wall of No. 6 to 10 Greenwich Town Social Club, Blackwall Lane to the junction with A206 Woolwich Road.
c. Replace the existing ‘No Loading 7am-7pm’ restrictions with ‘No Loading 7am-10am and 4pm-7pm’ restrictions from the southern boundary wall of No. 6 to 10 Greenwich Town Social Club, Blackwall Lane for 13.5 metres in a northerly direction.
d. Update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) and (c).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-08 Blackwell Lane).
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 11th September 2024, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic-orders@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 24-08 Blackwell Lane).
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 21st August 2024
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003
Notice is given that: Terra Cotta warriors Greenwich LTD of 23 Crimscott Street, London SE1 5TE has applied for the Grant of a Premises Licence for the following premises: 20 Nelson Road, SE10 9JB
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 16th September 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:
1. Provision of recorded music
2. Supply of alcohol by retail
