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The vintage market will be returning to Greenwich Market and this year with a Grease theme, Summer Lovin’. Park it in the Market is a past winner of Time Out’s ‘Best Vintage Event’ and fans of super-stylish vintage cars, beautiful classic bikes and rollicking rock’n’roll will be in in clover from 7:30-10pm on Thursday 31st July. There will be vinyl stalls, DJs, and Greenwich Market’s famous ensemble of world-food street stalls to keep the dancers fuelled for the whole evening. Whether you’re a Beach Boy, a Greaser or a Pink Lady, put Park it in the Market into your summer diaries.
Baby Gospel is a family concert that blends soul, Motown and gospel classics, performed by members of London’s acclaimed CK Gospel Choir. Enjoy traditional gospel songs and familiar nursery rhymes in a relaxed, child-friendly setting, complete with bubbles and interactive moments perfect for all ages.
Date: 3 August. Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Location: Woolwich Works (The Fireworks Factory), 11 No.1 Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6HD
Tickets: £13.20 adults, £11.00 concessions, £11.00 children. Babies under 6 months are free. Book here: https://www.woolwich.works/events/baby-gospelfamily-concert
Celebrate 350 years of the Royal Observatory Greenwich by exploring the past and present night sky with the astronomers at The Sky Tonight 1675. The live planetarium show will be hosted by an astronomer and will explore the night sky on the day of your visit, comparing what you can see today with 350 years ago, when the Observatory was first established. Recommended for ages 7+.
Date: 1 - 31 August (daily except Thursdays)
Times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 14:45 and 15:45. Saturday and Sunday: 13:30, 15:30 and 16:30
Location: Royal Observatory, Blackheath Avenue, Greenwich, London, SE10 8XJ
Tickets: Adults: £12, Child: £6, Student: £8
Lucie Kundalini Book signing:
Be among the first to hear Lucie read from Colour Me Kundalini—a poetic and powerful collection that honours the rawness, beauty, and mystery of the awakening journey. There will be a live reading, blue lotus (tea) ceremony, book signing, meet the author and a chance to meet others on the path to self-discovery.
Date: 2 August. Time: 17:00 - 19:00 Tickets: £10 per ticket . Book here: https://www. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-party-celebratingthe-release-of-colour-me-kundalini-tickets1425683290099?utm-campaign=social&utmcontent=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utmterm=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Location: Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC10, Cutter Lane , London SE10 0XX
For just £5 per family, the makers at Cockpit Deptford are putting on a polyblock printing workshop with Kethi Copeland. Each participant will learn block printing skills, create print blocks, and use them to print a repeat pattern onto fabric. Make and take a custom set of prints home with you to display or turn into something new. Workshops are family friendly and suitable for all. Children under 10-years-old may need some help from the adult accompanying them. Children over 10 are welcome to participate on their own, while parents/carers spend time in the onsite café.
Date: 27 July. Time: 13:30 - 15:30
Tickets: £5 per family (two children and two adults), book here: https:// www.tickettailor.com/events/cockpit/1735883
Green Greenwich is author Candy Blackham’s newest book exploring the borough’s green spaces and encourages people to go beyond their usual haunts, writes Evie Flynn...
Originally from South Africa, Candy has lived in Lewisham for the last 40 years and became interested in green spaces once she stopped full-time working in the non-profit sector.
Her newest book, Green Greenwich, was published on 26 June and follows on from her debut Green Lewisham in 2022.
After a varied professional life working at the likes of Wigmore Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Courtauld Institute, Candy by chance picked up a copy of Bradshaw’s Handbook to London and a camera, and started a blog.
“My interest in photography grew,” Candy explains. “Then Covid hit, and life took another turn as I found a new way to give back to the area where I’ve lived for so long, by creating books about the green spaces in South East London.”
Both books explore the green spaces and patches of nature in both boroughs, no matter how big or small. It began predominantly as a lockdown project after she began walking around Lewisham simply for ‘something to do’.
For both her books, Candy used the London Gardens Trust website, which holds an inventory of interesting green spaces in each borough in London and also consulted numerous physical books to compile a wide body of background research.
Using these sources, she compiled a list of all the green spaces and began ticking them off, from parks to community gardens to woodlands.
For every green space included, there is a brief history, points of interest and photographs, with Candy responsible for all the research, writing and photography.
There are over 100 sites listed in each book and each is 300 pages long, demonstrating the amount of research that went into its completion.
She said: “My aim is to tell people about the site in a way that they feel like it is worth going there but also so they feel like they want to protect it.”
Candy explained that the photographs are crucial as they work to ‘tempt people out’.
She ensured photos from all seasons were included in the book, to demonstrate
This detailed approach meant each book was around two years in the making, as Candy had to visit each park multiple times to get photos and give the parks justice in her description.
She also worked closely with local volunteering groups and Friends of the parks, who shared their unique perspectives with Candy and she showcased the work they are doing.
We asked Candy what her advice would be for someone who wants to explore Greenwich but does not know where to start. She said: “There are many more interesting spaces in addition to Greenwich Park and people don’t
often know much beyond that.
“Everyone enjoys Greenwich Park but there are lots more sites worth investigating. It totally depends on how you are feeling, whether you want woods, trees, wide open spaces, or a long versus short walk.
“There are sites to suit every mood in Greenwich.”
Candy is currently working on a new book titled Green Southwark which will explore the overlooked green spaces from London Bridge down to Dulwich.
The books are available from Amazon and Waterstones but are also in the Greenwich and Lewisham library system.
Thamesmead ninja sword and weapon surrender bin installed - fourth in Greenwich
The bins have already helped to take 214 weapons off the street, writes Evie Flynn...
The fourth weapon surrender bin has been installed in Greenwich and the existing three bins have already taken over 200 weapons off the streets.
The new bin is located on Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8AT and is part of the Home Office’s national weapons surrender scheme, which is running throughout July.
This bin has been designed to be able to fit ‘ninja swords’ which are being banned from 1 August. It will then be illegal to possess a ninja swords and could result in up to four years in prison.
Anyone will be able to use these bins to dispose of weapons anonymously and safely without fear of prosecution.
The bin is securely bolted to a concrete base with a letter box design which does not allow people to be able to reach the contents inside.
Throughout July there will also be a mobile surrender van, operated by FazAmnesty, an organisation devoted to reducing knife crime. This will be visiting the borough on Wednesday 16 July between 2pm and 5pm, and located on Herbert Road, SE18 3TX.
Trained staff from the organisation will safely deposit any items handed in into
a secure, surrender bin inside the mobile surrender van. No personal information will be taken, or any questions asked.
Since the Abbey Wood, Eltham and Woolwich bins were installed in July 2024 and March 2025, they
have resulted in 214 weapons being taken off the streets.
Locations of the four weapon bins:
● Abbey Wood, located near the
● Hutchins Road, Thamesmead, SE28 8AT, located near to the underpass
Greenwich Council financially to support home adaptations for disabled residents
Grants as large £30,000 are available, writes Evie Flynn...
Greenwich Council has agreed to improve loans for home adaptations for disabled residents, whether they privately rent, are a housing association tenant or own their own home.
On a meeting on Wednesday 9 July, the council’s cabinet agreed to a Housing Assistance Policy meaning improved grants and loans will be available to help make homes safer.
Changes include support to prevent falls and improve day-to-day independence and ultimately help more people stay in their homes for longer.
The new policy sets out a range of support as part of the government’s Better Care Fund. For example, there is an extra £25,000 available for residents with higher needs, in addition to the maximum £30,000 available from the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG).
There grants available for hoists to avoid injury, £3,000 available to clean homes for those who have experienced selfneglect or are identified as hoarders.
For private landlords, there will be targeted support to encourage them to provide homes for people with disabilities.
There will also be a new grant of up to £15,000 to support residents at the end of their life who wish to remain or return home.
Cllr Pat Slattery, Cabinet Member for Housing Management, Neighbourhoods and Homelessness, said: “Our improved Housing Assistance Policy provides more flexibility, reduces bureaucracy and reflects the increases in costs needed to help people with disabilities live safely at home.
We want our residents who need that extra bit of support to be able to live safely and securely in their own homes if they wish too, and this revised policy will help many more residents to be able to do this.”
Greenwich Council have said the changes will come into effect later in the year and will be communicated to residents.
Abbey Wood library, at the back of the Old Council Office on Eynsham Drive/Finchdale Road, SE2.
● Sutcliffe Park, Meadowside, Eltham SE9, located to the right of the main entrance on Eltham Road.
● Woolwich Town Centre, on Calderwood Street, at the junction with Powis Street
Councillor responsible for community safety and enforcement, Rachel Taggart-Ryan, and Thamesmead Moorings ward councillor Olu Babatola
Foot tunnel lift to be repaired ‘within next year’
Work to repair Woolwich foot tunnel’s broken lift should begin “shortly” a leading Newham councillor has said – after previous reports suggested it should have been working in January, writes Nick Clark, Local Democracy Reporter
Work to repair Woolwich foot tunnel’s broken lift should begin “shortly” a leading Newham councillor has said – after previous reports suggested it should have been working in January.
The lift in North Woolwich, has been out of order for almost three years making it only accessible by stairs. The Royal Borough of Greenwich, which jointly owns the tunnel with Newham Council, said last year it expected the lift to be working by January 2025.
But with the lift still out of action, Newham councillor Sarah Ruiz, responsible for sustainable transport, now says the work will be completed “sometime within the next year.”
The tunnel crossing the Thames connects Woolwich, in the borough of Greenwich, with North Woolwich in Newham.
Both councils own the tunnel and contribute to its maintenance, which the Royal Borough manages.
But the lift on the North Woolwich side of the tunnel has been out of order since August 2022, with the hefty repair cost not covered by
the normal maintenance funding.
The two councils agreed to share costs, reported by the Greenwich Wire to be £180,000
January. A Newham council spokesperson said at the time that the council was “pleased to be working in collaboration with the London Borough of Greenwich” but was still “finalising a funding agreement.”
However an update to Greenwich council’s transport scrutiny panel on Thursday, 3rd July, suggested the authority was still waiting for Newham council to sign an agreement.
It said the council was “currently awaiting Newham to respond on Woolwich foot tunnel and sign deed of adherence to Woolwich tunnel parts replacement maintenance cost sharing.”
Neither council would comment on why the agreement had not yet been signed or why work had not yet begun – but both said they were committed to sharing the costs.
each, in July 2024.
A Greenwich council spokesperson said at the time that they hoped works would be completed by
A Greenwich Council spokesperson told the LDRS: “The Grade II listed Woolwich Foot Tunnel is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The structure is well over 100 years old now and requires
specialist maintenance.
“We’re sorry that there have been issues with the lifts, which are challenging to resolve due to the age and complexity of the structure. We have received a commitment from Newham Council, to split costs 50/50 and get the lifts up and running. We will be sharing plans on next steps and timelines, in due course”
Newham Cllr Ruiz said: “We are pleased to say that work should be getting under way shortly to repair the northern lift shaft.
“Both Newham and Greenwich are sharing the cost of repairs, which fall outside of the routine maintenance agreement for the tunnel. We hope to have the works completed sometime within the next year.”
The update to Greenwich Council’s transport scrutiny committee also said officers had asked London City Hall’s walking and cycling commissioner Will Norman for a meeting “to move this forward.”
The LDRS understands officers from Greenwich Council and Transport for London met on Wednesday July 9.
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The northern entrance to the Woolwich foot tunnel (LDRS picture)
LEWISHAM COUNCIL APPROVES SAVINGS WORTH MORE THAN £34MILLION
Local authority
looking
to close £30m budget gap, writes Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter...
Lewisham Council has approved a fresh package of savings worth more than £34million as it looks to close a £30m budget gap by 2026/27.
During a meeting on Wednesday July 9, the council’s Cabinet approved a report outlining the savings, which are made up of £29.25m in general fund savings and an additional £4.784m in Housing Revenue Account (HRA) savings.
According to a Cabinet report, the council needs to find £30m in savings after it used up £21.89m in reserves to help balance out the 2025/26 general fund budget which was passed earlier this year. Council officers have since identified £6.67m in savings for 2025/26 and £22.58m in savings for 2026/27.
Children and Young People, followed by Adult Social Care and Health are set to see the biggest changes with £7.9m and £6.7m worth of savings proposed over the next two years.
The Mayor of Lewisham, Brenda Dacres, said council officers have been reviewing options to find further savings to reduce the council’s reliance on its reserves and get ahead of the
savings it needs to make by next year. Ms Dacres told Cabinet: “In some of the proposals, there are frontline services that will be affected, but where they are we will carry out further consultations with people who use those services.
“I want to reassure residents that I and this Cabinet remain committed to keeping you updated on our financial position, these are difficult decisions and we are not taking them lightly, but they are necessary.”
Savings include recruiting permanent staff instead of agency staff within Adult Social Care and Health (£815,000), and increasing the weekly charge to use Linkline by 84p, which is a telecare service that provides 24/7 call handling and response for vulnerable residents (£250,000).
Other savings include increasing fees for the council’s funeral services, including cemeteries and crematoria by 10per cent (£238,888) and moving into a new parking contract which is reportedly £1m less than the previous contract.
Council officers have also earmarked temporary accommodation savings
worth an ambitious £2.49m by 2026/27, which the council hopes to achieve by implementing a “dynamic purchasing system” for securing temporary accommodation which will no longer focus on “spot purchasing” or negotiating with accommodation providers individually.
Ms Dacres went on to say: “If we are able to continue to deliver and support our most vulnerable residents while protecting the essential everyday services we all depend on, and that includes from bin collections, street cleaning, maintaining our award-winning parks, our award-winning libraries, our youth services we’ve just brought back in-house and those that are running independently.
“We will keep working hard, we have done so much over the past few years but it’s important for us to be prudent when it comes to our budget and make sure that we are replenishing our reserves so we don’t find ourselves in a dire situation that other authorities have found themselves in.”
Cabinet members proceeded to agree on the recommendations in the report, and approved the savings identified.
Mayor of Lewisham Brenda Dacres
Information from the Royal Borough of Greenwich for our residents
Free and low-cost activities across Royal Greenwich for your family this summer
Free and low-cost activities across Royal Greenwich for your family this summer
From free healthy lunches, arts and crafts, computer coding, carnival decorating workshops to sports activities, reading challenges, family festivals, award winning parks, paddling pools and so much more there is something to keep everyone busy.
From free healthy lunches, arts and crafts, computer coding, carnival decorating workshops to sports activities, reading challenges, family festivals, award winning parks, paddling pools and so much more there is something to keep everyone busy.
What’s on...
What’s on...
Holiday Food and Fun
Holiday Food and Fun
Free holiday club places and healthy lunches over the summer holidays provided by the council for school-aged children (4 to 16) who are eligible for or receiving benefits.
Free holiday club places and healthy lunches over the summer holidays provided by the council for school-aged children (4 to 16) who are eligible for or receiving benefits.
Holiday meals
Holiday meals
Free holiday meals are on offer for all children this summer in our libraires, leisure centres and adventure play centres. No need to sign up, just turn up and tuck in.
Free holiday meals are on offer for all children this summer in our libraires, leisure centres and adventure play centres. No need to sign up, just turn up and tuck in.
Our libraries
Our libraries
The council’s libraries, run by Better, have a wealth of free things to do all year round. Including computer coding, Lego clubs, art and crafts and the annual summer reading challenge....
The council’s libraries, run by Better, have a wealth of free things to do all year round. Including computer coding, Lego clubs, art and crafts and the annual summer reading challenge....
Summer reading challenge
Summer reading challenge
Children can sign up for the challenge at their local library where they can also collect posters and stickers. If they read six library books over the holidays and before 14 September, they’ll be awarded a medal.
Children can sign up for the challenge at their local library where they can also collect posters and stickers. If they read six library books over the holidays and before 14 September, they’ll be awarded a medal.
Free activities and festivals this summer
Free activities and festivals this summer
Experience over 25 free Royal Greenwich Festivals events filled with music, dance, theatre, food, art and carnival culture across the borough. Funded by the council, the festival runs until Sunday 14 September, bringing a vibrant mix of performances, exhibitions and workshops by local and international talent.
Experience over 25 free Royal Greenwich Festivals events filled with music, dance, theatre, food, art and carnival culture across the borough. Funded by the council, the festival runs until Sunday 14 September, bringing a vibrant mix of performances, exhibitions and workshops by local and international talent.
GDIF (22 August to 6 September)
GDIF (22 August to 6 September)
On 22 August Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts begins. GDIF is the flagship event of FESTIVAL.ORG and part of the Royal Greenwich Festivals, a yearly celebration of culture and creativity led by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
On 22 August Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF), London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts begins. GDIF is the flagship event of FESTIVAL.ORG and part of the Royal Greenwich Festivals, a yearly celebration of culture and creativity led by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Extraordinary events will be happening across Woolwich, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Park and Thamesmead.
Extraordinary events will be happening across Woolwich, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Park and Thamesmead.
Woolwich Carnival (13 September, noon to 8pm)
Woolwich Carnival (13 September, noon to 8pm)
Join Woolwich Carnival and Taru Arts to celebrate a decade of colour, culture, and community spirit right in the heart of Woolwich. There will be a community parade, live music, dance, arts and crafts, face painting, and food stalls.
Join Woolwich Carnival and Taru Arts to celebrate a decade of colour, culture, and community spirit right in the heart of Woolwich. There will be a community parade, live music, dance, arts and crafts, face painting, and food stalls.
Woolwich Carnival making workshops (free)
Woolwich Carnival making workshops (free)
Join TARU Arts for free drop-in workshops to create colourful carnival decorations and parade props for Woolwich Carnival. Have fun, get creative with recycled materials, and help decorate the square. Open to all –children must be with an adult. Don’t miss the carnival on Saturday 14 September.
Join TARU Arts for free drop-in workshops to create colourful carnival decorations and parade props for Woolwich Carnival. Have fun, get creative with recycled materials, and help decorate the square. Open to all –children must be with an adult. Don’t miss the carnival on Saturday 14 September.
• Tuesday 13 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Tuesday 13 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Thursday 22 August 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Thursday 22 August 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Tuesday 27 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Tuesday 27 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Thursday 29 August 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
• Thursday 29 August 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
• Thursday 5 September 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Thursday 5 September 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Thursday 12 September 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
• Thursday 12 September 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
Young Greenwich (ages 8 to 19 or up to 25 for those with disabilities)
Young Greenwich (ages 8 to 19 or up to 25 for those with disabilities)
Young Greenwich is our youth service for ages 8–19 (or up to 25 with disabilities), offering free or low-cost activities, support, and a safe space to have fun. There are four hubs in Eltham, Thamesmead, Charlton, and Woolwich, with over 70 activities each week from Monday to Saturday.
Young Greenwich is our youth service for ages 8–19 (or up to 25 with disabilities), offering free or low-cost activities, support, and a safe space to have fun. There are four hubs in Eltham, Thamesmead, Charlton, and Woolwich, with over 70 activities each week from Monday to Saturday.
Other activities for teenagers
Greenwich Get Active
Other activities for teenagers
Greenwich Get Active
Join TARU Arts for free drop-in workshops to create colourful carnival decorations and parade props for Woolwich Carnival. Have fun, get creative with recycled materials, and help decorate the square. Open to all –children must be with an adult. Don’t miss the carnival on Saturday 14 September.
• Tuesday 13 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Thursday 22 August 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Tuesday 27 August 1pm to 5pmWoolwich Works
• Thursday 29 August 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
• Thursday 5 September 2pm to 6pmWoolwich Library
• Thursday 12 September 2pm to 6pm –Tramshed
September) Greenwich+Docklands (GDIF), London’s outdoor theatre and GDIF is the flagship and part of the Royal yearly celebration of by the Royal Borough be happening across Peninsula, Greenwich September, and Taru Arts colour, culture, in the heart of community parade, crafts, face painting, Woolwich Carnival making workshops (free)
Young Greenwich (ages 8 to 19 or up to 25 for those with disabilities)
Young Greenwich is our youth service for ages 8–19 (or up to 25 with disabilities), offering free or low-cost activities, support, and a safe space to have fun. There are four hubs in Eltham, Thamesmead, Charlton, and Woolwich, with over 70 activities each week from Monday to Saturday.
Tramshed in Woolwich is running ‘The Story Within – Workshops’ for 12 to 18 year olds on 28, 31 July and 4, 7 August. Over four creative workshops, you’ll get hands-on with visual art and performing arts activities that will help you discover how to tell your story.
Tramshed in Woolwich is running ‘The Story Within – Workshops’ for 12 to 18 year olds on 28, 31 July and 4, 7 August. Over four creative workshops, you’ll get hands-on with visual art and performing arts activities that will help you discover how to tell your story.
Fee: Pay what you can: £3, £8 or £10 for the programme.
Fee: Pay what you can: £3, £8 or £10 for the programme.
Parks, paddling pools and adventure playgrounds
Find sports and exercise activities for children, adults, and the whole family this summer.
Find sports and exercise activities for children, adults, and the whole family this summer.
Local discounts with your OneCard
Local discounts with your OneCard
Other activities for teenagers
Parks, paddling pools and adventure playgrounds
Tramshed in Woolwich is running ‘The Story
Fifteen of our parks and green spaces received the prestigious Green Flag award - international recognition from Keep Britain Tidy for well-managed, accessible, and biodiverse public spaces. We also have two free paddling pools in Winn’s Common and Horn Fair and many free adventures playgrounds (children ages six and up).
Fifteen of our parks and green spaces received the prestigious Green Flag award - international recognition from Keep Britain Tidy for well-managed, accessible, and biodiverse public spaces. We also have two free paddling pools in Winn’s Common and Horn Fair and many free adventures playgrounds (children ages six and up).
Within – Workshops’ for 12 to 18 year olds on 28, 31 July and 4, 7 August. Over four creative workshops, you’ll get hands-on with visual art and performing arts activities that will help you discover how to tell your story.
Check OneCard for local discounts to keep the family entertained over the summer. There are various offers including escape rooms, music lessons, children’s parties, bubble tea, fresh juice, crepes and waffles: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/onecard
Greenwich Get Active
Check OneCard for local discounts to keep the family entertained over the summer. There are various offers including escape rooms, music lessons, children’s parties, bubble tea, fresh juice, crepes and waffles: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/onecard
Find sports and exercise activities for children, adults, and the whole family this summer.
Local discounts with your OneCard
Find all of this and much more at: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/schools-out
Fee: Pay what you can: £3, £8 or £10 for the programme.
Find all of this and much more at: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/schools-out
Check OneCard for local discounts to keep the family entertained over the summer.
What have we missed?
Parks, paddling pools and adventure playgrounds
What have we missed?
Fifteen of our parks and green spaces received the prestigious Green Flag award
Our children’s centres and family hubs (ages 0 to five)
The council funds 10 children’s centres including four family hubs which are a one stop shop for families with small children and run a huge range of free and low-cost activities and more.
Our children’s centres and family hubs (ages 0 to five) The council funds 10 children’s centres including four family hubs which are a one stop shop for families with small children and run a huge range of free and low-cost activities and more.
Is your organisation running something free or low cost for families this summer holiday?
There are various offers including escape rooms, music lessons, children’s parties, bubble tea, fresh juice, crepes and waffles: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/onecard
Is your organisation running something free or low cost for families this summer holiday?
- international recognition from Keep Britain Tidy for well-managed, accessible, and biodiverse public spaces. We also have two free paddling pools in Winn’s Common and Horn Fair and many free adventures playgrounds (children ages six and up).
If so add for free to our events calendar: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/submit
If so add for free to our events calendar: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/submit
Find all of this and much more at: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/schools-out
What have we missed?
Plus you can tag us in your social media if you’re on Facebook or Instagram and we will share as many as we can.
Plus you can tag us in your social media if you’re on Facebook or Instagram and we will share as many as we can.
Our children’s centres and family hubs (ages 0 to five)
The council funds 10 children’s centres including four family hubs which are a one stop shop for families with small children and run a huge range of free and low-cost activities and more.
Is your organisation running something free or low cost for families this summer holiday?
If so add for free to our events calendar: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/events/submit
Plus you can tag us in your social media if you’re on Facebook or Instagram and we will share as many as we can.
Last week I wrote about Greenwich parks and gardens and how they related to local past industry. I mentioned the new Green Greenwich Book and the entry in it for St.Mary Magdalene churchyard in Woolwich. In 1892 it had been redesigned as a garden by Fanny Wilkinson, the first female professional landscape gardener. Then in 1966 it was upgraded by Woolwich Council to become a park. As a result most of the tombstones were removed and stacked around the perimeter and only the monument to Woolwich champion bare knuckle boxer, Tom Cribb, remained.
The brilliance of Henry Maudslay
I said in my article last week that I knew of a rescue attempt not mentioned in Green Greenwich. This was for part of the tomb of Henry Maudslay - he had designed the tomb surrounded by railings himself but what was rescued were panels with an inscription.
In 1982, and after four years of negotiation and a change in church law, a group of historians got a number of young men from the military in Woolwich to help them remove the pieces of the tomb. Apparently these pieces were taken to the National Maritime Museum store in the Brass Foundry in the Royal Arsenal. There were three historians - Ralph Burnett and Jack Vaughan, President and Chair of Woolwich Antiquarians, and Alan Pearsall, historian at the National Maritime Museum. It was Jack who told me about it and gave me the photographs.
So who was Henry Maudslay and why were they so interested in him? Maudslay was an extremely important 19th century engineer. He was Woolwich born and trained in the Arsenal before moving on to other companies and eventually to setting up his own important works. In an outstanding career perhaps the most important thing was his invention of a metal lathe, which enabled the manufacture of standard screw thread sizes. He did this by repeated testing and using his enormous skill. He made this first machine with an accurate screw which can be replicated to make others rapidly.
Maudslay came from a very poor background. In Woolwich his parents lived in Salutation Alley - a small and very impoverished street behind what was the Granada Cinema - now the Ebenezer Building. His father had been a soldier
but, wounded and disabled, he worked in the Arsenal as a storekeeper. Henry was born in 1771 and from the age of 12 was employed in the Arsenal, making and filling cartridges. He later worked in the Carpenter’s Shop and then the Blacksmith’s Shop but never as a formal apprentice. From the start he was exceptionally skilled and his work was admired by everyone - including the older skilled craftsmen. When he was eighteen he was recruited to work for Bramah in central London.
Bramah had designed and patented an unpickable lock. Maudslay made a set of tools that allowed the lock to be made at an economical price and followed this with much else. Along with his screw-cutting lathe which allowed standardisation of screw thread sizes for the first time, he produced a set of taps and dies that would make nuts and bolts consistently, so that any bolt of the appropriate size would fit any nut of the same size. (He also invented the first bench micrometer capable of measuring to one ten-thousandth of an inch.) These were major advances in workshop technology, enabling new steam driven machinery to be made much more accurately and very much faster – with all sorts of implications on issues like costs and safety.
In 1797, after having worked for Bramah for eight years, Maudslay set up his own business and by 1810 was employing 80 workers. The firm moved to larger premises in Lambeth and included Joseph Field and eventually Maudslay’s sons. Working for the Navy in association with Sir Marc Brunel, Maudslay built a series of 42 woodworking machines to make wooden rigging blocks. These machines could make 130,000 blocks a year,
needing only ten unskilled men to operate them - an early example of specialised machinery for assembly-line production.
Maudslay’s Lambeth works specialised in the production of marine steam engines. His first marine engine was built in 1815, fitted to a Thames steamer named the Richmond. In 1823 a Maudslay engine powered Lightning, the first steam-vessel to be commissioned by the Royal Navy. In 1829 a side-lever engine for HMS Dee was the largest marine engine at the time. This work and more innovation continued longer after Maudslay’s death.
In 1825 Marc Brunel began work on the first under water tunnel – the Thames Tunnel, now the tube line between Rotherhithe and Wapping. To build it an innovative tunneling shield was designed and made by Maudslay Sons & Field at their Lambeth works. Maudslay also supplied the steam-driven pumps that kept the tunnel workings dry.
Many outstanding engineers trained in his workshop, including Richard Roberts, David Napier, Joseph Clement, Sir Joseph Whitworth, and James Nasmyth. Maudslay thus played a part in the development of mechanical engineering as part of a technological revolution.
Henry Maudslay died on 15th February 1831 and was buried in Woolwich. His sons and grandsons continued with the works. In the 1860s the company set up a shipbuilding yard in Greenwich, where Blackadder, Halloween and two Bospherous ferries were built. It later became a boiler factory. In the 1890s grandson Herbert Maudsley cancelled a meeting with landowners Morden College about disposal of the site of this failing Greenwich factory because
Alan Burnett, Alan Pearsall and Jack Vaughan with the group of young men and the plaque from the tomb which they salvaged
Portrait of Henry Maudslay
he was ‘too busy sailing at Cowes’.
The firm went out of business entirely in the early 20th century and a three day auction was held in Greenwich of all the effects of the company, including everything from the Lambeth works. The Science Museum were allowed to view items before the sale started and several items went directly to them. Maudslay’s original screw-cutting lathe was one of the items they took and it is sometimes displayed.
Although most of his life was spent working and living outside of Woolwich, Maudslay always remembered his life there and was eventually buried at his own request in what is now Churchfields, in what was the graveyard of St. Mary Magdalene. There has always been a mixed response in Greenwich to honouring any of the many, many important engineers and technicians who lived and worked locally. Maudsley is the only one of them to be included in the stained glass windows in Woolwich Town Hall. He doesn’t quite make the Victoria Hall along with Henry VIII and Elizabeth, but he does have a section in the windows in the Public Hall at the back of the Town Hall complex.
Maudsley had designed his own iron tomb and tombstone and sadly this was cleared in 1966 in order to turn the churchyard into a park. Thus the work done many years later by the group of historians to rescue the plaque from the tombstone and to preserve it.
Initially these pieces – three cast iron plates - were stored in the Royal Brass foundry by the National Maritime
Museum, but later they came into the possession of developer Berkeley Homes. They were then acquired by the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust in 2018 and they are now at Anchorage Point store. The trust investigated getting them conserved in 2022, but it was prohibitively expensive.
The inscription: ‘To the memory of Henry Maudslay born in this parish 1773 died at Lambeth February 15th 1831 a zealous promoter of the Arts and Sciences, evidently distinguished as an engineer for mathematical accuracy and beauty of construction, as a man for industry and perseverance and as a friend for a kind and benevolent heart.’
In writing this article I have had some difficulty in getting facts together. All three of the historians involved have since died. I had the photographs and a brief note from Jack and Julian Watson too – and as ever great thanks to him as he has managed to dig out a very, very brief report from a Woolwich Antiquarians Newsletter from the 1980s.
There are a number of questions in my mind about the whole episode which I cannot find any information on. What were the original negotiations which enabled the tombstone pieces to be removed from the churchyard? What was the change in the law? I’m also far from sure who the young men in the photograph are. I vaguely remember that they were from some sort of army apprenticeship scheme. Are any of them still around? And do they remember any details about it?
Portrait of Maudslay in stained glass window in the Woolwich Public Hall
Moving the plaque from St Mary’s churchyard
Maudslay screw cutting machine
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - Section 14(1) PLUMSTEAD ROAD PLANNED CYCLE LANE AND 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 Thames Water who need to carry out a disconnection of service.
2. The Order will come into operation on 04/08/2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take four days until 07/08/2025. 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 and from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) PLUMSTEAD ROAD BUS LANE AT THE JUNCTION OF VILLAS ROAD. The adjacent cycle lane will also be closed, and cyclists will be diverted through the bus lane.
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: 24/06/2025
INTERNAL REF - EM/ MU091SLD00081419932-0020-02 /LIC No 73933 / FN 795 / LA 488696
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) COURT ROAD PLANNED DIRECTIONAL 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 repairs to a damaged valve chamber in the carriageway.
2. The Order will come into operation on 05/08/25 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading) Court Road southbound near the junction with Station Approach on the southside.
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 28/05/25
INTERNAL REF: LA487397 FN784 / LIC NO73739.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) LASSELL 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 main.
2. The Order will come into operation on 28th July 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 25 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 from the junction with Trafalgar Road to the junction with Old Woolwich 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: 09/05/2025
INTERNAL REF - EM/ LA484622 FN773 /LIC No 73581
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WOODLAND TERRACE 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 relocation of utility assets and ducting.
2. The Order will come into operation on 6th August 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Woodland Terrace outside 8.
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.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
GREENWICH CHURCH STREET, KING WILLIAM WALK, ROMNEY ROAD AND PARK ROW
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS (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 EP Traffic Service Ltd to implement traffic management measures for the Thames Festival Event at the Old Royal Navy College.
2. The Order will come into operation on 31st July 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the event is expected to take 6 days (from 31st July 2025 to 2nd August 2025 and from 8th August 2025 to 10th August 2025, each day between 21:30 to 00:00). 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 Greenwich Church Street at the junction of College Approach, King William Walk at the west gate of the Old Royal Naval College and Park Row at the junction of Old Woolwich Road. Additionally, Park Row will be made a one-way between the junctions of Romney Road and Old Woolwich Road. A bus lane suspension and contraflow operation will also be implemented on Romney Road to allow local traffic to access via the bus lane.
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
At Woolwich Town Hall Rooms 5 & 6 Wellington Street SE18 6PW REASON FOR HEARING
Appeal by Trafalgar Tavern Lease Limited
Against the serving of an enforcement notice by Royal Borough of Greenwich for:
Without planning permission, a material change of use of the Thames Path also known as
An Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 will attend at the place, date and time shown above to decide the appeal(s).
Members of the public may attend the hearing and, at the discretion of the Inspector, express their views. If you are disabled or anyone you know who wants to go to the hearing is disabled, contact the Council to confirm they can make proper arrangements such as parking spaces, access, seating arrangements and so on. Documents relating to the appeal(s) can be viewed at the Council’s offices by prior arrangement.
Where applicable, you can use the internet to submit documents, to see information and to check the progress of cases through GOV.UK. The address of the search page is - https://www.gov.uk/appeal-planning-inspectorate
APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE Notice is hereby given that PLK Chicken UK has applied to Greenwich for a Premises Licence to permit Late Night refreshment on and off daily from 11pm until 3am (closing to the public at Midnight for deliveries only between Midnight and 3am) at Popeyes, 47-49 Powis Street, Woolwich SE18 6HZ. A register of licensing applications can be inspected at: www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk or at The Licensing Service, 4th Flr, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington St, SE18 6HQ tel. 020 8 921 8018 by appointment between 10am and 4pm Mon-Fri. Any person wishing to submit representations to this application must give notice in writing to the licensing authority at the address shown above, giving in detail the grounds of objection by 10 August 2025. Copies of all representations will be included in the papers presented to the Licensing Panel and will therefore pass into the public domain. Representations must relate to one of the four Licensing Objectives: the prevention of crime and disorder, public
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Licensing Team, 1st Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003 or FOR A VARIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 34 Notice is given that: Laura Schinider, 41 Ulysses Road, NW6 1ED, has applied for the Variation of a Premises Licence for the following premises:
Royal Borough of Greenwich Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.
If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.
Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice.
Please quote the appropriate reference number.
Date: 23/07/2025
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 23/07/2025
Publicity for Planning Applications
Applicant: Marion Lentle 25/0937/HD
Site Address: 106 ARSENAL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1JZ
Development: Insulation of external walls using Kingspan Kooltherm K112, IN WHITE. Replace wastepipes at the back of the house and replace all gutters and install new facia boards. Install new window sills where needed and associated works.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Keshet 25/1626/HD
Site Address: 10 BRAND STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8SR
Development: Construction of a ground floor side and rear extension, reorganisation of rear garden area, alterations to first floor rear window and loft conversion with rear dormer window and all assocaited works.
Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH
Applicant: Mr Ahmetaj 25/1782/F
Site Address: LAND TO THE REAR OF NORTH POLE, 131 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JA
Development: Change of Use of the existing site to a Car Valeting Business (Use Class Sui Generis), including installation of external canopies, re-tarmacing, landscaping, installation of new off-street car parking spaces, implementation of petrol interceptor, new fencing and boundary treatment, implementation of office space, and assocaited external works and alterations.
Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE
Applicant: Mr Sweet 25/1803/F
Site Address: FLAT 4, 10 VANBRUGH HILL, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7UF
Development: Construction of a new side dormer, addition of new rooflights, replacement of existing windows and various repairs to the existing roof, and all associated works. [re-consultation, amended description]
Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK
Applicant: Mr Anthony Davies 25/1855/HD
Site Address: 11 REYNOLDS PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8SX
Development: Replacement of existing windows with timber sash windows.
Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD
Applicant: Ms Emmelene Fadden 25/1944/HD
Site Address: 133 CONGREVE ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1LL
Development: Replacement of windows and doors, existing garage roof and gate, front and side fence.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Mr Dinnadge on behalf of the Royal Borough of Greenwich 25/1966/F
Site Address: GREENWICH ADULT AND COMMUNITY LEARNING, KING GEORGE STREET, LONDON, SE10 8QB
Development: Various works to the external façade of the Greenwich Adult Learning Centre, which includes window and window frame repair/replacement, roofing repairs, faulty downpipe repair/replacement, replacement of any external finishes (soffit, facia etc) that are damaged, external redecorations, where required and hairline crack repairs, and all associated works.
Development: Change of use from commercial (Use Class E) to residential units (Use Class C3), in addition to the external alterations, extensions and associated works. Further information not forming part of the formal description of development provided for consultation purposes: The proposed scheme includes 17 residential units, which is a mix of one, two and three-bed units. The scheme also includes internal cycle and bin storage areas, and is served by a private courtyard to the east.
A two storey extension is proposed to the existing building, along with a new dwelling to the rear of the site.
Applicant: GHL CDL Morden Limited 25/1985/MA
Site Address: Morden Wharf, Located off Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich, London, SE10 0PA
Development: Planning application under Section 73 for alterations to Conditions 2 (Approved Drawings), Condition 5 (BREEAM- Jetty building), Condition 21 (Final Drainage), 42 (Reserved Matters Scope), 43 (Approved Drawings and Parameter Plans), 45 (Quantum of development), 46 (Development Phasing), 74 (Detailed Drainage Scheme - Outline), 75a (Secure by design), 91 (BREEAM New Construction Standards – Outline), 97 (Biodiverse / Biosolar Green Roofs / Walls – Outline), 98 (Occupation Limit for Buildings SW4 and B02 – Outline) and 102 (Residential Car Parking – Outline) attached to planning permission Ref No 20/1730/O granted on 22 June 2022 for the following development:
"Hybrid planning application comprising outline planning permission with all matters reserved (43,475 sqm site area) and full planning permission (12,992 sqm site area). Outline permission is for the demolition of existing on-site buildings and structures (except the Southern Warehouse) and phased mixed-use redevelopment
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 Southern Gas Networks who need to carry out gas mains replacement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 28th July 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 16 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 Highcombe at the junction with Wyndcliff 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: 26/02/2025
comprising: up to 1,500 residential dwellings; up to 17,311 (sqm GIA) of commercial floorspace (Class A1/A2/A3/A4/B1/B1c/ B2/B8/D1/D2); and associated car and cycle parking, public realm and open space, hard and soft landscaping, highway and transport works, and associated ancillary works. Full planning permission is for the change of use of part of the Southern Warehouse from Class B1c/B2/B8to B1c/B2/B8/A3/A4; refurbishment (including mezzanines) and external alterations to part of the Southern Warehouse; change of use of the Jetty to public realm and installation on the Jetty of Gloriana Boathouse (use class D1/D2); access; landscaping and public realm works including new river wall and upgraded Thames Path."
Applicant: GHL CDL Morden Limited 25/1986/R Site Address: Morden Wharf, Located off Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich, London, SE10 0PA Development: “Reserved matters application seeking approval for Appearance, Landscaping, Scale and Layout for the erection of Plots B02, B03, B04, B05, B07, B08, B09, T1, T2, T3 and T4 and associated infrastructure pursuant planning permission 20/1730/O (as proposed to be varied by Section 73 application). Along with details required by conditions 42 (Reserved Matters Scope), 44 (Submission of Reserved Matters Applications), 46 (Development Phasing), 53a (‘Be seen’ energy monitoring), 54a (Whole lifecycle carbon assessment), 55 (Sustainable Design and Construction Standards), 60a (Water Efficiency), 61a (BRE Green Guide), 63 (Overheating and Cooling), 65a (Energy Strategy), 66 (Play Space – Outline), 67 (Fire Strategy), 69 (External Accessibility), 70 (Site Wide Accessibility – M4(2) Dwellings – Outline), 71 (M4(3)(2)(a) – Wheelchair Adaptable Dwellings), 72 (M4(3)(2)(b) – Wheelchair Accessible Dwellings), 74 (Detailed Drainage Scheme), 77 (Cycle Parking), 79 (Commercial / Residential Internal Sound Insulation), 80 (Acoustic glazing specification mechanical ventilation), 81 (Internal Noise Requirements), 82 (Balconies and Alternative Amenity Spaces), Condition 86 (Delivery and Service Management Plan Transport), Condition 92 (Parking Design and Management Plan) and 101 (Wind and Microclimate).”
Applicant: Oldman 25/2063/HD
Site Address: 25 KING GEORGE STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QJ
Development: Construction of a single storey side infill glazed extension. Increased size of and replacement of the rear ground floor window, adjustment of rainwater goods and part removal of the rear extension's
Conservation
Applicant: L&Q 25/2187/F
Site Address: 83-87, (ALL FLATS) PLUMSTEAD COMMON ROAD, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3AT
Development: Replacement of the existing single glazed timber windows with new Timber double glazed units to the front elevations, and new uPVC units to the rear elevations. Replacement of the Entrance Door to each unit with a new timber doors with
Publicity for Listed Building Consent
Applicant: Mr Orford on behalf of Royal Borough of Greenwich Council
Site Address: ELTHAM LEISURE CENTRE, THE ELTHAM CENTRE, 2 ARCHERY ROAD, LONDON, SE9 1HA
Development:
Listed
Applicant: Oldman 25/2064/L
Site Address: 25 KING GEORGE STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8QJ
Development:
Listed Building: Grade 2
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) HIGHCOMBE 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 Southern Gas Networks who need to carry out gas mains replacement.
2. The Order will come into operation on 28th July 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 16 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 Highcombe at the junction with Wyndcliff 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
