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Peace of mind for parents this summer with free holiday club places, meals and fun things to do
How is the rising cost of living affecting you? On 22 June, the Council pledged to take urgent action to do even more to support residents with the rising cost of living and increased cases of food poverty. As part of this, the Council has launched a survey to hear directly from those most effected. The short survey asks how the rising cost of living is effecting people in the borough to identify where there may be gaps in support, so that these can be addressed. Further to the survey, the Council will be reaching out even more widely through community centres, respected local figures, faith groups, ward councillors and many others. Council Leader Cllr Anthony Okereke said: “As a Council,
we try to do as much as possible to support our most vulnerable residents and communities, and this survey will allow us to continue to do so. “As the rising cost of living affects each person differently, this survey will help us gain a better understanding of how to support our residents, when they need it most. I urge everyone to take part and together we can shape our response to the rising cost of living going forward.”
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This summer there is plenty on offer for parents and carers of school-aged children who are keen to cut costs but not fun! We want to help ease the burden and that starts with making sure every child has the chance to get out of the house this summer, socialize with their friends and eat healthily too.
Free holiday club places Available for children who receive free school meals aged four to 16. There are dozens of local holiday clubs taking part running everything from sports to drama. Map of holiday clubs: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ holidayfoodandfun And don’t forget that Young Greenwich provides free or lowcost activities at youth hubs all year round. young-greenwich.org.uk
Holiday Fun Fridays Free activities, market stalls and local food stands in General Gordon Square, Woolwich every Friday from 29 July to 26 August, 10am to 4pm.
Free holiday meals Free holiday meals will also be on offer for all children this summer at libraries and leisure centres across the borough. royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ holidaymeals
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A free celebration of outdoor theatre, workshops and live music, Greenwich Family Arts Festival is running on weekends throughout July, bringing creativity and high spirits to venues across the borough. Head to Charlton House this Saturday and Sunday to catch family-friendly shows Boudica (12pm), Wagon of Dreams: A New Adventure (1:30pm & 4pm) and The Green Knight (2:30pm). Meanwhile, raising the roof of Greenwich Park Bandstand this Saturday is Birds (2pm - 5pm) and All Ears: Muntu Valdo and Modou Touré live (4pm - 6pm). Admission: FREE. www.tramshed.org/blogs/ greenwich-family-arts-festival-2022-a-guide-to-eachfestival-weekend
Bach for babies Got a tiny one in your care this summer? Take refuge from the sun with a trip to Mycenae House, where ‘Bach to Baby’, a group of world-class musicians who hold regular classes at Buckingham Palace, are performing everything from sea shanties to Handel’s Water Music. A calming concert for tots and their grown-ups.
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Mycenae House, 90 Mycenae Rd, Blackheath SE3 7SE. July 21, 4pm - 4:45pm. Admission: £15. www.bachtobaby.com/blackheath-music-concerts-forbaby-and-family
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Medieval mania at Eltham Palace The Medieval era is being resurrected at Eltham Palace for the summer holidays, where school aged kids are being summoned to find out what life was like for those who lived between the 5th and 15th centuries. The programme promises jester workshops, archery, storytelling and lessons in courtly etiquette. Those who want to get even more into character can become a Medieval actor and take part in a series of interactive Robin Hood plays, from August 1 - 7. Pray thee, book now to avoid disappointment.
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Maypole dancing with modern flair
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Think dancing round a maypole is a pastime for country bumpkins? Here to prove otherwise is Folk Dance Remixed, an eclectic group of dancers who fuse traditional folk dances with African, Bollywood, hop hop and street-style moves. The result is a high energy show which has earned the favour of Greenwich audiences in the past. Don’t miss the group’s return to the borough, where they’ll be performing as part of Summer in the Park. Greenwich Park, Great Cross Avenue, Greenwich SE10 8QY. July 22, 2:30pm - 7pm. Admission: FREE. www.royalparks.org.uk/whats-on/upcoming-events/ summer-in-the-park-zoielogic-dance-theatre2
Breezy brass Live music returns to the Charlton House patio, where the Royal Greenwich Brass Band are hosting a series of eight outdoor concerts. Come along this Friday, July 22, to hear ‘Beyond the Bell’, a trombone and sackbut quartet who promise to take audiences on a musical journey spanning centuries. Only a limited number of seats are available, but audiences are invited to bring a rug and set up camp on the grass. Charlton House and Gardens, Charlton Road, London SE7 8RE. July 22, 1pm - 2pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichheritage.org/news/story/brass-on-the-patio editorial@weekender.co.uk
Sunflowers and, er, drinks are on the table at this playful art class at the Richard the First pub in Greenwich. Called Paint and Sip, it’s your chance to make a Van Gogh masterpiece, while slurping a drink to steady your hand. The two-hour class includes step-by-step tuition, meaning even first timers might end up with a painting they’re proud enough to hang on a wall at home. You’ll be using acrylic paint and a stretched canvas, and all materials are provided. Richard the First Pub, 52/54 Royal Hill, London SE10 8RT. July 21, 7pm - 9pm. Admission: £32.
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The pinnacle of cycling events is underway in France, and you can kick back and watch the action from the comfort of a deck chair on Greenwich Peninsula, where the Summer Sessions programme is screening the tournament. It’s going to be a tense ride, waiting to see whether team INEOS wins a place on the podium again, so show your support by joining the crowd in cheering them on. Those who want to get in on the action and push their own pedals can take part in a group cycle led by custodians of the National Cycle Network, Sustrans. Greenwich Peninsula, Gateway Pavilion, London SE10 0SQ. July 23 & 24, events from 1pm 7pm. Admission: FREE. www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/ whats-on/events/tour-de-france
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Mike Bartlett’s An Intervention is full of post-Brexit relevance – and it’s showing at Greenwich Theatre The first show in a two-part summer programme at Greenwich Theatre, An Intervention follows two grownup friends whose bond is fractured when one attends an anti-war protest and the other doesn’t, throwing up wider conversations about their beliefs. First performed in 2014, it’s the work of contemporary playwright Mike Bartlett, known for his ‘state-of-the-nation’ dramas, which hone in on a small group of characters to make subtle, implied observations about society.
At the helm of the production is Greenwich Theatre’s artistic director James Haddrell, whose recent productions have included a collection of short plays by Caryl Churchill in 2021 and Michael Frayne’s playlets Alarms and Excursions in early 2022. An Intervention, he says, “is about what happens when you don’t see eye to eye with the people you love the most. It’s about needing one another, and failing one another. It’s about being honest and being outrageous. It might just be what we all need right now.” Holly O’Mahony spoke to director James Haddrell to find out more about his vision for the show… Holly O’Mahony: It’s a big year for playwright Mike Bartlett, who’s had two new shows – The 47th and Scandaltown – premiere at major London theatres, and his 2009 play Cock revived on the West End. Was this Mike Bartlett mania part of the reason you chose to stage one of his titles this summer? James Haddrell: I was already planning to stage An Intervention before I heard about the other shows in London, but when I found out it certainly reinforced the strength of the choice. Mike’s work definitely does make us look at the world we live in – from his new play The 47th about the next presidential election in the US to his famous Charles III, adapted for TV by the BBC, which imagined the reign of our next monarch – but he also writes strong personal dramas. His TV hits Doctor Foster and its spin-off series Life both prove that. HO: What made you choose to stage An Intervention, one of his lesser known (well, not previously performed in London) plays? JH: The thing I missed the most about theatre during the pandemic was being challenged, being inspired and being forced to confront things that make me angry. An Intervention is about what happens when we discover we don’t really know the people we love, and when the countries of the world fall out with one another in the same way. Now feels like a particularly good time to think about that! An Intervention makes us see the havoc that international conflict wreaks, both on the world and on the most intimate personal relationships. HOM: Tell us a bit more about the plot of An Intervention. How will its themes resonate with Greenwich audiences in 2022? JH: At its heart, An Intervention is about two friends, maybe best friends, who react very differently to global events. With Britain about to send troops to intervene in an overseas conflict, one of the two characters attends a rally against the military action, which the other supports. There is a lot more to the play than that, but the rift brought about by differing opinions about something which neither of them thought would ever happen is the catalyst for almost all of it. It’s easy, at first glance, to see links between the play and events in Ukraine, but actually I think Brexit is a better comparison. I don’t think anyone in the country thinks that Putin’s invasion can be justified, but in
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theatre the case of Brexit, everyone was forced to have an opinion on something they often weren’t adequately informed about; it led to breakdowns in relationships and families. HOM: How did you go about casting it and who have you got performing in it? JH: I’m so excited about the cast for this show. It’s a two-hander and with just two actors on stage, they have to be fantastic. Lauren Drennan is back with us after starring in Michael Frayn’s Alarms And Excursions earlier this year, and alongside Lauren we’re really proud to welcome Helen Ramsay, making her professional debut. There’s something special about someone taking their first steps onto a professional stage. Helen has trained for three years, and I directed her during her training, but now her career is set to begin with An Intervention. HOM: How have you found directing it? JH: I am loving working on this play because it’s not quite what you might expect. Whilst the scenes are naturalistic, believable moments in the evolution of a relationship, the play also recalls the style of some of the most famous variety doubleacts, like Morecambe and Wise. The characters are always aware they’re on stage and performing to an audience, even though their relationship is spiralling out of control. We’re turning the stage into a small, intimate space where these two characters really
won’t have anywhere to hide! HOM: Lastly, what’s next for you at Greenwich Theatre? What else have you got coming up this summer? JH: An Intervention is part of a two-show repertory season, so as
soon as the show opens we’ll be going straight into rehearsals for an utterly madcap family version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (August 19 - September 4). Lauren and Helen are in this one too and will be rehearsing for it in the daytime while performing An
Intervention in the evening. For Treasure Island, they’ll be joined by two more actors. The script for the show is absolutely hysterical – the closest we’ll ever have come to a summer pantomime – so I can’t wait to see what audiences make of it.
An Intervention is showing at Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ES. July 22 - August 13, 7:30pm - 9pm, with additional 2:30pm matinees on Saturdays. Admission: £26/£21 concessions. www.greenwichtheatre.org. uk/events/an-intervention/
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Visions of a proper community cinema Of the few good things to come out of the pandemic in the UK, one was a strategic rethink of the cinema experience. Cast your minds back to that inbetweeny period, when picturehouses remained closed or too risky to chance, but parks were open and outdoor socialising had resumed. Enter the outdoor cinema, in all its breezy, open-air glory. Dab hands like Luna Cinema were quick to unveil their summer programmes, adding additional drive-in experiences to their existing offering and rearranging their seats into socially-distanced bubbles, but down in Woolwich, plans for a new outdoor screen, Vision Cinema, were being brewed, writes Holly O’Mahony… “Vision Cinema started off primarily as a COVID-19 friendly alternative to traditional theatre’s during the pandemic. However, since the launch of the company in October 2021 at Woolwich Arsenal Riverside, the open-air cinema quickly became known for its community focused approach,” says Alvin Edwards, creative director of Vision Cinema. Vision Cinema returns to Woolwich this weekend, running at Dial Arch from July 22 - August 14. The aim, Alvin explains, is to bring communities together through the screenings, offering a shared experience residents of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy. As a result, the programme tilts heavily towards family titles, with SpiderMan: No Way Home, Mamma Mia!, and Sing 2 and The Lion King being screened multiple times over the course of the run. “This year we have definitely decided to cater more towards families, as we feel other open-air cinemas in London are more adult focused. We also just love to see families coming together and having a great time at our events,” Alvin says.
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While screenings are typically ticketed, costing £30 for a family of four, £12.50 for an individual adult and £7:50 for a child, Vision Cinema offers a free screening each week, ensuring the experience is in some way accessible to all. The seating is a big pull with Vision Cinema screenings. No making do with a picnic rug or laying out your jumper on the dewy grass here; each customer gets their own inflatable chair and a blanket to keep them snuggly – after all, the screenings go ahead regardless of a little rain. “In the unlikely event of severe weather conditions the show will be cancelled and tickets fully refunded,” Alvin is quick to add. “We are very strict on customer satisfaction, extremely keen on providing the best customer experience possible and being ‘different’, so the idea of having deck chairs was definitely out of the picture,” laughs Alvin, when I comment on the inflatables being a cut above the average outdoor cinema seat. Audience members are given individual headsets too, so they won’t need to worry about noise
interference – and nor will the neighbours. While for now Vision Cinema is an al fresco initiative and so restricted to the summer months, the company plans to offer drive-in screenings in the future, whereby viewers can tune into the movie via their car radio. Food and drink wise, expect to find typical cinema fare – popcorn, hotdogs and fizzy drinks – as well as fit-for-2022 street food options, including mac and cheese bites, vegan burgers and cocktails, all of which are cooked up by soul-food chef Jazman SummersDaley, of Dow Dow’s Soul Kitchen. Vision Cinema is a happy byproduct of the pandemic and a clever example of blue sky thinking, but even so, don’t forget to pack your waterproofs. Vision Cinema, Dial Arch, Woolwich Arsenal Riverside, The Warren Royal Arsenal, No 1 St, London SE18 6GH. July 22 - August 14, screening times vary. Admission: £12.50/£7.50 child/£30 family of four. www.visioncinema.co.uk/
The 2022 line-up: Friday 22nd July
Monday 25 July
Mamma Mia (PG, Doors: 16:00, Film: 16:30-18:20)
Sing 2 (PG, Doors: 12.00, Film: 12:30-14:20)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A, Doors: 18:50, Film: 19:20-21:40)
The Lion King (U, Doors: 9.30, Film: 10:00-11:30)
Saturday 23rd July Pretty Woman (15+, Doors: 19:30, Film: 20:00-22:00) [Free Showing] Clifford The Big Red Dog (PG, Doors: 12:20, Film: 12:50-14:30) Sing 2 (PG, Doors: 9.30, Film: 10:00-11:50) Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A, Doors: 16:00, Film: 16:30-19:00)
Mamma Mia (PG, Doors: 15:50, Film: 16:20-18:10) Friday 12 August Scream (18, Doors: 19:10, Film: 19:40-21:40) [Free Showing] The 40-YearOld Virgin (15, Doors: 16:00, Film: 16:30-18:40) Saturday 13 August
Sunday 24 July
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A, Doors: 15:10, Film: 15:40-18:00)
Pretty Woman (15+, Doors: 19:20, Film: 19:50-21:50)
The Bad Guys (PG, Doors: 12:30, Film: 13:00-14:40)
Sing 2 (PG, Doors: 12.00, Film: 12:30-14:20)
Scream (18, Doors: 19:30, Film: 20:00-22:00)
The Lion King (U, Doors: 9.30, Film: 10:00-11:30)
Sunday 14 August
Spider-Man: No Way Home (12A, Doors: 16:00, Film: 16:20-18:50)
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news from charlton athletic community trust
“It’s a tournament like no other” - Charlton Invicta took part in annual GFSN event
Charlton Invicta are looking for new players to join the LGBTQ+ friendly team for the 22/23 season. Enquire by emailing information@cactinvictafc.com.
On Saturday 9 July our LGBTQ+ affiliated team Charlton Invicta FC took part in the annual Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN) summer tournament. 2022 will mark the 24th edition of the annual event and the first to be held in London. Over 450 LGBTQ+ people were part of the weekend spectacular which saw nights out at The Two Brewers in Clapham and Zodiac Bar in Camden. Whilst it may be the 24th edition of the long running tournament it marks the first for Invicta player Luke Brown – “I’m really looking forward to this year’s tournament because it will be my first participation. I love playing in the GFSN league and cup because it is really special - you get to travel to places you may never have been before and it makes me feel comfortable and accepted, as myself, as a gay man.”
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up being Stonewall FC in 1991 and Leicester Wildecats FC and Village Manchester FC both in 1996. Harley Bagnall-Taylor spoke of the importance of having a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in football: “Leagues like the GFSN exist to provide a safe space for players who felt they couldn’t be their authentic self, it gives people who felt they had no place in mainstream football a chance to play this beautiful game. It’s important for the LGBTQ+ community to have this visibility and space to express ourselves”.
Well done to all Charlton Invicta players on a great performance in the GFSN tournament!
This year Charlton Invicta lost in the quarterfinals 6-4 to Birmingham Blaze FC, after participating in the tournament for the first time last year. Defender Daniel Crump said: “It’s a great tournament that brings everyone together from all over the UK. It’s a fun day playing football and then the teams socialise on a night
out. That gives you a chance to make friends with players from other teams.
LGBTQ+ community closer together playing a sport everyone loves”.
“It’s a tournament like no other. Last summer we travelled to Blackpool for the weekend. We had no expectations, we played some good football, everyone had a laugh, we narrowly lost a quarter final on penalties but the whole weekend brought the
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This year marks the 20th anniversary since the GFSN National Football League was established with the first game taking place in September 2002 between Leicester Wildecats and Yorkshire Terriers. Other founding league members included Bristol Panthers FC and Leftfooters FC. This makes the GFSN National League the world’s longest running LGBTQ+ football competition. Charlton Invicta are recruiting for a new players, if you are interested email information@cactinvictafc. com for more information. www.weekender.co.uk
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Theatre School bounces back from lockdowns This year has proven to be an epic one for the David Stinson Theatre School. Like thousands of other businesses, the Theatre School did its best to keep going virtually throughout the COVID lockdowns. This academic year saw the return of normal, in-person classes which were full of excited children and young people aged from 3 to 16, all eager to be engaged and inspired by the universal language of the performing arts. So much so that the Theatre School launched additional classes to cope with the high demand of new enrolments. Now the David Stinson Theatre School, located at Invicta Primary School, Invicta Road, Blackheath, SE3 7HE, offers its most popular class – Musical Theatre (acting, dancing, singing) in the morning (10am – 1pm) and then again in the afternoon (1.30pm – 4.30pm). The Theatre School also offers graded dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, and acrobatics. In May this year the Theatre School expanded even further and launched its music department, where private piano and private singing lessons are offered. In the new academic year, commencing 10th September 2022, the Theatre School is excited to launch its SEND department where children and young people with special
educational needs and disabilities can access performing arts provision. The Theatre School is also the flagship school for International Performing Arts & Theatre (I-PATH), which was founded and is led by David Stinson himself. I-PATH is a regulated examination board that offers graded examinations in ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, commercial dance, contemporary, character dance, acting, singing, musical theatre and public speaking. Children who take an examination receive a recognised qualification which attracts UCAS points for those students wishing to progress to university. I-PATH has over 350 schools worldwide and sees over 20,000 children
and young people take exams each year. It is one of the fastest growing examination boards in the world. With David Stinson as its leader and founder, I-PATH creates amazing opportunities for his own Theatre School. This year the Theatre School has celebrated many successes. One student, Isabella, made her film debut as the lead in ‘To Olivia’ starring alongside Keeley Hawes, Hugh Bonneville, and Geoffrey Palmer, to name a few. This student also made her West End debut in the role of Young Cosette in ‘Les Misérables’ and then went straight into the title role in ‘Matilda The Musical’ in the West End. The Theatre School
also did its own production of ‘Matilda The Musical’ this year which saw the whole school taking part. A few weeks ago the Theatre School performed an Oliver Twist set at The Great Get Together Bankside, in remembrance of Jo Cox MP. The school is performing its annual show this week at the Thomas Tallis school theatre. If your child would like to experience any of the classes offered by the David Stinson Theatre School, they are invited to the Experience Day on 23rd July where they can get a taster of what is on offer. This is a free trial day and can be booked online at: www.davidstinsontheatreschool.com
If that’s not enough, the Theatre School also offers full time childcare provision at its performing arts holiday clubs in Blackheath. These clubs run during all school holidays including throughout the summer. They are open Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) 8am – 6pm with fees starting at just £97 a week. The holiday clubs are known throughout South East London as offering outstanding provision with qualified primary school teachers and performing arts teachers leading the sessions. You can book online at: www.davidstinsontheatreschool. com/holiday-clubs
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armour makers didn’t want their upmarket customers to see. Its gradual changes under various political regimes led to it being seriously considered in the early 19th century as a major producer of small arms for the government. Only the amount of land available led to the move to Enfield. Then in commercial use it remained upmarket with the manufacture of silk followed by gold and silver thread. It remained water powered. Further down river the Brook Mill was another medieval mill site eventually taken into other use. Although apparently continuing to mill corn it was essentially part of the vast water works from the 18th century Finally below Deptford Bridge is the Olde Floode Mill which I wrote about in some detail last December and picked up again a week later with an account of its last years as a dog biscuit factory before being taken over by the Robinsons. I have no reason to believe that it was ever run by anything other than water power, although I don’t know what the Robinsons may have installed there in the 20th century..
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Because of the current discussions - and panics - on the use of fossil fuels, I thought that I should do something about how power was generated for Creekside industry. Clearly the creek was a centre for the receipt and distribution of coal to generate steam, as well as make gas and later to generate electricity. Before that however, water was used to generate power. Watermills are very much what kept the world of industry in production before the development of coal generated steam and to a certain extent windmills. In this area windmills seem to have been nonexistent until the mid 18th century arriving at roughly the same time as the earliest steam. Water power was very much earlier. The Ravensbourne River was clearly important in this respect with mills throughout its length. However if we look at the literature on the two other rivers flowing to the Thames across south London it is clear that very little has been said about the Ravensbourne mills. There are books about the mills on the Darent and a great deal of literature on the mills of the Wandle. For the Ravensbourne, as far as I know, there is only the one book which is on the Silk Mills – and I also very much appreciate the effort which has gone in more recently in putting on guided walks, and so on, about Ravensbourne mills. The lack of books on the subject in constrast to the Wandle and the Darent might be explained by some mills on those rivers having been in operation until relatively recently, leaving remains that can be photographed. On the Ravensbourne almost nothing has remained of the traditional water powered Mills – and, dare I say it – Ravensbourne mills were probably rather smaller than those on the other rivers - so nothing has been left to photograph or write about which conforms to the pattern of your romantic watermill which publishers will expect to see. The Doomsday Book survey of 1086 says there were eleven Mills in Lewisham and four in Greenwich. Exactly what is meant by ‘Lewisham’ and ‘Greenwich’ is not clear – the two place names don’t cover the areas which we understand by them today. However, even if we take the two places together, most of these fifteen mills would have been on the Ravensbourne – if we accept they were all watermills, where else would they be? A possible alternative of course
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is that they were mills on the banks of the Thames – ‘tide mills’ - worked by the power of the incoming tide. One of them was undoubtedly the mill at Granite Wharf which archaeologists discovered in 2008 and there was probably another at Middle Watergate – and of course there may have been others as yet unidentified. Even so that leaves a possible 13 mills on the Ravensbourne. The problem with most of the mills on the Ravensbourne is that we know little or nothing about their earlier history and, only a very few have left any indication of an existence before the late Middle Ages. The Ravensbourne rises at Keston Ponds, south of Bromley and clearly not in Lewisham. It winds its way down through Bromley Common and Hayes and runs parallel to the west side Bromley High Street in a deep valley. Behind the Churchill Theatre in Bromley High Street the land falls away steeply through open parkland to Glassmill Lane in the valley. Clearly this ‘Glassmill’ too is not in Lewisham but it is the first mill, as far as I am aware, on the Ravensbourne as it flows northwards from its source. In the Domesday Book Bromley has one mill – is that what became of the glass mill? We tend to think of old mills as having Mr. Jolly Miller grinding corn grown by Farmer Giles so that Mr. Bun could bake bread for local people. The mills on the Ravensbourne really don’t conform to that stereotype and the Bromley mill is a good example of what was to come. It may well have originally ground corn at first but in 1449 it was part of a works making paper and in 1811 it was used by a central London business to polish mirrors and lenses – hence its name as ‘glass mill’, Eventually it was used by a commercial optician for making and polishing lenses. As the river flows down to Shortlands and
Bromley Hill there were other mills - one of which seems eventually to have been used to generate electricity. At Southend Peter Pan’s Pool by Homebase is a major relic of Ravensbourne mills and a reminder of the extent to which mills depended on water managed into pools and leats. A short way further on was a building, pulled down a few years ago, which was one of the outbuildings of another mill. These mills seems to have ground corn to start with but ended up being worked to make cutlery and similar small metal items. At Catford Bridge was another mill which had once been a cornmill dating at least from the 10th century. In Lewisham itself is Riverdale Mills standing near the river at the back of Lewisham Shopping Centre. Now converted to flats it is a modern building which incorporates an early 19th century industrial building. It is not listed and the English Heritage report on it is – well – a bit sniffy. The site however is probably that of a mill which could well have been pre-conquest and there are a number of references to it in industrial history sources. This ramble down the Ravensbourne is an attempt is to put the Creekside mills into some sort of context. The Ravensboune had a series of mills– some, if not all, pre-conquest – which may once have ground corn but probably all eventually went into other industrial use. There were all quite close together and must have produced a lot of flour in the Middle Ages if grinding corn was what they were doing. Surely they would have produced far more than would be thought reasonable to feed the local population – so were they in fact commercial millers and Mr. Jolly Miller is yet another historical myth. I am not aware of any mills on any of the numerous tributary rivers which meet the Ravensbourne although I suspect some existed. Most of these streams probably had insufficient flow to work a mill. Further down the mighty Quaggy probably had a flow which was too unreliable for a mill to be viable and its reputation for flash flooding made it dangerous. Water was important to all these millers and there was a vast body of knowledge and skills about its management. All these mills needed have mill ponds and special artificial water courses. They would have had to be built with the knowledge that other mills up and down river would need water and so
the whole river must to some extent have been a vast water management exercise I had drawn an imaginary line of the limit of the area I was to cover as ‘Deptford Creek’ at Lewisham Bridge. However I need to mention here Lewisham Bridge Mill which dated from at least 1700 but may well have been older. It was in the area now covered by the Glassmill Centre – and I assume that that is because of its use by a glass cutter to make chandeliers ‘for a short time in the 18th century’. This mill was the earliest bought by the Robinsons family when they came to South London. It was a water powered mill when they took it over and I rather assume it remained us such, although a conversion to coal fired steam would not be surprising. So – at last we have reached the Creek and the three – or maybe four or five – sites before the Ravensbourne reaches the Thames. The stretch of river between Lewisham Bridge and Deptford Bridge has clearly been altered and turned into a canal. And this was done some hundreds of years before the recent changes when the Docklands Light Railway got hold of it. On most maps until the 1920s the old course of the river is shown meandering away to the east of the straight canal-type section. The earliest map which I’m aware of is the Travers plan from the 1690s which shows quite clearly both the straight stretch and the curving line of the old river. Some later maps show one thing and some another but the age of the Travers map shows that the straight stretch is at least 17th century and probably earlier. Did this relate to the rights of various millers? The first mill coming downstream from Lewisham is the Armoury Mill and it might be a very good candidate for major work on the river. As a site making at first fancy armour and then government funded weapons I assume they had royal patronage and thus limitless funds,. Did they need to get barges up to the Armoury Mill and hence the need for a better water course – I assume they would need to be quite small and without a mast to be able to pass under Deptford Bridge. This leads to consider the sheer importance of the Armoury mill. It was probably built on the site of another mediaeval mill and then taken over I the 16th century for the rough work of metal manufacture that the posh Greenwich editorial@weekender.co.uk
Ah ha you are going to say – but you have missed the complex of big mill buildings at Deptford Bridge – Mumford’s and Robinsons. Mumford’s itself was built on the site of an earlier water powered mill. So in the late 19th century two big milling complexes were built at Deptford Bridge; no longer water powered but run by fossil fuels – initially coal. As far as the actual milling was concerned it was part of a revolution in the machinery and technology of the flour industry – which I outlined in the previous articles on the individual sites. One by one the water powered mils closed and within fifty years it would have been unthinkable to have any sort of power running any industry which was not fossil fuel generated. This also applies too the super efficient Thames tide driven mills which just closed down. Just the other side of the Thames at Three Mills, a tide mill on the Lea, a very successful mill was working until the 1940s but following bomb damage was never reopened or replaced. We talk today about ‘harnessing the power of the tide’ with no apparent reference to how recently it was done successfully. Have we completely lost the expertise of the old millwrights? There now appears to be no milling at all on Deptford Creek and lot of water has flowed down it which could have cheaply powered some of the smaller scale industries. Coal had been delivered to wharves on the Creek for many centuries and so it proved possible to use coal fired boilers to raise steam and steam powered equipment became seen as the only way of doing things. Soon I want to write about the gas industry on the Creek which certainly didn’t use water power, but used coal not as a power source but in a chemical process which turned it into a different sort of fuel. The later generation of electricity just used coal as a fuel. I hope the mills on the Creek and the Ravensbourne demonstrate the process clearly – the change from cheap, clean, water power to the use of fossil fuels to which no alternative seems ever to have been considered. What is also clear is that these water mills were not traditional in the sense that they ground local corn into flour for local people. Many of them were eventually in use for small scale industrial applications. With the use of fossil fuels the size of each operation escalated – as with the vast Robinson mill complex – until it too became dwarfed by others and was closed down. There is no more milling on Deptford Creek – and all that water is running down from the Keston unhindered and into the Thames. www.weekender.co.uk
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(This re-consultation is an EIA development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement Addendum, which includes submission of further information under Regulation 25 of The Town and Country (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended)) (The development may impact on the setting of the Woolwich Conservation Area, Woolwich Common Conservation Area and the Royal Arsenal Conservation Area as well as nearby Grade I, Grade II* and Grade II listed buildings) A copy of the application and any plans and/or documents submitted with it is available for inspection by the public at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ planning. Members of the public may obtain copies of the Non-Technical Statement, the full Environmental Statement and other associated documents (including the ES Addendum) as either hard or digital copies from AECOM, Sunley House, 4 Bedford Park, Croydon CR0 2AP. The cost of the hard copies would be £750 for the complete set (Volumes I – III and the NTS) including delivery, and for the Non-Technical Statement would be £15 per copy. No charge for digital copies. For further details contact environmentadmins@aecom.com. Representations to the Council about the application should be made within 30 days of the date of this notice using the above link or to the Planning Department, 5th floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich, SE18 6HQ stating the full reference number(s) above. Date: 20/07/2022 Victoria Geoghegan - Assistant Director Planning and Building Control
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public notices ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) SOUTHOLD RISE, SE9 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by T-Mobile who need to carry out repair and maintenance work. The Order will come into operation on 8TH August 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Southold Rise at the side of 122 William Barefoot Drive. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via William Barefoot Drive, Southold Rise and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TIMBERCROFT LANE, SE18 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 repair works on a collapsed sewer. The Order will come into operation on 25th July 2022 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. 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 Timbercroft Lane at the junction of Flaxton Road. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted by the placing of the appropriate signage. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Interim Assistant Director, Transport and Sustainability. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
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ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) FLAXTON ROAD, SE18 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 a service pipe repair. The Order will come into operation on 27th July 2022 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport. 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 Flaxton Road outside 74. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Melling Street, Swingate Lane and vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) COBBETT ROAD, SE9 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 Openreach who need to carry out repair works. The Order will come into operation on 1st August 2022 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. 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 Cobbett Road at the junction of Rochester Way Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Rochester Way, Well Hall Road, Dickson Road & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
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(INTERNAL REF: PL/398/LA421624)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) PALMERSTON CRESCENT, SE18 PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich 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 install a new connection. The Order will come into operation on 1st August 2022 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. 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), outside 55-59 Palmerston Crescent Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will not need to be diverted. Prohibitions remain in force, pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WELL HALL ROAD (TUDOR PARADE SLIP ROAD) PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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 Openreach who need to install a new chamber. The Order will come into operation on 29th July 2022 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. 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), into Tudor Parade at the junction of Kidbrooke Lane. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Well Hall Road. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 11/05/22
Dated 26/05/22
(INTERNAL REF: PL/374/LA431655)
(INTERNAL REF: PL/386/LA433095)
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public notices Royal Borough of Greenwich Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015 Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED) Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED) Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED) Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises/sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning. If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below. Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 21 days of the date of this notice. Please quote the appropriate reference number. Date: 20/07/2022 Victoria Geoghegan Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control List of Press Advertisements - 13/07/2022 Publicity For Planning Applications
Mr Edmund Lattimore 22/1422/HD 121 GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, LONDON, SE10 8NX Construction of a single storey rear extension and rear roof extension. Replacement of window openings. Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Applicant: Site Address: Development:
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Mr Faysal 22/1988/F FLAT 1, 24 HERVEY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 8BS Construction of a single storey rear extension. SUN IN THE SANDS
Selco Trade Centre Ltd 22/2025/F 815 WOOLWICH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE7 8LJ Change of use from Builders Merchant’s (sui generis) to storage and distribution (Class B8), with associated changes to parking provision and the erection of external storage racks. Conservation Area: Adj to Thames Barrier & Bowater Road
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Salauddin Global Trading Ltd 22/2040/F 25 HARE STREET, LONDON, SE18 6NE Installation of roller grille shutters and canopy and external spotlights, relocation of the front entrance and internal rearrangement Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area
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Pocket Living Blanmerle Road Limited and Co-operative Group Limited 22/2062/F Site Address: Land to the rear of 370- 380 Footscray Road, Eltham, Greenwich, SE9 2AA Development: Construction of a building of up to 5 storeys comprising 58 residential units (Use Class C3) together with associated wheelchair car parking and cycle parking, refuse stores, landscaping, substation and vehicular access. Applicant: Site Address: Development:
UTL Ltd 22/2071/MA 92-94 SHOOTERS HILL ROAD, BLACKHEATH An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning
permission dated 01/07/2015 (Reference: 15/1099/F) for construction of a fourth storey to provide additional two x 2-bed self contained flats including a new roof and internal alterations to allow: - Variation to Condition 1 (Facing Materials) - Removal of Condition 7 (Lifetimes Homes Standards) Conservation Area: SUN IN THE SANDS Applicant: Isabella Tafur 22/2153/F Site Address: 10 ST GERMANS PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0NN Development: Lower ground floor rear extension, patio area, landscaping and associated external alterations Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Applicant: Mr N Kent 22/2168/HD Site Address: 8 HADRIAN STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9AQ Development: Construction of a part one, part two storey rear extension, Alterations to roof with installation of solar panels and rooflights and associated works. Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH Applicant: Adrain Derrick Asset Plus 22/2186/F Site Address: SHERINGTON SCHOOL, WYNDCLIFF ROAD, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 7JP Development: Installation of the air source heat pump. Conservation Area: Applicant: Site Address: Development: Conservation Area:
Mr Hubbard 22/2199/HD 21 PARK VISTA, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LZ Construction of a roof terrace GREENWICH PARK
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Mr Rajen Sheth 22/2241/HD 39 COLERAINE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7PF Construction of a single storey rear extension WESTCOMBE PARK
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Mr & Mrs Smith 22/2258/HD 45 LEE ROAD, LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE3 9RT
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – WOOLWICH ROAD AND WOOLWICH CHURCH STREET 1.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich has made an Order to prevent danger to the public and because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. 2. The effect of the Order would be to provide bus, cycle and taxi lanes operational 7am-7pm Mondays to Sundays on: a. Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from a point 60 metres east of the junction with Charlton Church Lane to a point 55 metres west of its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout; b. Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout to a point 33 metres west of its junction with Westmoor Street; c. Woolwich Road, north-eastbound, from a point 44 metres east of its junction with Eastmoor Street to its junction with Warspite Road; d. Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Warspite Road to its junction with Westmoor Street; e. Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Westmoor Street to a point 39 metres east of its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout; f. Woolwich Road, south-westbound from its junction with Stone Lake Roundabout to a point 75 metres east of its junction with Charlton Church Lane g. Woolwich Church Street, eastbound, from a point 76 metres east of its junction with Ruston Road to a point 93 metres west of its junction with Leda Road; h. Woolwich Church Street, eastbound, from a point 48 metres east of its junction with Leda Road to its junction with the A2204; i. Woolwich Church Street, westbound, from a point 65 metres west of its junction with John Wilson Street to a point 87 metres east of its junction with Frances Street; j. Woolwich Church Street, westbound, from a point 58 metres west of its junction with Frances Street to a point 52 metres east of its junction with Woolwich Road; 3. The Order would come into force on 21st July 2022 and will remain in force for 18 months, or until the Council decides the Order should end, whichever is the sooner. 4. Queries concerning these works should be directed to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk quoting reference 07-22 A206 Bus Lane. Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Raising of the ridge of the original roof. Construction of a hip to gable roof extension with 2 rear facing sash windows. Installation of 8 rooflights to side roof slopes and picture glass window to the main rear roof slope (REVISED DESCRIPTION) Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Mr Philip Kunath 22/2269/HD Site Address: 29 GUILDFORD GROVE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8JY Development: Consruction of a single storey rear extension and single storey outbuilding Conservation Area: ASHBURNHAM TRIANGLE Applicant: Ms H Ransome 22/2289/HD Site Address: 173 WESTCOMBE HILL, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7DP Development: Minor internal alterations and replacement of two external doors with new large opening for a set of French doors with side lights to the ground floor rear elevation. Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK Applicant: Site Address: LONDON, SE9 Development:
Hutchison 3G UK Limited Hutchison 22/2304/T3 PUBLIC FOOTPATH, MIDDLE PARK AVENUE, ELTHAM,
The proposed development includes for the installation of a new 15m monopole tower to support antenna, associated radio-equipment housing and ancillary development hitherto. Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE Publicity for Listed Building Consent Applicant: Site Address: Development:
Mr Neil 22/2118/L 25 BLACKHEATH PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9RW To replace damaged/misshapen black metal balustrade on the front of the property facing Blackheath Park; remove dead wisteria from balustrade and between
brick wall and conservatory; replace damaged brickwork on conservatory wall; replace damaged cills and glazing and add a sub cill to replace lead flashing; replace damaged joist, glass roof and flashing on conservatory roof to brick wall, together with other associated alterations Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK Listed Building: Grade 2 Roy Thomson Limited 22/2138/L 55 MAZE HILL, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8XQ Take down and clear away redundant and/or corroded external waste and rainwater pipework. Fit new cast iron pipework as required, including necessary alterations to underground drainage, all as drawn, together with other associated external alterations Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address: Development:
Isabella Tafur 22/2154/L 10 ST GERMANS PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 0NN Development: Lower ground floor rear extension, patio area, landscaping and associated external alterations Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH Listed Building: Grade 2 Applicant: Site Address:
Publicity for Advertisements Salauddin Global Trading Ltd 22/2041/A 25 HARE STREET, LONDON, SE18 6NE Installation of illuminated sign board and projecting sign Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Site Address: Development:
Mountain of Fire & Miracle Ministries 22/2279/A 165-167 POWIS STREET, LONDON, SE18 6JW Installation of new internally illuminated fascia lettering on silver fixing bars with led lights. Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area Applicant: Site Address: Development:
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