At the most recent meeting of Greenwich Council’s Housing and Anti-Poverty Scrutiny Panel, senior officers apologised repeatedly for the failings of the housing repairs service. The sparsely attended meeting (only three Councillors and a tenants representative were present) focused on two particular areas of failure: From my point of view, as a Councillor, I am… Read More »
At its October Cabinet meeting Labour Councillors decided to allocate an extra £8.2m to the Meridian Home Start (MHS) company to allow it to build more homes on the Shepherd Leas site in Eltham. The Cabinet also chose to reduce the price MHS had to pay for the site, meaning that there was further funding… Read More »
As someone who values the beautiful woodland all around Eltham I was disturbed to learn recently that the Council is considering removing trees from the site of an old playing field and turning it over to a sports club. The site is alongside the Rochester Way, opposite Oxleas Meadow where there used to a scout… Read More »
Wimpy Eltham reopened its doors on Wednesday (November 3) with a brand-new look and a new management team at the helm. Experienced Wimpy franchisee and chef Nico Sokoli took over the restaurant in September, bringing it into a group of three other Wimpys he already owns in Welling, Orpington and Strood. His first priority was… Read More »
As I sat in the Housing Scrutiny Panel meeting last week wondering if a second Labour Councillor was going to turn up to allow us to be quorate (meaning the meeting would actually be official) I did ponder where the Cabinet Member for Housing was. That agenda was a bit sparse but now, having gone… Read More »
Eltham Conservatives have launched a petition calling on Greenwich Council to ‘Back Eltham’s Police’ and offer the local police teams a space in the Eltham Centre to be used during their shifts. The move comes with Eltham Police Station due to be closed this Autumn by the Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who first… Read More »
Greenwich Council is set to abolish its current “Tenancy Enforcement Patrol Team” and replace them with uniformed officers who will be working to improve the way public spaces (like greens or landings) are used. The change follows a clear admission by Royal Borough of Greenwich Council that the current approach is not working as in… Read More »
Greenwich Council has delayed plans to remove all dog waste bins from parks and woodlands around the Borough following an intervention by Eltham Councillor Spencer Drury. Spencer raised the issues of bins being removed after noticing one had disappeared from his regular walk at the start of May. The initial response from the Council was… Read More »
This week Greenwich Council have announced another consultation on the introduction of Controlled Parking Zones covering a number of areas to the north of Eltham High Street. The Traffic Management Order was advertised on 23rd June and the consultation lasts for 21 days – so please get any responses (supportive, opposing or just suggesting how… Read More »
Residents across the Royal Borough of Greenwich are being invited to vote to allocate funds for a range of good causes in their areas. In the south of the Borough, the Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund (GNGF) has £50,000 available for a wide range of good causes, so voting for the one you prefer is going… Read More »