Labour-run Greenwich Council has decided to push through a rise in charges in car parks and for parking permits by 7%, using an urgency procedure to make sure it cannot be challenged by opposition Councillors. According to the BBC general prices are currently rising by 0.4%, which means that the proposed increase in charges is a massive 17.5… Read More »
Labour-run Greenwich Council has published plans to construct a new ‘Strategic Cycle Route’ from Eltham to Greenwich Park which intends to block off the roads which currently allow drivers to travel from one side of the Page Estate to the other under the A2 and railway line. The plan (which is shown below) intends to… Read More »
At the January meeting of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council, Eltham Cllr Spencer Drury raised the issue of bowls clubs closing and asked for the Council to delay plans to withdraw its support for Council bowling greens. It has now been confirmed that the transfer of bowls clubs to their members will be delayed… Read More »
Having been contacted by local residents who were concerned about anti-social behaviour on Lovelace Green, I wanted to provide an update from the Council about how they have approached this issue. Council Officers have visited Lovelace Green (last weekend I think) and could see evidence of the anti-social behaviour, but could not see anyone doing… Read More »
Over the last year, in collaboration with the Progress Residents’ Association (PRA), I have been putting pressure on Hyde Housing to deal with the issue of damaged, decayed and collapsed fencing which is so obvious on Well Hall Road. On a number of occasions I have received assurances work is starting and the latest one… Read More »
I was grateful to receive an update on cyber-crime from Greenwich Council’s Trading Standards Department over the weekend. You can see the details below. This really is a wonderfully thorough document from the Council and I am grateful to the Eltham North Safer Neighbourhood Team for circulating it. The Trading Standards team does seem to… Read More »
Cllr Spencer Drury has welcomed the Government’s announcement that Greenwich Council will see its budget boosted by 3.2% per cent next year, as part of the Conservatives’ commitment to level up local services across the country and give them the resources they need to support their communities as we recover from the pandemic. Local authorities… Read More »
Funding from Government has been provided to councils, allowing families struggling to afford food and essentials over the Christmas period to access support across Eltham and the rest of the Borough of Greenwich. The Covid Winter Grant Scheme will see councils across England share a total of £170 million in additional, ring-fenced funding to help… Read More »
Greenwich Council has published a summary of the responses received in the brief 4 day consultation which was held online for their Orangery Lane proposals at the end of October. 58 responses were received, which highlighted some of the following issues (the Council’s responses are underneath the point which is being made):- Good mix of… Read More »
Some good news this week as the Council has confirmed that there will be some financial support for local bowls clubs as they are ‘transferred to self-management’ (which is code for the Council ceasing to support them). The hard cash available is £10,000-£15,000 over each of the next two years, but there is also a… Read More »