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- Barracks residents (mylondon.news)
Those living in the former Royal Military Academy feel as if promises have been broken as the site's chapel and great hall were meant to be retained and revamped for community use
- London leaseholders victorious in battle over unfair service charges (mylondon.news)
A property tribunal judge ruled in Notting Hill Genesis leaseholders' favour on all grounds
- Greenwich line rail cuts could be repeated in October, Thameslink warns - The Greenwich Wire (greenwichwire.co.uk)
This summer’s timetable cuts to Greenwich line services could be repeated in October, Thameslink has warned, as passengers prepare for a reduced service to and from central London at the height of the tourist season.
- The Woolwich Dockyard & St Mary’s Residents Association is campaigning to have the area removed from Greenwich Council's Local Plan (mylondon.news)
'I'd lose my home and business': Woolwich residents blindsided as estate appears in development plan
- Update on Woolwich development progress (fromthemurkydepths.co.uk)
A few further development are now underway in Woolwich town centre and the nearby area so a bit of a quick update today on how they’re looking. Firstly a block that’ll reach 15-floors when complete is currently on the rise beside General Gordon Square at Woolwich Central.
- New-build homebuyers could be owed thousands over alleged price inflation (consumervoice.uk)
More than 700,000 new-build buyers could be affected by a legal claim worth up to £4.5bn over alleged price inflation by major housebuilders
- Woolwich foot tunnel broken lift. (greenwichwire.co.uk)
The broken lift is a bit of a legend in that foot tunnel. Ironically the main complaints do not come from pedestrians or people requiring a mobility solution. Its cyclists. Who are supposed to be banned and fined there anyway. The article fails to mention the Act of Parliament.
- Woolwich bank to become fast food restaurant (fromthemurkydepths.co.uk)
Losing services for a KFC?