As you will know some scenes of the film Blowup with David were filmed in Maryon Park. Did anyone see the filming.
Granada Woolwich, I saw Gene Vincent and Brenda Lee there dont remember the year, I would think early sixties. Still have the programme,but no date as it was a tour.
@Derek1952 - yes I was there as a 6 year old taken by my lovely neighbour who was 10 - those were the days, just get out and come home when its dark !
Belvedere in 1955 was very much a village. The police station has now been replaced with a block of flats.
Upper Belvedere and Lower Belvedere are very different beasts aren't they
The NEW Police Station was knocked down about 18months ago and replaced with flats, The OLD Police station is the DVSA Driving test centre and Upstairs is my Office
Belvedere in 1955 was very much a village. The police station has now been replaced with a block of flats.
Upper Belvedere and Lower Belvedere are very different beasts aren't they
The NEW Police Station was knocked down about 18months ago and replaced with flats, The OLD Police station is the DVSA Driving test centre and Upstairs is my Office
My octogenarian neighbour told me he was bombed out of the house just down from the driving school in the war. He also informed me the school in the photo was actually an annex to the secondary school - and he should know cos he went there. I do love living history
I'd never even heard of Belvedere when I was a kid (living 10 miles away). I think it would have been like a visit to the country though with the village and surrounding market gardens.
Belvedere in 1955 was very much a village. The police station has now been replaced with a block of flats.
Wow, it looks really different, but the most obvious thing is how few vehicles there are. I can't actually see any on the entire photo, and there are so many more trees. I used to go to the dentists in one of the big old houses up Picardy Rd, Mrs Mandl, who was Polish if I remember right.
Going for a night out in Woolwich Friday night! If I get negative tests in time.
To Woolwich Works. In the Fireworks Factory, No. 1 Street. Anyone been?
Despite my old age I'm going to see Afrikan Boy "one of the most exciting talent to ever come out of Woolwich", though I'm not sure it's a long list. Have seen him before and he is brilliant.
Greenwich Council has ordered a developer to demolish two riverside towers next to the Woolwich Ferry after breaches of planning permission
Be very interested to hear @Airman Brown take on this. I know zip about this subject but could Greenwich Council have their decision overturned by The DoE ? Lots of homes lost there and perhaps a few “names” losing their shirts ?
Greenwich Council has ordered a developer to demolish two riverside towers next to the Woolwich Ferry after breaches of planning permission
Be very interested to hear @Airman Brown take on this. I know zip about this subject but could Greenwich Council have their decision overturned by The DoE ? Lots of homes lost there and perhaps a few “names” losing their shirts ?
The developer can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, who will decide if the Enforcement Notice from Greenwich was correct. Any enforcement action is put on hold whilst the Inspector carries out this work, which seems to take around 6 to 9 months at the moment from what I understand. My guess is the Inspector will suggest that various changes can make the building acceptable, but who knows.
They not going to make them knock it down - we have a housing crisis in London.
presume Greenwich have taken a tough line to 1. Get some nice PR out of it 2. ensure the developer coughs up to make the required changes with the minimum of fuss
I assume some of the flats have been sold, so demolition would be even the more difficult? I suspect common sense will prevail and changes made without the need to demolish.
I assume some of the flats have been sold, so demolition would be even the more difficult? I suspect common sense will prevail and changes made without the need to demolish.
In normal circumstances yes, but this is Greenwich!
I assume some of the flats have been sold, so demolition would be even the more difficult? I suspect common sense will prevail and changes made without the need to demolish.
It was a build to rent scheme funded by Investec with £36M of debt so almost certainly the developer still owns the lot and rents them out.
As others have said I am sure there will end up a compromise where it is not demolished though.
Really poor form from the developer to ignore and carry on, and woeful monitoring by the bank who should have been monitoring the development and stopped drawdowns months or years ago.
I assume some of the flats have been sold, so demolition would be even the more difficult? I suspect common sense will prevail and changes made without the need to demolish.
In normal circumstances yes, but this is Greenwich!
Perhaps the residents could start a political party.
Basically got planning permission 10 years ago, didn't start building for 3 or 4 years, then built them and essentially said sod what we planned, we've done all of this differently. Only asked for retrospective planning permission when they got found out, and some of the things they've done sound properly messed up like accessible flats not having step free access to their own balcony, tarmac-ing over a big space that was meant to be the gardens, and completely changing the facade of the building.
May seem drastic to order them to pull them down but what's the difference between that and someone being ordered to tear down an extension to their house if they build without planning permission?
Might act as a deterrent to other cowboy building companies
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I'd never even heard of Belvedere when I was a kid (living 10 miles away). I think it would have been like a visit to the country though with the village and surrounding market gardens.
I used to go to the dentists in one of the big old houses up Picardy Rd, Mrs Mandl, who was Polish if I remember right.
To Woolwich Works. In the Fireworks Factory, No. 1 Street. Anyone been?
Despite my old age I'm going to see Afrikan Boy "one of the most exciting talent to ever come out of Woolwich", though I'm not sure it's a long list. Have seen him before and he is brilliant.
Yes lads
OPEN LINES
25 August | 7pm | General Gordon Square, Woolwich, SE18 6AB
Duration: 45mins
Free
One woman. One high wire. High above you.
https://www.enjoyroyalgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/gdif-2023-opening-night-open-lines-p1962911
https://festival.org/gdif/whats-on/open-lines/
(I'm sure nothing will this time and good luck to her)
Greenwich Council has ordered a developer to demolish two riverside towers next to the Woolwich Ferry after breaches of planning permission
https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/09/26/woolwich-tower-development-ordered-to-be-demolished/
Woolwich: Developers ordered to demolish 'mutant' apartment blocks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-669342962. ensure the developer coughs up to make the required changes with the minimum of fuss
It was a build to rent scheme funded by Investec with £36M of debt so almost certainly the developer still owns the lot and rents them out.
https://www.developmentfinancetoday.co.uk/article-desc-8238_Investec completes £36m loan for Comer Homes residential development in London
As others have said I am sure there will end up a compromise where it is not demolished though.
Really poor form from the developer to ignore and carry on, and woeful monitoring by the bank who should have been monitoring the development and stopped drawdowns months or years ago.
May seem drastic to order them to pull them down but what's the difference between that and someone being ordered to tear down an extension to their house if they build without planning permission?
Might act as a deterrent to other cowboy building companies