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Westcombe hill phone mast latest in council planning blunders

Posted on 22 September 2017
Labour-run Greenwich Council has been criticised, including by the Planning Inspectorate, for delays in processing planning applications. Now in Blackheath Westcombe there has been a major blunder by the Council over an application to put a communications mast off Siebert Road.

TfL refuse Shooters Hill Road speed camera

Posted on 20 September 2017
Campaigners in Blackheath have been left disappointed by a decision by Transport for London to refuse a request by Blackheath Westcombe Conservatives for a speed camera on Shooters Hill Road. The request follows a petition run by the local Conservatives last year regarding noisy and speeding vehicles in the area, which was signed by over 400 residents.

Longer trains are ‘much-needed relief’ for Southeastern commuters

Posted on 18 September 2017
Greenwich Conservative Councillors have welcomed the announcement of 68 extra carriages for the Southeastern network, providing an additional 5,000 seats during the morning peak.

Rat-run fears in Westcombe Park as diggers move in for IKEA

Posted on 17 September 2017
Local Conservatives in Westcombe Park have raised concerns about roads such as Westcombe Hill and Humber Road being used a ‘Rat-runs’ after the new IKEA store in Charlton is finished

Labour wastes another £50,000 on Greenwich Council planning chaos

Posted on 12 September 2017

Labour-run Greenwich Council is set to spend £50,000 of taxpayer funds by hiring external consultants at £45 an hour to resolve problems in the council’s Planning Department.

Advert screens at Sun-in-the-Sands blamed for driver distraction

Posted on 10 September 2017
The Blackheath Westcombe ward team have been working with Conservatives on the London Assembly regarding the TfL's LED advertising screens over the A1/A102 at the Sun-in-the-Sands.

Candidate selected for Blackheath Westcombe ward

Posted on 18 August 2017
Ward committee choses Malcolm Reid to stand in the 2018 Borough Council Election

Roger Tester joins Coldharbour & New Eltham ward team

Posted on 5 August 2017
Roger Tester has been selected by local Conservative Party members to stand as a candidate in Coldharbour & New Eltham ward in the May 2018 elections, after sitting councillor Mandy Brinkhurst announced she will be stepping down after 12 years in the role.

Sadiq Khan plans to close Eltham Police Station and community bases

Posted on 21 July 2017
The Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced plans to close Eltham Police Station, as well as local Safer Neighbourhood Bases in the borough. The news follows leaked emails revealed last month that showed the Mayor’s office has been planning the closures in secret since last December, despite this not appearing in the Mayor’s published Police and Crime Plan in March.

Boris back in Eltham to support Matt Hartley's MP bid

Posted on 31 May 2017
Boris Johnson visited Eltham High Street yesterday to give his backing for Conservative candidate Matt Hartley’s bid to become Eltham’s new MP.

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