Galatea on a Dolphin at Avery Hill
Following, in alphabetical order, is the next site in SELIA - The Industrial Archaeology of South East London booklet - ‘Avery Hill. Now that is a very well known site and there is currently a petition out about it – but let’s see what SELIA says first.
“Conservatory. Avery Hill, Bexley Rd, SE9. The site was purchased by John Thomas North who made a fortune out of the Chilean nitrate trade in 1889. He diverted the road to allow a 50 room redbrick Italianate house to be built to the design of TW Cutler. It is now used as a training college. Of particular interest is the conservatory, adjoining the main house. The main hot house is approximately hundred foot square with a steel and glass roof. Rivetted steel girders support an octagonal lantern in the centre, the whole supported on an arched framework resting on cast-iron columns. The machinery room was rebuilt after the war and used to house boilers and electric generators. The campanile water tower/chimney still remains.”
Now - before I get any further. I agree that my remit for writing these articles - as indeed was SELIA’S – is industrial Greenwich. I am writing here about a posh house and its ancillary buildings. Can I argue that the house was built by somebody who had made a lot of money out of industry abroad: the son of a Leeds coal merchant who trained as a millwright had made money in South America? And one day I will do an article about him for this series. He built this house in Eltham and added to it every facility - stables,
gardens, Turkish baths and much else and all on a lavish scale. He died quite soon after it was finished and nobody has lived there as their home ever since. It was eventually sold to the London County Council; who used it as a teacher training college for young ladies but otherwise let it rot. None of the many interesting facilities which North had built really remain - apart from the - glasshouses/winter gardens/ conservatory/whatever. Very soon much of the estate became disused and derelict – and most crucially not talked about. Much was lost after the Second World War and there is much criticism about the little the LCC did to restore it. Can I point out that it was not the only local bombed ‘big house’. Charlton House was owned by Greenwich Council rather than the LCC, but it had been badly bombed - and - well – I guess much of the funding came from outside the councils and- well, which would you chose? It’s easy for us to moan about lack of work on Avery Hill - but - Charlton House is going to win every time, isn’t it?
That entry makes it pretty clear that they are the SELIA authors were basically just interested in the hothouses although there is so much more at Avery Hill. Since 1982 when SELIA was published everything has deteriorated and so many people
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Mary Mills
Inside the Avery Hill conservatory - neat but most plants gone
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Inside the Avery Hill conservatory - with Galatea in her pool
Rob Powell
have written about it that I hardly know where to start and I certainly wouldn’t want to compete with any of them. There is an excellent Friends of Avery Park website which gives many, many details and includes the struggles that have gone over the last few years. What do they have to say about it: “The 100 square foot botanical garden and conservatory – the largest in the country outside Kew Gardens - was originally conceived to hide the unsightly 40 foot walls of the ballroom - and took eight years to build. Its main materials are iron and steel. The fernery, original peach house and vine houses no longer exist. But In true Victorian style, the botanic gardens contained a wealth of rare and exotic plants and trees collected from overseas, some of which survive today. Nikolaus Pevsner, architectural historian, describes the winter garden as “amazingly sumptuous” and “flanked by fernery and conservatory, the best survival in London of such Victorian extravaganzas”.
What else has been said about the conservatory before we get any further? Historic England, describing it as ‘Winter Gardens’ have it on their ‘Buildings at Risk Register’. They say ‘Large conservatory built in 1889 in a classical style, with domed glass roofs and surmounted by a figure of Mercury. ‘The wider site has been sold for new educational use. The building was deteriorating due to blocked rainwater goods and lack of maintenance, especially to joinery at roof level. The Local Authority is ensuring that urgent works are being carried out to improve the building’s condition and make it watertight. Joinery repairs to the east and west roof lanterns are now complete. Discussions are continuing to secure the future management and use of the building.
There is much more like this – and no one is mentioning Galatea!
In 1982 when SELIA was written the conservatory was not only accessible to visitors but then it was quite something to see. What a nice place take an old auntie on an afternoon to look at the plants. One of my aunties, Maddy, ruthlessly took cuttings off exotic plants as soon as the man’s back was turned and despite the notices telling her not to do it. Elsewhere in the grounds was a large nursery which I always assumed belonged to Greenwich Council but in fact was owned by the Greater London Council – successors and inheritors of the London County Council. Initially the LCC seem to have been mainly been interested in opening up what is now Avery Hill Park. They usually took the view that the people of London deserved the best – but the house, then only 12 years old, was already in expensive disrepair and in some ways never recovered despite its years as a Ladies’ College.
The LCC did however take the various gardens and hothouses seriously. A very interesting article on a local website was written by someone who had worked there and gave detail about the very large scale on which the nursery site was operated and the very important plant collections which they looked after... He starts by describing the hothouses themselves - please read what he says because I can’t keep copying out long extracts here... https://jerry-coleby-williams.net/2021/03/16/
avery-hill-mansion-and-winter-garden-recollections-ofa-fading-part-of-londons-horticultural-heritage/ The Winter Garden is the centrepiece and it had a tropical, a warm temperate and a cool temperate house. The warm temperate house roof was tall enough for a mature Canary Island date. Also on display, just next to the Cool Temperate House, was a collection of Victorian gardening equipment used at Avery Hill”
Still no mention of Galatea?
Of course the nursery didn’t survive the 1980s demise of the Greater London Council and the site sat there rotting for years. I remember in 2010 being asked to put on the GIHS blog site an article about the dereliction and possible demolition of the stable block.
It always seemed to me that there were lots of interesting things to see at Avery Hill but that there was no way of actually seeing them or finding about them. I would read about – for instance – the early in-house electricity generation, but there was no way of finding where it was on site. Such innovations are part of the tourist package at Cragside (arms manufacturer Armstrong’s home at Rothbury in Northumberland) and elsewhere.
The Council sold the site to Greenwich University in 1992. In 1999 I had two coach loads of industrial archaeologists from all over the country to see South London. We had taken them round the Arsenal side the morning and then a brief look at Greenwich Peninsula before going to Evans at Crayford in the late afternoon. It makes sense to go and see Avery Hill at lunchtime.and the early afternoon. We could see the winter garden and hothouses and perhaps the electricity supply and some of the other features on the estates which are not normally available. It was all arranged. I booked it all properly with letters and with consents from the University. We turned up about 1 o’clock to admin staff who were welcoming and helpful but when we got the hothouses they were locked up. The staff who looked after them had gone to lunch. It wasn’t that bad because the visitors were able to climb into the houses by a window in the senior common room but there was no description of the hothouses and certainly about the electricity supply or anything else. I think I probably got the blame for that.
Since then I’ve learnt a lot more about the site and about the park. For example I knew there is a medieval ‘ridge and furrow’ here and in the adjacent Pippenhall Meadows. And SELIA missed the 16th century conduit head on the southern boundary of the Meadows. And the way to get to Crayford when you leave the site is to walk all the way along the River Shuttle from its source to its confluence with the Cray near in Bexley.
And then there is Galatea. If you are an extremely rich man why shouldn’t you put a bit of posh soft porn into your winter garden? She still there although all the plants have gone. She is a “fountain with a marble statue of ‘Galatea Reclining on a Dolphin’, 1882, by Leopoldo Ansiglioni, which depicts the figure and dolphin surrounded by 4 bronze birds and a group of sea turtles” (see https://enthusiasticgardener. com/2015/06/27/avery-hill-winter-garden/)
Galatea is supposed to be surrounded by exotic plants of the world but all she has these days is a few geraniums and a lot of dereliction. I’m glad she’s survived and perhaps her fortunes will change. Someone should adopt her – and perhaps at the same time they could tell local people and tourists a bit more about Avery Hill and what an interesting place this is.
Avery hill conservatory from the park
© Bee Twidale
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 103) Order 2023
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the abovementioned Order under sections 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 18th May 2023.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a. add the following to a list of ‘car free’ developments which are ineligible for parking permits, unless a resident or business user of that property is a disabled person’s badge holder: i. Nos. 428 and 428a Woolwich Road, will also be removed from the list of properties eligible for parking permits;
3. Further information about the Order may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. The Order and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Prohibition of Motor Vehicles) (School Streets No.** 202) Traffic Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Order would be to:
a) Introduce a prohibition for all motor vehicles from entering or proceeding in the sections of streets listed below from 8:00 - 9:30am and 3:00 - 4:00pm on Mondays – Fridays, during term time except for pedal cycles, dial-a-ride buses, vehicles in the service of the local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties, disabled badge holders with a valid school street permit, School Street Permit Holders and emergency vehicles:
i) Commerell Street, between the north-eastern kerb-line of Pelton Road and the party wall of Nos. 31 and 37 Commerell Street.
ii) Cookhill Road, for its entire extent.
iii) Grangehill Road, between the northern kerb-line of Earlshall Road and the southern kerb-line of Elibank Road.
iv) Haimo Road, between the south-eastern kerb-line of the access road fronting Nos. 546 to 562 Westhorne Avenue and the north-western kerb-line of Froissart Road.
3. School Street Permit Holders means residents living within the sections of streets listed above or any vehicle authorised by the Council who have registered their vehicle for an exemption to the prohibition of motor vehicles introduced in this Order on the list maintained by the Council and have been issued a School Street Permit at the discretion of the Council.
4. A copy of the proposed Order and other documents can be viewed by emailing traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 23-05 School Streets).
5. Further information may be obtained by emailing traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
6. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Order, should send a statement in writing by 7th June 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to traffic.team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 23-05 School Streets).
7. Persons objecting to the proposed Order should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 99) Order 2023
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 104) Order 2023
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the above mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 18th May 2023.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Introduce a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on St Margarets Grove, north-west side, from a point 19 metres north-east of the north-eastern property boundary of No. 1 St Margarets Grove for 6 metres in a north-easterly direction.
b) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (a).
3. Further information about the Orders may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
Highways Act 1980 Section 90A-F Road Humps
The Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999
Proposed Sinusoidal Road Humps
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) intends to, under sections 90A-F of the Highways Act 1980:
(a) Introduce a sinusoidal road hump on Parkview Road outside No. 75 Parkview Road. The sinusoidal road hump would be an elevated section of carriageway with a round top, 75 millimetres higher at its highest point than the surrounding carriageway, extending across the full width of the carriageway and measuring approximately 3.7 metres in length, including the gradients.
(b) Revoke a sinusoidal road hump on Parkview Road outside No. 81 Parkview Road.
2. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the proposed road humps, including maps and drawings, can be viewed by emailing Traffic.Team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. (quoting reference 23-05 S90 Proposals).
3. Further information may be obtained by emailing Traffic.Team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed road humps should send a statement in writing by 7th June 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to Traffic.Team@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 23-05 S90 Proposals).
5. Persons objecting to the proposed road humps should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport, Communities, Environment and Central, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
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Inside the Avery Hill conservatory - as it was once pub L ic notices
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) HARGOOD ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 31st May 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), outside 53 to the junction of Dursley road.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Whetstone Road, Holburne Road, Dursley Road & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 13/04/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/529/LA449919)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
NOVAR ROAD, SE9
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 1st June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Novar Road at the junction of Footscray Road.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Gaitskell Road, Reventlow Road, Footscray Road & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 05/04/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/516/LA449924)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) GILBOURNE ROAD PLANNED PARKING RESTRICTIONS (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by A&E Elkins Limited who need to deliver heavy loads to the site.
2. The Order will come into operation on 30th May 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 3 weeks. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles parking or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Gilbourne Road from the junction of Swingate Lane to 126 and from the side of 42 to 80.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation restrictions will be from 7am to 7pm Weekdays. Traffic will not need to be diverted. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 21/04/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/533/LA452311)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) MARMADON ROAD PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 9th June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 1 day. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), in Marmadon Road from outside 91 to 97 Junction of Hylton Street.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Church Manor Way, Brookdene Road, Balgowan Street & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 06/04/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/522/LA450401)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)
LUCKNOW STREET
PLANNED DIRECTIONAL ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works.
2. The Order will come into operation on 6th June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 7 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Lucknow Street from the junction of Alabama Street.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Alabama Street, Cardiff Street and Timbercroft Lane. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 13/04/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/526/LA450173)
ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) KIRKHAM STREET
PLANNED ROAD CLOSURE (ORDER)
1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich make’s this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works on a leaking main in Swingate Lane.
2. The Order will come into operation on 1st June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 2 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), Kirkham Street at the junction of Swingate Lane.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Flaxton Road, Melling Street, Swingate Lane & vice versa. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport. The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
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1. The Royal Borough of Greenwich intends to make this Order in exercise of powers under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This is to facilitate works by Thames Water who need to carry out repair works on a leaking main.
2. The Order will come into operation on 5th June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 5 days. The duration of the Order can be extended with the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport.
3. The effect of the Order would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Royal Place from the junction of King George Street.
4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via King George Street, Royal Hill and Royal Place. Prohibitions remain in force; pedestrians are not affected, and vehicle access will be maintained wherever possible.
5. Nothing in this Notice will apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or traffic warden, to emergency service vehicles, or to vehicles being used in connection with the works.
6. The restrictions described above will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs as prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
7. Queries concerning these works should be directed to the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Directorate of Regeneration, Enterprise & Skills on 020 8921 6340.
Ryan Nibbs Assistant Director, Transport.
The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ
Dated 11/05/23
(INTERNAL REF: PL/536/LA450148)
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 202*
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) proposes to make the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Replace the single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am’ restrictions with double yellow line ‘at any time’ restrictions on Lannoy Road, south-west and west sides, outside No. 49 Lannoy Road.
b) Replace in part the Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am (N) bay with double yellow line ‘at any time’ restrictions on Lannoy Road, south-west side, from a point 3.8 metres north-west of the common property boundary of Nos. 47/49 Lannoy Road for 2 metres in a north-westerly direction.
c) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (b).
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Lannoy Road 23-05).
4. Further information may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
5. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Orders, should send a statement in writing by 7th June 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Lannoy Road 23-05).
6. Persons objecting to the proposed Orders should be aware that in view of current access to information legislation, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport
Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 100) Order 2023
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 105) Order 2023
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the abovementioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into operation on 18th May 2023.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
a) Introduce disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking places at the following locations:
i) Churchbury Road, north-west side, outside No. 26 Churchbury Road.
ii) Mottingham Road, north-east side, outside No. 257 Mottingham Road.
iii) Inca Drive, north-west side, from a point 10 metres east of its junction with Footscray Road for 6 metres in an easterly direction.
b) Replace in part the Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm Zone EN bay with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Elmbrook Gardens, west side, from a point 1 metre south of the northern property boundary of Nos. 22/24 Elmbrook Gardens for 6 metres in a northerly direction.
c) Replace in part the Free Parking Place with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Tallis Grove, north-west side, outside No.9 Tallis Grove.
d) Replace in part the Permit Holders or Limited Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm Max stay 2 Hours No return within 3 hours Zone C bay with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on Fairthorn Road, east side, outside No. 13 Fairthorn Road.
e) Replace in part the Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Zone WD bay with a disabled persons’ ‘blue badge’ parking place on St Marys Street, south-east side, outside No. 18 St Marys Street.
f) update the map tiles attached to The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order 2018 and The Greenwich (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2018 so as to reflect the provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).
3. Further information about the Orders may be obtained by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. The Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders can be viewed by emailing parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
5. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Assistant Director, Transport Communities, Environment and Central Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 17th May 2023
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Town & Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(England) Order 2015
Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Planning (Listed Buildings & Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 (AS AMENDED)
Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007 (AS AMENDED)
Notice is hereby given that application(s) have been made to The Royal Borough of Greenwich in respect of the under mentioned premises sites. You can see the submissions and any plans at http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/planning.
If development proposals affect Conservation Areas and/or Statutorily Listed Buildings under the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Area) Act 1990 (As Amended) this will be shown within the item below.
Anyone who wishes to comment on these applications should be made in writing to Development Planning within 22 days of the date of this notice.
Please quote the appropriate reference number.
Date: 17/05/2023
Victoria Geoghegan
Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control
List of Press Advertisements - 17/05/2023
Publicity For Planning Applications.
Applicant: Ellis Property Investments Limited 23/0329/F
Site Address: 24 COURT YARD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 5PZ
Development: Construction of a part 2/part 3-storey rear extension, including basement conversion and extension with front, side and rear light wells to facilitate the creation of 7 self-contained flats (4 new units) (Resubmission of lapsed application Ref: 18/3287/F).
Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE
Applicant: Mr and Mrs Ogilvie 23/0483/MA
Site Address: LAND R/O 1 ANNESLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0JX
Development: An application submitted under Section 73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a minor material amendment in connection with the planning permission dated 01/12/2022 (Reference: 22/2865/MA) for the demolition of existing outbuildings and erection of a single dwellinghouse together with hard and soft landscaping, car and cycle parking and bin storage to allow:
- Amendment to Condition 2 (Approved Drawings)
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH
Applicant: Leonie Hope 23/1065/HD
Site Address: 3 ST JOHNS TERRACE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7RT
Development: Formation of a loft conversion with two rear dormer windows, installation of two conservation rooflights to front roof slope and rear, and replacement of all windows to sash windows. [amended description]
Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Applicant: Mr Patel 23/1158/F
Site Address: 52 POWIS STREET, LONDON, SE18 6LQ
Development: Change of use of second floor and part of first floor to provide 1 no. 1 bed flat and 1 no. 2 bed flat (Use Class C3). Alterations to the shopfront to provide residential bin storage and access and all associated works.
Conservation Area: Woolwich Conservation Area
Applicant: Mr Jupe 23/1285/F
Site Address: 64A ST JOHNS PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7JP
Development: Construction of a rear extension (In place of previous demolished lean to).
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH
Applicant: Kush Boparai 23/1383/HD
Site Address: 150 PLUM LANE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 3HF
Development: Demolition of existing conservatory, construction of a single storey rear extension and raised patio [amended description].
Applicant: Mr Siddharth Agrawal 23/1406/HD
Site Address: 62 CORNER GREEN, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9JJ
Development: Construction of a ground floor front extension, fenestration alteration, façade alterations, rooflight insertion, chimney installation, outdoor BBQ and dining area, floor plan redesign and all associated works.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK
Applicant: Ms Ann Laffey 23/1413/HD
Site Address: 479 ROCHESTER WAY, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1SW
Development: Installation of new window Upvc to windows to replace existing Aluminium windows.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: The Trustees of the National Maritime Museum 23/1420/SD
Site Address: ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH, PARK ROW, London SE10
Development: Submission of details pursuant to Condition 4 (Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment) of planning permission 23/0405/F dated 06/04/2023.
Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK
Applicant: The Hyde Group 23/1436/HD
Site Address: 103 OLD WOOLWICH ROAD, LONDON, SE10 9PP
Development: Replace existing front main door with a new joinery made timber front door.
Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH
Applicant: The Hyde Group 23/1438/HD
Site Address: 13 PRINCE RUPERT ROAD, LONDON, SE9 1LR
Development: Replace existing front door with Climatec Period 1930`s Style authentic timber effect door to match existing size.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: The Hyde Group 23/1439/F
Site Address: 67 & 67A GRANBY ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1EH
Development: Replace existing front entrance door with Climatec Period 1930`s Style authentic timber effect door to match existing size.
Conservation Area: PROGRESS ESTATE
Applicant: Osborn Architectural Consult 23/1502/PN2
Site Address: BLOCK AT, 1-99 KINGSMAN STREET, WOOLWICH, SE18 5QF
Development: Prior approval is sought for the change of use of ground floor from Laundrette (Sui Generis) to Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to create two self contained 2b3p residential dwelling units.
Applicant: Mr Tom Barnes 23/1503/HD
Site Address: 2 BANCHORY ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8SW
Development: Construction of a loft conversion with two rear dormers and associated works.
Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD
Applicant: Mrs J Yaqoob 23/1510/HD
Site Address: 8 KIRKHAM STREET, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 2JU
Development: Construction of a loft conversion with a rear dormer and associated works.
Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON
Applicant: CK Hutchison Networks (UK) Ltd 23/1520/T3
Site Address: PAVEMENT OUTSIDE 19-21 VANBRUGH PARK ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7PZ
Development: Proposed 5G telecoms installation: H3G 15m street pole and additional equipment cabinets.
Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH
Publicity for Advertisements
Applicant: Royal Borough of Greenwich 23/0829/A
Site Address: VARIOUS LAMP POSTS, ELTHAM HIGH STREET, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 1TY
Development: Non illuminated , PVC Lamppost Banner Advertising (measuring 1.6 x 0.6m). Flex-arm system , retro fitted to the column. Display of event and limited commercial advertising (may affect setting of listed buildings).
Conservation Area: ELTHAM PALACE
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Together 23: Norman Jay MBE to headline free family festival
The secret’s out! Norman Jay MBE will headline an exciting family-friendly line-up at Together 23 on Saturday 10 June. The co-founder of KISS FM and a pioneer of the ‘Rare Groove’ scene will bring his blend of soul, jazz and dance to close the show with a bang!
Our free festival is back in Charlton Park from 12 noon to 6pm, with a packed programme of live performances, activities, sports with Greenwich Get Active, food and drink stalls and more.
Also taking to the main stage are Woolwich Singers, local rock band C7, MOBO award winning rapper Lady Marga MC, singer/ songwriter Lewis Land, south east London collective Groove 101 and Britpop tribute act Parklife.
In our Kids’ Town, enjoy dance, music and theatre performances, plus crafts, drumming workshops and meet Farrah the Fox as part Emergency Exit Arts Royal Greenwich Festivals funded project, Fox Park. And don’t miss our LGBTQ+ Pride tent, sponsored by the University of Greenwich.
Elsewhere, get to know local community groups in our Community Village, sponsored by CU London Greenwich, and young train
enthusiasts can get hands on with Trainmaster’s interactive railway.
Line-up so far
Main Stage
• Woolwich Singers
• Lady Marga MC
• Lewis Land
• C7
• Groove 101
• Parklife
• Norman Jay MBE
Kids' Stage
• Plumcroft Primary School Choir
• Boppin’ Bunnies
• Dynamix
• Anna Fiorentini’s Performing Arts School
• Funky Immigrants
• DJ Epik Daiquan
Plus soft play, funfair rides, life sized arcade, bouncy castle, face painting, Meet the Council, marketplace, street food and more!
For more information visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/together-23
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Photo: Dean Chalkley
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