Greenwich & Lewisham Weekender - May 31st 2023

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EDITOR

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Issue: GW313

Pick of the Week

By Holly O’Mahony

Big Bands through the ages

As those who have seen a big band live will attest, few concerts can match their life-affirming energy. Taking audiences through the 100-year history of big bands is the Len Phillips (LP) Swing Orchestra, a 17-piece band who pay homage to the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Michael Bublé, while tracing the development of the original big bands, such as Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. The group have had a recent Top 40 single and are currently one of Britain’s best-loved big bands, so catch this opportunity to see them live. Churchill Theatre, High Street, Bromley BR1 1HA.

June 4, 3pm. Admission: £25.

100 years of Disney – in concert

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www.churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-lpswing-orchestra-bromley-2023

The Disney franchise marks its centenary this year, and to celebrate 100 years of princes, princesses and their villainous antagonists, the Disney in Concert series – which has been staging sung-through performances of some of the movies’ best loved songs since 2016 – is touring a special anniversary concert, which is calling in at the O2 arena this Sunday. Supported by the Hollywood Sound Orchestra, the multimedia experience features hits from The Lion King, Aladdin, Frozen, Mary Poppins and more, as well as familiar songs from the worlds of Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel. If your little ones are in their Disney phase, this might be the closest you can usher them to their heroes.

The O2, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX. June 4, 6pm. Admission: £41 - £138. www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/ disney-100-the-concert

Royal Arsenal Summer Lates returns!

Royal Arsenal Summer Lates returns this Saturday, bringing with it scrummy street food, cocktails, craft beer and live music, plus a chance to meet other members of the community. Artillery Square, No1 Street, London, SE18 6NG. June 3, 12pm - 8pm.

Admission: FREE.

www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on/royalarsenal-summer-lates-p1930671

A musical journey from Korea to Japan

Woolwich’s celebration of world music returns, this time with two acts whose music will take audiences to two very different corners of East Asia. First up is the Shilla Ensemble, a group that blends Korean folk songs with court music and contemporary pieces. Then, the evening is heading to the opposite shore of the Sea of Japan, for Yama Warashi’s folk dances, free jazz and rhythms inspired by Japanese traditions.

Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 Street, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD. June 2, 7:30pm. Admission: £13/£9 concessions.

www.woolwich.works/events/arsenal-of-sounds-yama-warashi-the-shilla-ensemble

Make your own fan

If, for you, the return of summer brings with it hot flushes and the need to carry around a miniature fan at all times, then why not have a go at making your own at a fanmaking workshop at Greenwich’s dedicated Fan Museum? The three-hour workshop will see you make two types of common fan, led by experienced fan maker Caroline Allington. A midway coffee and tea break is a chance to get to know your fellow fan makers.

Fan Museum, 12 Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ER. June 3 (and the first Saturday of every month), 2pm - 5pm. Admission: £40. www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/ workshops

© Royal Museums Greenwich

ART FOR LAUGHS

Centuries-old art can be a stuffy affair. But what if a comedian were to pick it apart, write it a new history or tell its story in a more relatable way, with a few laughs thrown in for good measure? Such is the deal at Art Laughs, a roving comedy night that brings some humour into arts and heritage spaces. It’s coming to The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre for the first time this weekend – marking the first time the archive space will host a comedy night.

Comedians including Jamie D’Souza, Harriet Braine and Annie McGrath will be taking audiences through some of Royal Museums Greenwich’s most, er, unusual objects, while the event’s host, art critic-comedian Verity Babbs, will be taking visitors on comedy-led tours of the store. Improvisers Dom O’Keefe, Giles Gear, and Sophie Ward of Giddy Aunt Improv will also be on site, poking playful fun at the collection’s paintings

The Weekender spoke to Verity Babbs and Collections Engagement Producer at Royal Museums Greenwich Khursheed Hussain to find out more about what to expect from the event…

Holly O’Mahony: This is the first time the Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre (PPMCC) is hosting Art Laughs. Where in the venue will it be hosted and how do you expect things to play out?

Verity Babbs: Throughout the

night, there will be different sections happening in different areas of the building. We will have improv inspired by the collection’s paintings happening in the depths of the Painting Store; art-inspired stand-up in the Learning Space; and a guided tour showcasing objects in the Relative Humidity Sensitive Objects Store and the 3D Objects Store. PPMCC is a complete treasure-trove so it was important for us to make the most of the entire space and celebrate as many parts of the collection as we could.

HOM: Verity, you’re an art criticcomedian and the one delivering the tour I believe. What sort of funny items will you be calling out?

VB: The guided tour will take a look at a varied selection of objects which stood out to me when I came to visit the space –everything from a Titanic peanut to celebratory jugs and celebrity dogs!

HOM: The improv and stand-up

portions of the evening will see some of the paintings dressed down for laughs. Are you able to tell us more about the pieces which will be under the spotlight?

VB: The three improvisers we have performing on the night –Dom O’Keefe, Giles Gear, and Sophie Ward – will be creating scenes based off the characters, landscapes and narratives seen in the paintings in the Painting Store. All of the paintings are hung on roller racks, and it will be down to the audience to choose from 86 of them! The comedians won’t know what will be chosen, so the scene will be completely guided by the audience.

The stand-up section featuring Annie McGrath, Jamie D’Souza and Harriet Braine will be more loosely art-themed, and as three of the most up-and-coming names on the comedy circuit today, it’s definitely not one to miss.

HOM: It’s a great idea, having a comedy event that interacts with the setting rather than just immersing audiences in it. What inspired the format?

VB: I work in the art world and found myself becoming disheartened by how humourless it all was, so I created Art Laughs, first as a series of video interviews with comedians about an artwork of their choice and then as live events which have been to the Edinburgh Fringe, National Gallery, The Cartoon Museum and now RMG. It’s a way of bringing a little bit of light-hearted joy into conversations about art. I believe it’s important to make art more accessible to people who haven’t studied it or spent much time in gallery or museum spaces, and having the comedy nights right there amongst the art works makes for a really impactful and enjoyable night.

HOM: You’re not working with any old comedians, though. Several of them, like you, have an art world background or have studied art history. How did you go about finding the right people for the job?

VB: I have worked with some ama zing acts along the way. Harriet Braine is a phenomenal musical comedian with a load of hilarious art historical songs, and Annie McGrath is a writer, curator, and host of the ‘Secret Artists’ podcast as well as being a

talented stand-up. Jamie doesn’t have an art background but has taken part in several Art Laughs events and is just plain funny. The improvisers taking part in the night are three of my absolute favourites to perform with, first meeting in the Oxford Imps [a long-running improvisation group in Oxford] and now all performing together each month as Giddy Aunt Improv.

HOM: Lastly, what are your hopes for the future of the event? Will you make it a regular thing if it’s a success?

Khursheed Hussain: Our hope for this event is to get more and more people from different backgrounds to be engaged with the collection at PPMCC. If this event is a success, we would like to run it regularly and I’m sure Verity would love for Art Laughs to have a consistent home in London. We want to bring fun and truly welcoming conversations about art to more people, and what better place to have them in than the collections of Royal Museums Greenwich. Art Laughs is taking place at Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre, Nelson Mandela Road, London SE3 9QS. June 3, 7pm - 9pm.

Admission: £20/£18 concessions. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/princephilip-maritime-collectionscentre/art-laughs-princephilip-maritime-collections

„ Peggy, Bulldog mascot of HMS

Iron Duke

„ Samuel Plimsoll Jug 1 „ John Jeffries

Don’t miss out on government support to cut your energy bills

THE UK Government has provided unprecedented levels of grants and one-off payments to help with energy bills –alongside more than 40 other support schemes, depending on your circumstances and income – to help with the cost of living.

Through the Energy Price Guarantee and Energy Bills Support Scheme the government has covered around half of a typical household energy bill this winter, saving about £1,500 by the end of June.

In the summer months less heating is used, but there are still actions you can take to reduce energy consumption. Information on the support schemes and energy saving tips can be found at gov.uk/helpforhouseholds

The Energy Bills Support Scheme along with the Energy Price Guarantee and other government cost of living support schemes have already proved “really helpful” for mum-of-four Jaylene Pritchard.

She lives in North Derbyshire with partner Ben, a market worker, and her children. Jaylene said: “The children’s school has been extremely

accommodating. They’re like family and really couldn’t do any more for us.

“One support scheme that has really helped our family is the Household Support Fund. Heidi Ketton, the school’s Early Help Manager, has been so helpful; she helped our family to fill out the application form so that we could get extra support.”

With the increase in energy bills and cost of living, Jaylene and her family are not the only ones who are finding life tough and who have benefitted from government support.

Heidi added: “We have seen more and more families in the area seek help and many are initially reluctant to admit that they’re struggling.”

In just over a month, she helped 160 families with government cost of living support schemes, and all are appreciative of the extra funds they received. “There is support out there and help to seek it out too,” stressed Heidi. Check you’re getting all the payments you’re eligible for and take steps now to make sure you are ready for next winter.

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The Energy Price Guarantee, which limits the amount you can be charged per unit of gas or electricity, has been extended at the same level until the end of June.

Through the Energy Bills Support Scheme most households have automatically received a £400 discount on their energy bills between October 2022 and March this year. Those households who did not receive the support automatically, as they do not have a domestic electricity supply, may be eligible to apply for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding until 31 May 2023.

Search ‘energy bills alternative fund’ on gov.uk or call 0808 175 3287 to check your eligibility.

TAKE ACTION NOW

Now is the best time to look at how you can save money on heating costs this coming winter, and there are plenty of little actions you can take immediately to reduce the amount of energy you use. You can...

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Jaylene Pritchard and her children

The Lost Feather: Oily Cart theatre company brings sensory storytelling to Greenwich Theatre

No understanding of English, or indeed any other language, is needed to enjoy Oily Cart’s latest theatre show The Lost Feather. You might recall the company, which began life 40 years ago creating puppet shows in parks, from its recent show Jamboree, which was performed on doorsteps across the borough of Greenwich during lockdown. The Lost Feather has been conceived by learning-disabled creative Mark (who uses only his first name), a long-term collaborator of Oily Cart, together with writer Amani Naphtali, and is performed by storyteller Usifu Jalloh. Pitched as a ‘sensory storytelling adventure’, the 45-minute show is coming to Greenwich Theatre this week in a series of relaxed performances, so little ones are invited to roam around as much as they please.

The Weekender spoke to Ellie Griffiths, artistic director of Oily Cart, to find out more about the show and the company’s mission to make work that’s inclusive of all children…

Holly O’Mahony: Firstly, could you tell us a bit about Oily Cart’s mission as the theatre company?

Ellie Griffiths: Oily Cart’s mission is to make world class theatre that can work for all children. This includes babies, toddlers and disabled children who have the most barriers to access. Our sensory approach speaks to all the senses (if you break it down, we actually have 33 senses, not five!). In our shows we incorporate movement, light, shadow, temperature, smells, touch and taste, meaning that you don’t need to understand words to fully enjoy our shows, or to collaborate with us to make them. We rip up the rule book of standard theatre to make it work for everyone, to make it something that can really connect people who have very different ways of being in the world. We believe that the sensory is as close as you can get to a universal language and are excited about the potential of working this way to bring people together.

HOM: Tell us about the show you’re currently touring, The Lost Feather.

EG: We first created the story of The Lost Feather in lockdown. With no live theatre, we knew that many disabled children were at risk of becoming more isolated during this time, so we made sensory shows that could travel to people’s homes and schools, to be brought to life by teachers and their classes. We made a colourful, musical cart, which can literally be played like an instrument, to arrive in schools full of beautifully crafted props, puppets and everything the school would need to tell the story in their classrooms.

HOM: How did the idea for the show come about?

EG: The Lost Feather was created by our associate director Mark, who is a learning disabled artist who has worked with Oily Cart for many years and is a real expert in sensory theatre. Mark collaborated with the writer Amani Nephtali and designer Amanda Mascarenhas to bring his ideas to life. Now that we are able to tour with performers again, we wanted to take this project to the next level and share the story more widely. We have got the incredible storyteller Usifu

Jalloh onboard to add in live music and take the story to all different settings over the next few months.

HOM: What can audiences expect from it?

EG: Audiences can expect a really welcoming, colourful, fun experience where they are all part of the adventure. The show is a mixture of live music, interactive sensory stimuli, puppetry, shadow making, storytelling and opportunities to play and get involved. The show features recorded music from Uganda, called embaire music, played for us on the soundtrack by the Nakibembe Embaire Group. This is music that really makes you want to move. Our performer Usifu is from Sierra Leone, and brings his country’s rich heritage of storytelling into the show.

HOM: What about the show makes it accessible?

EG: We stage the show in a relaxed atmosphere where you can make noise and move around as much as you like. As with every Oily Cart show,

we have made it as sensory and accessible as possible, so all children and families feel welcome. Although this show uses some language, we are incorporating Makaton signing [a communication system using signs and signals], and it’s really not necessary to understand the words to enjoy the experience.

HOM: You often stage your shows in unconventional spaces like parks, libraries and even hospitals. How come?

EG: We know that theatres aren’t plac es that everyone feels welcome or comfortable to come to. We also know they can be expensive, especially when times are hard, and that not everyone lives close to a local theatre. We wanted to make sure that none of these things got in the way of families getting the chance to enjoy an Oily Cart show. When the company was first formed 40 years ago, it staged its shows in parks and community centres, so for us, this show is getting back to where it all began. We love performing in places where theatre can feel very live, informal and welcoming, where the audience can take the lead. It means each show will be completely different and will feel unique. For the performers, this is a really fun way to work, which can lead to lots of spontaneous

and unexpected moments.

HOM: Lastly, what do you hope your young audiences take away from seeing The Lost Feather, which may well be their first experience of live theatre?

EG: I think so much theatre struggles to really connect with audiences that reflect the wide breadth of people living in the UK. For disabled children and their families in particular, there is such a lack of places outside of school to enjoy together. I hope that by seeing this show, which comes from a diverse range of perspectives, that young viewers feel inspired to tell their own stories, if they want. The main thing I hope though is that the whole family, no matter what their age, or if they are disabled or not, can have fun together. I think this show and its cart packed full of colour, creativity, sounds and feels has a lovely energy. I want The Lost Feather to be like a celebration of the stories we share and the people we are. Each and every one of us.

The Lost Feather is showing at Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8ES. June 2, 11am & 1:30pm. Admission: £12.50/£7.50 concessions. www.greenwichtheatre.org. uk/events/the-lost-feather/

Air pollution can affect all aspects of our health

As one of the leading paediatricians in the country studying the effects of air pollution, Jonathan Grigg, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine at Queen Mary University, London is at the forefront of research into how air pollution affects us all.

Jonathan has welcomed the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) from August this year across all London boroughs to help clear the air and improve health

He says air pollution can impact our eyes, nose and

throat, our lungs and our heart - increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Those recovering from heart attacks or pregnant women are particularly vulnerable, as are people with existing lung conditions like COPD or asthma: “Someone who has mild asthma can be tipped over into having life-threatening episodes.”

The ULEZ expansion will help to take the most highly polluting vehicles off the road.

Professor Grigg said: “This is about every child achieving their full potential, and air pollution is interfering with that.”

What is the ULEZ?

He adds that we are only beginning to understand the extent of the impact of air pollution: “There are children in our clinics who wouldn’t have asthma if they hadn’t had that exposure.

He added: “We need action at a scale that covers where most of the population live.

“The central zone has shown the ULEZ is feasible and has been a success, but we need to do something to help protect the health of all Londoners, so it makes logical sense to me to extend that as far as is feasible.”

In nearly every organ in the body we see the effects of long-term and short-term exposure

Jonathan Grigg, Professor of Paediatric Respiratory and Environmental Medicine at Queen Mary University, London

SATURDAY 10 june

12pm TO 6pm | charlton park | free entry

Main stage

Woolwich Singers | Lady Marga MC

Lewisland | C7 | Groove 101 | Parklife

Kids stage Kids town

Plumcroft Primary School Choir

Boppin’ Bunnies | Dynamix

Anna Fiorentini’s Performing Arts School

Funky Immigrants | Epik Daiquan

Chronos One Escape Rooms

Face painting | astronomy

telescope | Forest School

Mascot meet and greet

Drumming workshops | Crafts

Community Village

Community stalls | Soft Play | Trainmaster

Stella Page | Tilly Pantlin | Tony Smash

Bouncy castles | Funfair | Greenwich Get Active Sports Zone

LGBTQ+ Pride Tent | Bars and Street Food | Marketplace

Meet the Council and more...

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/together-23

# Together23

DJ Norman Jay MBE

Getting there

There is no on-site public parking. Please use public transport, walk or cycle to the event.

Charlton Park is easily accessible by public transport and is on many major bus routes – please visit Transport for London to plan your journey.

Secure bike parking is available within the festival site. Local streets will be patrolled by parking enforcement teams to prevent illegal and irresponsible parking.

There is limited disabled parking available in Charlton Park car park (next to Charlton Park Academy) on a first come, first served basis.

Accessibility

The event is held on a mown grass surface.

On site facilities/services include:

• accessible toilets

• wheelchair accessible benches

• raised viewing platform for the main stage

• baby change facilities

• limited blue badge parking (see above)

Food and drink

The event will have stalls selling a wide variety of food and drink for all dietary requirements. The event also has a range of bars and only alcohol purchased on site is allowed to be consumed.

Bring it with you

Feel free to bring your own picnic and picnic blankets. There are picnic benches at the event, available on a first come, first served basis.

Be prepared for the weather. Shade is limited on the event site so please bring sunscreen, sun hats and water. However, this is Britain so you may need raincoats, umbrellas and a jumper…

Leave it at home

Anything that could be considered as a weapon like knives, fireworks and glass containers.

Saturday 10 June

12 noon to 6pm

Ch arlton P a rk, S E7

The event of the summer is back!

Everyone’s invited to attend for free!

Alcohol should not be brought on site but can be purchased at the event bars.

Animals

Dogs, except official assistance dogs, are not allowed on the event site, but dog walkers are free to use the rest of Charlton Park.

We don’t allow animals to be used in performances, for entertainment or as prizes at Royal Borough of Greenwich events.

First aid

First aiders will be on site. In the event of accident or injury please inform the nearest member of event staff who will call for help.

Lost children and vulnerable people

If you find or lose a child or vulnerable person, please notify the nearest member of security staff immediately.

Find out more: royalgreenwich.gov. uk/together-23

Enjoy a free summer of fun with

royal greenwich festivals

This year’s programme of free Royal Greenwich Festival events kicks off this June.

From festivals and workshops to performances and activities, Royal Greenwich Festivals bring free, inclusive events to all corners of the borough.

Emergency Exit Arts | FoxPark

A giant walkabout fox puppet will be welcomed to fie locations across the borough, inviting residents to proudly introduce it to their community. Events will also include a host of creative making workshops, activities and interactive performances.

Friday 2 June | 10am to 4pm

Holiday Fun Friday, General Gordon Square

Saturday 10 June | 12 noon to 6pm Together 23, Charlton Park

Saturday 19 August | 11am to 4pm Abbey Wood Park Playground

Sunday 10 September | 1 to 5pm PARKSfest Southwood

Friday 22 September HI! Street Fest Woolwich

Festival.org | Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

The Greenwich+Docklands International festival will wow audiences with a two week programme of spectacular events. Bringing experiences and performances from across the globe

to Royal Greenwich, year after year, the festival entertains local residents as well as drawing visitors from across the UK.

Friday 25 August to Sunday 10 September Various locations to be announced

Greenwich Dance | Summer in the Park

Greenwich Dance will present a series of dance-themed outdoor summer sessions and picnic events for all the family

Summer Sessions | Greenwich Park

Friday 16 June, Friday 30 June and Friday 14 July, 4 to 7pm

Summer Sessions | Cygnet Square, SE2 9FA

Friday 23 June, Friday 7 July and Friday 21 July, 4 to 7pm

Maryon Park Picnic

Sunday 25 June, 1 to 5pm Maryon Park, Woodland Terrace, SE7 8EN

Gallions Park Picnic

Saturday 8 July, 1 to 5pm Gallions Park, Warepoint Drive, SE28 0DR

Queenscroft Park Picnic

Saturday 22 July, 1 to 5pm Queenscroft Park, Kingsground, SE9

TARU Arts | Woolwich

Carnival 2023

Woolwich Carnival is an annual celebration of community and culture in September, where residents come to celebrate the borough’s diversity. Expect music, dance and workshops throughout the day in General Gordon Square and a finale parade aound the town centre in Woolwich.

Holiday Fun Friday - Woolwich

Carnival Take Over!

Friday 28 July, 10am to 4pm General Gordon Square

Carnival decoration and prop making workshops

Thursday 24 August and 14 September, 4pm to 8pm

Tramshed

Thursday 31 August and Thursday 7 September, 4 to 8pm Woolwich Works

Woolwich Carnival 2023

Saturday 16 September, 12 noon to 8pm General Gordon Square and Royal Arsenal

Tramshed Arts | Greenwich Family Arts Festival

The Greenwich Family Arts Festival brings inclusive outdoor theatre, workshops, participatory experiences, cultural storytelling and dance activities to all corners of the borough.

Saturday 1 July

Circus Raj and The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

2pm and 4pm

General Gordon Square

Story Walk Through Nature 2pm and 3pm ALL EARS: Bukky Leo Live 4 to 6pm

Greenwich Park Bandstand

Sunday 2 July

The Woolly Wonder! 12 noon, 1pm and 3.30pm

Story Walk Through Nature 12.30pm ,1.30pm and 4pm Avery Hill Park

Saturday 8 July

The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band 1.15pm and 3.15pm

Circus Raj 2pm and 4pm

Pegler Square & Cator Park North,

Sunday 9 July

The Woolly Wonder!

12 noon, 1.15pm and 2.30pm

Severndroog Castle

Saturday 15 July

Youth Takeover Day 1 to 5pm

Youth Music Showcase 5.30 to 7.30pm

Greenwich Park Grandstand

Sunday 16 July

Fish Out of Water 2pm and 4pm Bostall Gardens

Saturday 22 July

Anansi and the Lost Sun and Devious Dolphins

12 noon and 2pm

Tump 53, London SE28 8AS

Sunday 23 July

Loki: Lord of Mischief 12.30 to 3.15pm

Eltham Park South

Saturday 29 July

Family Pride Day 1 to 5pm

Royal Arsenal, Artillery Square

Sunday 30 July

Let’s Go Clubbing

12.30pm and 2pm

Mycenae House

Royalgreenwich.gov.uk/royal-greenwich-festivals

SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN FRIDAYS FUN

Holiday Fun Friday is back this half term. Come along for a free family day out on Friday 2 June in General Gordon Square in Woolwich from 10am to 4pm.

What’s On | Friday 2 June

• Free arts and crafts all day

• Me et the superheroes for story time, party games and crafts from 12 noon to 1pm

• Mu sic from violinist Stella, from 1 to 2pm

• Foo d market in nearby Beresford Square

• A ve ry special giant visitor

Plus food, drink and market stalls, funfair rides, a bouncy castle, face painting and glitter tattoos throughout the day!

Holiday Fun Fridays will continue throughout the summer holidays. Head to General Gordon Square, from 10am to 4pm on:

• Friday 28 July

• Fr iday 4 August

• Fr iday 11 August

• Fr iday 18 August

• Fr iday 25 August

• Fr iday 1 September

Find out more at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/holiday-fun-friday

LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK 2023 Busting myths and stereotypes

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is joining forces with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and other partners to bu st myths and stereotypes about people with l earning d isabilities t o c elebrate t his year ’ s L earning D isability W eek.

People with a learning disability can achieve incredible things – from being on the front cover of the fashion magazine Vogue to running the London Marathon and everything in between. This year we will be smashing misconceptions about what people can do and shining a light on the stigma many still face every day.

Through fashion, music, dance, singing, sports and self expression we are proud to showcase the talents, identity, resilience and dynamism of our learning disability community.

In further celebration of Learning Disability week, the Council is strengthening its commitment to supported employment for people with learning disabilities or autism. We currently have two positions available within our Day Opportunities service. Find details at royalgreenwichcareers.com

Find out more about what the Council offers at royalgreenwich.gov.uk/learningdisabilities

WHAT’S ON?

These events are open to the public. Please come and join us.

MONDAY 19 JUNE

Multi-cultural fashion show 10am to 1pm

Woolwich Works, 11 No. 1 Street, SE18 6HD

Adults with learning disabilities, and their carers, are invited to join us in a celebration of culture and self-identity, modelling their favourite fashion and make-up looks on the catwalk!

If you’d like to attend email: SherardRoad@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE

10am to 1pm

General Gordon Square, Woolwich Information stalls, a live MC, singing and dancing and be part of our rock painting mural.

THURSDAY 22 JUNE

Let’s talk about sexuality

1.30pm to 4.30pm Woolwich Works, 11 No. 1 Street, SE18 6HD

Learn more and take part in more conversations about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and more (LGBTQ+) identities. We will be talking about how to talk about sexuality and gender in a health setting with some fun activities to help us think more about this topic.

If you’d like to attend email: nicole. williams26@nhs.net

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/learning-disability-week

Royal Greenwich launches community-led volunteering initiative

This week the Royal Borough of Greenwich launches its volunteering partnership, with Volunteer Centre Greenwich, in honour of Volunteer Week which runs from Thursday 1 June to Wednesday 7 June.

The new initiative will help strengthen Royal Greenwich communities and provide opportunities for positive change by backing local ways to volunteer, repurpose and donate.

Coinciding with Volunteer Week, we’re launching Community Supports Greenwich to make it easier for residents to find opportunities to give back to their community.

Through the work of Greenwich Supports, our cost of living campaign, and the Cost of Living Taskforce, we pledged to get more residents volunteering.

Our local partner Volunteer Centre Greenwich already works with a range of local organisations to connect willing volunteers with charity and community groups who need a supporting hand.

Find out more: vcgreenwich.org.uk/volunteers-week-1-7june-2023 or visit royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ volunteer-week

Celebrate Pride Month in Royal Greenwich

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month and the Royal Borough of Greenwich will be celebrating, alongside partners, with a range of inclusive events for all residents to get involved in.

As well as family workshops at our libraries, we are encouraging local organisations to sign our Equality and Equity Charter, to commit to our pledge to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

The Council will also run a programme of internal activities and workshops for staff to get involved with, as well as flying the Pride progress flag above Woolwich Town Hall.

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is celebrated annually across the world in June, to mark the Stonewall Riots that took place in New York City on 28 June 1969.

Free packed lunches

Kids can grab a free packed lunch during half-term from libraries and adventure play centres.

Check times

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ holidaymeals

Blackheath Library

• Monday 5 JuneReading group to discuss a book by an LGBTQ+ author

• Every Wednesday in June, 11.30amRainbow themed messy crafts

• Every Thursday in June, 4 to 4pm – Rainbow themed craft club

Charlton Library

• Every Tuesday in June, 2.15pm to 3.30pmAdult Wellbeing Space will explore the work of LGBTQ+ artists such as Keith Haring, Jan Pienkowski, Ahmed Umar and Katie Wells.

• Tuesday 6 June - Design your own picture

Mama G story time

• Wednesday 31 May, 10.30 to 11.30 am at Blackheath Library and 2.30 to 3.30pm at Woolwich Library

• Thursday 1 June, 10.30 to 11.30am at Eltham Library and 2.30 to 3.30pm at Plumstead Library

• Friday 2 June, 10.30 to 11.30am at West Greenwich Library and 2.30 to 3.30pm at Greenwich Library

royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ lgbtq-pride-month

Sign the Equality and Equity Charter: royalgreenwich.gov.uk/ equality-equity-charter

‘A low-looking ruffian with damned bad manners’

Mary Mills

This week’s item from the ‘Industrial Archaeology of South-East London’ is back in Woolwich and this time there are connections to both the military and the Arsenal itself. This is ‘B’ for’ Beresford Gate’. I hope people know what this is - but, in case you don’t, it’s the big old brick building in the middle of Woolwich Market and you absolutely can’t miss it.

It was originally the main gateway into the Arsenal but there is now a big new road built between it and the complex industrial site it was once the entrance to. This was the main gate to the Arsenal - that secret city adjacent to Woolwich. This was the Arsenal’s public face, the bit that most people knew about and understood was the entry to a very secret and private world.

So, what does SELIA have to say about it? It is: “A yellow stock brick building with three stone carriage arches built in 1829. The superstructure featuring decorative mortars was added in 1891”.

Well, that’s a bit minimal but SELIA dates from 1982 which is – only just - before 1984 when the gatehouse was isolated from the rest of the Arsenal. SELIA does however explain the difficulties of writing about the Arsenal in 1982 and that is something I will come back to when I do other Arsenal sites. The problem was that it was almost impossible to get onto the site or to find out what was there.

This is the point in these articles where I would now say that I would ‘have a look at what the Survey of Woolwich had to say about it. The Survey, of course, being the impressive study of Woolwich Parish done in 2012 by those clever people from The Bartlett School at University College London. But the entry about the gatehouse in this massive volume is so long that if I quoted only a part of it here I would have to do it as a serial over several weeks - it is very, very long. The gate house is of course ‘listed Grade II’ and the Historic England entry is quite short but very much ‘architectural’.

Why is it called ‘Beresford’ gate? Who was this ‘Beresford’ and why was this gate named after him? It was built in 1829 and replaced an earlier main gate to the Arsenal. The work was ordered by William Carr 1st Viscount Beresford,

Master General of the Ordnance and the then big man at Woolwich and so of course it was named after him. He was a major figure in the army of the day and he was one of those clever Irishmen who seem to turn up in the Georgian army. He was the illegitimate son of the Marquis of Waterford whose sons, legitimate and illegitimate, all seem to have done extremely well. In one of his many activities he was Commander-inchief of the Portuguese army - and all of it done with only one eye! Contemporary quotes include ‘a low-looking ruffian with damned bad manners’ and, from the Duke of Wellington: ‘the ablest man in the army’. Look at the web to find many pages about him. There are many – I attach a link to his Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.

org/wiki/William_Beresford,_1st_

Viscount_Beresford#Peninsular_War

Has anyone ever written up the careers of these aristocratic 18th-century Anglo Irishmen? Being posh, of course they had a good start - but even so they were a lively and adventurous lot of high achievers. Begining of course with the Duke of Wellington, himself!

Beresford came to look at the site of the gatehouse and the proposals. Once he had given his okay it was built under the supervision of Col. Jones, who had designed it. John Thomas Jones was a Woolwich trained Royal Engineer who had had a distinguished and adventurous military career and was ‘revered by the Duke of Wellington’. He was a writer and a cricketer – and there is a statue of him in St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The proposed position of the new gate had to be adjusted a bit to meet the objection of the Woolwich local authority. Some cottages had already been demolished to form a better approach to the Arsenal by road and by moving the entrance to face the gap icreated it enhanced the look of the entrance and the gate. It was

then very different to what we see today. Originally it was a fairly simple structure of an iron gate between stone piers. It had lodges on either side of it both with brass mortars on the top – mortars are a sort of gun. The West Lodge was originally for the porters and messengers, and the East Lodge had housing for a warden - although from the 1840s the Police used both lodges. These rooms are now used as offices.

The whole structure was embellished with military hardware. Like the earlier gate the piers were originally topped by piles of shot. There are several plaques cast in plates in the panels above the foot entrances and piers. These show the Arsenal’s coat of arms along with King George IV’s and Beresford’s monograms. Both the plaques and the brass mortars on the parapets are still there. Some web sites describe these mortars as ‘18th century 13-inchers’ and say they were cast by famous figures in the manufacture of guns in the Arsenal, one by Jan Verbruggen, and the other by William Bowen. I am aware

however that there are lots of experts out there on such weaponry and I’ve been told off by many of them in the past for my ignorance. So, I would be grateful if anyone out there knows the correct origins of these guns that they tell us. It is said that they were specially cast using condemned gun metal, arranged through Col. William Millar, Inspector of Artillery. They have on them the cipher of George IV along with decorative roses, shamrock, thistles, lions, flags and yet more shot. They were removed for safekeeping in 1985, and later cleaned up and reinstated.

From the late 1850s changes began which greatly enlarged the gatehouse and used the plain yellow stock brick of the original structure but with some stone detailing. A bell tower was added on the west side as part of installation of offices in 1859 - although I don’t know if it ever contained a bell. Whether or not it had a bell why was it put there and what it was intended to be used for? In 1861 three rooms were added above the gate itself and they rest on

metal beams with arched floors. Col. John Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, was responsible for this work in addition to what he was concurrently doing at the Royal Military Academy.

Later additions are in red brick and by 1891 including three waiting rooms above the entrance gates which had been added by Col. M. T. Sale, RE. There was a large general waiting room and smaller rooms, ‘for officers and ladies’. In 1891 the clock was added. It is said to have been made by the Leicester based firm of Gent which specialised in industrial and electric clocks and it was integrated with the internal telephone system, (https:// www.royal-arsenal-history.com/royalarsenal-telephone-exchange.html).

Today the central part has three openings, the middle one is wider and was for horses and carriages; pedestrians were supposed to use the side passages and these were widened in 1936 and the iron gates replaced in ‘robust spear-headed form’. No doubt

„ John Thomas Jones, gate designer, statue in St. Pauls.

this was to accommodate the vast crowds of workers who came in and out by foot. The original gates were made by John Hall of Dartford. Hall’s, started by John Hall, are a classic engineering firm of the Industrial Revolution. This Dartford Company employed the famous and innovative engineer Richard Trevithick and still lives on today as J & E Hall & Co., refrigeration engineers, now based in Hawley just outside Dartford.

In the 1960s as plans for the closure of the Arsenal proceeded, the Gatehouse was scheduled for demolition. It was intended to widen Plumstead Road for access to Thamesmead, then planned by the Greater London Council. This was opposed and it was proposed to rebuild the gate further north in its original 1820s form. But then the gatehouse was ‘listed’ by English Heritage and so had to be kept. Plumstead Road was eventually built in 1984–6, isolating the gatehouse in Woolwich Market Place away from the rest of the Arsenal. Ownership eventually devolved to Greenwich Council, which set it up as ‘a backdrop to the Beresford Square market and focal point for tourist information and outdoor entertainment’. It had had restoration works in 1991–2 and 1995–6 and it is now set in the market areas – with stalls alongside. Beside it are stone benches and an old horse trough -one of three in the area.

As for the future -plans are afoot to reorder the whole area. The best I can do is to suggest that you look at Mr Murky Depth’s blog from January this year, 2023. https://www. fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/01/16/ woolwich-royal- arsenal-gatehousefuture-plans-revealed/

public notices

Licensing Team, 4th Floor, Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ. Tel: 020 8921 8018; Fax: 020 8921 8380; Email: licensing@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE - LICENSING ACT 2003

Notice is given that Mr Manoj Parthiban of 43 Herbert Road, Plumstead, SE18 3SZ has applied for the GRANT of a Premises Licence for the following premises:

43 Herbert Road, Plumstead, SE18 3SZ

A record of this application may be inspected by appointment.

Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 2023 Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely:

Protection of children from harm

Prevention of Public nuisance

Prevention of crime and disorder

Public safety.

Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine.

It is proposed that the following licensable activities will take place at the premises:

The sale by retail of alcohol from 07:00 to 00:00 Monday to Sunday Inclusive.

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)

DELAFIELD ROAD 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 8th 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 Delafield Road outside 81.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Swallowfield Road, Prior Road, Victoria Way, Inverine 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 19/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/528/LA450397)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)

HADRIAN 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.

2. The Order will come into operation on 12th 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, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Hadrian Street from the junction of Old Woolwich Road.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Old Woolwich Road, Braddll Street, Banning Street, Pelton 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 17/05/23

(INTERNAL

REF: PL/539/LA451722)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) WATERSIDE CLOSE 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 12th June 2023 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take 17 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 remove the one way and prohibit vehicles from entering, exiting, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), outside 19 in Waterside Close.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Waterside Close. 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 24/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/527/LA450246)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) GUILDFORD GROVE 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 9th 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 Guilford Grove outside 32.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Egerton Drive, Devonshire Drive and 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 20/04/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/524/LA450989)

ROYAL BOROUGH of GREENWICH

ROAD TRAFFIC

REGULATION

ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1) HARGOOD ROAD

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 maintenance works.

2. The Order will come into operation on 13th 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, proceeding, or waiting (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading), into Hargood Road from the junction of Holburne Road south bound.

4. Whilst the Order is in operation traffic will be diverted via Holburne Road and Dursley Road. 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 25/05/23

(INTERNAL REF: PL/534/LA451725)

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 part of the existing Permit Holders Only 9am-6.30pm Zone EG bays with double yellow line ‘at any time’ restrictions at the following locations:

i) Earlswood Street, east side, from the southern boundary of No.69 Earlswood Street for 10 metres in a northerly direction.

ii) Earlswood Street, west side, from the common boundary of No.92/94 Earlswood Street for 10 metres in a southerly direction

b) Replace the existing Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am Zone N bay with single yellow line ‘Mon-Fri 9.30am-11am’ restrictions on Sparrows Lane, south-west side, outside Nos. 81 and 83 Sparrows Lane.

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 Minor Work 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 21st June 2023, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made by email to parking-design@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference Minor Work 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 31st May 2023

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 102) Order 2023

The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 107) 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 1st June 2023.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:

a) Replace part of the existing Permit Holders Only Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm (E) bays with single yellow ‘No Waiting Mon-Fri 11am-12.30pm’ restrictions on Craigton Road, west side, from a point 0.5 metres south of the common property boundary of Nos. 19 and 21 Craigton Road in a northerly direction for 4.5 metres.

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 31st May 2023

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

The Greenwich (Housing Estate Roads and Car Parks) (Amendment No. 1) Order 2023

INTRODUCTION OF FORMAL ON-STREET AND OFF-STREET PARKING CONTROLS ON VARIOUS HOUSING ESTATES AND CHANGES TO EXISTING CONTROLS ON CERTAIN HOUSING ESTATES

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, 35, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to:

(a) provide parking controls in the housing estate locations listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice (including certain access roads to the estates) and at those locations:

(i) to designate on-street parking places, being either permit parking places or disabled resident parking places that would operate at all times and introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on all remaining on-street kerbside; and

(ii) to provide and regulate off-street parking places that would operate at all times, comprising permit parking bays or disabled resident parking bays and double yellow line ‘no parking’ areas;

[Note: not all locations would include the above types of on-street parking places or waiting restrictions, or off-street parking bays]

(b) provide ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in certain lengths of the housing estate locations listed in Schedule 2 to this Notice; and

(c) provide a restriction of waiting ‘at any time’ on grassed areas, including all verges in the housing estate locations listed in Schedule 3 to this Notice.

[As mentioned in paragraph 5, below – maps showing the proposals in greater detail are available from the Council].

3. The Order would further provide for the issue of permits for use in, and other terms and conditions of use for, the above on-street parking places and off-street parking places and more generally in on-street and off-street areas in housing estates, and make provisions for waiting by vehicles in the above streets and more generally in housing estate roads.

4. The charges for permits would be as specified in Schedule 4 to this Notice. [Note: Different permit types would only be available for purchase and use in certain on-street parking places and off-street parking places. Where permits are available, there would be limits on the number of permits that any one household can have at a time].

5. A copy of the proposed Order and other documents, including maps, giving more detailed particulars of the Order are available for inspection during normal office hours until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Order, at Housing and Safer Communities, Royal Borough of Greenwich, 4th floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ. or online at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/parkingconsultation

6. Further information about the proposed Order may be obtained by telephoning Housing Services on 020 921 5400. and online at www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/parkingconsultation

7. Any person who wishes to object to or make other representations about the proposed Order should send a statement in writing, specifying the grounds on which any objection is made, to the Housing and Safer Communities, Royal Borough of Greenwich, 4th floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ, or by email to estate-parking@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference RBG/EP/PT/2023), to arrive by 28 June 2023.

8. Persons objecting to or making representations about the proposed Order should be aware that in view of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.

Assistant Director,

Strategic Transportation

The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, SE18 6HQ

Dated 31 May 2023

SCHEDULE 1 (see paragraph 2(a))

Dairy Lane (Milne Estate); Fletching Road, Webb Road; Sandpit Place; 401 to 639 Middle Park Avenue; Sowerby Close; 65 Westcombe Park Road and 70a Beaconsfield Road; Earl Rise; Ann Street; and Richard Neve House;.

SCHEDULE 2 (see paragraph 2(b))

Barnfield Estate, Felixstowe Road (hardstanding on the south side, approximately 40 metres east of Mottisfont Road), Monksfarm Place and Rockmount Estate

SCHEDULE 3 (see paragraph 2(c))

Flowers Estate; Bromholm Road; Bracondale Road; and Mottisfont Road.

SCHEDULE 4 (see paragraph 4)

(1) residents’ permits, £57.00 per annum; (2) business permits: permit for first vehicle: free of charge; permits for second and subsequent vehicles (subject to applicable permit limits), £57.00 each per annum; (3) visitors’ permits, £7.00 for 20 four-hour permits; (4) Disabled Residents’ Permit, Carers’ Permit and contractors permits will be free of charge.

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: 31/05/2023

Victoria Geoghegan

Assistant Director - Planning and Building Control

List of Press Advertisements - 31/05/2023

Publicity For Planning Applications.

Applicant: Y Yuan 23/0255/HD

Site Address: 63 HERVEY ROAD, KIDBROOKE, LONDON, SE3 8BX

Development: Single storey rear extension, loft conversion with 2 rear dormers and 4 conservation area rooflights to the side and front of the roof. New front boundary wall, timber gates, bin store and new landscaped front garden finishes.

Conservation Area: SUN IN THE SANDS

Applicant: THE PARKHILL GROUP 23/0809/F

Site Address: 8 NEVADA STREET (THE SPREAD EAGLE), GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JL

Development: Alterations and third floor/roof extension of Grade II listed building including extension of rear stairwell at third floor level and conversion of first, second and third floors from two flats (1x1-bed and 1x3-bed) to three two bedroom flats (3x2-bed).

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: B. Cowen 23/1025/F

Site Address: 20A WELL HALL ROAD, ELTHAM, LONDON, SE9 6SF

Development: Change of use from residential dwelling (Use Class C3) to 5no. bedrooms HMO (Use Class C4) including installation of two windows on the north elevation and associated external alterations (within setting of Grade II listed CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST).

Applicant: Mr Johnson 23/1308/HD

Site Address: 4 REYNOLDS PLACE, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 8SX

Development: Retrospective application for the replacement of existing windows with new windows.

Conservation Area: RECTORY FIELD

Applicant: Mr Nash 23/1325/HD

Site Address: 11 RANDALL PLACE, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LA

Development: Replacement windows and doors to front and rear of property.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Applicant: H. Hart-Fox 23/1382/MA

Site Address: 46 BLACKHEATH PARK, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 9SJ

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 22/3270/HD dated 10/03/2023 for the construction of a single-storey rear extension at lower ground floor level with a green roof; Infill of an existing sunken terrace and formation of a new area of sunken terrace with access steps to the rear garden; Changes to the internal layout of the lower ground floor; Enlargement of front and rear basement areas including enlarged front lightwell with railings on top and external steps and new front access door at basement level; Construction of a single-storey outbuilding in the rear garden to be used as a studio/gym and landscaping works. Re-built west boundary wall to match existing. (Re-consultation – Revised Description) to allow;

- New updated drawings which include the automated bollard in the front to be approved.

Conservation Area: BLACKHEATH PARK

Applicant: Mr A. Qammar 23/1492/HD

Site Address: 9 WARWICK TERRACE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 1QJ

Development: Installation of dropped kerb and associated alterations to existing hardstanding.

Conservation Area: PLUMSTEAD COMMON

Applicant: Freshwater Group of Companies 23/1543/HD

Site Address: 4 PARK VISTA, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LZ

Development: Replace existing rear lower ground floor window with double doors; replace all windows to front elevation; replace second floor rear window; and install new rooflight, together with all other associated external works. (This application affects a listed building).

Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK

Applicant: K. Awgsonya 23/1600/F

Site Address: 18 TRAFALGAR GROVE, LONDON, SE10 9TB

Development: Construction of a basement, side, rear and mansard roof extension. Conversion of the dwelling to form 5 self-contained residential flats comprising 1 x 3-bedroom / 6-person, 2 x 2-bedroom/4-person, 1 x 1 bedroom/1 person and 1 x 1-bedroom/2person self-contained residential unit, with associated refuse and cycle storage at the rear.

Conservation Area: EAST GREENWICH

Applicant: Mr D McHardie-Rusiecki 23/1607/HD

Site Address: 194 CONGLETON GROVE, PLUMSTEAD, LONDON, SE18 7HL

Development: Demolition of rear extension and construction of a single storey rear extension, first floor rear extension and replacement of side extension

Conservation Area: adjacent to Plumstead Common

Applicant: Mr Harte 23/1666/HD

Site Address: 30 FOYLE ROAD, BLACKHEATH, LONDON, SE3 7RH

Development: Replacement of existing rear Dormer with shallow roof and removal of the front Velux lights. Loft conversion into habitable space incorporating rear Dormer structure incorporating flat roof. Installation of External wall insulation to property facades.

Conservation Area: WESTCOMBE PARK

Publicity for Listed Building Consent.

Applicant: THE PARKHILL GROUP 23/0810/L

Site Address: 8 NEVADA STREET (THE SPREAD EAGLE), GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9JL

Development: Listed Building Consent for a third floor/roof extension, upwards extension of rear stairs and associated works.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

Listed Building: Grade 2*

Applicant: Freshwater Group of Companies 23/1544/L

Site Address: 4 PARK VISTA, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9LZ

Development: Replace existing rear lower ground floor window with double doors; replace all windows to front elevation; replace second floor rear window; and install new rooflight. Form opening in wall between kitchen and dining room; and block door between kitchen and hall at lower ground level, together with all other associated works.

Conservation Area: GREENWICH PARK

Listed Building: Grade 2

Publicity For Advertisements.

Applicant: Muzajus Ltd 23/1645/A

Site Address: 36 GREENWICH CHURCH STREET, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 9BL

Development: Installation of adhesive vinyl sign.

Conservation Area: WEST GREENWICH

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