Greenwich housing blocks rising beside the Creek
The first parts of forthcoming housing blocks in Greenwich are now visible at Saxon Wharf.
The site on Norman Road was formerly a skip yard before plans were revealed seven years ago before approval.
A total of 145 homes are on the way as well as a newly opened creek-side path which should feed into an existing path to the north which was built then never opened for public use.
The ratio of “affordable” housing is 35 per cent of which around 2/3s of that is London Affordable Rent which is usually the closest we get to old council housing levels. Housing Association Notting Hill Geneses are behind the project.
Block designs are all pretty dull. Flat roofs and clip-on balconies.
The view from Creek Road is pretty dull and drab if renders are anything to go by.
Caledonian Point development can be seen on the left above which completed around 2016.
The walkway built there should finally open when Saxon Wharf completes, and join another stretch outside an approved student tower.
A fair few other sites are planned or approved along the creek though there’s no sign of any action at Sun Wharf.
That’s on the other side of the Creek within Lewisham borough.
Jones furniture who occupied the site moved out some time ago.
Reserved matters have gone in, so perhaps it won’t be too long.
If you’re also wondering what the extensive amount of vacant land beside Deptford Creek is, well that’s the former Thames Tideway worksite now wrapping up.
It appears land will revert to industrial usage barring any reclassification.
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A good article. There seems to have been a scenario in recent years where the student accommodation providers have been winning the battle for commercial space in some seriously prestigious locations. I presume that is because you can get so many hundreds of student units on any given site such as replacing a retail outlet. Given the vast amounts that parents are willing to invest in the higher education of their children the Mayor of London and borough councils will have to take steps to ensure that housing for families doesn’t totally lose out. We don’t want to go back to the sixties, seventies and eighties when repeated waves of young South Londoners moved out to the Home Counties (and away from parental support) as it was the only way they could get on the housing ladder.
The problem is Londonwide. A year ago 46%+ of Londons social housing was let to a foreigner. We need to get back to prioritising British people and those who have lived here for 10 years at least. But of course, we know, that Angela Rayner has just scrapped this Conservative plan.
I agree 100%. We need to prioritise social housing for people born and bred in the UK. With the highest Priority being going to those born and bred in the Borough where they are registering for social housing.
Sadly people will be forced to wait a lot longer under Labour policies. The average wait for a social housing home is currently 10 years plus.
That is a true statements of fact and you all make very valid points. Graham, KD Fremington and John Mc.
People should not be forced out of the Borough they were born and bred in all their lives to get social housing homes in the home counties or other parts of the UK away from family support, friends and work.
Like after the war we need to see new towns be created around the UK creating new homes and job opportunities.