Final stage of One Woolwich development submitted
The final part of a long running project to redevelop three estates has been submitted to Greenwich Council.
The “one Woolwich” project comprises Connaught, Morris Walk and Maryon Grove and been ongoing for around 15 years.
This last phase comprises of low-rise terraced housing alongside mid-rise blocks of flats similar in design to blocks at Morris Walk nearby A total of 165 homes are included with 43 homes and 122 flats across the site upon completion.
Landscaping looks like it’ll take a fair bit of effort and money to maintain.
Expect service charges to be high – or it won’t be maintained as so often seen at new developments (even if service charges are high).
Woolwich Dockyard station is around a ten minute walk away. I wonder at what stage Thameslink will begin to start calling at the station given successive housing developments in the vicinity.
The station is one of the few that cannot accommodate 12-car SE Metro trains, but Thameslink only run 8-car trains along the Rainham route via Greenwich.
A total of 59 parking spaces are included.
History
Maryon Grove was a 1960s built estate that mostly comprised maisonettes before being left in a dismal state for some time with fires set and the area left open to all without any fencing.
That led to fires and many former homes being broken into alongside widespread vandalism.
The the best, particularly given its location next to a school. After a number of weeks it was finally fenced off. But for some time anyone could wander about.
I can’t recall seeing such dereliction on many sites so open to all.
It was eventually made safe, secured and is now demolished.
The wider “One Woolwich” project has proven controversial for many years as around 1,000 council homes were demolished to make way for 1,600 new homes – of which only 35 per cent are “affordable”.
That resulted in a substantial reduction and during that process the number of homeless households in the borough sky-rocketed to 2,000 by latest estimate according to council reports – with ensuing high cost for the council including paying for emergency overnight accommodation and block booking entire hotels.
As for the latest stage, the architects are PRP with Lovells (part of the Morgan Sindall Group) developing the site.
Plans can be viewed here.
Thameslink trains would require platform cameras that link to in cab monitors if they are to call at Woolwich Dockyard.
Not the biggest obstacle. It’ll be needed with housing growth.
Issue is they want a slack timetable with skipped stops to make up any delays to slot into the core. Makes sense but incompatible long term with thousands of new homes around stations like Erith, Belvedere and Woolwich Dockyard.