New housing blocks starts to rise at Charlton site near Thames Barrier
The first blocks at a forthcoming site in Charlton are now on the rise near the Thames Barrier.
Homes are set to be built at the plot between Eastmoor Street and Westmoor Street. It was rejected by Greenwich Council then approved on appeal.
It’s directly north of a neighbouring plot which recently completed. Between the two around 250 new dwellings will be built.
Next door to that is the former Victoria pub. That saw recent restoration work as well as an extension at the rear.
Like most new developments at the top of Greenwich borough, TfL’s new Superloop route SL11 does not stop nearby.
Charlton Riverside
With Charlton Riverside set to see 8,000 new homes and 1,000 jobs these sites are the first visible progress.
A wander around streets nearby shows the contrast between a pretty much forgotten about industrial area and what is on the way.
Charlton Riverside’s masterplan has been around for over a decade though progress is slow.
Hyde cleared large sites in advance of 1,200-homes at ‘Herringham Quarter’ but have yet to start. They recently consulted on nearby plots.
The big spanner in the works now is a large data centre next door.
That’s not only situated on what was planned to be new homes, but would hamper permeability across the wider area not only for pedestrians but potentially a new public-transport link to serve 8,000 homes.
There appears to be no guarantee that will be built, with a narrower, windier and more convoluted route to the north for public transport.
Not great for any future mass-transit, high capacity project serving a project population in the tens of thousands alone across this part of Charlton. One that could link into thousands more homes proposed in the east at Woolwich and west on Greenwich peninsula where more than 20,000 dwellings are proposed.
Put simply, existing buses on Woolwich Road won’t be sufficient.
The Greenwich Waterfront Transit once was planned around growth of a more limited nature. Since then Charlton Riverside plans have been drawn up which included a dedicated, direct route through the site.
If it’s ever revised – or something similar – a meandering route through Charlton hindered by a substantial data centre won’t attract users to public transport.
