Housing Secretary blocks 771-home Greenwich project

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has refused plans for a 771-home scheme in Greenwich that would provide 40% affordable housing after concluding that the proposal fails "to take the opportunity to promote a high quality of design". Developer Rockwell had planned to build 11 blocks of flats, up to 10 storeys tall, at the Charlton Riverside scheme near Hope and Anchor Lane. The planning inspector acknowledged the differing character of the area to neighbouring sites at Greenwich peninsula, where a plethora of high-rise applications have been waved through and subsequently developed within eyesight. And while he accepted riverside areas of the Charlton Riverside Opportunity Area may accept taller buildings, promoting high-rise development across the area would compromise planning aims for the area.

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