Though the general idea seemed ok and access is fine. I'm not sure Greenwich pissed money up the wall, but they/Tilfen Land at the time managed it ineptly given so much empty many years on.

It could certainly work fine now with good access and much vacant space for industrial units.

Funny thing about White Hart Triangle site is though before my time really but I recall a family member who worked for the council at the time talking about it a lot. Stating it was pissing money up the wall. They weren't wrong looking at 25 yrs later. Might have been related to council yard nearby.

3/3 If Greenwich and TfL were on the ball this would be actively pursued.

Instead both obsessed with flawed Thamesmead DLR plan when some far easier and cheaper projects to enable mass housing are possible sooner in Thamesmead and Woolwich.

That ensures acres more land for homes seconds from Woolwich station. And no loss of industrial business locally.

And whisper it, maybe even enabling funds for that second station entrance. Big sheds and parking metres away at the moment right now. Ripe for new mixed-use development

2/2 I covered the bus garage plans earlier www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2025/11/27/n...

They've made a mistake somewhere! Here's their website on changes:

I found a TfL page on upcoming changes and on there it only said early morning. Couldn't see it on londonbusroutes either.

I saw that message but then looked at timetable changes and couldn't see it listed.

Between €11,498 to €29,315 it says 11 per cent income tax in France v 20 per cent in UK above £12.5k.

France has 9.7% additional tax with UK having 8 per cent NI in addition.

Google tells me France is 39.7 per cent above €29,316 is that about right?

Unemployment benefit is much higher as you say if losing a job with energy and transport costs generally lower. Housing too?

Then add in extremely expensive housing and well, emigration increases make sense.

4/4 PLUS it expands the pool of available homes. Buying back - and evicting private renters and/or restricting homes available to them - has a knock on effect in terms of rental costs.

With public land sitting empty for many years in places like Newham, buy back on a mass scale is a mistake

Newham's line that it's much cheaper to buy back than build new doesn't really tally with a Newham housing report on new build costs I read just last week.

Building new also have the benefit of employing many, sustaining a construction industry during a downturn and not impacting private rents

Obvs this isn't saying there is corruption in Newham or it's specific to there. It's happening everywhere.

In some cases councils are buying back former council homes at high cost let to private tenants (who are far from well off) who in turn evicted and put at risk of homelessness.