Comments on Plumsteadshire: The future of Woolwich

Is there a way of starting off a new topic even if...

2005-12-01T11:09:00.000Z

Is there a way of starting off a new topic even if I'm not the blog owner?

I was looking at the http://www.royal-arsenal.co.uk/index.cfm?ArticleID=30&ImageNumber=4 site. There it says that the next plahse of the Arsenal development will include shops, cafes etc. (there's you go Pangloss, Pizza Express ;)

What I don't understand is how this is going to be joined to the town centre? Are they going to knock down some walls? Are they planning to do anything for the town centre itself or is it all going to be secluded behind the walls creating two parts (an old and run down Woolwich and the hip and trendy Woolwich)?

Hold on a minute, how could that be possible? Firs...

2005-12-01T10:23:00.000Z

Hold on a minute, how could that be possible? First of all the space there is not large enough for a big mall never mind the "Europe's biggest mall". The traffic will be a nightmare and it will kill the soul of the whole area. The area around the Town Hall has the nicest buildings in Woolwich. What will happen to them? Does Woolwich have enough people to support all those shops? If it does go ahead, it's likely to turn into chav and gang land of some sort like the one in Lewisham.

I welcome redevelopment plans. The area needs it a...

2005-11-30T23:01:00.000Z

I welcome redevelopment plans. The area needs it and those poor saps who live in North Woolwich have absolutely nothing, so they need it more than we do. A mere short hop on the new DLR to the South side. That'll do them good.
Thinking aboout it, I don't like the idea of a mall. I'm thinking of the bigger picture. Look at any town centre. Take Bromley for example. People like malls because you don't get wet when it rains, but the shops outside of the malls get left out of the action. It's like a two tier shopping society. What would happen to the shop owners who can't afford the rents in the mall? And what of the buildings which would be left vacant by those shops who have migrated?
I should get on some kind of town planning committee.
Anyway, I thought Bluewater was to be the last of the mega malls?

I am privy to the plans for the redevelopment of W...

2005-11-30T10:46:00.000Z

I am privy to the plans for the redevelopment of Woolwich, for which purposes I must keep my identity undisclosed at this time as this information is not in the public domian yet. I understand that this is to go to public consultation in the new year.

The council plans to demolish its current buildings in Wellington Street / Love walk and rebuild a new Council HQ building on the site to house the majority of council staff. Basically they will then demolish all the buildings going up Woolwich New Road, on this plot of land it has been proposed that Europes largest shopping Mall be constructed, based around a Tesco's but with other retailers and the standard mix of Chain Stores and factory gloop resturants all due to complete by around 2015, with a bit of ace;;erateion and tarting things up for 2012