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• 'Its just not right': residents react to demolition order of Mast Quay II tower block – video

  27-09-2023 20:29
  
  Residents at the Mast Quay Phase II tower block in Woolwich spoke to The Guardian about a demolition order for their building from the Greenwich council due to a series of planning breaches. Many of the people residing in the 23-storey housing development initially received the news through journalists and expressed surprise and disappointment with the decision. Anthony Okereke, the Labour leader of Greenwich council, said developers were 'lining their pockets' by letting the apartments despite
  
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• 'It's just not right': residents react to demolition order for Mast Quay II tower block – video

  27-09-2023 20:29
  
  Residents at the Mast Quay Phase II tower block in Woolwich spoke to the Guardian about a demolition order for their building from the Greenwich council due to a series of planning breaches. Many of the people residing in the 23-storey housing development initially received the news through journalists and expressed surprise and disappointment with the decision. Anthony Okereke, the Labour leader of Greenwich council, said developers were 'lining their pockets' by letting the apartments despite
  
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• ‘No one wants to lose their home’: London renters shocked at order to raze their flats

  27-09-2023 19:24
  
  Mast Quay II tenants may need to find new homes after Greenwich ordered demolition of tower complexRenters at a cluster of new Thameside apartment complex expressed shock on Wednesday after the Royal Borough of Greenwich ordered the “unprecedented” demolition of 204 homes over what it said were a series of planning breaches.Many residents at the Mast Quay Phase II development in Woolwich first learned the news from journalists after the local authority announced on Monday that the de
  
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• ‘My flat’s going to be pulled down’: renters at London block shocked at plans to demolish homes

  27-09-2023 18:20
  
  Mast Quay II tenants may need to find new homes after Greenwich ordered demolition of tower blockRenters at a cluster of new Thameside tower blocks expressed shock on Wednesday after Royal Borough of Greenwich ordered the “unprecedented” demolition of 204 homes for a series of planning breaches.Many households at Mast Quay II in Woolwich first learned the news from journalists after the local authority announced on Monday that the developer, Comer Homes Group, must raze the buildings
  
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• London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council

  27-09-2023 08:00
  
  ‘Blight on the landscape’ in Greenwich lacks promised gardens, children’s play areas and accessibility for wheelchair usersBuildings rarely look as good as the airbrushed architects’ visualisations produced to persuade planners to grant permission. Extra sharp highlights, implausibly blue skies and deeper colours are all part of the dark arts of the computer-generated rendering.But the gulf between what was proposed for an apartment complex rising 23 storeys above the Tha
  
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