This evening Eltham North Councillor Spencer Drury met with Progress Residents’ Association Committee Member Keith Billingshurst and a Council Officer to discuss the future of the fencing at Lovelace Green.

Greenwich Council has failed to address residents concerns about the introduction of parking charges on Eltham High Street and has instead given an irrelevant response to a petition with hundreds of signatures.

At Greenwich Council’s Cabinet last week Labour Councillors were presented with a report from Ofsted which challenged the Council over the performance of primary schools and Sixth Forms in the borough. 

At Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting Greenwich Council’s Labour Cabinet agreed to commission a further study to consider the feasibility of extending the Docklands Light Railway to Eltham. 

Greenwich Cabinet was informed on Tuesday evening that it was to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Coalition Government’s proposed reform of the way Council housing is funded. 

Greenwich Council has decided to consult this week on proposals to install parking for bicycles on Eltham High Street.

On Tuesday Chairman of Greenwich Conservatives Malcolm Reid, Leader of the Conservative Group Cllr Spencer Drury and GLA Candidate Cllr Alex Wilson attended the hearings held by the Boundary Commission at Lewisham Town Hall to consult over the proposed new parliamentary constituency boundaries.

Local residents will have noticed that the Council opened a new BMX track at Hornfair Park at the start of September; however, Greenwich Conservatives Leader Councillor Spencer Drury writes that the park tells visitors much more about what is wrong with Labour’s policy for parks around our borough. 

Eltham North Councillor Nigel Fletcher at the official opening of the new Tesco store in Tudor Parade, part of the new development at the Coronet Cinema site.  He is pictured with members of the Friends of Well Hall Pleasaunce, who were presented with a cheque for £500 by Tesco at the event.

Cllrs Spencer Drury and Adam Thomas attended the latest meeting of the Council's Best Value Review committee which is looking at the future role of Greenwich's Local Education Authority, councillors were given a presentation on the early indications of the latest exam results fro Greenwich.