Garages to be bulldozed to make way for new home in Eltham

By Lachlan Leeming, Local Democracy Reporter

Plans to bulldoze 12 garages for a wheelchair-friendly home have been given the go-ahead.

Greenwich council’s planning board approved the application for land adjacent to 1-8 Rydons Close, Eltham, submitted by the authority itself, earlier this month.

It means plans will move forward on bulldozing the 12 garages to build the single-storey, four-bedroom wheelchair-accessible house.

Alongside the new home, a drop-off bay and off-street parking area for four vehicles will be constructed.

In approving the application, councillors added that the developers would be required to provide parking for residents during the construction of the home.

The new home will form part of the authority’s council housing stock and would be provided at affordable social rent.

The scheme is the latest part of the council’s plans to build homes for social rent across the borough, with 750 homes planned to be delivered by 2022.

Pictured is an artist’s impression of the new home.