News

Update: City Hall visit and news

After many months of saying nothing, developer Hutchison Property Group – proposing redevelopment of the Convoys Wharf site in Deptford, Southeast London – has emerged with a newly established community facing developers team willing to meet and discuss the future of the site with Voice4Deptford (V4D). Prior to this the Deptford community had been left completely in…

‘Top down’ blocks the Voice 4 Deptford!

New book by Voice 4 Deptford co-founder and vice-chair Dr Roger Green, together with Keith Popple, a campaigner and supporter, highlights the lethal approach of top-down developers, ignoring local need – and how local authorities including London Borough of Lewisham become co-opted, serving multi-national corporate rather than local agenda. Based on the story of Voice…

March Update

What is happing on Convoys Wharf in early 2025? It seems that the approved redevelopment planning scheme in 2014/15 submitted by Hutchison Whampoa, a Chinese owned global company, is now stalled. Nothing is happening on the ground apart from completion of works on the historic listed River Wall and a “Marketing Suite” on the Jetty…

Imagine Deptford’s cultural future!

Tuesday 9 July 6.30pm till 8.30pm join neighbours, Voice 4 Deptford, and UCL students to co-create a culture and heritage plan for Convoys Wharf. Event organiser Malcolm Cadman highlighted “an interactive, collaborative workshop where we’ll imagine the future together.” With refreshments and everyone welcome, the evening promises to generate key ideas and proposals to help…

Autumn News

You can read the latest V4D news below. It includes:

War over historic naval site in Deptford

The Evening Standard‘s Anna White has written about Convoys Wharf and The Voice4Deptford Campaign in her article ‘London’s biggest regeneration zones: 265,000 new homes are on the cards in boroughs across the capital’. She writes: The 41-acre Convoys Wharf along 550 metres of river frontage will bring 3,500 new homes, 2,000 full-time jobs and a…

September News

Read Voice4Deptford’s September News containing items on:

July/August News

See the latest news from Voice 4 Deptford including:

MōSaF Newsletter

MōSaF, Museum of Slavery and Freedom, have sent out their Summer Newsletter. It contains an excellent history of Convoys Wharf. You can read it, book a history walk and find out more about MōSaF here.

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.

Voice4Deptford Open Meeting

Join us on Wednesday 17th May at 7pm in the Armada Centre, Deptford to catch up with the latest developments in the Voice4Deptford campaign. Voice4Deptford is inviting you to the Armada Centre in Deptford to hear more about our campaign to get a better development at Convoys Wharf. The importance and potential of this historic…