Change! But where will it lead?
Convoys Wharf site owners are Hutchinson Property Group, a prominent developer from Hong Kong, known for their large-scale luxury projects. After years of unsuccessful engagement with the Voice4Deptford campaign they have in the last few months begun to shift tactics, embracing a more community-oriented mindset. Traditionally, the company has focused on high-end residential towers and…
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: Join our planning meeting – date of next meeting Convoys Wharf Community Liaison Forum Progress on Jetty Park The Deptford Storehouse Dead Man’s Dock The latest on housing design, social housing and policies
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: Who is protecting Deptford’s historic causeway? Canary Wharf looks to diversity as banks move out Greening Evelyn! How to solve the housing crisis. and more.
July/August News
See the latest news from Voice 4 Deptford including: The developers CPG Community Meeting September Walking Tour of Convoys Wharf New ‘100% affordable’ development completed in Deptford Adventure playground improvement plans approved Next V4D planning meeting details for Wednesday 14th September and more
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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.
June News
Read about: V4D Public Meeting V4D Planning Meeting Evelyn Local Assembly UCL Bartlett School of Planning / Just Space Knowledge Exchange Workshop News on housing issues Convoys Property Group Community Engagement Event.
Voice4Deptford May News
Read the latest news from V4D including: V4D’s open meeting – One more high rise, on your doorstep? Reserve your place. Tudor Storehouse and Plot 01 Proposals From DEPTFORD Dockyard to THAMESMEAD CLOCK Tower history V4D Planning Meeting London’s biggest regeneration zones Citizens House, Unity Way, Lewisham Disappearing Schools – Inner London and more.
