Have your say on East Greenwich’s future
Date: 22nd April
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
Location: St Mary Magdalene School
The East Greenwich Residents Association (EGRA) invites all residents to a pivotal evening for local democracy. As we approach the local elections, this is your opportunity to meet the candidates seeking to represent the Peninsula Ward, scrutinise their priorities, and ask how they plan to support our neighbourhood.
As a community-led organisation, EGRA is dedicated to protecting our community spaces, improving public areas, and ensuring residents have a genuine voice in planning decisions. We are working to create a cleaner, safer, and more vibrant neighbourhood. This hustings provides an opportunity for local residents to ensure our future councillors are aligned with these goals.
Why this matters
Greenwich Peninsula is undergoing significant change. We need strong representation on the council to ensure our voice is heard.
We need councillors who will prioritise community wellbeing over merely commercial gain and commit to rigorous scrutiny of new developments.
Key themes for debate
Based on resident feedback and our recent campaigning work, we will ask candidates to address the following critical issues:
Responsible Licensing & Public Nuisance: How will candidates protect the Cumulative Impact Zone (CIZ) and tackle the noise, litter, and safety hazards caused by late-night delivery hubs and 24-hour operations?
Planning & Density: With developers pushing for higher densities, how will candidates ensure that essential infrastructure—such as transport, health services, and waste management—keeps pace with the cumulative impact of new housing?
Air Quality & Green Spaces: Pollution levels in East Greenwich consistently remain a concern. How will candidates support the enhancement of our green infrastructure and ensuring that air quality is a decisive factor in planning permissions?
Submit your questions
This event is for you. If you have a specific question regarding the management of our streets, the protection of our amenities, or the future of East Greenwich, please submit it in advance or bring it with you on the night.
Send your questions to info@egra.london
Information for the events
Our two Hustings are being organised by the East Greenwich Residents’ Association (EGRA). We would like to thank the Church of England, the Koinonia Federation for the use of St Mary Magdalene All-Through School and Reverend John Pout for the use of Christ Church, East Greenwich. We would also like to thank the Aldeburgh & Fearon Neighbourhood Watch group for supporting our Greenwich Peninsula Ward Hustings.
EGRA is a non-political residents group dedicated to improving the local environment for everyone. So please keep your comments, questions and responses focused on local issues rather than straying into national and international politics. And please be respectful of other people’s opinions.
Some basic rules:
No banners or placards are permitted in the building.
Do not bring groups of supporters who are not residents of East Greenwich.
No shouting, loud heckling, abusive or offensive language.
We will provide paper and pens for written questions so that we can sort topics into groups to avoid duplication. You do not need to add your name if you would prefer not to.
Candidates, please keep answers short and relevant as there will be a lot of issues to cover.