East Greenwich Residents Association Step Up Campaign Against Cruise Liner Terminal After High Court Success

* Ian Blore who monitors air pollution on
behalf of the EGRA supports the case.
(Credit: EGRA)

by Nancy Weirh | Greenwich

The East Greenwich Residents Association (EGRA) has stepped up its opposition to the building of a Cruise Liner Terminal at Enderby Wharf, North Greenwich, until a full Judicial Review is carried out.

In line with their resolve, the Residents Association has embraced CrowdJustice - a crowd funding website - from which it hopes to raise £16,000 through mass donations in support of the case.

In a statement, after a favourable High Court decision following the intensive five-hour hearing by Mr Justice Dove of the High Court on Tuesday 19 April, 2016, EGRA expressed delight with the permission granted by the Court, for a full judicial review of the planning decision.

The review will cover the development of Enderby Wharf (North) as well as the "contentious planned cruise liner terminal."

EGRA said the grounds for the review were the nature of the air quality assessments undertaken during the planning process and presented to the Planning Board of Greenwich Council last summer.

Miss Jenny Wigley, on behalf of the Claimant, had argued at the hearing, that the environmental assessment did not take into account the cumulative impact of all air emissions from the development, including the diesel pollution from a “hotelling” cruise ship, estimated to be similar to that from 688 idling lorries according to the Mayor of London’s own consultants, and all other vehicle and non-vehicle emissions.

Local residents of East Greenwich have already been joined by many other civic societies from both banks of the river and have consistently argued for an on-shore power supply to cut the impact of dirty diesel emissions.

A Royal Greenwich said due and satisfying air quality assessments were commissioned and undertaken by an independent assessor before the approval for the project was given.