Charlton will not have buildings more than 10 storeys high as Greenwich Council promised they will “hold the line”.

The Charlton Riverside Masterplan was approved by the council yesterday, June 21, where they promised no planning permission would be approved for buildings above ten storeys in height.

The masterplan will transform Charlton with up to 5,000 new homes being built by 2027, with a significant proportion of these being three to five bedroom homes.

Plans for a new primary school, technical secondary college for 14-18 year olds, improve transport links, and build more office space for higher skilled industries are also part of the masterplan.

However concerns at the meeting were raised because the original draft of the plans had a limit of five to six storeys.

Councillor David Gardner said the council would come under pressure from developers to go beyond the maximum and damage the image of Charlton as a riverside village.

Cllr Gardner said: “My concern that it moves away from the whole original concept of a village. That’s why the increased density worries me.

“The danger is if we increase the height from five or six storeys that we are actually giving the green light to people who want to go beyond the maximum.

“If you look at Charlton riverside from the north bank it’s very green. How do we maintain that green village and atmosphere even if we can see that on the riverfront it could take away from the whole look and feel of the place.”

Pippa Hack, director of regeneration, enterprise and skills at Greenwich Council, said that they would not bow down to pressure from developers to build higher than then storeys.

Ms Hack said: “We are proposing something different from neighbouring areas such as Woolwich or the Peninsula.

“There is pressure from developers to go higher but we will hold the line and continue to hold the line.”

Councillor Miranda Williams, from Charlton ward, said: “We clearly know there will be pressure from developers to go higher.

“We need to remember there are people desperate for homes and that there are family homes here.

“We need to keep families in borough so we need to keep these kinds of developments.”