MP PRESSES FOR NEW POST OFFICE
16th January 2025
Stephen Timms, Member of Parliament
for East Ham, met last week with Mr Umesh Patel, the new postmaster for the
North Woolwich area, and promised to do everything he could to ensure that a
Post Office reopens in the area soon. The previous Post Office in North Woolwich
closed in March 2000, and since then the local residents have had to travel
to Silvertown when they need to make use of the postal services.
Mr Patel, who owns the newsagent
located at 15 Pier Road, has been attempting to purchase the lease for the vacant
property next to his shop, and convert the two premises into a new combined
Post Office and newsagent. However problems with the planning permission and
the licensing conditions of the lease have so far prevented the conversion work
from going ahead.
Speaking after the meeting Mr Timms
said "The people of North Woolwich have gone without a Post Office for too
long. I know that there have been a number of problems which have prevented
a new Post Office from opening sooner, and that some of these problems were
sadly unavoidable. Since he was appointed postmaster for the area, Mr Patel
has been working very hard to get a new Post Office opened in North Woolwich.
I am very glad to hear that most of the problems now seem to be getting resolved,
and I hope he will be able to start work on the new Post Office soon. I will
be certainly be keeping a close eye on the situation, and I will do all I can
to help Mr Patel to get the Post Office open as soon as possible."
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