Old Kent Road - London SE1 (Page 3)

Greater London Authority

Bakerloo line extension? Not in next decade - TfL finance chief

Plans to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham and beyond - via the Old Kent Road - won't become a reality in the next 10 years, Transport for London's finance boss has said.

Old Kent Road

City to keep ‘no dogs’ rule in SE1 social housing

More than 1,000 SE1 households whose landlord is the City of London Corporation will continue to be barred from keeping dogs in their homes after a Guildhall committee decided to maintain the current cats-only policy.

Planning & Development

18-storey tower proposed on St James's Road

An 18-storey block of flats has been proposed for the site of a disused meat warehouse at the southern end of St James's Road, just off the Old Kent Road.

Old Kent Road

Government pledges £10m funding for Old Kent Road

The Government has announced that the Old Kent Road will receive nearly £10 million in funding from the Future High Streets Fund.

Transport

Bakerloo line extension: work goes on, says TfL

Transport for London says it will still publish a report on plans for the Bakerloo line extension later this year, despite recently admitting the scheme is unlikely to be affordable in the next decade.

Transport

Bakerloo line extension in jeopardy due to COVID-19 crisis

Southwark Council leader Peter John has warned that big infrastructure projects like the Bakerloo line extension via the Old Kent Road could be in jeopardy as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

Old Kent Road

Coronavirus cancels council’s Cannes conflab

Southwark Council's developer-funded trip to Cannes to promote the Bakerloo line extension has been scuppered by the coronavirus, with the MIPIM property trade fair postponed from March to June.

Old Kent Road

Bakerloo line extension: OKR developers fund council Cannes trip

A consortium of developers with interests along the Old Kent Road is funding Southwark Council's delegation to the MIPIM property trade show in Cannes next month.

City of London

Avondale Square Estate to be offered to movie-makers

The Avondale Square Estate off the Old Kent Road is one of the venues owned by the City of London Corporation to be touted to movie location scouts to help the Square Mile authority raise its income.

Old Kent Road

TfL: we’ll have to curb OKR development without Bakerloo line

Transport for London has warned that only 9,000 of the 25,000 new homes planned for the Old Kent Road area can be built unless or until the Bakerloo line extension is in place.

Old Kent Road

Green light for 1,100 homes at B&Q Old Kent Road site

A development of more than 1,100 homes in buildings up to 48 storeys high - on the Old Kent Road site occupied by B&Q, Halfords and Pets at Home - has been approved by Southwark councillors.