Hotels
Borough High Street: green light for 'boutique hotel'
Plans to convert an empty office building in Borough High Street into a 47-bedroom 'boutique hotel' have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Planning & Development
News about developments, planning applications, planning policy and related topics in North Southwark and North Lambeth.
Waterloo
Lambeth drops plan for new council homes in Waterloo
Lambeth has effectively dropped plans for Waterloo's first new council homes in decades, with any new affordable homes on council land in Wootton Street expected to be managed instead by a housing association.
Southwark
Bricklayers Arms flyover could become elevated park
Southwark Council is seeking local people's views on the future of the Bricklayers Arms gyratory, including the potential conversion of the flyover into a tree-lined park.
Transport
Last chance to comment on Tanner Street to Willow Walk cycle route plans
Southwark Council is seeking views on a new cycle route through Bermondsey, linking Cycleway 14 at Tanner Street with Cycleway 2 on Willow Walk.
Transport
Old Kent Road: 'no room' for continuous cycle lanes
Southwark Council is to ask Transport for London to reconsider plans for segregated cycle lanes on the Old Kent Road amid concerns that they would not run continuously along the full length of the road.
Parks & green spaces
Tate Gallery objects to Southwark plan for Mandela Way park
The Tate Gallery has objected to Southwark Council's plan to create a new public park in the Mandela Way area, arguing that it would put priceless artworks in its collection store at risk of theft.
Transport
Old Kent Road's 'Bakerloop' bus could have tube-style interior
More details of the proposed 'Bakerloop' express bus along the Old Kent Road that will act as a prequel to the Bakerloo line extension have been revealed at a Southwark Council cabinet meeting.
River Thames
"It was a pity ... but never mind" - Boris on £43m Garden Bridge:
Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson has described the cancellation of the highly controversial Garden Bridge project - which left taxpayers with a £43 million bill - as "a pity".
London Fire Brigade
Gail's Bakery to open in former Southwark Fire Station
A decade after the closure of Southwark Fire Station, the former appliance bays are to become a branch of Gail's Bakery.
Planning & Development
Neo Bankside: council vetoes attempt to curb evening public access
Southwark Council has rejected a proposal to change the hours during which the public can use the pedestrian routes through the luxury Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern.
Planning & Development
Hotel conversion plan for Borough High Street office block
Plans to convert an office building in Borough High Street into a 47-bedroom hotel have been submitted to Southwark Council.
Planning & Development
Waterloo phone box can become coffee kiosk, planning inspector rules
A Government-appointed planning inspector has ruled that a defunct red phone box outside the Waterloo Action Centre can be used as a coffee kiosk, overturning Lambeth Council's decision to veto the proposal.
