Health
Waterloo Health Centre seeking new home
Waterloo's main GP surgery is seeking a new home after the landlords of its Lower Marsh premises decided to redevelop the building.
Planning & Development
News about developments, planning applications, planning policy and related topics in North Southwark and North Lambeth.
Waterloo
Lucky Voice karaoke venue planned for Waterloo Station
Plans to open a karaoke bar in the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station have been submitted to Lambeth Council.
Planning & Development
Developer drops affordable housing from Grange Road scheme
Revised plans for a development in Bermondsey's Grange Road - approved in 2015 to include seven social rented homes - have been submitted to Southwark Council with all homes to be sold on the open market.
Planning & Development
Artist’s house in a skip could face council enforcement action
An artist who has taken up residence in a skip on a patch of waste ground in Mandela Way could face enforcement action from Southwark Council for failing to obtain planning permission.
History
Thomas Guy statue: Historic England backs charity's plans
Historic England has commended the Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation's "thoughtful" plans to install new signage around the statue of Thomas Guy at Guy's Hospital.
Planning & Development
Green light for 11-storey office building on Long Lane
Plans to redevelop the former Selected Rug Co building on Long Lane have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Lambeth
Fire boss talks tough about 15-year Albert Embankment debacle
The London Fire Commissioner has admitted in the 15-year saga of the redevelopment of the brigade's former headquarters on Albert Embankment represents "over 10 years of planning failure" and a lack of understanding of the needs of nearby residents.
Transport
TfL sets 2025 start date for Southwark Tube Station office block
London SE1 website team Transport for London says it plans to start building a new office block above Southwark Underground Station in 2025 having selected its preferred joint venture partner for the scheme.
Planning & Development
'Polar bear sanctuary' next to Tower Bridge proposed by GLA?
A proposal for a 'polar bear sanctuary with snow slide' to be constructed in The Scoop amphitheatre next to the former City Hall has been accidentally published online by the Greater London Authority.
Lambeth
Lambeth in line for £3.8m payout from Farage TV studio landlord
Lambeth Council is in line to receive a £3.8 million payment towards new council homes from the landlord of the Thames-side TV studio used for Nigel Farage's nightly GB News show.
Arts & culture
Supreme Court: Tate Modern visitors did cause nuisance to Neo Bankside flats
The presence of thousands of Tate Modern Visitors looking into the glass-walled homes of Neo Bankside residents from the art gallery's top-floor viewing platform did constitute a nuisance in law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Elephant & Castle
'Big brands' vying to open at redeveloped Elephant shopping centre
With three years to go until the opening of the new shops on the site of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, the developer says that "very big brands" are already queueing up to open stores in the complex.
