Planning & Development
Clink Street souvenir shop sign can stay, says planning inspector
A souvenir shop in Clink Street can keep its projecting sign after a planning inspector overturned Southwark Council's decision to veto the application.
Planning & Development
News about developments, planning applications, planning policy and related topics in North Southwark and North Lambeth.
Planning & Development
Elephant & Castle rail bridge to be decorated with hand-painted ads
The abutment of the railway bridge above the New Kent Road at the Elephant & Castle is to be decorated with hand-painted advertiser-funded murals under plans approved by Southwark Council.
Planning & Development
Green light for office block at ITV’s old South Bank site
Controversial plans to replace the former ITV studios on the South Bank with a new office block have been approved by Lambeth's planning applications committee.
Lambeth
Lambeth responds to Waterloo ‘community tensions’ with £4m fund
Lambeth Council is inviting groups and businesses in Waterloo to apply for a share of a £4 million 'Community Connections Fund' in recognition of the impact the pace of development has had on the area.
Health
St Thomas' Hospital puts up tent for patients to queue for A&E
A marquee has been installed outside St Thomas' Hospital so that patients queuing in the open air to get in to the emergency department can keep out of the rain.
Planning & Development
Elephant & Castle developer asks to drop on-site affordable homes
16 newly built flats at the Elephant & Castle intended as affordable housing could be sold or rented on the open market after a developer told Southwark Council it couldn't find a housing association prepared to take them on.
History
Roman mosaic floor found at Southwark Street development site
Archaeologists working on a site in Southwark Street have uncovered the largest area of Roman mosaic to be discovered in London for half a century.
Planning & Development
City Hall confirms £10m for Elephant & Castle affordable housing
The Mayor of London will provide nearly £10 million in public funding to the developers of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site to part-subsidise the building of new affordable housing.
Lambeth
Residents launch petition against ‘dark kitchens’ in rail arches
People living opposite so-called 'dark kitchens' supplying hot food for home delivery say their lives are being made hell by delivery drivers who defecate outside their flats and shout abuse at them.
Elephant & Castle
Optical illusions at Elephant axed to protect neurodiverse people
The designs for hoardings around the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site have been updated to remove optical illusions after concerns were raised about the impact on "people with neurodiverse conditions".
Old Kent Road
Bakerloo line extension 'completely out of reach' - Sadiq
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has given his most pessimistic assessment yet of the prospects for a Bakerloo line extension beyond Elephant & Castle, declaring the scheme "completely out of reach".
Lambeth
Old Lambeth rectory turned into £15 million mansion
The former rectory of St Mary-at-Lambeth church next to Lambeth Palace is up for sale with an asking price of £15 million.
