Politics & local government

Education

Mint Street neurodiversity hub among groups backed by council youth fund

The Neurodiversity Family Hub - based at Mint Street Adventure Playground - is among the groups sharing £1 million from Southwark Council's Positive Futures Fund for Young People

Southwark

Council plans to buy Tower Bridge Care Home from HC-One

Tower Bridge Care Home at the Bricklayers Arms is in line to be acquired from its private owners by Southwark Council.

Education

London Nautical School to become a City of London academy

The London Nautical School in Stamford Street - a boys' secondary school currently under the remit of Lambeth Council - is planning to become an academy sponsored by the City of London Corporation.

Education

Two primary schools set to merge as pupil numbers drop

Plans for the amalgamation of two primary schools near Elephant & Castle have been published, as inner London boroughs like Southwark struggle with a declining number of school-age children.

Politics & local government

Tooley Street: council considers cafe conversion for closed canteen

The former staff canteen at Southwark Council's Tooley Street headquarters could be opened to the public as a cafe to help the local authority raise more revenue from the building.

Transport

Waterloo rat-run: Lambeth consults on plans for Frazier Street and Pearman Street

Lambeth Council has launched a public consultation on plans to prevent motor vehicles from using two Waterloo back-streets as a rat run.

Cinemas

Bermondsey Square cinema: planners force climbdown on change of use

A planning application to convert the former Kino cinema at Bermondsey Square into alternative commercial use has been withdrawn after Southwark Council advised it was unlikely to be approved.

Health

University plans to block alcove to keep rough sleepers out

King's College London has applied to Southwark Council for permission to build an extension to the Greenwood Theatre near London Bridge to prevent rough sleepers and drug users from gathering outside a fire exit.

Elephant & Castle

Elephant & Castle: council prepares updated CPO

Laminated copies of a 16-page legal document have appeared on lamp posts around the Elephant & Castle as Southwark Council prepares to seek a compulsory purchase order to enable the shopping centre development to be completed.

Education

Grange Primary School consults on reduction from two forms to one

A Bermondsey primary school rebuilt less than a decade ago to expand its capacity from 30 to 60 pupils a year is consulting on plans to halve its annual admissions number.

South Bank

GLC-era South Bank signage added to Lambeth's 'local list'

A distinctive signpost on the South Bank that dates from the era of the Greater London Council has been added to Lambeth Council's 'local list' of structures of architectural and historical interest.

Planning & Development

New Kent Road hotel developer given green light to cram in 30% more rooms

The developers of a proposed hotel in the New Kent Road have been given permission to increase the number of bedrooms from 200 261.