Planning & Development
Controversial plans for a new office block on the site of the former ITV HQ on the South Bank will be the subject of a public inquiry before a Government minister makes the final decision.
Lambeth
These were the first elections to be fought on the redrawn Lambeth ward boundaries, with the former three-member Bishop's ward largely replaced by the new Waterloo & South Bank ward with just two councillors. Incumbent councillor Ibrahim Dogus – a South Bank restaurateur – has been joined at the town
Planning & Development
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove is considering whether to order a public inquiry into plans for a controversial new office building on the site of the former ITV headquarters on the South Bank.
Lambeth
A South Bank festival was so loud a local man could use a music identification app to look up tracks from his bedroom in a nearby 10th floor flat, Lambeth councillors were told on Tuesday night.
Planning & Development
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.
South Bank
Tourism and hospitality on the South Bank may not have recovered from the COVID crisis, but crime levels around Waterloo have returned to pre-pandemic levels according to new statistics published this month.
Parliament
A minister has given a non-committal answer to a question tabled by a Labour front bencher asking what the Government has done to secure the future of the COVID memorial wall on the South Bank.
Transport
Work will start this month on the installation of permanent anti-terrorist bollards to protect pedestrians and cyclists on Westminster Bridge.
Lambeth
From next year's local elections Waterloo & South Bank will be represented at Lambeth Town Hall by two councillors rather than three under final proposals published this week by the boundary commission.
Postal services
SE1 is to gain a new Post Office with the opening of a new counter at the St Thomas' Hospital branch of WHSmith.
Lambeth
Two years after Lambeth Council and TfL spent £500,000 exploring proposals to redevelop the BFI IMAX cinema site at Waterloo, the council is set to allocate a further £150,000 for a feasibility study for an 'office-led' scheme.
Arts & culture
Mark Ball has been appointed as artistic director of the Southbank Centre with responsibility for the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.
Police & crime
A violent robber who stabbed a man before stealing his designer jacket on the South Bank has been jailed.
Lambeth
Lambeth councillors have unanimously endorsed a motion calling for the National Covid Memorial Wall on the Thames Path in front of St Thomas' Hospital to be made permanent.
Police & crime
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after three men were stabbed on the South Bank on Friday night.
South Bank
For anyone of a certain age who remembers when London was served by different ITV companies depending on the day of the week, last week's appearance of Thames Television signage on the former HQ of London Weekend Television will have been deeply confusing
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