South Bank hotel blocked over fears area is overrun by hotels
Plans to build a new 186-room South Bank hotel have been blocked over concerns the area is overrun hotels. Lambeth councillors said there were…
‘Eyesore’ shopping centre to be bulldozed after decade of delays
An ‘eyesore’ South London shopping centre will finally be knocked down almost ten years after plans to bulldoze it were first revealed. Over 500…
Doctors fleeing down under say consultants striking over pay outside Lewisham Hospital
South London hospital consultants striking over pay fear the NHS faces a ticking time bomb as demoralised junior doctors flee to Australia, Canada and…
Millionaire DJ pulls plans for 20-storey Brixton tower
A Texan millionaire DJ has pulled plans to build a 20-storey tower in the middle of Brixton. Taylor McWilliams’s property company Hondo has withdrawn…
New gardens for Deptford estate under £70,000 plans to ease pressure on parks
New public gardens will be created around a Deptford estate under £70,000 plans to ease pressure on local parks. Conservation charity the National Trust…
Lambeth Council to be inspected by landlord watchdog
A South London council will be the first in the country to be inspected in-person by the Housing Ombudsman because it is failing to…
Residents plagued as ‘youths wee in the stairwell and romp in the car park’ of their flats
Residents of a South London apartment block claim their lives are being made a nightmare by feral youths who wee in the stairwell and…
‘Posh out of town’ graffiti writers are causing havoc in Peckham
Posh out of town graffiti writers are causing havoc in a South London neighbourhood by using its walls as a canvas for their spray…
Fears Lee Green will lose sense of community as shopping centre rebuild beckons
Business owners in a crumbling South East London shopping centre earmarked for hundreds of homes fear the area will lose its sense of community…
Brockwell Lido users hit out at dirty floors and broken showers
Swimmers at a popular South London lido have hit out at dirty floors and broken showers, which they say are putting people off visiting.…
Nine-storey tower block to be built behind ex-theatre in Camberwell as church expands
A nine-storey tower block will be built behind an 85-year-old former theatre as part of a church’s expansion plans. Plans to construct 43 flats…
Southwark housing boss admits council hasn’t got cash to meet 11,000 council homes promise
Southwark housing boss has confessed the council doesn’t have the cash to start all the 11,000 council homes it promised to build. Southwark Council…
