Sydenham housing scheme will have double number of homes – but none are ‘affordable’
A developer has been allowed to more than double the amount of homes to an already-approved scheme in Sydenham, despite some residents and local…
Bexley maternity hospital conversion into homes begins
Work has begun to convert a derelict hospital in Bexley into more than 100 new homes, a year on from its knife-edge planning approval…
Lambeth Council paid more than £133,000 of compensation in six months after ‘failing to handle housing complaints’
More than £133,000 in compensation was paid to tenants across a period of six months after Lambeth Council failed to fix urgent repairs in…
Bromley’s controversial green belt housing plans going to appeal
Plans to build 350 homes on green belt land on the very edge of London may still be given the green light on appeal…
Twenty-seven storey ‘luxury’ student tower block plan for Greenwich Peninsula
Plans to build two high-rise student accommodation tower blocks—one of them close to 30 storeys—on the Greenwich Peninsula have been submitted to Greenwich Council.…
Beckenham mum whose baby is ‘regularly bitten by bed bugs’ in Southern Housing flat starts petition with 36,000 signatures
A mother in Beckenham has launched a petition against ‘housing neglect’, after her baby has been regularly bitten by bed bugs, writes Louisa Woolf……
Government sets out plans for tens of thousands of new homes across London’s Docklands
South London may see “tens of thousands” of new homes being built, as the Government has announced plans to transform a number of areas…
Re-jigged plans to bulldozed homeless hostel would see council homes slashed
A South London council’s re-jigged plans to bulldoze a homeless hostel would see the number of new council homes slashed by more than half. Mayfields…
New neighbourhood approved in Richmond with shops, cinema and school plus more than 1,000 homes – but only 65 are ‘affordable’
A new South West London neighbourhood with more than 1,000 homes, offices, shops and a secondary school has been approved, despite only including 65…
Resident moved into home with no bed, curtains, electricity or gas
A South London resident was moved into a home with no “bed, curtains, electricity or gas”, with councillors saying some of the accommodation in…
Celebrated architect upset ‘council has made her building in Streatham look like an oil refinery’
A celebrated architect finds it upsetting to visit a block of flats she designed because she says a South London council’s botched building work…
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…
