Arts & culture
Sculpture by Idris Khan unveiled at One Blackfriars
A new public artwork by Idris Khan OBE has been unveiled at the foot of the One Blackfriars skyscraper.
Planning & Development
News about developments, planning applications, planning policy and related topics in North Southwark and North Lambeth.
Planning & Development
South Bank & Waterloo neighbourhood plan approved in referendum
Planning decisions in the South Bank and Waterloo will have to take account of new policies drawn up by local people after residents and businesses approved a neighbourhood plan at a referendum held on Thursday.
Planning & Development
Shared ownership residents barred from tower’s sky lounge and gym
The firm behind an Elephant & Castle skyscraper has been served with a planning contravention notice by Southwark Council after it found that residents of shared ownership flats are not able to use the gym and rooftop lounge available to private tenants.
Greater London Authority
London Assembly calls on Parliament to probe Garden Bridge
The London Assembly has published its report on the Garden Bridge debacle - and has urged Parliament's public accounts committee to mount a further probe into the project which has left the taxpayer with a £43 million bill.
Old Kent Road
TfL: we’ll have to curb OKR development without Bakerloo line
Transport for London has warned that only 9,000 of the 25,000 new homes planned for the Old Kent Road area can be built unless or until the Bakerloo line extension is in place.
Old Kent Road
Green light for 1,100 homes at B&Q Old Kent Road site
A development of more than 1,100 homes in buildings up to 48 storeys high - on the Old Kent Road site occupied by B&Q, Halfords and Pets at Home - has been approved by Southwark councillors.
Planning & Development
35 homes for TfL Southwark Street site where Sadiq pledged 120
A mere 35 homes - eight of them for social rent - are now proposed for the Transport for London-owned site in Southwark Street where Mayor of London Sadiq Khan once claimed that 120 homes could be built.
History
Borough High Street War Memorial: listed status upgraded
The Government has upgraded the listed status of the war memorial in Borough High Street on the recommendation of Historic England.
River Thames
Apple 'wanted to open store' on Garden Bridge
Computer and phone company Apple was interested in sponsoring the Garden Bridge if it could open a retail store on the river crossing, according to Boris Johnson's former deputy mayor.
Greater London Authority
Sadiq Khan formally revokes Boris's Garden Bridge decisions
City Hall says that the taxpayer could lose £46.4 million if the Garden Bridge is not built, as Sadiq Khan formally revokes the decision by his predecessor Boris Johnson to underwrite the bridge's future maintenance costs.
Education
LSBU to demolish Edwardian school and 1990s social housing block
London South Bank University plans to demolish an Edwardian school building and a 1990s social housing block on its campus near Elephant & Castle.
Elephant & Castle
Qatar becomes part-owner of Elephant & Castle development
The development nearing completion at the corner of New Kent Road and Elephant Road is be part of a new joint venture between Qatari Diar, Delancey and APG.
