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.
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Transport
Lambeth Council has launched a public consultation on plans to prevent motor vehicles from using two Waterloo back-streets as a rat run.
Cinemas
A planning application to convert the former Kino cinema at Bermondsey Square into alternative commercial use has been withdrawn after Southwark Council advised it was unlikely to be approved.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
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
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
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
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
The developers of a proposed hotel in the New Kent Road have been given permission to increase the number of bedrooms from 200 261.
Education
The London School of Economics has appointed development partners to replace its Bankside House residence next to Tate Modern with new accommodation for 2,000 students.
History
Southwark Council has rejected the latest proposal for a temporary advertising billboard on the southern facade of Town Hall Chambers in Borough High Street.
Planning & Development
The two public routes through the Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern could close an hour earlier in the evening as a response to an "increase in security-related issues".
Elephant & Castle
Transport for London says it now expects to find cash to complete the new entrance and escalator shaft at Elephant & Castle tube station.
Bankside
Plans for a new office block at the corner of Southwark Street and Southwark Bridge Road have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Health
The Waterloo Health Centre will relocate to its temporary home on the former library site in Lower Marsh from mid-January 2024.
Education
A pupil at an SE1 school has challenged Southwark's leadership on overcrowding and poor repairs in council homes in the borough.
Transport
One of Sadiq Khan's deputy mayors has warned that development of the Old Kent Road area is 'stalling' because funding has not been found for the Bakerloo line extension.
City of London
A member of the City of London's ruling body has called for the corporation to consider staging a drone display on the evening of the Lord Mayor's Show to replace the traditional fireworks that were abolished in 2017.
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