https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/bermondsey/465-student-flats-and-26-social-rented-homes-set-to-be-approved-off-old-kent-road/ The independent voice of the London Borough of Southwark Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:01:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/bermondsey/465-student-flats-and-26-social-rented-homes-set-to-be-approved-off-old-kent-road/#comment-50133 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:01:13 +0000 https://southwarknews.co.uk/?p=472434#comment-50133 Another charming building – a real beauty to look at every day if you live next to it – for which Southwark has become famous. I can feel the cold wind tunnel effect around it even before it’s been built. All for a paltry 26 “social housing” flats? Something is seriously upsidedown with our social housing policy since Thatcher.

]]> https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/bermondsey/465-student-flats-and-26-social-rented-homes-set-to-be-approved-off-old-kent-road/#comment-50132 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:47:22 +0000 https://southwarknews.co.uk/?p=472434#comment-50132 Aah….London where Lend Lease and Berkley Homes buy any bit of council owned ( meaning taxpayers) land and buildings.
London must be the Centre of Student learning, how many proposed Student Accommodation has there been in the last ten years? And quickly sold on to other developers when not enough students?

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