Affordable housing – Southwark News

Save Old Kent Road – protestors to demonstrate in national rally this Saturday and local rally next Saturday

Staff Reporter — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

The Save Old Kent Road campaign is planning a major demonstration in Southwark next weekend as well as an appearance at the National Housing Demonstration this Saturday, writes Rich Brann. Alongside the Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) group, the national demonstration in Central London this weekend as well as the march along the Old […]

Southwark Council completed more social rent homes than any other London borough last year

Issy Clarke — Mon, 26 May 2025 17:05:54 +0000

Southwark Council completed more social rent homes than any other borough in London last year, according to new data published by the Greater London Authority (GLA). The local authority finished 581 social rent homes in 2024, more than second-placed Haringey (547) and Greenwich (440). Southwark also made a start on the second-highest number of social […]

New development with Almshouse and rooftop gardens takes a step forward

News Desk — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:29:49 +0000

A contractor has been appointed for a mixed-use development on Blackfriars Road that will provide new office space and affordable sheltered housing for the elderly writes Issy Clarke JRL Group has been awarded the contract to start work on the 22 and 15-storey buildings that will be set among landscaped gardens and a new outdoor […]

Developer seeking to put 58 affordable flats on private market

Herbie Russell — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:51:40 +0000

A developer has asked Southwark Council to let it put 58 affordable flats onto the private market. YourTRIBE student housing has offered to pay the council £2 million instead – which would go towards affordable housing elsewhere in Southwark. The developer claims it cannot find a housing association willing to buy or lease the flats, […]

Comment: Affordable housing quotas have to apply to all developments – without exception

News Desk — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:00:13 +0000

This week, we reveal how a student halls got planning permission with just 11 per cent affordable housing. It shows just how important it is that Southwark Council sticks to its policy of 35 per cent affordable housing on all new developments. In this instance, King’s College London (KCL) was able to convince councillors that […]

153 flats approved off Old Kent Road

Herbie Russell — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:58:22 +0000

Councillors have approved plans to build a 153-flat development on St James’s Road, off Old Kent Road. The development includes three blocks of seven, eight and nineteen storeys, and 1,900sqm of floorspace for commercial and light industrial uses. 35 per cent of the homes will be affordable, with 25 per cent social rent and the […]

Comment: Maydew house has been a towering saga of confusion, waste and delay

News Desk — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:25 +0000

Bermondsey’s Maydew House has long been a frustrating, 26-storey reminder of Southwark’s housing crisis. Many have asked how a 144-flat building could remain empty for almost a decade, while 17,000 people are on the housing waiting list. For years, we have been told that Maydew would be refurbished, new flats added, and remain a vital […]

Exclusive: Bermondsey’s Maydew House set for demolition

Herbie Russell — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:15:47 +0000

Bermondsey’s Maydew House will be put forward for demolition, after years of disruption to ejected residents and thousands of pounds spent on maintaining the empty block. In 2015, residents were forced to leave the 26-storey Abbeyfield Estate block under the proviso that asbestos would be removed, flats refurbished, and ejected families moved back in. But […]

Southwark Council and Lib Dems clash over affordable housing delivery

Herbie Russell — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:06:45 +0000

Southwark Council and the Liberal Democrats have clashed after local Lib Dem leader Victor Chamberlain claimed Labour’s affordable housing commitments were “hot air”. Cllr Chamberlain made the comment after the publication of a report by the London Assembly which presents a mixed picture of Southwark’s house-building projects. On the one hand, the report found that […]

Camberwell industrial site on Parkhouse Street to get 85 new homes

Herbie Russell — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 14:56:20 +0000

A Camberwell industrial site on Parkhouse Street will be redeveloped to provide 85 new homes and repurposed commercial space after the plans received council approval. At the planning committee meeting on Wednesday, September 14, a council officer said the development “would be high quality, provide 40 per cent affordable housing and modernised workspace”. Objections to […]