Old Kent Road – 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 […]

Former candidate removed by Labour seeks Your Party backing for local election return

Staff Reporter — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:11:38 +0000

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Second phase of Ledbury Estate regeneration scheme gets underway off the Old Kent Road

Staff Reporter — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:48:20 +0000

Southwark Council has announced that the second phase of its plan to renew the Ledbury estate in Peckham has begun, writes Frankie Hills… Ground was officially broken as the council starts its long-term plans to revitalise the area, as the demolition of the three remaining 1960s tower blocks gets underway. The old towers were deemed […]

162 new council homes finished on Old Kent Road estate as work on 200 more set to begin soon

Issy Clarke — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:55:01 +0000

More than 150 homes on the Tustin Estate have been finished, as the developer announced that it has signed the contract to build more than 200 more in the next phase. The Tustin Estate on the Old Kent Road is being redeveloped over a number of years and by the time it is finished, there […]

Protest against ‘overdevelopment’ of Old Kent Road outside Southwark Council next week

Issy Clarke — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:46:54 +0000

Housing protestors will gather outside the council’s offices next week to protest what they describe as the ‘full-scale gentrification’ of the Old Kent Road. Activists from Save Old Kent Road and Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) will meet outside Southwark’s Tooley Street offices before a meeting of the full council next Wednesday (18 March) […]

Southwark Council propose world-first wild swimming experience on the Old Kent Road

News Desk — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:35:00 +0000

Wild swimming may be coming to the Old Kent Road at Southwark’s Grade II listed gasworks, writes Rich Brann. Plans outlined at the council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee described the proposal as unlike anything else seen in Europe, creating an accessible freshwater swimming experience with health benefits at the development site in Old Kent Road, […]

Plans go in for more student accommodation off the Old Kent Road – this time on a car wash

Issy Clarke — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:05:42 +0000

More student accommodation could soon be coming to the Old Kent Road, after a developer applied for permission to redevelop a car wash into over 200 student flats. Developer Student Urban Living Ilderton has applied to Southwark Council for permission to build a 19-storey tower containing 241 student flats on Ilderton Road at the junction with […]

Council says Old Kent Road shop has been forced to shut for three months after selling illegal vapes and tobacco including to children

Issy Clarke — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:46:30 +0000

Southwark Council have named a shop on the Old Kent Road has been ordered to shut for three months after it was found selling illegal tobacco and vapes, including to children. Koya One mini market at 430-432 Old Kent Road will have to close until March 22 following a closure order granted by Croydon Magistrates […]

Southwark Review of the Year 2025: Affordable homes lost

Issy Clarke — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:27:00 +0000

Several developments in Southwark will now provide far less affordable housing than they were originally supposed to, amounting to a loss of more than a thousand affordable homes. In 2025 we saw local opposition ramp up to Berkeley Homes’ plans to transform Peckham’s skyline with the construction of a cluster of high rise blocks looming […]

Aldi is opening on the Old Kent Road on December 11

Issy Clarke — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:59:15 +0000

The Old Kent Road is getting a new Aldi three years after the old store closed and it will be opening in just a week’s time on Thursday, December 11 at 8am. The new store will be located at 840 Old Kent Road opposite the junction with Ilderton Road and will be open: The Aldi […]