Old Kent Road Area Action Plan – 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 […]

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, […]

Southwark gets five new conservation areas along the Old Kent Road

Kit Heren — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:39:46 +0000

The council is also in the middle of a long-term plan to build 20,000 houses in the area

Crimscott Street: plans submitted for Bermondsey block with no affordable housing

Kit Heren — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 16:10:24 +0000

The developer says affordable housing would not be financially viable for the nine-flat block

Bermondsey forge owners stunned by ‘low’ council valuation

Kit Heren — Wed, 26 May 2021 14:28:39 +0000

Southwark Council suggested a valuation for the site of less than half of what the owners had previously been quoted, having made it difficult for them to build on the site themselves

Developers plan over 1,000 homes in Old Kent Road’s Ruby Triangle

News Desk — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 05:34:55 +0000

The £520m scheme also includes commercial space

Don’t knock us on the Old Kent Road – Businesses fear for their future over plans to regenerate area

News Desk — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:00:29 +0000

The draft Old Kent Road Area Action Plan is currently being consulted on by Southwark Council

Southwark Council extends Old Kent Road consultation for six weeks after concerns

News Desk — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 05:00:22 +0000

Residents want more time to look at plans for 20,000 new homes and new Tube stops