{"id":477893,"date":"2026-04-17T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?p=477893"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:33:03","slug":"save-old-kent-road-protestors-to-demonstrate-in-national-rally-this-saturday-and-local-rally-next-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/area\/peckham\/save-old-kent-road-protestors-to-demonstrate-in-national-rally-this-saturday-and-local-rally-next-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Old Kent Road &#8211; protestors to demonstrate in national rally this Saturday and local rally next Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>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, <em>writes Rich Brann.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Kent Road a week later will see the groups advocate for change to the current regeneration plans.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"69959\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448384\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">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<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"GP6oXwImn5XA828QgSrR930dbnDf5iHbwlKhjWNTuSjeOT2ayfdLDVu9Zac1EHJcsYsBzpF4Opki1qGLlC7QvFVWKzPZEN3MgmA4\"><blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@southwarknews\/video\/7621629946556927254\" data-video-id=\"7621629946556927254\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@southwarknews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@southwarknews?refer=embed\">@southwarknews<\/a> <p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to have a community that exists long term in Southwark anymore.\u201d Organised by SHAPE (@shapecoalition), dozens gathered outside the Southwark Council offices last week to protest what they described as the \u2018full-scale gentrification\u2019 of the Old Kent Road.  The historic road is expected to see 20,000 new homes built in the next 20 years and campaigners criticised that just 5,000 will be set at the cheapest social rents. A second protest is planned for Saturday 25 April, when crowds will meet opposite the Northern line entrance of the tube station at 12pm before marching down the Old Kent Road. @SaveOKR  <a title=\"housingcrisis\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/housingcrisis?refer=embed\">#housingcrisis<\/a> <a title=\"southwarknews\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/southwarknews?refer=embed\">#southwarknews<\/a> <a title=\"ukprotest\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ukprotest?refer=embed\">#ukprotest<\/a> <a title=\"gentrification\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/gentrification?refer=embed\">#gentrification<\/a> <a title=\"housingmarket\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/housingmarket?refer=embed\">#housingmarket<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"? original sound - Southwark News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7621629950617619222?refer=embed\">? original sound &#8211; Southwark News<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Saturday saw the protestors hire an old London Routemaster bus to tour the road, urging Southwark Council to increase the amount of social rented housing in it&#8217;s plans for Old Kent Road. It also called for increase protection for the Old Kent Road&#8217;s cultural spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-420x560.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-477917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-420x560.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-210x280.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-110x146.jpeg 110w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1-1140x1520.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/save-old-kent-road-1.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Save Old Kent Road demonstrators. Image supplied by Save Old Kent Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tanya Murat, SHAPE Coalition said: &#8220;It is time to start challenging the rule of developers, as they were forced to do with the Aylesham Centre Peckham planning<br>application, which they refused because it only proposed 12% so-called affordablehousing.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"68153\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448385\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMjA0ODM4MjA3IiBjbGFzcz0ic291dGgtY29udGVudCBzb3V0aC1lbnRpdHktcGxhY2VtZW50IiBzdHlsZT0ibWFyZ2luLWxlZnQ6IGF1dG87bWFyZ2luLXJpZ2h0OiBhdXRvO3RleHQtYWxpZ246IGNlbnRlcjsiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC0yeDEiPg0KPHNjcmlwdD4NCmdvb2dsZXRhZy5jbWQucHVzaChmdW5jdGlvbigpIHsgZ29vZ2xldGFnLmRpc3BsYXkoJ2Rpdi1ncHQtYWQtMngxJyk7IH0pOw0KPC9zY3JpcHQ+DQo8L2Rpdj4gICAgICAgICAgPC9kaXY+<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have to stand together against overdevelopment of homes local people can\u2019t afford &#8211; we are demanding homes for people, not for profit, and protection for vital<br>local traders and cultural spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Save Old Kent Road demonstration will take place on April 25, highlighting that of the 20,000 homes to be built in the massive regeneration plans, that only 5,000 will be of social rent, 25 per cent. They are advocating for the council to commit to a definitive number of council homes in the project.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71156\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448386\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtNzQ5OTM0MDMxIiBjbGFzcz0ic291dGgtaW4tYXJ0aWNsZS1tcHU5IHNvdXRoLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHU5Ij4NCjxzY3JpcHQ+DQpnb29nbGV0YWcuY21kLnB1c2goZnVuY3Rpb24oKSB7IGdvb2dsZXRhZy5kaXNwbGF5KCdkaXYtZ3B0LWFkLW1wdTknKTsgfSk7DQo8L3NjcmlwdD4NCjwvZGl2PiAgICAgPC9kaXY+<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The plans are due for public examination in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protestors have called the current Old Kent Road regeneration plans &#8216;social cleansing&#8217;, describing it as gentrification of an area with a huge need for housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southwark Council&#8217;s waiting list for social housing currently has more than 22,000 households on it, with more than 10,000 people in temporary accommodation in the borough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cdrzgxj37d5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mayor of London lowering<\/a> the amount of affordable housing required of new London developments from 35% to 20%, in a bid to attract new developments in the capital, with protestors campaigning against the change as well.<br><br>Jerry Flynn of the 35% Campaign said: &#8220;We need more affordable and family housing, but, incredibly, the Mayor has brought in new planning rules that will get us even less&#8230;he is also approving cuts in affordable housing on big developments like Canada Water, while still giving developers public money.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71157\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448387\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMTMwMTkwMDUyOSIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWluLWFydGljbGUtbXB1LTEwIHNvdXRoLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCI+DQo8c2NyaXB0Pg0KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCcpOyB9KTsNCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPC9kaXY+ICAgICA8L2Rpdj4=<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Southwark Council must take a stand \u2013 every new private development in the borough must continue to have at least 35% affordable housing and public funds should go direct to building council housing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-southwark-news wp-block-embed-southwark-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"kr1YVeqpk4tVz9QOZJIg5NyfWuT2XLi8av2oOf9C6G6Yn0IXxv4HGrJCKMlTjRd3zS\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tmpUbKoCKm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/news\/news-plus\/mayor-approves-canada-water-masterplan-with-only-9-affordable-housing-despite-giving-a-grant-of-over-50-million\/\">Deputy Mayor approves Canada Water Masterplan with only 9% affordable housing despite grant of over \u00a350 million<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Deputy Mayor approves Canada Water Masterplan with only 9% affordable housing despite grant of over \u00a350 million&#8221; &#8212; Southwark News\" src=\"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/news\/news-plus\/mayor-approves-canada-water-masterplan-with-only-9-affordable-housing-despite-giving-a-grant-of-over-50-million\/embed\/#?secret=gwxBEJrKCA#?secret=tmpUbKoCKm\" data-secret=\"tmpUbKoCKm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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