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Aylesbury Update: cost of leaseholder buy-outs leaps

Aylesbury Update: cost of leaseholder buy-outs leaps

Southwark to ‘update’ development contract with Notting Hill Genesis

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Elephant traders without new premises one year after shopping centre closes

Elephant traders without new premises one year after shopping centre closes

Traders’ deputation seeks fair treatment from developers; urges Southwark Council to act

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Lendlease's final plot for Elephant Park - offices, not homes

Lendlease's final plot for Elephant Park - offices, not homes

Southwark to change rules to allow office block on former Heygate estate.

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Former Council leader glides through revolving doors

Former Council leader glides through revolving doors

Former Southwark Council leader Peter John OBE has joined the long list of councillors and...

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Legal battle for the Elephant and Castle shopping centre ends

Legal battle for the Elephant and Castle shopping centre ends

Final decision goes Delancey’s way

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Southwark rips up Aylesbury Area Action Plan

Southwark rips up Aylesbury Area Action Plan

Without consultation, Southwark Council has decided to scrap the 182-page planning document which sets the...

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Action on Southwark's empty homes

Action on Southwark's empty homes

Manor Place Depot photoshoot

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Appeal against Elephant Shopping Centre development tomorrow

Appeal against Elephant Shopping Centre development tomorrow

The long-awaited Court of Appeal hearing against the High Court decision to uphold the planning...

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Social Rent or Affordable Rent?

Social Rent or Affordable Rent?

Five years ago today, Southwark Council rejected our complaint that affordable homes secured from private...

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Wood Dene Protest against empty homes

Wood Dene Protest against empty homes

People Before Profit and Southwark Defend Council Housing (SDCH) are mounting a protest against empty...

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No room for social rent at Pocket Living on the Old Kent Road

No room for social rent at Pocket Living on the Old Kent Road

Southwark Council is set to approve a mixed-used residential scheme in the Old Kent Rd...

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Shopping Centre closes, but campaign for traders continues

Shopping Centre closes, but campaign for traders continues

The closure of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre last Thursday was marked by protest,...

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The Elephant traders who face the end without new homes

The Elephant traders who face the end without new homes

Shopping centre developer Delancey and Southwark Council have mounted a desperate defence of their failed...

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Shopping Centre traders propose new stalls for the Elephant

Shopping Centre traders propose new stalls for the Elephant

Traders who will be losing their market stalls when the Elephant and Castle shopping closes...

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Southwark responds to shopping centre campaigners

Southwark responds to shopping centre campaigners

Southwark Council has posted a lengthy statement in defence of its treatment of the shopping...

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The shopping centre traders expelled by regeneration

The shopping centre traders expelled by regeneration

In our last blog post we detailed how Up the Elephant and other campaigners had...

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Campaigners demand that UAL withdraws from shopping centre development.

Campaigners demand that UAL withdraws from shopping centre development.

Campaigners fighting against the demolition and redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre have...

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Aylesbury estate regeneration to have new council homes

Aylesbury estate regeneration to have new council homes

Southwark Council has announced that the First Development Site (FDS) of the Aylesbury estate regeneration...

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Old Kent Rd scheme faces loss of affordable housing

Old Kent Rd scheme faces loss of affordable housing

Berkeley Homes is the first developer in Southwark to threaten to reduce the affordable housing...

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The harsh reality of relocation for shopping centre traders

The harsh reality of relocation for shopping centre traders

The Southwark Law Centre (SLC) has written to Southwark Council, detailing the shortcomings of the...

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Shopping centre CPO - Southwark ploughs on regardless

Shopping centre CPO - Southwark ploughs on regardless

Southwark Council is set to assume Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) powers, on behalf of offshore...

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Council to remove last shopping centre traders using CPO powers

Council to remove last shopping centre traders using CPO powers

In an extraordinary move Southwark Council is poised to ‘buy’ both the Elephant and Castle...

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Elephant Park - planning committee misled?

Elephant Park - planning committee misled?

Developer Lendlease failed to disclose at Last week’s planning committee meeting that it was in...

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Elephant Park - final phase, final windfall for Lendlease

Elephant Park - final phase, final windfall for Lendlease

We blogged last year about the final phase (MP5 H7) of the Heygate regeneration.

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The Biscuit Factory is back

The Biscuit Factory is back

We blogged back in 2018 about the redevelopment of the former Peek Freans biscuit factory...

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Shopping centre traders demand fair play

Shopping centre traders demand fair play

A deputation of shopping centre traders are due to attend Southwark Council’s Assembly meeting tomorrow,...

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Elephant traders still homeless

Elephant traders still homeless

As Delancey announces its intention to close down the E&C shopping centre, research by Latin...

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High Court hearing looms for Elephant shopping centre

High Court hearing looms for Elephant shopping centre

Legal challenge goes to High Court next week

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Canada Water regeneration finally up for approval

Canada Water regeneration finally up for approval

15 hectares of public land, 4000 new homes but affordable housing policy requirements not met....

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Elephant Park MP5 - the final chapter

Elephant Park MP5 - the final chapter

Final phase of Heygate redevelopment proposes increase in homes, but with decrease in affordable

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