Objectors excluded from sell-out Heygate hearing
Objectors are fuming after being refused entry to Tuesday’s public hearing for the Heygate masterplan...
Will the Planning Committee see sense?
Weak finances, minimal social rented housing, a privatised public realm, vague energy proposals, environmentally suspect...
Heygate Application - Will objectors get a fair hearing?
The biggest planning application ever submitted to Southwark Council is due to be heard by...
Has Southwark sold the Elephant short?
Council documents show that Southwark taxpayers have now forked out at least £38m in emptying...
East Walworth by-election - the result
Congratulations to the successful labour party candidate and new East Walworth ward councillor Rebecca Lury....
It's all happening now
East Walworth by-election - Labour, Lib Dem and even the Conservative activists have been energetically...
Neo Elephant - social tenants not welcome
“There is no affordable housing provision within the proposed scheme.” (Planning Application ref 12/AP/2239, Housing...
Southwark Council rolled over by Lend Lease - again!
Southwark Council confirmed that there are only going to be 8 social rented units on...
Heygate Cinema Celebrates Opening Night
Following last year’s attempts by Southwark Council to prosecute remaining residents involved in Better Elephant’s...
Affordable Housing - Can it get any worse?
The Government has just announced that developers can re-negotiate S106 agreements for so-called stalled development...
London's largest new private park in 70 years
Developer Lend Lease has rebranded its 25 acre Heygate redevelopment ‘Elephant Park’ and made much...
It's all about Financial Viability
The redevelopment of the Heygate estate is essentially a land sale to a private developer....
Environmental Impact Understatement
The Elephant & Castle regeneration has been hailed as a global example for sustainable growth....
How low can you go?
“The application documents do not refer to a minimum level of 25% affordable housing” (Case...
How much affordable housing are we getting?
Southwark Council and Developers Lend Lease have been provoked into reiterating their commitment to a...
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