Southwark Council is causing itself “much reputational harm” by refusing to publish a key report about the regeneration of the Heygate, a senior Liberal Democrat councillor has said. The dispute over the papers is currently being considered at a Tribunal hearing, with Southwark Council fighting a previous legal ruling that the project’s financial ‘viability’ report […]

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Southwark Council should give up its fight to keep details about the financial viability of the Heygate estate secret, Liberal Democrat councillors have said. A ruling by the Information Commissioner has demanded the council discloses ‘viability assessment’ documents relating the site, after a long battle to keep the information hidden from housing campaigners. A Freedom […]

Work on the new Elephant and Castle leisure centre is now underway, marking an important step towards returning lost sports facilities to the area. Residents will now want to be reassured that they are getting a good deal on the site. When the deal on the neighbouring St Mary’s Residential tower was originally agreed, the […]

Questions are being asked after Southwark’s Labour leader went on a trip to the South of France this week as a guest of property developers. Council leader Peter John is currently in Cannes on the French Riviera where he is attending an international property show. The tab is being picked up by Australian property firm […]

A cross-party committee of Southwark councillors will be examining what went wrong with the botched refurbishment of Draper House. Work on the tower block at Elephant was halted after a gas leak left a resident in hospital. Repairs contractor Breyer has now had its contract with Southwark Council “concluded”. Now the council’s Housing, Environment, Transport and Community […]

Local Liberal Democrats have said they will continue to fight for more affordable homes at the Heygate regeneration site following approval of controversial plans by Southwark Council last night. A meeting of the council’s planning committee passed the outline Heygate masterplan last night (Tue) at a packed public meeting, despite heavy criticism from the three […]

The debate about affordable housing at the Elephant & Castle rolls on, with more discussion in local media every week. So we thought it might be a good time to outline the key facts about the scheme, and what the Liberal Democrats are campaigning for. What’s the issue? Quite simply: too few affordable homes. Labour […]

Only 8 homes at the Elephant regeneration project will be social homes, according to figures obtained by Liberal Democrats. Out of 235 properties to be built in Phase One of the development, just 1 out of every 25 will be available for social rent to local families, leading to accusations that the Labour-run council has […]

The following letter has just gone out to concerned residents and community groups, letting them know about a meeting to discuss regeneration projects incluing the major regeneration at the Elephant & Castle. If you would like to attend the meeting, please come along to this meeting on Monday at 7pm, at the main council offices […]