Southwark Council

News & features about Southwark Council

• Minerva House: riverside offices to be extended 6 June 2023
• Bear Lane: green light for new office block alongside rail line 6 June 2023
• Rockingham Street: 24-storey student block approved 24 April 2023
• Bermondsey Yards: 11-storey block and warehouse extension approved 24 April 2023
• Elephant & Castle: 15-storey hotel approved in St George's Road 29 March 2023
• Blackfriars Road: green light for updated Motel One hotel plans 8 March 2023
• Plans for 11-storey office block next to Anchor Bankside approved 8 March 2023
• St George's Cathedral: plans to add height to unfinished tower 7 March 2023
• Developer drops affordable housing from Grange Road scheme 25 February 2023
• Artist's house in a skip could face council enforcement action 24 February 2023
• Thomas Guy statue: Historic England backs charity's plans 22 February 2023
• Green light for 11-storey office building on Long Lane 21 February 2023
• TfL sets 2025 start date for Southwark Tube Station office block 15 February 2023
• 'Polar bear sanctuary' next to Tower Bridge proposed by GLA? 4 February 2023
• Labour Party HQ relocates to Blackfriars Road 25 January 2023
• Bermondsey Square's Kino cinema is closing down 24 January 2023
• Riverside office block plan next to Blackfriars Bridge approved 17 January 2023
• 'Ayers Rock' block at Elephant Park: Mayor won't overrule council 30 November 2022
• Green light for 14-storey student block off Newington Causeway 29 November 2022
• Channel 4 to make reality TV show in South Bank Tower penthouse 9 November 2022
• Thomas Guy statue uncovered for first time in two years 6 November 2022
• Police: 24-hour off-licence 'would add to crime and disorder' 29 October 2022
• Druid Street cycle lanes - council asks for comments 29 October 2022
• Pizza Hut vetoed by council for being too close to primary school 27 October 2022
• Borough Market: plan to make Stoney Street traffic ban permanent 12 October 2022
• 0 out of 5 for food hygiene at Bermondsey Square restaurant 11 October 2022
• St Thomas' plans Southwark Bridge Road clinic to clear A&E space 5 October 2022
• Elephant & Castle: office block and health centre plans rejected 4 October 2022
• Pizza Hut would 'detract from experience' of Tate Modern visitors 3 October 2022
• Council clears wildlife garden to deter vermin and drug users 1 October 2022
• Colechurch House: Foster plans for London Bridge site approved 14 September 2022
• Pizza Hut puts Southwark ban on takeaways near schools to test 7 September 2022
• Shard restaurant: nearby tower could 'fatally undermine' eatery 7 September 2022
• Lidl plans expansion of Old Kent Road store 4 September 2022
• Buses could be barred from crossing Tower Bridge, City warns 4 September 2022
• Digital billboard on Blackfriars Road rail bridge vetoed 31 July 2022
• Hotel and offices to replace Salvation Army Elephant & Castle HQ 31 July 2022
• Southwark Labour takes London Bridge & West Bermondsey 11 May 2022
• Avonmouth Street: plans for 16-storey student accommodation block 30 March 2022
• Clink Street souvenir shop sign can stay, says planning inspector 30 March 2022
• Elephant & Castle rail bridge to be decorated with hand-painted ads 30 March 2022
• St Thomas' Hospital puts up tent for patients to queue for A&E 26 March 2022
• Captain Bligh's tomb: Lambeth asks for views on slavery link 26 March 2022
• Sainsbury's Local now open at Elephant & Castle 9 March 2022
• Tower Bridge Care Home apologises to resident stuck in cupboard 9 March 2022
• Elephant & Castle developer asks to drop on-site affordable homes 2 March 2022
• City Hall confirms £10m for Elephant & Castle affordable housing 9 December 2021
• Optical illusions at Elephant axed to protect neurodiverse people 9 December 2021
• Day of the Dead: image of La Catrina presented to Crossbones 31 October 2021
• Council drops Blackfriars Road area Low Traffic Neighbourhood 31 October 2021