• Get vaccinated from Measles at Lambeth’s Minet, Carnegie and Durning libraries this month - BrixtonBuzz

    Get vaccinated from Measles at Lambeth’s Minet, Carnegie and Durning libraries this month  BrixtonBuzz
  • Waterloo billboard 'harmful to public safety'

    Waterloo billboard 'harmful to public safety'
    Lambeth Council granted a five-year permission for the digital billboard on the west side of the former Waterloo International Terminal which was installed in 2018. The giant screen faces the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel and the busy junction on the South Bank side of Westminster Bridge.The freeholder of the billboard site is London & Continental Railways which is owned by the Government.Ad firm Global applied last year to renew the advertisement consent for a further five years, but
  • Lower Marsh 'parklets' to be made permanent

    Lower Marsh 'parklets' to be made permanent
    Funded by the WeAreWaterloo business improvement district, four 'parklets' were installed in Lower Marsh in 2022 as a post-covid measure.Now Lambeth Council has agreed that the parklets can be made permanent."The purpose of creating the parklets was to provide a more attractive environment in order to support the economic recovery of local businesses and for visitors to sit down and spend time in the area," says Lambeth Council in its report on the scheme."The introduction of parklets and a cycl
  • 600 sign petition against school merger

    600 sign petition against school merger
    We reported last month on plans for St Jude's Primary School on Colnbrook Street SE1 and Charlotte Sharman Primary School in West Square SE11 to form a new combined Church of England-backed school. Two primary schools set to merge as pupil numbers dropPlans for the amalgamation of two primary schools near Elephant & Castle have been published, as inner London boroughs like Southwark struggle with a declining number of school-age children.London SE1London SE1 website teamAt present the two sc
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  • Government kick-starts Old Kent Road development with Berkeley Homes loan

    Government kick-starts Old Kent Road development with Berkeley Homes loan
    Planning permission was granted to Berkeley Homes in 2020 for up to 1,300 homes on the site in 12 new buildings up to 44 storeys tall.The plot of land - to the rear of Asda's Old Kent Road store - was previously occupied by buildings associated with the disused Surrey Canal.Last autumn the developer's agent wrote to Southwark Council explaining why there had been no progress: "In May 2022, Berkeley Homes stopped the construction of the Malt Street Regeneration [due] to a number of external facto

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