The Government’s new formula for mandatory housing targets, which increases housebuilding targets nationally, is reducing the annual target in Southwark by 33%, analysis by the Southwark Liberal…
Southwark has been ranked 3rd on Housing in the country, beaten only by Birmingham and narrowly by Lambeth, the Local Government Ombudsman has revealed.
The council is to shift new council housebuilding to the "development agreement" model, rather than building homes themselves
It is the first council to be put on the "gradings under review" list, and the 6th to be investigated.
Local shops that were facing rent hikes from the council of over 120% brought their case to Wednesday’s council assembly.
At last night’s council assembly, the Liberal Democrats moved to declare a housing emergency, which would make it the first to do so in London.
Council admits failings in electrical safety standards and apologises to residents, but can’t explain why failing occurred.
New data has shown that despite declaring a climate emergency in 2019, the council approved 4967 homes that exclusively relied on fossil fuels
The council will be selling 9 council homes under new fast track rules.
In 2023/2024, Southwark Council approved just 16 homes in the planning process, representing less than 1% of the total homes approved in that year, with 2656 non-council homes approved in the same…