A planned review that business and transport groups warned would lead to bus service cuts in London has been postponed until September, the government has confirmed. The Department for Transport (DfT) had required Transport for London to undertake a review into bus service demand in July and September as part of the £1.08 billion emergency […]
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Lewisham councillors back 110 social-rent homes five weeks after High Court defeat
Plans for 110 social-rent homes have been approved by a Lewisham planning committee just five weeks after the High Court overturned its original decision to back the project. The City of London Corporation’s plans to redevelop part of the Sydenham Hill Estate were approved by five votes to one on Tuesday night. Now Mais House, […]
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Consultation begins on future of Lee Green’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Lewisham Council has launched a six-week consultation on its low-traffic neighbourhood in Lee Green and Hither Green, which was introduced last summer to stop rat-running through residential streets in the area. The scheme was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures last year to make it easier for residents to walk and cycle while capacity in […]
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Revealed: Labour blocked ’embarrassing’ Silvertown Tunnel questions to Sadiq Khan
A leaked email has revealed that the London Assembly Labour group blocked questions to Sadiq Khan about the Silvertown Tunnel before last month’s mayoral election because they could have been “deeply embarrassing” to the mayor. The email, which has been seen by both the Local Democracy Reporting Service and 853, revealed that City Hall Labour […]
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High Court throws out Lewisham Council’s permission for 110 social rent homes
Campaigners are celebrating after a High Court judge ordered that Lewisham Council’s planning permission for 110 new homes on an estate in Sydenham be quashed over “significant errors” in its decision-making. Friends of Mais House has been fighting the City of London Corporation’s plans for the Sydenham Hill Estate – on the borough’s boundary with […]
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Silvertown Tunnel scrutiny row leads to assembly bust-up at City Hall
A row over scrutinising the Silvertown Tunnel has led to Labour angrily accusing the Greens and Liberal Democrats at City Hall of “being in bed with the Tories”. The disagreement blew up on Friday as London Assembly members met to decide who will chair the scrutiny body’s committees for the new term. Labour had wanted […]
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Neighbours alarmed by Galliard Homes’ 15-storey tower plan for Leegate centre
Local groups have raised concerns about plans to build towers of up to 15 storeys in a new development to replace the Leegate centre. The run-down shopping centre has been scheduled for redevelopment for many years, and has recently been bought by Galliard Homes after its previous owners, St Modwen, failed in its plans to transform […]
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Kevin Clarke: Lewisham mayor backs new memorial to man who died after police restraint
Lewisham’s elected mayor Damien Egan says he supports a new memorial to a black man who died after being restrained by police in Catford three years ago. Kevin Clarke, who had schizophrenia, died in March 2018 after being restrained by officers in the playing fields of St Dunstan’s College. Southwark Coroner’s Court heard last year that […]
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