Community legal advice services – your views needed
Our current contracts to provide free social welfare advice to council residents are due to come to an end in March 2020. We will be putting new contracts in place because we want to ensure that residents continue to have access to free...More
In December 2018, Southwark Council introduced parking controls to your area. Since its introduction we carried out a survey of parking occupancy in the parking zone area and found that space increased by 75%. We would like to hear your views on what other changes these parking controls have...More
In October 2018, Southwark Council introduced parking controls to your area.
Since its introduction we carried out a survey of parking occupancy in the parking zone area and found that space increased by 54%. We would like to hear your views on what other changes these parking controls have...More
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO IMPROVE YOUR ESTATE?
Will you work with us to make all our estates Great Estates?
The council is excited to launch its Great Estates programme – a new approach to working with residents to shape improvements and...More
Southwark Council has commited to build 11,000 new council homes by 2043. The site at Bells Gardens, including the Community facility, the garden, the ball games court and play area have been proposed as part of this development project. We want to know from people who live in the Bells...More
We are working to keep children safe while they are travelling to and from school, and when they are out with their friends in the evenings and weekends.
This survey of Southwark businesses will help us to understand how best to support Southwark businesses to play a role in...More
Our aim for the Camberwell area is to reclaim the streets from motor traffic congestion and to transform them into the most attractive and liveable neighbourhoods possible.
We think the best way to achieve this is by keeping through traffic on surrounding major roads whilst maintaining local...More
Southwark Council is going to open a new library and heritage centre on the Walworth Road. Bringing these two services together creates some great opportunities for new ways of using the facility and sharing knowledge. We want to encourage lots of new people to this unique place and inspire...More
Introduction
In 2019 the council will start to deliver improvement work at Cossall Park to make it a space that all residents and visitors can enjoy. In order to do that we need to agree a masterplan, so that planning permission can be sought and the landscape works can be constructed.
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This survey will find out about Southwark residents' awareness of how children and young people can be groomed, tricked, coerced and physically forced into sexual activities they do not want, or forced into doing criminal activities such as carrying drugs for somebody else. The term for all of...More
Residents and traders have told us that there are issues with fly tipping and market access on Walworth Place, near the junction with East Street.
Following the award of funding by Borough, Bankside & Walworth Community Council in 2018, we are proposing to carry out some highway...More
The New Southwark Plan is a regeneration strategy for Southwark which will provide an overarching strategy for managing growth and development across the borough. The plan sets out how we will deliver further regeneration and wider improvements to our borough in the years to come.
The...More
Southwark council and all its partners work collaboratively to keep children and young people safe from sexual and criminal exploitation. To be as successful as we can be we require active participation from everyone within the borough. Active participation could mean having a concern about a...More
We are consultin g on the introdu c tion of a Lat e Nigh t Levy, which mean s busi n esses that sell alcohol after m i dni g h t will have to pay for some of th e extra expense of cleani ng the streets and ke e p ing people safe.
Southwark has a vibrant nigh t‐ ti me economy...More
Southwark council has made a historic commitment to deliver 11,000 new homes in Southwark by 2043, with 2,500 delivered by 2022. To make this a success we need to know what residents think and make sure residents shape our proposals. This is the key to the delivery of quality housing that...More
Parking Control Measures for carparks in parks
The council is proposing to introduce and amend existing parking control measures in the six Southwark parks that have off-street carparks. Ongoing budget pressures mean that it has become necessary to find new ways of covering costs and...More
We are consulting on proposals to introduce a Gold and Silver Standard for the private rented sector (PRS), with a view to improving standards across the sector.
The PRS now makes up a quarter of the housing in Southwark, and plays an important role in meeting the housing needs of...More
Outdoor events form an important part of Southwark Council's cultural strategy. The strategy outlines our commitment to support the long term ambition of Southwark being the first choice for people to live, work, study and visit. In delivering the strategy, we manage over 160...More
As you may be aware as part of our commitment to deliver 11,000 new council homes within the borough, we have developed proposals for a new housing development on Linden Grove that will provide 27 new homes* subject to planning permission.
As part of those proposals the council...More
Southwark Council has made a commitment to deliver 11,000 new homes in Southwark by 2043, with 2,500 delivered by 2022. To make this a success we need to know what residents think and make sure residents shape our proposals.
As part of our commitment, we are considering development...More
Improvements to the road and pavements on Balfour Street have begun
The aim of the scheme is to make Balfour Street and surrounding roads safer, more accessible and more attractive for all road users. Work will continue in phases until late 2019.
It...More
The Council is looking how it can work with communities, charities and young people to provide the best possible opportunities for youth in Southwark. We want to ensure that the resources we have give the best possible access to good quality activities including sport and physical activities,...More
We want to hear your views on alternative traffic calming proposals for Athenlay Road.
Southwark became a 20mph borough in March 2015. However, we have identified a number of sites where speeds regularly exceed 20mph, sometimes by a significant amount. This can increase the risk of...More
**Consultation extended by four weeks due to missing/late mail delivery of consultation information**
Southwark Council is conducting a parking and healthier streets study in the East Dulwich area, shown in pink below.
We have received many requests for permit parking...More
We want to hear your ideas on movement and travel in Southwark. We are developing a Movement Plan that will set the direction for transport planning in Southwark over the next 20 years – this work will influence the roads you use, the routes you take and the places you spend time in. The...More
Southwark is a vibrant, exciting and unique borough. The council has been advocating and leading on physical activity and sport for some time and building on the success of the previous strategy is now developing a new strategy for Southwark. There are a number of key strategies that...More