The winning design has been announced in the architectural competition for the new US embassy to be built at Nine Elms. It’s a dramatic and eye catching design which should be a vast improvement on the current scattering of anonymous warehouses. There is a long and well illustrated description on the site of the winning [...]
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Design announced for new US embassy
Posted in Planning and development on 23 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another chance to influence the future of Vauxhall
Posted in Planning and development on 31 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another public meeting has been arranged about the Vauxhall area planning framework (earlier coverage here and here). The additional meeting has been arranged by the Kennington Oval and Vauxhall Forum and will take place on at 7pm Wednesday 10 February at St Peter’s Church, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall.
The deadline for comments on the draft planning [...]
Vauxhall goes sky high
Posted in Planning and development on 21 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you didn’t make it to the meeting about the future of Vauxhall which Chris wrote about last week, it’s well worth reading the lively account of what happened on Lurking About SE11. And if you want to know the background you might also like to read the snappily titled Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity [...]
Planning Alerts are back
Posted in Planning and development on 21 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in October, we had to turn off the list of local planning applications which appeared in the right hand column. The service is based on postcodes and Royal Mail decided to get heavy handed with the rights they claim over the postcode data, resulting in the service being withdrawn altogether – full details are [...]
Planning gains
Posted in Planning and development on 9 November 2009 | 1 Comment »
News in from Neil Sanders:
I’m delighted to say that both the latest application for the former Di Lieto site (173-175 South Lambeth Road) and the application to convert the Royal Albert to residential use have been refused.
The South Lambeth Road application has been comprehensively turned down on the basic of architectural quality, the quality of [...]
Planning alerts
Posted in Planning and development on 10 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eagle-eyed readers will note that the list of local planning applications which used to be in the right-hand column has disappeared. Our local planning alerts came from a service called PlanningAlerts.com, a small and simple site, run by volunteers, which simply took planning applications from the cumbersome systems run by local authorities and made them [...]
Save the Royal Albert: Meeting Monday, September 28th, 7-8pm
Posted in Local events and pictures, Planning and development on 25 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
You’ll no doubt have noticed that our local pub, the Royal Albert, has been closed for some time. The owner of the Albert has now submitted a planning application to convert the remainder of the pub into residential accommodation. There would be three self-contained flats, access from Ely’s cottages and substantial changes to the front.
The [...]
Albert Square Perimeter Path
Posted in Lighting and street repairs, Planning and development on 7 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are a resident of Albert Square you should have received a copy of the Albert Square Perimeter Path consultation. If you are not a resident of the Square please note that Lambeth have agreed to distribute the leaflet to all ASSA residents as this is a conservation area matter not an Albert Square [...]
Planning Alerts
Posted in Planning and development on 7 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a new addition to the website which should make it easier to keep track of planning applications around the area. You can see it towards the bottom of the right-hand column, showing a list of recent applications. Click on any application to go straight to the detailed material on the Lambeth planning website.
The [...]
Regenerating Vauxhall
Posted in Planning and development, Traffic and transport on 15 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lambeth Council has produced a draft Vauxhall Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), which was published in July, and is open to consultation until 15 December. It’s a long and detailed document covering the area from Lambeth Bridge in the north down to Wyvil Road in the south. The plan is seeking to encourage significant redevelopment in [...]


