Southwark News - October 30th 2025

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October 30 2025

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EATERY'S 13 YEAR BATTLE See page 6

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PARKING FINES BRING £20 MILLION A YEAR THAT'S A 183% INCREASE

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COUNCIL POCKETED NEARLY £20M IN TRAFFIC FINES LAST YEAR

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By Issy Clarke SOUTHWARK COUNCIL collected almost £20 million in fines last year from drivers caught 'breaking' traffic rules, official data has revealed.

The latest copy of the council’s Annual Parking Monitoring report for 2024/25 revealed that the council raked in an eyewatering £19,376,630 million from penalty charge notices (PCNs) last year.

A total of 344,701 fines were issued for traffic offences such as parking on yellow lines, driving on a bus lane or down low-traffic roads where cars are banned.

Just 65 per cent, or 243,573, of the fines were paid - the smallest proportion since at least 2017. 25,000 were overturned after drivers managed successfully to get them appealed.

PCNs are issued automatically by cameras monitoring traffic. Motorists have to pay within 28 days otherwise the fine doubles, or can choose to challenge it in a tribunal.

The figures come after thousands of drivers in Southwark received wrongful charges last year for driving on a bus lane that was later found legally not to exist, and amid warnings from the AA that thousands of drivers in London are likely to be paying invalid PCNs due to cameras enforcing expired Traffic Management Orders (TMOs).

Across London, the number of PCNs issued by boroughs has been on the rise in recent years, increasing by 70 per cent since 2010 from 4.8 million to 8.3 million in 2023-24.

In Southwark, the increase has been even steeper. Since 2019/20, the number issued in the borough has ballooned by 183 per cent, from 120,849 to 344,701.

That growth has been driven by a huge increase in the number of fines for ‘moving traffic offences’, which include stopping on a box junction or driving through a low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), which have soared by 430 per cent since 2019/20, from 26,063 to 138,341.

Dulwich resident Richard Aldwinckle, who has led the campaign to overturn the Dulwich Village LTN, suggested the spike since 2019 was likely because of the installation of LTNs in Walworth, Dulwich and Peckham between July and December 2020.

Roads covered by LTNs see drivers slapped with PCNs for driving down them during hours of the day when cars are not allowed, even if this is by accident.

In November 2024, the News revealed that the council had raked in £26 million from just one LTN covering Dulwich Village between 2021 and 2024.

The report shows a jump in the number of moving traffic PCNs issued, most of which were due to LTNs, in 2021/22, from 82,623 the previous year to 153,552. However the number has dipped slightly since then and for the last few years has hovered at around 140,000.

Richard claimed drivers were being "fleeced for inadvertently straying into bus lanes or accidentally entering LTNs. "Many people who drive do so because their livelihoods depend on it or because they have disabilities or health problems that make them car-dependent.

"It seems you can’t drive down a street these days without being in constant fear of getting a fine."

However, Southwark Council claims that parking controls keep roads safe for residents and that enforcement is designed to make sure people follow the rules.

Ivan Murray-Smith, a parking fines campaigner who helps drivers challenge their charges in tribunals, said the growing number of PCNs being issued across the capital was because there were more enforcement cameras in London.

Since 2023 the council has installed an extra 64 traffic cameras on school streets and bus lanes.

Murray-Smith said the growth in the number of PCNs had left tribunals overwhelmed as scores of drivers looked to overturn 'wrongful' fines.

“The tribunal is now struggling with the backlog - you used to be able to get a tribunal hearing within three or four weeks, but now they are being pushed back to May next year.”

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ARE WE PAYING MORE FOR LESS AT SOUTHWARK'S LEISURE CENTRES?

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PARKING PERMIT BLUNDER EXCLUSIVE

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Council admits system failure saw drivers across the borough hit with unfair parking fines

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If you are given a PCN, you are allowed to challenge it twice – but Ivan warned councils try to pressure people who have been unsuccessful the first time into paying the fine by offering a 50 per cent discount if it’s paid within 28 days.

Once you’ve paid the PCN, you’ve admitted liability and can’t get your money back.

Ivan urged people “not to accept liability at the first hurdle” and encouraged those who believed they had been wrongly hit with a PCN to stick to their guns and take the council to a tribunal.

In April, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gave boroughs the green light to raise parking fines from £65 to £80 at the lower rate, rising to £180 up from £130 if not paid within 28 days.

This change came into force for 2025/26, meaning next year is likely to be even more of a bumper return for the council's coffers.

Meanwhile, the AA has also warned that thousands of drivers are probably paying invalid fines due to enforcement cameras relying on outdated TMOs. Their analysis from last year revealed that 56% of appeals made against bus lane penalties last year were either upheld or not contested. For moving traffic offences, the figure was 35%.

Last October, the News exclusively revealed that the Traffic Management Order (TMO) for the bus lane on Lower Road expired in May 2024.

Without a valid TMO, the bus lane legally ceased to exist. This meant that thousands of fines issued during this time were unenforceable.

This revelation meant the council was

forced to make an embarrassing U-turn and refund any Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued between May and October 2024.

Another bus-lane mishap occurred in August this year, when thousands of people were sent faulty PCN notices wrongly fining them for driving on bus lanes across Southwark, forcing the council to offer refunds amounting to a total of £500,000.

And last week, we reported that the council had cancelled another batch of fines after an undisclosed number of drivers found PCNs had been attached to their car - despite not receiving the routine email reminding them to renew their permit one month before expiry.

Councillor James McAsh, Southwark's Cabinet Member for Clean Air, Streets & Waste said: “In Southwark we are proud of our record in maintaining efficient roads that give the best experience to drivers, public transport, cyclists and of course pedestrians.

"That means ensuring rules are followed and highways are used fairly by everyone – this is enforced through traffic cameras, parking regulations and hard work from our teams, in support of our Streets for People Strategy.

We have especially focused on school streets, increasing the number of cameras monitoring these roads to ensure safety for families and communities.

“This week London Tribunals published their latest annual performance statistics for London boroughs which shows that Southwark ranks top out of the 35 enforcement services for winning appeals, at 77%. This shows the effective job our teams are doing and how consistently they get it right.”

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NEWS 3

PARKINSON’S DISEASE PATIENT PLAYS CLARINET DURING KING’S HOSPITAL BRAIN OPERATION

By Evie Flynn

DENISE BACON, a 65-year-old Parkinson’s patient, underwent a four hour brain surgery at King’s College Hospital and played the clarinet at the same time, allowing the surgeons to see immediate results.

The retired speech and language therapist, from Crowborough in East Sussex, underwent Deep Brain Stimulation on Tuesday, 21 October.

Denise had been experiencing slowness of movement and muscle stiffness after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2014, which affected her ability to walk, swim and play her beloved clarinet.

During the operation, Diane was able to play her clarinet and the movements in Denise’s fingers improved immediately.

Denise played the clarinet in the East Grinstead Concert Band until she had to stop five years ago, due to her Parkinson’s symptoms.

Denise was given local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull, but remained awake during the procedure so her symptoms could be monitored throughout.

She said: “I remember my right hand being able to move with much more ease once the stimulation was applied, and this in turn improved my ability to play

the clarinet, which I was delighted with.

“I’m already experiencing improvements in my ability to walk, and I’m keen to get back in the swimming pool, and on the dance floor to see if my abilities have improved there.”

Deep Brain Stimulation is an operation where the surgeons implanted electrodes in Denise’s brain, which were connected to a pulse generator and delivered electrical impulses to modify brain activity.

Professor Ashkan, said: “Holes half the size of a five pence piece were made in Denise’s skull after a frame with precise coordinates was placed on Denise’s head, acting as a sat nav to guide us to the correct positions within the brain to implant the electrode.

“As a keen clarinettist, it was suggested Denise bring her clarinet into the operating theatre to see whether the procedure would improve her ability to play, which was one of Denise’s main goals for the surgery.

“We were delighted to see an instant improvement in her hand movements, and therefore her ability to play, once stimulation was delivered to the brain.”

Denise opted for the rechargeable type of pulse generator battery that is implanted in her chest, which can last up to 20 years before it requires replacing, delivering a continuous electrical current to her brain.

4 NEWS

By Kevin Quinn CHANCELLOR RACHEL Reeves is set to open a licensing free-for-all, with residents having little to no say on extended hours, loud music and how the space outside pubs and clubs will be used - as well as hiding away key local governance changes.

This controversial move would mean that plans to open a new pub or nightclub, or for an existing venue to change its opening hours, would no longer be publicised within local communities. Local councils could also keep governance changes behind closed doors.

In a bid to give those in the hospitality industry more freedom to do what they like she briefed the Mail On Sunday about the proposals without any further debate or discussion with councils and the local press who currently publish licensing notices.

Rachel Reeves dubbed her push for less regulation “pavement pints“ as she championed allowing more alfresco dining as a way of helping the beleaguered pub industry turn the corner.

Pubs have faced a massive decline in fortunes since the pandemic, but Labour proposals will only mean they can open later and use space outside, rather than address more pressing calls over business rates, National Insurance contributions and rising energy bills.

PUB INDUSTRY SAYS IT'S THE WRONG KIND OF REFORM

This month a leading pub operator said the proposed reform to alcohol licensing was “not going to drive another penny through our doors”, while “completely ignoring the far bigger challenges facing the pub and wider hospitality sector.”

Meanwhile Ash Corbett-Collins, chairman of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), said the move wouldn’t solve the fundamental challenges facing the sector and supported more transparency over a move that is unnecessarily pitting pubs against publishers.

He told the Yorkshire Post: “If your local pub is making changes, it’s important that you know them, and you can say, ‘yeah, that's a really good change. I'd like to support that change. I know that will improve our community.’

“Whatever method the Government keeps for these notices, it must be accessible to the widest range of people, so communities can buy into improving their pubs together.”

That accessibility, he argues, goes beyond the interests of landlords and councils; it’s about the relationship between pubs and community accountability.

AXING PUB LICENSING NOTICES WOULD SILENCE YOUR VOICE

News Media Association, said: “Local pubs, like local papers, are at the heart of their communities and the government should rightly support them.

“This proposal does nothing to help either. It is not a cut to bureaucratic red tape, as framed, but a damaging assault on democratic engagement.”

can't have that outdoor seating because of some obscure old rule,’ when actually the community would probably support it if they were able to put the notice in the newspaper.”

“It's the fundamentals that need looking at, not the method of communication.”

Brian Keely-Whiting, managing director of WH Pubs, an independent, family-run company, said: “These plans are not going to help business right now.

It's going to make running the business a little bit easier, but it's not going to drive another penny through our door.

“A lot of the licensing rules were brought in for the war, and it’s never been updated. But this is a complete red herring.

“Is it going to help business or hospitality? Not on your nelly.

“I think maybe the timing of it was wrong, because we've got a Budget coming up and, sadly, I'm not hearing anything from the government that they're going to give us anything. If they give us more tax increases, there will be a tsunami of pubs closing down, especially independents, and that is the real worry.”

Ash Corbett-Collins from CAMRA stressed that licensing bureaucracy isn’t what’s driving pub closures. He says removing alcohol licensing notices is but “a small change,” and one that is unlikely to impact the day-to-day running of a local pub.

“I've never met a publican who said ‘the biggest problem for me making changes to my pub is I need to put a notice in the local newspaper,” he added.

The real issues, he says, are things like pubs “being told by the council, ‘you

Chancellor Reeves proposals will be met with celebrations by multinational supermarkets, giant fast-food chains and big breweries as they can open up and extend hours under the radar of local residents, who have complained of rowdy and anti-social behaviour as a result of late opening hours or unlicenced music events.

Southwark Council, like many local authorities, is looking into passing a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) as it seeks to take a tough line on antisocial behaviour (ASB) across the borough.

The PSPO would list specific forms of anti-social behaviour in public spaces that local people have identified urgently needs tackling, with Southwark already listing rowdy drinking on the streets, public urination, and unlicensed music as being particular problems they want to crackdown on.

Police, who are struggling with fewer officers and rising street crime, have said an additional army of people like council officers who are able enforce powers in their neighbourhoods allows them to deal with high level crimes.

However, without the current regulations remaining as they are, many believe the problem will only get worse.

Neil Coyle, Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, whose constituency is a prime hospitality hotspot, said: “Ahead of the Budget a lot of ideas

THE CHANCELLOR IS RUNNING AWAY FROM DEALING WITH REAL ISSUES FACING PUBS

COULD LEAD TO MORE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

are flying about, some of which are nonsense.

“But I will try and find out where this has come from and whether there is any truth in the proposal being considered."

He added: “As a minimum, I think there should still be a requirement for licence applications and changes to be advertised to local communities and have been raising the issue of fake licences in Bermondsey recently with the police and council. ”A clear system would help clarify issues and prevent raves and illegal activity.”

DO OUR MPS CARE? OTHER LOCAL POLITICIANS DODGE THE QUESTION:

We contacted five local Labour MPs about Chancellor Reeves’ proposal to do away with the publishing of licensing applications and only Bermondsey’s Neil Coyle responded.

All the MPs we contacted represent areas of Southwark and beyond which are prime hotspots for the hospitality industry – three ignored the inquiry and follow up emails entirely and one tried to evade responding. They are:

ELLIE REEVES

– Labour MP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich She dodged giving a response, stating: ‘no proposals have been formally published, therefore it is difficult to provide further comment.’

However, it was her older sister, the Chancellor, who opted to announce the plan in an interview, rather than through a formal Parliamentary route. And MPs regularly comment on proposals that haven’t been formally published.

We went back to Ms Reeves and pointed the above out, and asked her to give us a proper response – she ignored

our inquiry.

MIATTA FAHNBULLEH

– Labour MP for Peckham Completely ignored our email, as well as a follow up inquiry.

HELEN HAYES

– Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood Responded, asking if our paper was a Dulwich constituent, then apologised for the blunder, saying her team was keen to give a response. We then sent a follow up, encouraging a response, but this was ignored.

FLORENCE ESHALOMI

– Labour MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green Completely ignored our email, as well as a follow up inquiry.

The Tories have previously warned that axing the notices could threaten the future of local democracy. Shadow communities secretary James Cleverly told the PA news agency earlier this year that the proposals had been made “without any consideration on the effect on local newspapers, or how to best ensure that the public know about matters which affect their lives”.

He said: “Labour are tying them in red tape and higher taxes. Their proposed changes to licensing rules could have the perverse effect of making it harder for many pubs and clubs to operate.”

A Government spokesperson said: “These changes are about making it easier for pubs and restaurants to change their licensing conditions without unnecessary red tape.”

Comment - pitting publishers against publicans will only lead to more local papers closing

We asked these five MPs for their view:

IT WILL REALLY HARM LOCAL PAPERS

Removing newspaper notices will also hit local news publishers financially, stripping away a modest but steady source of income.

The loss would further weaken the information ecosystem that connects pubs to the people they serve.

The News Media Association said it amounted to a “betrayal of local communities and the public’s right to know.”

It would remove the need to publish licences in the local press, depriving local papers of an essential revenue source at a time when they also have been bought to near extinction in many parts of the country.

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SOUTH LONDON'S BEST ROTI SPOT’S THIRTEEN YEAR LONG TELECOM BOX STRUGGLE

EXCLUSIVE

By Evie Flynn HERNE HILL’S Umana Yana hosted an event last Saturday to mark their astonishing 13 year struggle to remove five massive telecom boxes that block the front of their business.

Since 2012, the Guyanese eatery has been in the shadow of the telecom boxes that obstruct its view from the street on Croxted Road.

Owners Debbie and Junior have said the business has been "massively affected" by the boxes, with customers unable to see the restaurant behind the boxes unless they are on the top of a double decker bus

After years of asking Helen Hayes for help, the Dulwich and West Norwood MP finally brought a petition calling for the removal of the boxes to the House of Commons in February this year, after it was signed by over 1,700 locals.

However, despite six months passing Debbie and Junior have been passed from pillar to post. The government claims that responsibility for the boxes lies with Ofcom, the broadcast regulators. But Ofcom claims it is the government's responsibility.

The petition not only asked for the boxes to be removed but also for the government to bring forward laws to ensure this doesn’t happen in future to other businesses. In addition, it demanded that businesses be ‘duly

compensated’ by telecom companies for any disruption caused.

In collaboration with Brixton-based sound system collective, Stack Up Sound, Umana Yana raised awareness last Saturday of their campaign and welcomed supporters to the restaurant with a day of music and food.

The free event featured a selection of artists and DJs performances, including Umana Yana's co-owner Junior. Other guests included: Shumba Youth, Big Chris, Rydigan, Mighty Intrudet.

A post by this newspaper on our TikTok went viral in 2022, capturing the attention of popular rapper Central Cee, who has Guyanese heritage.

Central Cee was so touched when we highlighted Debbie and Junior's plight

on Tik Tok that he visited Umana Yana, learnt how to cook Guyanese food, and donated £15,000.

In a video shot by VICE he explained that £10,000 was to buy the solar panels she has been fundraising for, to lower her sky-high electricity bills and £5,000 for meals for people who need it in the community.

When we last asked MP Hayes what she had done to help Umana Yana over last decade, she said: “During that time, the focus has been on understanding the process that led to the cabinets being installed, seeking legal advice on the installation and lobbying the telecommunications companies who are responsible for the cabinets.”

Last year Southwark Council refused

Debbie and Junior's long-standing request to have the boxes removed, a decision that Debbie described as heartbreaking.

The council just implemented a policy that limits the development rights of telecommunication companies, meaning they will have to request planning permission to erect any future infrastructure – but that doesn’t help Debbie and Junior.

In the meantime this newspaper will continue to push MP Helen Hayes for an update - but despite the government descision being due in April she has failed to respond to our constant calls and emails, only replying with an automated statement saying she is inundated with enquiries.

Consultation launched on new express bus from Clapham to Eltham via West Dulwich

By Issy Clarke

A CONSULTATION on an express bus from Clapham to Eltham via West Dulwich has been launched

by TfL, with residents asked to share their views on the plans.

TfL is inviting residents to share their views on a proposed new Superloop bus service between Clapham Junction and Eltham stations, serving a limited number of stops in Streatham, West Dulwich, Forest Hill and Catford,

primarily following the A205 South Circular Road.

The bus would run seven days a week between 5:00 am and 12:30 am every 12 minutes from Monday to Saturday.

On evenings, Sundays, and early morning weekdays it would run every 15 minutes.

Only a single-decker bus is being proposed, due to the low height of the Thurlow Park Railway Bridge which forms part of the bus route.

The consultation is now open

for feedback for six weeks until 30 November 2025.

The SL15 bus would form part of TfL’s Superloop network of express buses serving outer London, which now covers 203 kilometres following the addition earlier this month of the Bakerloop bus from Waterloo to Lewisham.

Geoff Hobbs, TfL’s Director of Public Transport Service Planning, said: “Building on the success of the Superloop express bus services across

outer London, we continue to look at ways in which we can improve express transport links whilst promoting more sustainable travel between busy parts across London.

“The proposed SL15 route presents a valuable opportunity to offer quicker, more direct journeys, enhancing connectivity between communities and key destinations across south London.

"We encourage all stakeholders and members of the public to take part

in the consultation and share their feedback.”

Southwark Remembers

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them

The Worshipful Mayor of Southwark, Southwark Council and the Royal British Legion, invite you to attend the borough’s Remembrance Service on Sunday 9 November 2025 at St Saviour’s War Memorial, Borough High Street, SE1.

This service will be led by a member of the clergy from Southwark Cathedral.

Please gather by 10:45am.

Contact mayoral.events@southwark.gov.uk for further details of the Borough’s events.

An Armistice Service will be held will be held at West Lane War Memorial, SE16 (off Jamaica Road), on Tuesday 11 November 2025.

Please gather at 10.45am. The Annual Remembrance Sunday Service will take place on Sunday 9 November 2025 for 10:45 at West Lane War Memorial. Please contact either mayoral.events@southwark.gov.uk or Gary Magold (gary.magold@btinternet.com) for more information.

Other services are being held on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November from 10.40am at: Southwark Cathedral SE1, London Bridge Station SE1, IWM HMS Belfast SE1, West Lane SE16, St Giles Church SE5, St Peters Church SE17, Kennington RBL / Branganza Street SE17, IWM London (bugler on steps only no wreath laying) SE1, Dulwich War Memorial SE21 Please check online for more details.

Members of the public are most welcome to attend these services.

The official borough service is traditionally attended by the First Citizen of the borough, past Mayors, Free Citizens, Honorary Aldermen, Southwark’s three MPs, the Leader of the Council and opposition parties, Southwark’s London Assembly Member, representatives from The Royal

British Legion, members of HM Armed Forces, members of the Emergency Services and the Representative Deputy Lieutenant.

The Royal British Legion is the national custodian of Remembrance, a role which ensures that those

who gave their lives for peace and freedom are duly remembered. With this in mind, The Worshipful the Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Sunny Lambe urges the citizens of Southwark to buy a poppy and wear it in support of the continued good work being carried out by the Royal British Legion.

NEWS 9

But 'it’s all pain and no gain' says local residents' group

The South Façade Of Plots 2 And 3 Viewed From Weston Street

By Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter PLANS TO build a £350million life sciences hub with offices

by London Bridge have been approved by Southwark Council.

The project, from Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation and Oxford Snowsfields Development Limited, will see three new buildings constructed at Snowsfields Quarter in London Bridge and West Bermondsey Ward.

The council’s Planning Committee gave the plans the green light during a meeting on Tuesday, October 14.

Altogether the project will deliver 360,000 square feet of multi-functional space, including 245,000 sq ft of laboratory facilities for research into fields such as medical technology, genetics and neuroscience.

The development is being delivered across three plots, known as Plot 1, Plot 2 and Plot 3, and will be located next door to Guy’s Hospital and sits within SC1 London – which is South Central London’s health and life sciences innovation district.

Plot 1 is located to the west of Kipling Street which is currently home to a pub called The Miller and a cluster of shops which has single storey residential accommodation located above it.

The buildings will all be demolished to deliver a new six-storey building which will include space for life science labs and offices. The basement, ground and first floor will feature a pub while a rooftop plant enclosure has also been proposed.

Plot 2, located to the east of Kipling Street, is currently home to an eight-storey car park which will be demolished to deliver a 15-storey building that will include a reception, café and ‘Science on Display’ public atrium at ground floor.

The remainder of the building will be used for life science labs and office space and will include showers and changing facilities.

Plot 3, also located in the same area, is currently home to a three-storey c-shaped block. Once demolished, a part two, part four and part sevenstorey building will be constructed in its place and will feature commercial

and more life science space.

The building will also feature a twostorey basement and two café/retail units at ground floor.

During the meeting, Laurie Lee, CEO of Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, said the development will benefit Southwark residents and local people in “many ways”.

Mr Lee said: “All of us will potentially benefit from the health research conducted here, SC1 is about inclusive growth and Snowsfields Quarter will inspire and train the next generation of scientists. “[The project will deliver] 890 accessible jobs including for Southwark residents, [which is] a significant contribution to Southwark Council’s target of 3,000 life science jobs and to the London Growth Plan’s Inclusive Talent Strategy.”

He added: “The development will generate nine times more economic activity, increasing footfall for local businesses and business rates for the council, and we will improve the local park, biodiversity, the streetscape and security in Hamilton Square.”

tip off that no children had ever lived at the address.

After doing some digging, investigators discovered that the Nzekwes had bought a large family home in Croydon just three weeks before they were granted the council tenancy, which they had not declared on their housing application.

The council said that when Mr Nzekwe was asked in February 2024 why he hadn’t mentioned the property, he claimed that the Croydon home was being held ‘in trust’ for his daughter, and

therefore didn’t need to be declared.

He was then told by the council to hand back the keys to the Rotherhithe home, or risk facing legal action.

Instead, he said he would seek to defend his claim to the property.

However the council said the couple failed to submit a formal defence and were banned from participating in the court hearing.

On 1 October, following a hearing at Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court, the judge granted the council possession of the property and ordered

During the public consultation stage, the plans received 127 responses, consisting of 110 objections, 15 comments of support and two neutral responses.

Objections included concerns about the safety of the proposed labs and the research being done there, as well as the development being “out of keeping” with the area’s existing character.

There were also objections over the

The New Landscaped Square At The Junction Of Snowsfields And Kipling Street

© Southwark Council documents

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£350MILLION LIFE SCIENCES HUB BY GUY’S HOSPITAL APPROVED

loss of the car park, which currently provides parking for a specialist cancer facility, including services for people who travel long distances from around the country and those who are too vulnerable or unable to travel by public transport.

However in response, planning officers said the existing Controlled Parking Zone, paid parking, and Blue Badge parking spaces provide “adequate parking opportunities” for people.

During the meeting, We Love Snowsfields, a community group which represents Snowsfields residents, spoke out against the plans.

A group member said: “The community believes nobody is listening to our concerns about construction traffic, building height and essential mitigation works that we’ve spent the last two years working on.

“Construction will definitely create noise, air pollution, high winds, loss of light and privacy, [and will] damage the health of vulnerable residents and neighbours in Hamilton Square estate.”

They added: “This application doesn’t just intimidate our elderly residents, huge numbers of heavy, dieselpolluting, construction trucks in our medieval streets also will endanger young parents and children going to the Arc Nursery and Snowsfields Primary.

“It’s all pain and no gain for this community. Like you, the local community wants to see this site welldeveloped – but properly. We expect it to respect the plan, and we expect you to honour this, this evening.”

The plans were ultimately approved by the Planning Committee.

The council is expected to receive more than £400,000 in Section 106 money, which will go towards improvements to Guy Street Park, while over £500,000 will be spent on environmental works to a neighbouring estate.

Couple ‘hiding’ a 5-bedroom Croydon house ordered by court to hand keys back of Rotherhithe council home

A COUPLE who were handed the keys to a three-bedroom council property in Rotherhithe just weeks after buying a five-bedroom home in Croydon have been ordered by the courts to give it back to Southwark, writes Issy Clarke...

Southwark Council said Uchenna and Nkeiruka Nzekwe secured the tenancy of the property on Fir Trees Close off Salter Road in June 2021.

A year later in October 2022 the council started investigating the couple after receiving an anonymous

Uchenna and Nkeiruka to leave within 14 days, or face eviction by bailiffs.

They were also instructed to pay over £6,000 in occupation charges and £16,500 in indemnity costs.

Highlighting this case to show the council's work in combating tenancy fraud Councillor Michael Situ, Cabinet Member for Housing, said: “Tenancy fraud is not a victimless crime, it takes much-needed council homes away from people in real need and we will always take action to investigate.

“As this case shows, those who

commit tenancy fraud risk losing their council home, and court action including costs and fines.

“You can help us protect our council homes for people who really need them by reporting tenancy fraud anonymously.”

Anyone with information about suspected tenancy fraud can report it anonymously at southwark.gov. uk/tenancyfraud or email housing. fraud@southwark.gov.uk. All reports are handled in confidence by qualified investigators.

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COMMUTER TOLD 'INSTALLING AN EXTRA TOUCHPOINT AT NORTH DULWICH WOULD COST A WHOPPING £45K' EXCLUSIVE

By Issy Clarke PLEAS FOR an extra ticket reader in North Dulwich station have been dismissed as 'too expensive' by rail chiefs, who said it would cost 'tens of thousands of pounds' to put in a third barrier - despite claims that queues sometimes get so bad that commuters miss their trains.

A frustrated local resident who commutes from North Dulwich every day has described the scenes from the station during rush hour, where hordes of schoolchildren jostle with commuters to tap out using just two ticket readers.

One recent video taken during peak hours showed the stairway and corridor leading from the platforms to the ticket hall crammed with passengers queuing to leave the station.

“It sounds like a first world problem, but sometimes you're sat there for ten minutes just waiting to touch in,” said Dulwich resident Shawn Atkinson.

Shawn says he now gets to the station 15 minutes early every morning to avoid missing his 8.06 train to London Bridge due to the queues.

“As soon as the 8am train pulls in it drops off a thousand schoolchildren, who are all leaving in a perfectly orderly way, but because there are not enough ticket

barriers the station just becomes a zoo."

He added that one of the touchpads was regularly out of order, meaning there was often just one ticket gate to serve hundreds of passengers coming in and out of the station.

Bafflingly, when Shawn appealed to Southern Rail to install an extra touchpoint to reduce some of the congestion, he claims he was told the cost of doing so was 'too high'.

“They said they needed to do a feasibility study to check health and safety before they can put one in and that the cost would be around £45,000.

“I was like - what? To put in an extra touch point?

“I’m a lawyer so I don't know the intricacies of running an extra electricity cable to an extra touchpoint. But I can't believe that it is a massive health and safety issue. It seems pretty basic.”

His suggestion to open the second set of doors leading out of the station was also rebuffed by the rail company, who allegedly told him it could lead to 'clashes' between people leaving the station and passengers using the ticket office.

A spokesperson for Govia Thameslink Railway, which owns Southern Rail, said: “We have reviewed use of the touchpoints at North Dulwich and recognise the benefit that a third could bring for a short period of time in the peak.

“However, as the railway is publicly

funded we need to prioritise where we invest money to deliver the greatest benefits for our customers. Unfortunately, not all improvements are financially feasible each year.

“We will continue to explore ways to ease congestion at the station.”

It is not the first time calls for an upgrade of the Grade II listed Victorian station have been blocked by rail chiefs.

Residents have spent years calling on the government to prioritise the station for step-free access. Its two platforms

can currently can only be reached by imposing flights of stairs.

The government allocates funding to rail stations for step-free access via a national scheme called Access for All. Rail operating companies can bid for funding and stations are chosen based on indicators such as footfall, and whether the bid has the backing of the local MP. But progress of the scheme has stalled in recent years. Last year, it was revealed by the Disability News Service that Network Rail had underspent by £65 million in the

five years to 2024. A spokesperson said this was because the complexity of some schemes meant that upgrades had taken “longer than expected”.

Network Rail selects a certain number of stations each year for accessibility upgrades using money allocated by the Department for Transport, and operating companies have to bid for funding.

Southern Rail, which manages the station, said they had previously put forward the station for an upgrade, but this was unsuccessful.

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The amazing achievement of attaining 10A*s & 4A Grades between them at A level have enabled Eve, Ben, Rosa & Freya to study Classics, Philosophy, English at Cambridge University and Economics at Oxford respectively!

Take advantage of the chance to visit Kingsdale Foundation School and see for yourself how we bring the best out of our students. A tour of Kingsdale Foundation School enables you to realise why we receive such glowing reports. In the Autumn term 2025 you will have just that opportunity as we will be holding Sixth Form Open Evenings for September 2026 entry.

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By Evie Flynn THE FREE Association, one of the UK's leading improvised comedy schools, has opened its doors to its first permanent home, after years of searching.

The Free Association (FA) has secured a 10-year lease on their purpose-built venue, in Old Union Arches. It is now home to a 104-seat theatre, a classroom, and a cafe and bar, which will also open to the public.

The FA are a leading improv acting school, founded by actor Graham Dickson and comedy duo Ivan Gonzalez and Max Olesker in 2014.

What began as a single improv comedy night above the De Beauvoir Arms in Dalston, snowballed into a powerhouse on the UK improv scene.

In just over a decade, the FA has taught thousands of students, including high profile alumni, such as Ambika Mod who starred in One Day, stand-up comedian Phil Wang and Tanya Reynolds from Sex Education.

Located just three minutes from Southwark tube station, the construction of the new venue was made possible through the support of the FA community, who helped raise £18,000 in a crowdfunding initiative.

The versatile theatre space will be used to host a variety of comedy and performing arts shows, whilst the classroom will be used to teach the FA's renowned improv school, which welcomes anyone from experienced performers to complete beginners.

Graham Dickson, who founded the Free Association, delivered a moving monologue and spoke candidly about how the team have faced numerous barriers and "11 years of heartbreak" in their search for a venue.

He said: "From rooms above pubs, to a second room above a pub, we must have had about 20 venues almost happen in the eleven years since I started the Free Association. That's what makes this feel so special."

It was opening night on Thursday 17 October with two action-packed improv comedy shows taking to the stage.

The atmosphere inside the venue was euphoric, with FA students, alumni and improv-lovers all in attendance.

Two teams of six improvisers dove

AN IMPROV COMEDY SCHOOL HAS FOUND A HOME IN SOUTHWARK

Graham Dickson and actors.

Photo: Amy Heycock said: "It has been a privilege to be a part of The Free Association since they opened their doors over ten years ago.

"It is incredibly exciting to finally have a destination for the ever-growing improv community, and to safeguard the general public from the dangers of having improvisers on the streets."

The opening week will feature even more performances, including their flagship show This Doesn’t Leave The Room, which has previously welcomed special guests like Chicken Shop Date founder, Amelia Dimoldenberg.

They offer a £20 taster class for 90 minutes of improv classes.

For an 8-week course, it's £325 for three hours of improv per week.

Address: Arch 26, Old Union Yard Arches, London, SE1 0LR Website: www.thefreeassociation.co.uk

head first into a completely made up scenario to an audience of just over 100 people for half an hour.

The motif was supplied by an audience member, in the first group this was "a nice thing that has happened to someone recently". One audience-member had just moved into her first place on her own, and the group spring boarded off each other in a display of comic brilliance.

The second group opted for a word from the audience, and someone shouted "robust", prompting another half an hour of hilarious and chaotic storylines.

Jonny Collis-Scurll who co-owns The Free Association added: "Our community of performers and students have long deserved a venue of this calibre, and I can't wait to showcase them in our new home!"

Comedian and actress Liz Kingsman

Comedians James Acaster and Nish Kumar help raise £40,000 to fight Peckham redevelopment

By Issy Clarke COMEDIANS JAMES Acaster and Nish Kumar have thrown their weight behind efforts of Peckham campaigners to resist the redevelopment of the Aylesham Centre into nearly 900 homes, just 12 per cent of which would be affordable.

Acaster, co-host of the Off Menu podcast, and Kumar, a TV presenter who also hosts the Pod save the UK politics podcast, both performed in Peckham Levels earlier this month to raise money for a local campaign set up to fight the plans.

On September 9, campaigners from Aylesham Community Action set up a crowdfunder to raise money to pay a barrister to represent their objections during the Planning

Inspectorate hearing, scheduled to take place this week.

They have so far managed to

raise £41,000 towards their goal of £50,000.

Last year, Berkeley Homes

submitted a planning application to Southwark Council to build 867 new homes on the site of the Aylesham shopping centre on Rye Lane.

But in December, the developer shocked residents when it lowered the proportion of affordable homes on the site from 35 per cent – the minimum required by Southwark council’s planning laws – to a meagre 12 per cent.

Berkeley then announced in May this year that they would be bypassing the council’s planning committee and heading straight to the government’s Planning Inspectorate for approval, and suggested the local authority had been too slow to consider the scheme.

However, Cllr Helen Dennis, Southwark’s Cabinet Member for New Homes, said the council had

been forced to re-consider the proposals after the developer slashed the affordable housing offering.

The development has come up against a wall of opposition, with Rye Lane’s Labour ward councillors and local MP Miatta Fahnbulleh all urging the developer to revise the current planning application.

In a symbolic planning meeting held in July the council nonetheless rejected the scheme, with a planning officer’s report stating that this was largely due to the“low level of affordable housing” which would “fail to deliver sufficient public benefits to outweigh the heritage harm to the character and appearance of the Rye Lane Peckham Conservation Area.”

Berkeley has consistently declined to comment when approached for comment.

16 OPINION

Comment 'Since 2022 over 1,400 police officers have been removed for misconduct or extremist views'

V

IOLENT CRIME across London is down, and we must acknowledge that the overall picture is positive.

In particular, the number of murders recorded in London during the first nine months of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began; a huge milestone.

The Mayor of London’s Violence and Crime Reduction Unit (VRU) has worked to tackle crime at its roots by investing in youth programmes and supporting communities with millions of pounds invested in schemes across areas such as Southwark. With such progress, it is

crucial that we maintain this strategy of both tackling the root causes of crime and immediate prevention.

At City Hall, one of our priorities is to hold the Met to account. I Chair the Police and Crime Committee on the London Assembly, where we have been digging into this work, but also some of the challenges the Met is facing.

I am particularly disappointed with the news that the Front Counter at Walworth police station is set to operate with reduced hours. We have a duty to ensure that residents have access to all options to report crimes and seek assistance.

Strained finance is a large

'Labour successfully tackled homelessness before and we are determined to do the same again'

W

HEN I was growing up during the 1980s and 1990s it was impossible to ignore the rise in rough sleeping and homelessness under the Conservatives.

Alongside the transformation of our schools and our National Health Service, one of the things I am most proud of the last Labour government was the strong focus on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness from 1997 to 2010.

Under Conservative and Liberal Democrat governments since 2010

when Labour left office, the level of rough sleeping doubled again and the number of families living in temporary accommodation skyrocketed.

This is completely unacceptable.

Labour will never stand idly by in the face of rising homelessness and rough sleeping as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats did.

On World Homeless Day earlier this month, our Labour Government announced a huge raft of support for thousands of people facing homelessness, thanks to an urgent £84 million cash

contributing factor, with a crippling £260 million budget gap taking a toll on local services. It is therefore crucial that the Government provides more funding to the strained resources of the Met police.

The Police and Crime committee has long been looking at the process of cultural transformation in the Met. I, like many others, was appalled by the recent Panorama documentary depicting racism, misogyny and violence from Met officers. It has acted as a reminder that more work must be done to ensure the Met embodies the integrity Londoners expect.

Since the 2022 Casey Review, over

MARINA AHMAD

GLA Member for Southwark & Lambeth 1,400 officers have already been removed for misconduct or extremist views. But more needs to be done and I remain committed to pressing the Met on tackling their cultural pitfalls.

I was pleased that the Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley heeded my calls to come to the committee to answer

questions on all these issues recently.

We will never relent on the challenges faced to make our city safer, but London is making progress in reducing violence. At City Hall our priorities remain clear: to tackle crime, address its causes and hold the Metropolitan Police to account.

HELEN HAYES

MP for Dulwich & West Norwood injection to councils up and down the country ahead of the winter months – including £928,533 to Southwark council and £704,026 to Lambeth council.

The new funding will enable councils with the highest pressures to deliver a range of services to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. It will help councils to strengthen partnerships and services with voluntary, community and faith sector organisations, support children experiencing homelessness and fund evidence-based drug and alcohol treatment for vulnerable individuals.

This funding is on top of the Government’s £1 billion of investment in homelessness and rough sleeping services earlier this year, getting our country back on track to end homelessness and delivering immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation such as money to pay for food, school travel and laundry.

The rise in homelessness under the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats was a national disgrace, and Labour is absolutely right to take on the moral

mission of getting families into the decent homes everyone deserves.

The Government is also taking action on the longer-term measures that are needed to solve the housing crisis, including building more social and affordable homes, driving up housing standards and introducing the landmark Renters’ Rights Bill which will give more security to private renters.

Labour has successfully tackled rough sleeping and homelessness when in government before and we are determined to do the same again.

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Government concealing your right to know

government that promised transparency and accountability is now proposing to ditch laws that tell the public about nightclub, pub and music licensing hours, as well as key local governance changes – a move that surely would inflict misery on local communities and make it harder to scrutinise local government.

We declare an interest – businesses use local papers such as us to publish these notices – and it gives us some vital income. Real ale group CAMRA, as well as pub groups have come out to say that this proposal would do nothing to help them and that in fact pitching publicans against publishers is not what either industry needs. We believe that local pubs, restaurants, music venues – and yes, local papers – need support from government if we are going to survive.

We are a small business ourselves – so we keep our rates for these notices among the lowest, if not the very lowest, in the capital. We also give any street party notices free of charge and have done so for many years, so that community groups incur no fee from us if they wish to publish an event they plan to hold. We are also a proud London Living Wage employer, and like other small businesses, have been struggling with hikes to National Insurance contributions and business rates, while ensuring we pay our employees enough for them to live and work in London.

This is not an attempt to over-egg the pudding. There are many charities and organisations far more important than local newspapers. But we do have a big part still to play in the life of the local community, in holding local government to account and in trying to give residents and readers balanced, informed journalism in the face of an onslaught from social media and the big digital players.

The government says it supports local journalism – indeed the PM himself has opined on our value – but the words ring hollow when you look at this proposal, both to do away with requirements to inform local people about licensing changes and to sweep away laws that require councils to publish governance arrangements. Surely, in the fight against populism and disinformation, the government should be championing our industry, rather than painting us as the problem?

We contacted the five Labour MPs who cover this patch – only one, Neil Coyle, responded, saying he had grave concerns about the proposal. Helen Hayes asked if Southwark News was a Dulwich constituent, then ignored our follow ups. Ellie Reeves said she couldn’t possibly comment on the proposals, as they weren’t formal proposals. When we pointed out that the Chancellor had revealed them in an interview with the Mail on Sunday, and that of course she could still comment – she simply ignored us. And Miatta Fahnbulleh and Florence Eshalomi ignored all our requests for comment.

So if these proposals do go through – and communities complain that they are now blind to licensing changes – or indeed if yet more local newspapers collapse due to revenues being hacked away – it will be too late for these politicians to wring their hands and say something needs to be done.

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what’s on Photo by Alex Brenner

Photo by Helen Murray

This revels in themes of infidelity and sends up the pomp and puff of masculine heroism

Review: Ragdoll at Jermyn Street Theatre

MOAR IS BURNING HER BRAND INTO THE WORLD OF THEATRE I WENT in thinking Katherine Moar's Ragdoll was a telling of the famous 1970s' kidnap of Patty Hearst and her indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army by her kidnappers that led to her robbing banks to fund their activist activities, writes Michael Holland.

I wish it had been because that is a great tale to tell. Ragdoll, however, appears to be an exercise in how to depict exactly what happened to Hearst, whose father was the Murdoch of his day, without mentioning her name, her father's name or her lairy lawyer's name, and dropping in everyone who was mad or bad in late 60s - early 70s America instead.

Ragdoll is told through Holly (Abigail Cruttenden & Katie Matsell) and Robert, her Lawyer (Nathaniel Parker & Ben Lamb), at two ages of their lives: Holly when she is in jail and on trial for armed robbery charges, and middle-aged when she is still holding on to her hatred

for the famous, high-cost lawyer who turned up with a hangover on the final day of trial for the closing speeches to the jury.

Robert, on the other hand, has had a charmed career enhanced by winning several A-List celebrity cases but now faces a potential #metoo scandal that could ruin his reputation. He wants Holly to stand up for him, 40 years after he failed to keep her out of prison. A big ask for someone who refused to answer her calls in her hours of need.

The flashbacks show us the young hotshot lawyer on a winning streak and the spoilt child not realising how much trouble she is in because she has grown up seeing how money can buy anything. The later scenes portray them as a bitter woman still feeling like the victim and a man about to lose everything he has built, an empire spotlit in a fifty grand settee that becomes a metaphor for his greed, his celebrity and having too much money.

This is only Moar's second play and after the runaway success of her

first, Farm Hall, she is burning her brand into the world of theatre with sharp dialogue and interesting takes on modern history.

Josh Seymour's direction ensures Ragdoll never gets dull and the performances tight with the protagonists never far away from their other selves, the connection between young and old ever-present.

I had gone along with good friend Kim, who herself spent many years behind bars for armed robbery in the 80s when everyone wanted to be part of the Boom and Bust world that London was back then.

She enjoyed it far more than me, praising the way the scenes swapped between the years enabling us to see how the younger characters formed the people they became.

I enjoyed the symbolism and how the metaphor gets it in the end.

Jermyn Street Theatre, 16B Jermyn Street, London, SW1Y 6ST until 15th November.

Booking and full details: www.jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

THIS IS modern day roasting!’ declared young bard-ologist Woody as buffed-up boxers trashtalked each other before biffing in the ring. But this isn’t Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas, instead the neon signs around the stage spell out Troy, and we are seated with the other gods overlooking the groundlings huddled below us in the rain at the Globe Theatre Bankside watching heroic legends Hector and Ajax prowl the stage, write Ed & Woody Gray.

Director Owen Horsley has certainly stamped his mark with this spirited production of Troilus and Cressida. A giant, fractured foot remains centre stage throughout the play, a constant reminder that the Trojans are broken people, immobile and under siege from a bedraggled Greek army, their once proudly venerated colossal statues reduced to rubble. Seven years of war has taken its toll on both sides, and this revival seems appropriate in a time of unceasing global conflicts and uncertainty.

The Las Vegas lounge bar vibe and glitzy showgirl shenanigans are amplified by Richie Hart’s musical direction. Thersites, played by Lucy McCormick in full on Shakespearean fool mode, mocks the proceedings from the outset, spitting bile and spewing bawdy insights at the concept of a just and noble conflict and the wider morality of warfare. Our celebrityobsessed culture comes under fire when she doubles up her roles by playing Helen of Troy (who is actually Helen of Greece, abducted by Paris, and the reason for all this insanity), ‘the heart-blood of beauty, love’s invisible soul’.

Helen lustily relishes the spotlight while others fight and die over her.

In one scene, the face that launched a thousand ships is spotted casually launching her own fashion brand, presumably for a thousand shops.

Thersites cuts to the bone, ‘Wars and lechery: Nothing else holds fashion’.

The Trojan’s male beauty contest, with generals in gaudy gold, sculpted armour, roused the rain-drenched groundlings, but Troilus and Cressida is a demanding watch. Firstly, there is no central character and tactical and philosophical discussions among the generals had me struggling to follow the true meaning at times.

Female characters are at the mercy of the weak and impotent, delusional male authority figures, shattered heroes, but Cressida and Helen’s acts are also informed by the instinct to survive assaults and power struggles as much as by their own desires. Somehow, this seems underplayed amidst all the glitz and sleaze. Cross-casting the calculating and manipulative Ulysses as a woman adds another interesting dimension.

This production revels in the themes of infidelity and sends up the pomp and puff of masculine heroism in a way that engages throughout its lengthy duration. Samantha Spiro, cross-cast as auntie Pandarus, was a real spark throughout, with her ‘Carry On, style delivery, right up until the last moments of the play when all her efforts to protect the young lovers from the destructive forces that surround them have come to nothing. She delivered the play’s epilogue on the rain-soaked stage with great emotion, berating us, groundlings and gods, for our miserable whoring and complicity.

Bequeathing us her STDs, she gave a special shout-out to a Winchester goose and I thought I heard a distant cackle from the Cross Bones Graveyard, before she sang the refrain ‘Love, love nothing but love.’

We left the theatre to find our bus home as a chorus of soaked teenage groundlings lustily sung her refrain over and over into the Bankside night.

Shakespeare's Globe until 26th October.

Booking and full details: https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/ whats-on/troilus-and-cressida/

20 HISTORY

History

WHAT ARE THE OLDEST SURVIVING BUILDINGS IN PECKHAM? This terrace was once home to wealthy Londoners and is now used as storage space for the shops below

© Google

Google Street view of 58-62 Peckham High Street today.

An undated photograph of the terrace. Image provided

by Peckham Society.

By Evie Flynn AN UNASSUMING group of buildings tucked away behind two shops on Peckham High Street, built in the 1720s, reveal the rich history of Peckham’s town centre.

58-62 Peckham High Street are the oldest group of buildings that still remain today, while none of them are officially the oldest building in Peckham, they are indeed the oldest buildings for which we have a decent amount of information on.

The accolade of Peckham’s oldest building goes to a standalone house, built around the same time as 58-62 Peckham High Street, located on Wood Road off Queen’s Road, next to John Donne Primary School. It is believed to have been built in the late 1600s, although there appears to be no official date. The house has recently undergone a restoration project and been turned into flats after it was left in a ‘perilous’ state of disrepair by previous occupants.

Indeed, Wood Road has undergone so many changes that 58-62 Peckham High Street is a better example of Peckham’s architecture from this period as they have retained a lot of their original features.

The terrace sits on a barely visible terrace behind large shop fronts, and is now used as storage for Afro Queen, a women’s hair store, and Tasty, an African restaurant.

Peckham High Street in 1979. Image supplied

by Peckham Society and is featured in Peckham’s Heritage- Past, Present and Future.

The terrace has been at the centre of local restoration drives by community groups. Number 58 Peckham High Street succeeded in getting Grade II listed status in 2009, after a campaign by the local historic group Peckham Society.

In the 1930s, the Royal Commission surveyed the 17th and 18th century buildings dotted along Peckham High Street. Many of these buildings have now been lost, with some demolished as recently as the 1980s.

WHEN WAS THE TERRACE BUILT?

The terrace was built in the 1720s and incorporated building material from the 1600s, with shop fronts not added until the 1800s.

They were constructed in a period where London expanded away from the City after the Great Fire of London in 1666.

After the devastating fire, Londoners decided to move away from the City to the safety of the leafy suburbs.

Peckham would have been considered almost like the countryside to those people living in the built-up and cramped mass of largely wooden houses in the city centre.

However, these houses would not be for the poor or even the upper-working-class people of 17th century London. In the 1930s, The Royal Commission said they were used as ‘dwellings’, and would have been owned by wealthy people.

The buildings survive today with much of their original fabric remaining intact, such as timber frames, twin-newel stairs, a mantleshelf, a fireplace surround and some architraves frames around the doors.

Benny O’Looney, an architect and member of the Peckham Society has been conducting research on the group of houses and has been helping to restore number 62 in his job as architect.

Benny, alongside the late Derek Kinrade and the Peckham Heritage Regeneration Partnership, published a book, Peckham’s Heritage: Past, Present and Future, which sheds light on the terrace and explores Peckham’s rich history.

PECKHAM’S HISTORY:

When this terrace was built in the early 18th century, Peckham was not the urban corner of south London it is today.

Instead, it was a rural hamlet centred on the junction between Rye Lane (formerly South Street) and Peckham High Street.

Peckham began life as Pecheham (Village on the River Peck), named in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was on the main road from Camberwell to Greenwich.

It was owned by King Henry I from 1100 – 1135 before he passed the small village to his son, Robert Early of Gloucester.

By the 17th century, Peckham was a market garden town with orchards, and

supplied fresh produce like figs, melons and grapes to London’s markets. This is where Melon Road, just off Peckham High street, gets its name.

Peckham also acted as a stopping point for cattle drovers who were taking their livestock to markets in the centre of London.

The large houses on the junction and surrounding areas, like 58-62 Peckham High Street, were owned and occupied by members of the gentry.

In the 19th century, the terrace had the garden of Peckham Manor to the north, Basing Manor House to the south and Hanover Chapel to the east. Basing Manor House (pictured at top of the page 21) later became a school in 1850. It was first named Manor House School and later Collyer School, named after a prominent

non-conformist William Bengo’ Collyer who left his mark in Peckham, but by the middle of the twentieth century the school had gone for good. At one point it was an employment exchange: but now it is just a car park for Lidl supermarket behind our terrace of 58-62 Peckham High Street.

WHO OWNED THE HOUSES?

As the Royal Commission in the 1930s established, the houses were likely owned by wealthy people.

An unlikely link between Peckham and Australia was made in 2009. Charles Kershaw’s 1830 painting (pictured) was carefully wrapped by Mr John Doddemeade in Perth and sent to London.

The painting was passed down within John’s ancestors, who had relocated to

58 Peckham High street is visible on the junction of Rye Lane and Peckham High Street on this map from 1746 (J. Rocque, An Exact Survey of the City’s of London, Westminster… and the Country near Ten Miles Round, 1746)

HISTORY 21

History Peckham’s Lidl, on the site where Basing Manor House would have stood

Basing Manor House, High Street Peckham.

Water colour painting from 1872 painter was a distant family member, who had lived in Coldharbour Lane, and his own great-great grandfather Edward Early had owned the terraced 58-66 Peckham High Street.

In the painting, the houses have weatherboard fronts, visible by the faint lines on the front of number 60-62. But, by the end of the 19th century, the front gardens in the painting had been built over with shop fronts.

This formed a shopping parade and the beginning of the High Street as we know it today, with the old houses being used for storage space for shops.

THE ‘SPECULATION’ BOOM:

A 1830 century painting by Charles Kershaw of 58-66 Peckham High Street. Image provided by Peckham Society.

Australia, as he was seeking to identify the location of the houses it depicted.

Benny O’Looney and Derek Kinrade

explained that the painting came via the local History Library to John Beasley, the then editor of the Peckham Society News.

John realised he was looking at a depiction of the high street.

John Doddemeade explained that the

After an initial confusion, some of the walkers ended up at Chelsea Bridge, rather than Battersea Bridge. Michael said: “It just meant that we all met up at Albert Bridge and began the walk an hour late, with some extra miles added to the planned ten miles. Tracy, who survived a terrible accident a while ago, which nearly stopped her walking at all, was a good inspiration to those on the day who sometimes found it hard to continue.”

Copleston Director, Julia Honess, who was one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ walkers said, “We are so grateful for everyone who showed their support.

More than 100 people donated to the fundraiser which raised more than £3,000.”

Julia was taking calls from wellwishers and supporters throughout the day, which she passed onto the rest of the team. She also provided regular motivational updates on the donations pouring in every time the walkers showed signs of fatigue.

Michael’s sessions at the Centre aim to record memories like your first day at school, first kiss, first job, weddings,

birthdays, and holidays, that can be passed down through generations.

He said: “My group ranges from 40 years old to 96 and I’ve heard some great stories, you never know what will be revealed.

“Recently, we heard about the time Yoko Ono dropped by to see Stella, Maureen’s journey from growing up in rural Ireland to building a life in Peckham, Ekins’s 40 years as a London bus driver, and Diane’s memories of being asked out by Prince Charles and losing an acting role to Judi Dench.”

As the Arts Correspondent at Southwark News, Michael recognises the importance of writing and recording. He videos the members reading out their memories, which are uploaded onto a private website for the writers and their families and friends to enjoy.

If the ten miles at the start of the month wasn’t enough, Michael recently returned from a walking holiday in Wales.

The team managed to raise the full amount and express their gratitude for supporters. But, you can still donate via www.justgiving.com/and search for Copleston Centre.

The late 17th and early 18th centuries were a transformative time more widely and as the centre of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, London saw such a rapid growth that Peckham was swallowed up into the city itself.

By start of the First World War it not the leafy suburb it once was, but part of an industrial landscape that saw factory owners and then those working for them moving into streets of terrace housing built in and around the area.

Our original terrace of 58-62 Peckham High Street was built as a speculation by Isaac Bennett as part of the ‘speculation boom’, which means he built the houses before having confirmed buyers.

Speculation became increasingly common in this period, as wealthy landowners started to lease land to builders. The builders financed the construction themselves and sold the houses once completed, in a risky but lucrative business.

Many of the houses in the1600s were made of timber and plaster, yet by 1700, brick was the dominant material. This was also the beginning of terraced housing, like the houses surrounding 5862 Peckham High Street.

Many of these speculative buildings had low standards, so it’s remarkable that 58 Peckham High Street remains in such good shape today.

Before Afro Queen, the shop attached to the 18th century structure was occupied

by Cracker Jack Convenience Store and has seen numerous shop fronts over the years as Peckham changed.

Claire Hegarty, a member of Peckham Heritage, put together nominations for the Council’s Local List for protection, with 58-62 Peckham High Street included on the list.

Peckham Vision, a local community group, has campaigned successfully over the years to raise local community awareness on the town centre’s rich heritage and historic buildings.

Their campaign work has saved numerous buildings and spaces from demolition including: • The Bussey Building on Copeland Road • Copeland Park • 133, 135 and 125A Rye Lane • Peckham multi-storey • Two Art Deco buildings on Blenheim Grove •The Old Mill Building on Blackpool Road To learn more about Peckham’s history, you can buy the Peckham Society’s book go to peckhamheritage.org.uk/buy-our-book

Pensioner stages London bridges walk to fundraise so he can help older people write down their life stories

By Evie Flynn THE 71-YEAR-OLD walked 13 London Bridges, from Battersea to Bermondsey, to raise a vital £3,000 so he can continue to help older people in Peckham write down their life stories.

Michael Holland runs a weekly Life Writing class at the Copleston Community Centre, teaching locals of all ages how to put memorable moments down on paper.

Due to funding shortages, the sessions were at risk and Michael, along with staff members and volunteers, decided to take on a challenge to raise £3,000.

On October 10, they set off on a ten mile walk from Battersea Bridge, aiming to finish at Tower Bridge four hours later.

He said: “Over half had experience of long walks. Others had never walked as far as this fundraiser required, but that did not stop them.”

The day was a huge success, with everyone completing the walk and all the funds were raised. But, the team experienced a few hiccups, which they can laugh about retrospectively.

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Thursday, October 30th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SUMNER STREET, COLWELL ROAD, TREVERIS STREET, BEAR LANE, GILKES CRESCENT, RENFORTH STREET, TOWNLEY ROAD

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be as indicated by the signs displayed

4.

Sumner Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for item (2a)

5.

Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.

6.

The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

THE A200 GLA ROAD (ST THOMAS STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable electrical installation works to take place at A200 St Thomas Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering, exiting or proceeding on St Thomas Street between its junctions with Snowelds and Vinegar Yard.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 8.00 AM on the 15th November 2025 until 7.00 PM on the 16th November 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs via Snowelds, Kipling Street, Long Lane, Great Dover Street and Borough High Street to normal route of travel. for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes m.g.w via Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street, Duke Street Hill and Borough High Street to normal route of travel.

7.

The closure will be in operation on the following dates (2a) 8th November, with back up dates of 15th November & 31st January 2026 & 7th February 2026 (2b) 10th – 18th November (2c) & (2d) 10th – 25th November (2e) 10th November – 5th December (2f) 13th – 14th November (2g) 13th – 15th November

Dated this 30th day of October 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

8.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in: (2a) Sumner Street, between Southwark Street and blue fin building (2b) Colwell Road, between No’s 26 and No’s 28 located between Melbourne Grove and Playfield Crescent (2c) Treveris Street, at its junction with Bear Lane (2d) Bear Lane, at its junction with Treveris Street (2e) Gilkes Crescent, at its junction with East Dulwich Grove (2f) Renforth Street, between No’s 61 and its blocked end (2g) Townley Road, between Carlton Avenue and Dovercourt Road

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A NEW PREMISES LICENCE Notice is hereby given that an application has been made by Amazon UK Services Limited to Southwark Council for a Premises Licence under the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of premises located at 8 Raymouth Road, Southwark, London, SE16 2DB. The proposed application is for a premises licence to permit the sale of alcohol by retail for consumption off the premises from 07:00am to 23:00pm Monday to Sunday. Full details of the application are held by Southwark Council, Southwark Licensing Team, 3rd Floor, Hub 1, PO BOX 64529, London, SE1P 5LX where the licensing register can be inspected during the Authority’s normal opening hours or online by visiting their website.

Any representations by a responsible authority or any other person regarding the above-mentioned application must be made in writing to the Licensing Authority at the above address or to licensing@southwark.gov.uk no later than 14 November 2025 stating the grounds upon which the representation is being made.

It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. The maximum financial penalty on summary conviction is unlimited.

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (FIELDING STREET, SUTHERLAND WALK, GEDLING PLACE, CONSORT ROAD, HANOVER PARK (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

Notice of disposal of open space land at the Astro Turf Pitch Site, Greendale Playing Fields, London, SE5/SE22, section 233(1) and section 233(4) of the Town and County Planning Act 1990 (as amended)

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it intends, to make an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with section 233(1) and 233(4) of the Town and County Planning Act 1990, the London Borough of Southwark intends following its appropriation for planning purposes to dispose of the Astro Turf Pitch Site, Greendale Playing Fields, London, SE5/SE22 (“the Land”). The planning purposes related to planning permission 19/AP/1867:

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:

“Redevelopment of the Dulwich Hamlet Football (Champion Hill) Stadium, including the demolition of existing buildings, and use of land at Greendale, to provide: - the erection of a new stadium with relocated playing pitch with associated floodlighting and boundary treatment, and part two-part three storey clubhouse building with sports and leisure facilities, with capacity for 4,000 spectators (Use Class D2); - the construction of a multi-functional kickabout space and associated boundary treatment; - the erection of a series of buildings between four and six storeys in height to provide 219 residential dwellings, (Use Class C3); - associated car parking, cycle parking, refuse storage and access road; the widening and greening of a public route with associated hard and soft landscaping; - the relocation of telecommunications equipment and re-provision of the substation together with plant and equipment”

(2a) Fielding Street, at its junction with Walworth Road (2b) Sutherland Walk at its junction with Walworth Road (2c) Gedling Place, between Druid Street and Stanworth Street (2d) Consort Road, between Clayton Road and Blackpool Road (2e) Hanover Park, between Clayton Road and Rye Lane 3.

The Land is owned by the London Borough of Southwark. A copy of the plan showing the Land is available for inspection at the ground floor reception of the London Borough of Southwark, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. Appointments are available between the hours of 10.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be (2a) & (2b) Walworth Road, Penrose Street (2c) Abbey Street, Druid Street (2d) East Dulwich Road, Denmark Hill, Peckham Road, Peckham High Street. Queens Road, New Cross Road, Amersham Road, Parkfield Road, Lewisham Way, New Cross Road, Queens Road. Peckham Rye, Barry Road, Lordship Lane. (2e) Copeland Road, Consort Road, Clayton Road. Clayton Road, Consort Road, Heaton Road.

4.

Moncrieff Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for item No. (2e)

Any objections or representations in respect of the proposed disposal must be made in writing to Matt Derry, Head of Sustainable Growth South, Planning & Growth, London Borough of Southwark, Fifth Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH or at regen.info@southwark.gov.uk to be received no later than 18 November 2025.

5.

Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.

6.

The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

7.

The closure will be in operation on the following dates (2a) 18th – 19th November & (2b) 18th – 19th November, between 22:00hrs and 05:00hrs (2c) 19th – 21st November (2d) 14th – 15th November & (2e) 17th – 19th November, between 20:00hrs and 05:00hrs

8.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated: 30 October 2025.

Stephen Platts, Director of Planning & Growth, on behalf of the London Borough of Southwark, Fifth Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence Sideros Ltd of 67 Westow Street, London, SE19 3RW, is applying for a licence to use arch and yard at 434-436 Silwood Street, Bermondsey, SE162SU. as an operating centre for 3 goods vehicles no trailers.

Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre(s) who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE, stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice. A Guide to Making Representations is available at www.gov.uk/object-hgv-operator-licence

Dated this 30th October 2025 Ian Law Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) WG8TNJ5VZSB/bt (2b) WG8TNJ5VYSB/bt (2c) ANSL247957/vm/avonline (2d) 21391218/conway (2e) 93250243/conway

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Thursday, October 30th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website.

How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; PIP - application is for Permission in Principle; S106 - ; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of a listed building; DEVELOPMENT SITE AT CARPARK OF MATSON HOUSE SLIPPERS PLACE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 (Ref: 21/AP/1615) Redevelopment of an existing car park to create 18 residential units (use class C3) in a part 1, part 8 storey building, demolition of existing pram stores and part of an existing refuse store, adjustments to car parking, new landscape and amendments to existing estate paths. Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Abbie McGovern 020 7525 0254) 33-36 BEAR LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 0UH (Ref: 25/AP/2088) Minor material amendment of planning permission ref no: 21/AP/0737 dated 20/09/2024 for: 'Demolition of existing buildings to allow for the erection of a new building up to eight storeys in height (plus roof plant and basement) to provide Class E accommodation including office and retail floorspace. The development will include improvements to the low line and public realm, cycle parking, provision of a service bay and other associated works.' Amendments sought: -Removal of affordable workspace provision on ground floor (Condition 1) -Change in trigger points of contamination strategy (Condition 3) and ecological management plan (Condition 11) Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Nathaniel Young 020 7525 0417) COACH HOUSE 41 COLLEGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7BA (Ref: 25/AP/2924) Conversion of the Coach House from an ancillary dwelling to a separate dwelling, including retrospective planning permission for internal and external alterations and planning permission for other proposed internal and external alterations (Within: Dulwich Village Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Emily Williams 020 7525 1249) 2 NEW CONCORDIA WHARF MILL STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2BB (Ref: 25/AP/2949) Conversion of existing ground-floor office (Use Class E) to a one-bedroom residential flat (Use Class C3) within Grade II listed New Concordia Wharf, with associated internal alterations.

(Within: St Saviours Dock CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Adeleh Haghgoo 020 7525 0474) 1 AMERICA STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 0NE (Ref: 25/AP/2945) Alterations to entrances and glazing including the replacement of existing glazing with doubleglazed windows. (Within: Thrale Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 020 7525 0585) 176 - 178 BERMONDSEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3TQ (Ref: 25/AP/2967) Roof extension (new fourth floor) including roof terrace associated privacy screening, green roof and plant. Change of use of the upper floors to residential (Class C3) to create 2 new dwellings including associated amenity space, cycle and refuse storage. Alterations at ground floor level including the installation sliding front entrance doors and proposed rear access door.

Alterations to rear fenestration. (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity:

STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) 131 COURT LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7EE (Ref: 25/AP/3004) Replacement of existing single-storey rear extension with a new single-storey full-width rear extension, replacement of the rear dormer with two dormers at loft level, renewal of roof tiles, and erection of a single-storey garden outbuilding. (Within: Dulwich Village Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Nejum Hussain ) 184 PECKHAM RYE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 9QA (Ref: 25/AP/2858) Replacement of existing windows and doors, rainwater goods, roof coverings, masonry repairs, rooflights and external lighting. Addition of bin store enclosure. (Within: The Gardens The Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) THE CROWN AND GREYHOUND 73 DULWICH VILLAGE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7BJ (Ref: 25/AP/2900) Internal refurbishment and external alterations including: renewal of boundary treatment with planters and arbours to the front seating area.

New bin enclosure to the side. Replacement paving in parts, addition of butterfly awning and planters in the rear courtyard. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Sandy Ng 020 7525 3244) FLAT 2 COLLINGWOOD HOUSE 3 COTTAGE GREEN LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 7ST (Ref: 25/AP/2882) Listed building consent for roposed single storey rear extension (following demolishing existing conservatory) and tree reposition Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) 160 NEW KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4YS (Ref: 25/AP/2311) Replace existing timber windows to the front and rear elevation with new replacement double glazed windows with matching profiles / like for like. Replace a single door to the rear garden with a window that matches existing windows Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148) RAILWAY ARCH 3-4 CRUCIFIX LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3JW (Ref: 25/AP/2975) Internal works to remove part of the internal partition wall to facilitate an internal connection between Arches 3 and 4 Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) 7 BOXALL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7JS (Ref: 25/AP/3018) Construction of a ground floor rear and side wraparound extension, construction of a rear dormer, and installation of a rear roof light.

(Within: Dulwich Village Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Holmes 020 7525 0803) ALLEYNS SCHOOL TOWNLEY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8SW (Ref: 25/AP/2993) Installation of extended perimeter fencing

around the existing multi-use games area.

(Within: Dulwich Village Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) LAND AT MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 (Ref: 25/AP/2761) Variation of conditions 1 (Approved drawings) and 1 (Time limit) of planning permission ref.

25/AP/0808 'Planning application for the temporary installation of a part 1 and part 2 storey pop-up bar structure with internal and external seating, a stage and screen at The Scoop for a period from 11th May to 14th September.' Amend the wording of condition 1 (Approved Drawings) to allow for amendments to the structure, including the addition of a new weatherproof roof covering to the upper storey, and amend the wording of condition 1 (Time Limit) and the description of development on the decision notice to allow for siting into January 2026. Reason(s) for publicity: (Contact: Adina Jordan 07394 208 293) THE MUDLARK MONTAGUE CLOSE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9DA (Ref: 25/AP/2839) Listed building consent to install a new freestanding covered structure to the garden area (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Sandy Ng 020 7525 3244) IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LAMBETH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6HZ (Ref: 25/AP/3064) Advertisement consent for replacement and installation of X 2 permanent and X 1 temporary banners in the front portico of Imperial War Museum London. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Holmes 020 7525 0803)

of the shop, above window. (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) 61 - 67 CAMBERWELL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0EZ (Ref: 25/AP/2697) Re-modelling of the existing glass facade including installation of 3no. door sets at ground floor level to enable internal split into individual commercial/retail units (Within: Multiple Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148) 1 CARDEN ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 3UB (Ref: 25/AP/2754) Demolition of existing rear and side extensions and construction of a ground floor side/rear wraparound extension, rear dormer, and outrigger extension. (Within: Nunhead Green Nunhead Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Holmes 020 7525 0803) THE CROWN AND GREYHOUND 73 DULWICH VILLAGE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7BJ( Ref: 25/AP/2878) External alterations including the installation of trough planters and timber arbour with climbers to the front of the property, the addition of a bin store enclosure, and the installation of planters and a retractable awning to the rear seating area. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) Dated: 28 Oct 2025 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date (or 14 days for Permission in Principle, 30 days for EIA development).

STEPHEN PLATTS Director of Planning and Growth

THE MUDLARK MONTAGUE CLOSE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9DA (Ref: 25/AP/2835) Installation of a new freestanding covered structure within the rear garden, featuring a retractable roof (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Nejum Hussain ) IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LAMBETH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6HZ (Ref: 25/AP/3061) Listed buildng consent for Replacement and installation of X 2 permanent and X 1 temporary banners in the front portico and 3X temporary banners in the internal north atrium wall and associated banners on staircase of the Imperial War Museum London. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Rosie Poser 020 7525 7924) 88A TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2TF (Ref: 25/AP/2887) Display of one non-illuminated hand-painted mural advertisement measuring 5m high by 4m wide (20 sqm), with branding limited to the topright corner. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam 020 7525 2876) 126 BERMONDSEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3TX (Ref: 25/AP/2848) Installation of retractable manual awning in front

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PUBLIC NOTICES 25

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark

Transport for London Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A3 GLA ROAD (BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STOPPING) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable crane operation works to take place at A3 Borough High Street in the London Borough of Southwark.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on Borough High Street between its junctions with Southwark Street and Talbot Yard.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 9.00 PM on the 16th November 2025 until 6.00 AM on the 17th November 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC/PARKING) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2025 (WEST LANE) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark, and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16 (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day Services.

3.

The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from: (a) entering, exiting or proceeding in West Lane, between Jamaica Road and Paradise Street. (b) Stopping in the red route parking bays in West Lane outside No’s 7 – No’s 33, located between Jamaica Road and Paradise Street. (c) stopping in the red route loading, unloading and disabled persons’ vehicles bays in West Lane, outside No’s 6 – No’s 12, located between Paradise Street and Jamaica Road.

4.

Dated this 30th day of October 2025 Alan Davidson Area Manager Central, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ 5.

The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of this event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the London Borough of Southwark (c) The Order will be effective on Sunday 9th November and Tuesday 11th November between the hours of 10:00am – 12:00pm. (d) At such times as the prohibitions are in force, the alternative route for affected traffic will be adjacent roads as applicable.

For information relating to this notice contact ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 30th October 2025

Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A3 GLA ROAD (BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable railway bridge inspection works to take place at A3 Borough High Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle except pedal cycles from: (1) entering, exiting or proceeding in a southerly direction on Borough High Street between its junctions with Railway Approach and St Thomas Street; (2) turning right into Borough High Street from London Bridge Street.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 10.00 PM on the 18th November 2025 until 6.00 AM on the 19th November 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs for eastbound trafc on Eastcheap, via Great Tower Street, Byward Street, Minories, Goodman’s Yard, Mansell Street, Tower Bridge Approach, Tower Bridge Road, Great Dover Street and Borough High Street to normal route of travel. for eastbound trafc on Cannon Street and southeastbound trafc on King William Street via Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road and Marshalsea Road to normal route of travel. for HGVs over 18 Tonnes m.g.w, via King William Street, Monument Street, Fish Street Hill, Lower Thames Street, Upper Thames Street, Queen Street Place, Southwark Bridge and Southwark Bridge Road to normal route of travel.

Dated this 30th day of October 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Ian Law (Traffic Manager) London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref No: SpecialEvent/RS/A/D The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A

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THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC/PARKING) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2025 (BOROUGH HIGH STREET SLIP ROAD/ BOROUGH HIGH STREET) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark, and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16 (a) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate The Annual Remembrance Day Service

3.

The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from: (a) entering, exiting or proceeding in (Northbound A3) Borough High Street Slip Road, between the main connecting carriageway of Borough High Street and Southwark Street. (b) stopping in the loading, unloading and disabled persons’ vehicles bays in Borough High Street. between No’s 30 – 34, No’s 60 – 62, No’s 75 – 85, and No’s 107 – 111 (Eastern Leg) between 10:00am – 12:00pm (c) stopping in the solo motorcycle bays located in Borough High Street (Slip Road) between No’s 54 – 58 (Western Leg) between 10:00am – 12:00pm

4.

Keeping you informed.

The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of this event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the London Borough of Southwark. (c) The Order will be effective on Sunday 9th November between the hours of 10:00am – 12:00pm

5.

At such times as the prohibitions are in force, the alternative route for affected traffic will be adjacent roads as applicable.

6.

For information relating to this notice contact ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 30th October 2025 Ian Law (Traffic Manager) London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Regulatory Services, Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX. Ref: SpecialEvent/RememNov2025

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – 25/26 TRANCHE 2 The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (MTS 2526-T2) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (MTS 2526-T2) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Love Walkway) Traffic Order 202* 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Orders would be to implement a 'no cycling' restriction in LOVE WALKWAY (which lies between the south-western kerb-line of Camberwell Road and the northeastern kerb-line of Grove Lane) to restrict any pedal cycles and e-bikes from using this passage making the area safer for pedestrians. The restriction would also apply to e-scooters being used in the TfL-led trials, and there would be no exemptions.

3.

The effects of the (Charged-for parking places) Order would be:-

4.

(a)

in Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) 'G' in BEVINGTON STREET north-west side between its junction with Chambers Street and its junction with Scott Lidgett Crescent convert two existing permitholders’ and ‘Pay by Phone’ ('shared-use') parking places (a total of 85 metres ‘m’ in length) to new 'stop and shop' parking in which either:- vehicles may be left free of charge for up to 30mins, or vehicles which have paid the parking charge of (currently) £8.80 per hour or £12.80 per hour for diesel vehicles may be left for up to 4hrs, the first 30mins of which parking session would be free of charge, provided no vehicle may return to a parking place within the same 24-hour period, between the hours of 8.30 am and 11 pm on every day of the week;

(b)

in CPZ 'M2' in BOUNDARY LANE (i) south-east side relocate an existing cycle hangar (north-east of its junction with Camberwell Road) to a new location on the north-west side opposite No. 18 Boundary Lane, and (ii) reduce existing 'shared-use' by 3m north-west side opposite No. 18 Boundary Lane (15m remain);

(c)

in CPZ 'NC' in GROSVENOR TERRACE south-east side opposite Nos. 146 to 156 Grosvenor Terrace split and reduce existing permit-holders’ only parking ('permit') by 4.5m south-east side opposite Nos. 146 to 156 Grosvenor Terrace (a total of 40.5m remain) to accommodate a new cycle hangar in the carriageway at this location (the existing cycle hangar formerly on the footway at the junction of Grosvenor Terrace and Grosvenor Park);

(d)

in CPZ 'OKR' (i) in GALLEYWALL ROAD north-east side opposite Nos. 82 and 88 Galleywall Road reduce existing 'shared-use' by 15m (22.5m remain), and (ii) in SANDGATE STREET south-west side opposite the vehicular access to No. 57 Sandgate Street reduce existing 'shared-use' by 6m (21m remain) – which will be converted to new free solo motorcycle parking;

(e)

in CPZ 'PR' in LYNDHURST GROVE north-east side opposite its junction with Azenby Road (i) reduce existing 'shared-use' by 3.5m (21.5m remain), and (ii) add a new cycle hangar 2.55m in length;

(f)

in CPZ 'PW' (i) relocate an existing cycle hangar from OXENFORD STREET north-west side (side of No. 105 Copleston Road) to a new location in EVERTHORPE ROAD south-west side at the rear of Nos. 113 and 115 Copleston Road, (ii) in EVERTHORPE ROAD south-west side at the rear of Nos. 113 and 115 Copleston Road split and reduce existing 'permit' by 4.5m (a total of 94.5m remain), and (iii) in OXENFORD STREET increase existing 'permit' by 2.5m north-west side at the original location of the cycle hangar (new bay length will be 41.5m);

(g)

in CPZ 'RV' in SWAN ROAD north-east side on the side of No. 170 Rotherhithe Street (i) relocate an existing cycle hangar north-westward by 14.5m, and (ii) to accommodate the relocation of the cycle hangar, amend the length of an existing 'permit' by 3.5m at both ends of this bay (no parking will be lost at this location the length will remain 13.5m);

(h)

in CPZ 'T' in PECKHAM PARK ROAD north-west side o/s No. 120 Peckham Park Road reduce existing 'shared-use' by 5m (22.5m remain); and

(i)

the Council will amend the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule in CPZ 'SEB' in ST JAMES'S ROAD south-east side to add 80m of existing ‘shared-use’ between its junction with Blue Anchor Lane and Alexis Street (this is an administrative exercise; no physical changes will be made in St James's Road at this location).

The effects of the (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) Order would be:(a)

in SANDGATE STREET south-west side opposite the vehicular access to No. 57 Sandgate Street add 6m new free motorcycle only parking;

(b)

in LORDSHIP LANE north-west side o/s Nos. 118-124 evens Lordship Lane remove 17.5m existing free 'short stay' parking place and add 17.5m new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’);

(c)

in CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD west side o/s No. 56 Crystal Palace Road remove 7m of existing DYLs;

(d)

convert existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) to new DYLs in (i) COPPERFIELD STREET on all sides at its junction with Pepper Street (a combined total of 16.5m), and (ii) in PEPPER STREET on both sides throughout its entirety (a combined total of 132.5m);

(e)

in ABBOTSWOOD ROAD add new lengths of ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) on existing ‘DYLs’ south-east of its junction with Edgar Kail Way (a combined total of 34.5m);

(f)

in SWAN ROAD north-east side on the side of No. 170 Rotherhithe Street relocate an existing cycle 1m length of existing DYLs north-westward by 14.5m;

(g)

add new lengths or extend existing lengths of ‘DYLs’ (i) in ABBOTSWOOD ROAD west side o/s No. 6, south-east and north-east side o/s Nos. 3-29 odds, north-east side on the side of No. 1 Talbot Road, south-west side o/s Nos. 28-34 evens, south-east side o/s No. 39, and north-west side o/s Nos. 58-62 evens (a combined total of 171m), (ii) in ALLEYN PARK south-west side o/s No. 31 Alleyn Park (a combined total of 12m), (iii) in BOUNDARY LANE south-east side north-east of its junction with Camberwell Road (2.5m), and north-west side opposite No. 18 Boundary Lane (1m), (iv) in BURROW ROAD north-west side o/s No. 1 and Nos. 29 and 31, and south-east side either side of its junction with Buxted Road (a combined total of 34m), (v) in BUXTED ROAD on both sides south-east of its junction with Burrow Road (a combined total of 16m), (vi) in DAYTON GROVE east side opposite Nos. 21 and 22 (10m), (vii) in EVERTHORPE ROAD south-west side at the rear of Nos. 113 and 115 Copleston Road (a combined total of 2m), (viii) in FARQUHAR ROAD south-west side north-west of its junction with Tylney Avenue (4m), (ix) in GALLEYWALL ROAD north-east side opposite Nos. 82 and 88 (15m), (x) in GROSVENOR TERRACE south-east side opposite Nos. 146 to 156 (a combined total of 2m), (xi) in HAWKSLADE ROAD north-east side opposite No. 4 (3m), (xii) in HOLLYDALE ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 45-53 odds (20m), (xiii) in LYNDHURST GROVE north-east side opposite its junction with Azenby Road (1m), (xiv) in NUNHEAD GROVE south-west side over the vehicular access to No. 56 (5m), (xv) in PECKHAM PARK ROAD north-west side o/s No. 120 (5m), (xvi) in PECKHAM RYE south-west side o/s Nos. 234 and 238 (13.5m), (xvii) in SHAW ROAD on both sides north-west of its junction with Abbotswood Road (a combined total of 16.5m), (xviii) in TALBOT ROAD on both sides north-east of its junction with Abbotswood Road (a combined total of 20m), and (xix) in YORK GROVE west side o/s No. 31 (7m);

(h)

the Council will make changes in the street to more closely match the Traffic Management Orders in LYNDHURST GROVE to correct a street-lining error north-east side opposite its junction with Azenby Road, a length of DYLs will be removed and the corresponding length of existing 'shared-use' parking will be replaced at this physical location; and (i) the Council will amend the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule in ST JAMES'S ROAD south-east side to add 53.5m existing DYLs between a point 7m north of the northern kerb-line of Lynton Road and a point 66.5m north of that kerb-line (this is an administrative exercise; no physical changes will be made in St James's Road at this location).

NOTES: (1) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed; ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. (2) In reference to 'stop and shop' pay parking mentioned in item 3(a), a parking session must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 30 minutes free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (3) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions, and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions.

(4) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (5) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 5.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999 and the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct road humps of sinusoidal cross-section construction, approx. 3.7 metres in length, having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the greater width of the carriageway, in the following locations:(a)

GAUTREY ROAD centred (i) at the north-western boundary of No. 1 Gautrey Road, (ii) at a point 2m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 13 and 15 Gautrey Road, (iii) at a point 2m southeast of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Gautrey Road, and (iv) at a point 2m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 40 and 42 Gautrey Road;

(b)

HOWBURY ROAD centred (i) at a point 1m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 5 and 7 Howbury Road, (ii) at the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Howbury Road, and (iii) at the common boundary of Nos. 43 and 45 Howbury Road;

(c)

COLNBROOK STREET centred (i) at a point 9.5m south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 2 and 3 Colnbrook Street, and (ii) at the common boundary of Nos. 10 and 11 Colnbrook Street;

(d)

GLADSTONE STREET centred (i) at a point 2m south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 19 and 21 Gladstone Street, and (ii) at a point 8.5m south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 33 and 35 Gladstone Street;

(e)

MANCIPLE STREET centred (i) at a point 13.5m north-west of the north-westernmost wall of Eastwell House Weston Street, and (ii) at a point 20.5m south-east of the north-westernmost wall of Eastwell House Weston Street; and

(f)

WESTON STREET centred (i) at a point 11.5m north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 132 and 134 Weston Street, (ii) at a point 13m south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Pardoner Street and (iii) at a point 65m south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Pardoner Street.

6.

For more information about these proposals please contact Katie Reeves of the Council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk.

7.

Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; and paper or digital copies of a plan showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk , or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 077 3132 4742) for booking details.

8.

Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to any of the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2526030 MTS 2526-T2’ by 20 November 2025. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

9.

Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated 30 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

PUBLIC NOTICES 27

Thursday, October 30th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK DISABLED PERSONS’ PARKING PLACES – B34 The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (DPPP B34) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (DPPP B34) Order 2025 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 30 October 2025 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effect of the Orders are:(a)

to provide new ‘unlimited stay’ Disabled Persons’ parking places (DPPPs), 6.6 metres (‘m’) in length, which would operate at any time and may be used without time limit by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge', at the following locations:ALPHA STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 9 and 10 Alpha Street; ALVEY STREET south-west side o/s Nos. 158/159 Wolverton, Alvey Street; BARKWORTH ROAD south-west side opposite Nos. 28 and 30 Barkworth Road; BEAUVAL ROAD two locations (i) south-west side o/s Nos. 88 and 90 Beauval Road, and (ii) north-east side o/s Nos. 69 and 71 Beauval Road; BOURNEMOUTH ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 17 to 23 Bournemouth Road; BRAYARDS ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 41 and 43 Brayards Road; CALTON AVENUE south-west side o/s No. 99 Calton Avenue; CARTER STREET south-east side o/s Nos. 85 and 87 Carter Street; CLIFTON WAY two locations (i) south side o/s Nos. 2 and 4 Clifton Way (parking would be partially on the footway), and (ii) south side opposite its junction with Montague Square; DOVERCOURT ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 22 and 24 Dovercourt Road; DRUMMOND ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 1 to 54 Flannery Court, Drummond Road; DUNSTANS ROAD north-west side o/s No. 168 Dunstans Road; ELGAR STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 1 to 87 Elgar Street; HENSLOWE ROAD south-east side o/s Nos. 33 and 35 Henslowe Road; HOWDEN STREET north-west side o/s Nos. 1 to 21 Maxden Court; IVYDALE ROAD south-east side o/s No. 383 Ivydale Road; LINDEN GROVE north-east side opposite Nos. 6 and 8 Linden Grove; MINA ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 6/14 Mina Road (parking would be partially on the footway); MONTPELIER ROAD south-east side o/s Nos. 46 and 48 Montpelier Road; OAKHURST GROVE north-east side o/s No. 39 Oakhurst Grove; PICKWICK ROAD south-west side o/s No. 11 Pickwick Road; SALTER ROAD north-west side to the north-east of its junction with Burnside Close; SARTOR ROAD south-west side o/s No. 9 Sartor Road; STANBURY ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 36 and 38 Stanbury Road; THORNCOMBE ROAD north-east side o/s Nos. 23 and 25 Thorncombe Road; TRAFALGAR AVENUE west side o/s No. 38 Trafalgar Avenue; WAGHORN STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 65 and 67 Waghorn Street;

(b)

add 6 new ‘limited stay’ DPPPs 6.6m in length, which would operate ‘at any time’ and may be used by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge' for a maximum stay of 4 hours per vehicle, per day (i) in ALLEYN ROAD (two DPPPs side by side) north-east side opposite No. 106 Alleyn Road, and (ii) LORDSHIP LANE (four locations) north-east side o/s No. 13 Lordship Lane, west side opposite Nos. 57 and 59 Lordship Lane, south-east side o/s Nos. 85 to 87 Lordship Lane, and north-west side o/s No. 102 Lordship Lane;

NOTES: (1) The measures in 2(c)-(n) below are made so as to accommodate the provision of the new and amended DPPPs in those locations referred to in items 2(a) and (b) above. (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed, shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or Pay-byPhone (‘pay’) paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. ‘DYLs’ refer to waiting restrictions which operate 'at any time' - all hours on every day of the week. (3) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (4) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking (c)

in CPZ 'B' reduce by 6.6m (i) existing permit-holders’ only ('permit') parking in ALPHA STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 9 and 10 Alpha Street (8.5m remain) and in BRAYARDS ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 41 and 43 Brayards Road (16.5m remain), and (ii) existing ‘Pay by Phone’ (‘pay’) parking in BOURNEMOUTH ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 17 to 23 Bournemouth Road (11m remain);

(d)

in CPZ 'ED' split and reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in THORNCOMBE ROAD north-east side o/s Nos. 23 and 25 Thorncombe Road (a total of 31m remain);

(e)

in CPZ 'G' split and reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in DRUMMOND ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 1 to 54 Flannery Court, Drummond Road (a total of 18m remain);

(f)

in CPZ 'J' reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in CARTER STREET south-east side o/s Nos. 85 and 87 Carter Street (4.5m remain);

(g)

in CPZ 'M1' reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in ALVEY STREET south-west side o/s Nos. 158/159 Wolverton (44m remain), and in MINA ROAD north-west side o/s Nos. 6/14 Mina Road (parking is partially on the footway and 23m remain);

(h)

in CPZ 'PW' split and reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in HOWDEN STREET north-west side o/s Nos. 1 to 21 Maxden Court (a total of 59.5m remain) and in WAGHORN STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 65 and 67 Waghorn Street (a total of 163m remain);

(i)

in CPZ 'QR' reduce existing 'permit' by 6.6m in MONTPELIER ROAD south-east side o/s Nos. 46 and 48 Montpelier Road (8.5m remain);

(j)

in CPZ 'S' reduce existing permit-holders’ and ‘Pay by Phone’ ('shared-use') parking by 6.6m in ELGAR STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 1 to 87 Elgar Street (13.5m remain), and in SALTER ROAD north-west side to the north-east of its junction with Burnside Close (71m remain);

(k)

in CPZ 'T' split and reduce existing 'shared-use' by 6.6m in TRAFALGAR AVENUE west side o/s No. 38 Trafalgar Avenue (a total of 54.5m remain);

(l)

the unmarked parking within existing permit-holders’ only past this point areas would be reduced by 6.6m within (i) CPZ 'DV' in CALTON AVENUE south-west side o/s No. 99 Calton Avenue, and (ii) CPZ 'OKR' in BARKWORTH ROAD south-west side opposite Nos. 28 and 30 Barkworth Road;

(m)

reduce existing free 'short stay' parking by 6.6m (i) in CLIFTON WAY south side o/s Nos. 2 and 4 Clifton Way (parking is partially on the footway and 8m remain), and (ii) four locations in LORDSHIP LANE north-east side o/s No. 13 Lordship Lane (27m remain), west side opposite Nos. 57 and 59 Lordship Lane (32m remain), south-east side o/s Nos. 85 to 87 Lordship Lane (52.5m of the partially inset bay remain), and north-west side o/s No. 102 Lordship Lane (this existing bay would be split and reduced, and a total of 27.5m remain);

(n)

add new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) to increase sightlines and general safety in the vicinity of new DPPPs: (i) in BASSANO STREET south-east and north-east side on the corner o/s No. 22 Bassano Street (10m), (ii) in IVYDALE ROAD o/s No. 385 Ivydale Road (9m), (iii) in ROSENTHORPE ROAD north-east side on the side of No. 385 Ivydale Road (6.5m), and (iv) in SARTOR ROAD south-west side o/s No. 9 Sartor Road (0.5m);

(o)

in HENSLOWE ROAD extend the length of an existing 'unlimited stay' DPPP by 1m south-east side o/s Nos. 29 and 31 Henslowe Road (new length of this DPPP is 6.6m);

(p)

relocate existing ‘unlimited stay’ DPPPs from (i) the north-west side of BARRY ROAD o/s No. 52 to a new location o/s Nos. 58 and 60 Barry Road, (ii) the south-east side of BASSANO STREET o/s No. 14 to new location o/s No. 22 Bassano Street, and (iii) the south-east side of DUNSTANS ROAD o/s No. 127 to new location on the north-west side o/s No. 114 Dunstans Road (the Council will amend the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule to add a new DPPP at the new location only, as the existing DPPP o/s No. 127 Dunstans Road was not shown in the system);

(q)

to remove 8 existing ‘unlimited stay’ DPPPs that are no longer needed from the following locations: south-east side o/s No. 57 BARRY ROAD, north-west side o/s No. 13 BECKWITH ROAD (at this location within existing CPZ ‘P’, 6m of added new ‘permit’ would accommodate the removal), south-west side o/s No. 9 CARDEN ROAD, north-east side o/s No. 77 CROFTON ROAD (at this location within existing CPZ ‘PR’, 6m of added new ‘permit’ would accommodate the removal), south-east side o/s No. 70 HENSHAW STREET (at this location within existing CPZ ‘M1’, 6m of new ‘permit’ would accommodate the removal), north-east side o/s No. 13 KELVINGTON ROAD, north-west side o/s No. 6 OGLANDER ROAD (at this location within existing CPZ ‘PW’, 5.5m of added new ‘permit’ would accommodate the removal), and north-east side of the Rye Lane spur road o/s No. 237 RYE LANE (at this location 13.5m of existing loading bay would remain after the removal); and

(r)

the Council will amend the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule to remove the following measures that are not within MINA ROAD: (i) an approximate total of 32m ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips) on both sides of Mina Road (either side of its junction with Ivy Church Lane) and (ii) loading place (20.5m in length) on the south-east side opposite its junction with Ivy Church Lane - this is an administrative exercise to more closely match what is on the street, no physical changes will be made to this specific area of Mina Road.

3.

Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 3 November 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

4.

Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 30 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

28 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, October 30th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK CYCLE FUTURE ROUTE 12 - ROTHERHITHE TO PECKHAM PHASE 1 ILDERTON ROAD AREA The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (CFR12 Ilderton Road area) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (CFR12 Ilderton Road area) Order 202* The London Borough of Lewisham (Charged-for parking places) Order 202* (PTO1095) The London Borough of Lewisham (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (CFR12 Hornshay Street) Order 202* (PTO1095) The London Borough of Lewisham (Prescribed routes) Traffic Order 202* (PTO1095) 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended (‘the 1984 Act’), pursuant to arrangements made with the Council of the London Borough of Lewisham under section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000, in accordance with regulation 7 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012.

2.

The effect of the London Borough of Southwark Orders would be to accommodate kerb-line changes (footway ‘build-outs’) for the installation of a segregated two-way cycle track on the north-west and western side of Ilderton Road – between a point 55 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Old Kent Road and its junction with Hornshay Street – and a ‘build-out’ on the southern side of Hornshay Street – between the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road and a point 34 metres north-east of that kerb-line):-

3.

(a)

in HORNSHAY STREET on the south side (on the side of No. 301 Ilderton Road) within existing Controlled Parking Zone ‘OKR’, remove an existing 10 metres ‘shared-use’ (‘OKR’ permit-holders’ and Pay by Phone) parking place;

(b)

to amend by relocating or reducing existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) (i) in ILDERTON ROAD on the north-west and western side that would be affected by the ‘build-out’ or on both sides of Ilderton Road that would be affected by the new crossings detailed below in item 4, and (ii) in HORNSHAY STREET on the southern side that would be affected by the ‘build-out’;

(c)

add new ‘DYLs’ with contiguous ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) (i) in ILDERTON ROAD on both sides between a point 11 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Manor Grove and a point 7.5 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Hornshay Street (a combined total of approx. 112.5 metres) to accommodate the removal of an existing ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing, and 5 metres added on the north-west side 97 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of the private road: Patterdale Road, (ii) a combined total of approx. 9 metres added to either side of the UNNAMED ACCESS ROAD to the Tustin Estate development, and 10 metres added to the south side of HORNSHAY STREET 11.5 metres east of the eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road (to replace removed parking);

(d)

to add new ‘DKBs’ on all existing ‘DYLs’ (i) in ILDERTON ROAD on both sides between a point 55 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Old Kent Road and a point 11 metres south of the southern kerb-line of Manor Grove – except for the lengths of existing ‘DYLs’ on the south-east side from a point 33 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Wagner Street to a point 82 metres south-west of the southern kerb-line build-out of Hornshay Street and wherever there is not a loading place, a bus stop or relocated bus stop, or ‘zebra’ or ‘toucan’ crossings (including the controlled area of those crossings, more commonly referred to as ‘zig-zags’), and (ii) in HORNSHAY STREET on both sides between the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road and a point 34 metres north-east of that kerb-line; and

(e)

Southwark Council will also make the following change to the map-based schedule of the Traffic Management Orders in ILDERTON ROAD south-east side, to add an existing inset loading bay 16 metres in length that operates ‘at any time’ every day of the week (max stay 1 hour, and no return within 2 hours) 99.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Wagner Street and for the use of loading and unloading only - as an administrative exercise to more closely match what is in the street - please note that there will be no physical changes to the street at this location.

The effects of the London Borough of Lewisham Orders would be to: (a)

in HORNSHAY STREET on the south-west side approx. 48.5 metres east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road (i) to remove an existing ‘shared-use’ (‘EN’ Residents’ and Pay by Phone) parking place 5.5 metres in length, and (ii) to accommodate the removal of the parking place with the addition of 5.5 metres of new ‘DYLs’ with contiguous ‘DKBs’;

(b)

to add new ‘DKBs’ on existing ‘DYLs’ in HORNSHAY STREET on all sides between a point 34 metres east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road and a point 9 metres south-west of the southern kerb-line of Lovelinch Close, except for any carriageway designated to existing parking (with the exception of the removed parking place as described in 3a above) and except the lengths of existing ‘DYLs’ between a point 56.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road on the north-western side of Hornshay Street and a point 73.5 metres north-east of that kerbline, and between a point 61.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road on the south-eastern side of Hornshay Street and a point 98.5 metres north-east of that kerb-line; and

(c)

install a new mandatory westbound cycle lane in the carriageway, bounded on the southern side of HORNSHAY STREET from a point 58 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road and a point 30 metres north-east of that kerb-line.

NOTES: (1) ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' (operational every day of the week) waiting restrictions and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (2) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (3) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking; and www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/parking 4.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE:(a)

that it has approved under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, in ILDERTON ROAD the provision of (i) a new ‘toucan’ crossing – that is a signal controlled crossing for the use of both pedestrians and pedal cycles - the centre of which would be located at a point 3 metres south of the southern kerb-line build-out of Hornshay Street the controlled area, or ‘zig-zag’ markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times, would be laid on the carriageway for a distance of up to 12 metres on both sides of the road either side of the crossing, and (ii) a raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing the centre of which would be located at a point 73 metres south-west of the southern kerb-line build-out of Hornshay Street the controlled area would be laid on the carriageway for a distance of up to 16 metres on the south-east side and 8 metres on the north-west side north-east of the crossing, and a distance of up to 16 metres on the north-west side and 8 metres on the south-east side south-west of the crossing;

(b)

remove an existing ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing (including its controlled area) between its junction with Manor Grove and its junction with Hornshay Street;

(c)

under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct speed tables of flat-top construction having a maximum height level with the surrounding kerb and covering the entire width of the carriageway in (the measurements above include the ramps and any existing traffic calming measures at the exact locations above will be refreshed and replaced):(i) in ILDERTON ROAD at the site of the new ‘toucan’ crossing described in item 4a above: extending from a point 13 metres north-west of north-western kerb-line of Hornshay Street southwestward for a distance of 28.5 metres, and extending into HORNSHAY STREET for a distance of 6.5 metres; (ii) in ILDERTON ROAD at the site of the new ‘zebra’ crossing described in item 4a above: extending from a point 68.5 metres south-west of the southern kerb-line build-out of Hornshay Street south-westward for a distance of 8 metres; (iii) in the public highway section of PATTERSON ROAD extending from the north-western kerb-line build-out of Ilderton Road north-westward for a distance of 7 metres; and (iv) in the UNNAMED ACCESS ROAD to the Tustin Estate development extending from the north-western kerb-line build-out of Ilderton Road north-westward for a distance of 7.5 metres.

5.

Lewisham Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that in HORNSHAY STREET there will be priority working at a point 61.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Ilderton Road in which priority must be given to eastbound vehicular traffic over oncoming westbound vehicular traffic, and westbound vehicular traffic must ‘give way’ to eastbound vehicular traffic.

6.

For more information about these proposals please contact Jacob Larbey of the Council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk.

7.

Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; and paper or digital copies of a plan showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 077 3132 4742) for booking details.

8.

Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to any of the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2526031 CFR12 Ilderton Rd area’ 20 November 2025. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

9.

Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated 30 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

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NEWLY FORMED GIRLS’ FOOTBALL TEAM MAKES UNBEATEN START A newly formed under-14s girls’ football team, supported by Ballers Academy, which helped establish Canada Water FC, is making a strong impression in its first season.

The team was created following nearly three years of free weekly girls-only football sessions run

by Ballers Academy, designed to encourage more girls to take part in competitive football. The talent and enthusiasm shown during these sessions led to the formation of the team earlier this season.

Now competing in the Kent Girls and Ladies Football League, the Canada Water FC under-14s have made an outstanding start, remaining unbeaten after their first six matches.

Generous sponsorship has helped the team keep costs low, making grassroots football accessible to all.

Canada Water FC continues to be one of the most affordable clubs in the area.

Financial support from Explore Marketing has helped reduce costs, Prime provides the players with regular hydration drinks and branded merchandise, while TRU, the team’s kit manufacturer, has supplied highquality playing kits for the squad.

The team is still looking to add a goalkeeper and one or two outfield players. Young players interested in joining the team or taking part in Ballers Academy’s free weekly girls’ sessions are encouraged to get in touch.

For more information, email info@ballersacademy.co.uk.

30 SPORT

Date: October 25, 2025 Man of the match: Femi Azeez Referee: James Bell Attendance: 18,738 (2,933)

By Will Scott FEMI AZEEZ scored for the fourth consecutive game as Millwall made it four wins in a row by beating Leicester City 1-0 at The Den.

Millwall outmatched and outduelled the Foxes for the majority of the 90 minutes, whose dangerous forward line rarely had a sniff of Max Crocombe’s goal.

Azeez scored a superb strike on the cusp of half-time to decide the match, but the margin of victory could have been larger if the Lions had converted any of their many second half chances, with Mihailo Ivanovic having a penalty saved.

The one goal was still enough for Alex Neil’s side to claim all three points, who emerged from three games in the span of eight days with a perfect record.

The Lions headed into the fixture having beaten Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City, and Neil named a near unchanged side, with Luke Cundle replacing the injured Will Smallbone.

Leicester nearly ruined the positive mood at The Den within the first two minutes, with Aaron Ramsey breaking through on goal and working it to Abdul Fatawu, who had his shot blocked by Tristan Crama.

The dangerous Fatawu was making things happen in the first ten minutes, getting one-on-one with Zak Sturge in transition before playing in Ramsey, whose cut-back flew through the six-yard box with no Foxes player in position to tap it home.

Ramsey forced out Max Crocombe's first save of the match in the tenth minute with a long-range effort that went straight into the Kiwi's hands.

The Lions grew into the game and started to pose a threat. In the twelfth minute, Casper De Norre put Azeez in behind, who forced out a low save with Stolarczyk's left leg.

The match became quite end-to-end

FOUR FOR FEMI Millwall

© Millwall FC

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Millwall - 1 Azeez 44’ Leicester City - 0

make it four in a row as Azeez scores another stunner with little time for fans or players to stop and catch their breath - two minutes later, Fatawu cut inside and curled one in that Crama cleared with his head.

Azeez was proving to be an equal match to Fatawu in threat and attacking

Femi Azeez celebrates after scoring the opener

intent, forcing out another low save from Stolarczyk in the nineteenth minute after getting in behind again.

The game maintained its pace without the quality from either side to create clearcut chances, with Fatawu and Ramsey's © Millwall FC

Neil: ‘It felt like a big win’

By Will Scott ALEX NEIL thought Millwall deserved to beat Leicester City 1-0, a match he called a test of his side's "credentials".

The Lions had won three in a row ahead of the clash at The Den, and made it four as Femi Azeez's strike on the cusp of half-time proved to be the difference maker.

Neil's side rarely looked like conceding against a Foxes front line that lacked incision and creativity, while creating plenty of opportunities to score a second. Mihailo Ivanovic had a penalty saved in the second half, setting up a nervy final ten minutes that Millwall rode out to claim all three points.

Neil was asked after the game if he

Alex Neil thought the result was a big win.

"It felt like a big win," Neil said. "This narrative goes around a lot of clubs, because it's not the first time it's happened to me, but there's always, 'Oh, we've won a few, we're always going to lose the next one.' Then when you win the next one, the feeling changes, doesn't it?

"Today, with the level of opposition we were playing against, it was certainly going to be a test of our credentials, in terms of where are we as a team, where are we as a group?

Are we capable of beating the teams that came down?

"With the game itself, I think the manner in which we won was probably the most pleasing thing, because I've seen so many games like that where it's a smash and grab and you nick a 1-0. That certainly wasn't one of them for me.

"I thought in terms of triggering the press and getting the ball back, we did really well. They had a few moments in the first half where they did play through us, and they're very good at

long-range efforts the only two attempts in the game for the next 20 minutes.

That quality was provided shortly before half-time by the man most on the ground would have bet on to open the game up. In the 44th minute, De Norre doing that. But as the game wore on, that happened less and less.

"I thought the first goal in the game was always going to be really important. I always think in these matches when those teams are fresh, and it happened with Stoke a little bit.

If you get through that first ten, fifteen minutes, and the game starts to settle, we really start to motor at that point and feel our way into the game. That's what the first half looked like for me.

"Then, when we get the goal, the topic of conversation at half-time is basically the next goal. The next goal, I felt if we got it, the game would've been over. If they got it, it's game on at that point. We had the opportunity with the penalty. He hits it low and hard, bottom corner, the keeper makes a good save. But that was our moment really to try and make it a little bit less tense, as the game wore on.

"However, when we needed to put bodies in the line, make blocks, defend one-vs-one, do all the sort of bits of the game that you would hope that your lads will dig in for, we always do that. We always dig in. We always find that extra yard when you need it.

I thought some of the performances were superb."

played the ball over the top for Azeez, who took the ball down and finished past Stolarczyk, a very similar strike to his goals against Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City.

Millwall had their tails up and Azeez nearly squeezed one through to Ivanovic, before the half-time whistle halted their charge.

They looked lively coming out of the tunnel and Azeez was again on hand to provide that moment of quality.

In the 55th minute, he dispossessed Luke Thomas high up the pitch, drove on goal before being brought down by Harry Winks' late challenge.

Ivanovic was handed the ball but Stolarczyk guessed the correct side and got down low to his right to keep out the striker's spot-kick.

Both head coaches made changes, with Marti Cifuentes withdrawing Thomas, who had a torrid time against Azeez.

However, the next chance again fell Millwall's way. In the 73rd minute Ryan Leonard chipped to the back post, Sturge nodded it across the box and it was cleared to Azeez who fired over.

The Lions remained on top as the game progressed toward its conclusion, having the majority of possession and territory, with Leicester's only effort a Jordan James long-range strike that bounced well wide of the post.

The Foxes pushed with ten minutes to go, putting cross after cross into Millwall's box, but Daka's tame 96th-minute header was the only time Crocombe was called into action, and the Lions saw out the match to take home the three points.

Millwall - 4-2-3-1: Crocombe; Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Sturge (Bryan 91); Mazou-Sacko, De Norre (Mitchell 68); Azeez, Cundle (Neghli 78), Ballo (Emakhu 91), Ivanovic Unused Substitutes: Coleman, Taylor, Doughty, Langstaff, Bangura-Williams Leicester City - 4-2-3-1: Stolarczyk; Pereira (Mavididi 77), Okoli, Vestergaard, Thomas (Faes 63); James, Winks; Fatawu, Ramsey (Carranza 49), Monga (S Thomas 63); Ayew (Daka 77) Unused Substitutes: Begovic, Choudhury, Skipp, Soumare

Azeez ‘making a real difference’

By Will Scott

ALEX NEIL thinks Femi Azeez is "in the best place I've seen him since I've been here", after the winger scored the winner against Leicester City - his fourth goal in a row.

The 24-year-old pounced on the cusp of half-time to produce the game's only goal. He also won the Lions a penalty in the second half as he deservedly picked up another man of the match award.

Azeez now has four goals and an assist on the season, nearly matching his goal contributions from last season (five assists and two goals).

Neil thinks he has been a difference maker since returning from injury late last month.

"Femi, he's in a very different place from where he was last year, physically and mentally," Neil said. "He's in the best place I've seen him since I've been here.

"Last year there were a lot of times where I was having to take him off. Whereas right now, he doesn't want to come off the pitch.

He just feels physically and mentally ready to impact every game.

"He's making a real difference for us. He got the penalty as well. He's in a really, really good spot, and I feel as if we've got a really good balance at the top end just now."

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By Will Scott THIERNO BALLO said moving to Millwall was the “next step” in his career, and called the Lions’ run of form “special”.

Thierno Ballo against Leicester City

Femi explains goalscoring form FEMI AZEEZ said confidence in himself and his teammates was behind his remarkable goalscoring form - and also pointed to a positional switch. Since returning from injury earlier this month, Azeez has started four consecutive games at right wing and scored in each one.

The 24-year-old now has five goal contributions on the season, only two fewer than his total from last campaign, when he predominantly played on the left.

Azeez was asked after Millwall’s 1-0 win over Leicester City what has been behind his remarkable improvement this season.

“I guess playing on the right,” Azeez

said. “The manager touched on it when I scored against West Brom.

I've always played on both sides, but I think obviously switching up from the left to the right has obviously has mixed things up in the team in a way.

“We've got Thierno [Ballo] doing amazing on the left. We've obviously got Billy [Mitchell], Casper [De Norre], and Derek [Mazou-Sacko], who are doing amazing in the middle as well. Those four are able to find the passes for me and Mihailo [Ivanovic].

“But I think it's just confidence, really. I've come back from an injury. I just want to do the best I can for this club.”

Azeez is now in his second year with the Lions after signing from League One side Reading in August 2024.

He thinks acclimatising to the Championship and to playing under

Alex Neil has been a factor in his recent success.

“Coming from Reading to Millwall was a big jump,” Azeez said. “It takes a few months to acclimatise to the Championship.

“The Championship is a whole different ball game, isn't it? Having a full pre-season under my belt, working with the gaffer for those six weeks straight, definitely helps.

Confidence and everything, it all adds up.

“I'm in a good place right now, and hopefully it continues. I'm not going to get too ahead of myself. So I'm just going to keep on being consistent mentally.”

Azeez’s goals have mostly followed a consistent theme - a ball over the top for the winger to chase on to, beating his defender for pace before

Rowett’s Oxford to provide ‘tough’ challenge

By Will Scott ALEX NEIL expects a tough game against Oxford United on the weekend, coached by ex-Lions boss Gary Rowett.

Rowett was appointed the U’s head coach on December 20, 2024, with

Oxford languishing in the relegation zone in their first season in the second tier since the 1998-99 season.

He won his first three games in charge, the last of which was a 1-0 win at The Den on January 1, 2025, coincidentally Neil’s first match as Millwall boss. Rowett guided them

to safety that season, with the U’s finishing four points clear of the drop zone in seventeenth.

Oxford are currently nineteenth in the Championship, having won three, drawn three and lost six.

Neil expects the Kassam Stadium to be an unwelcoming venue next

The 23-year-old winger joined the Lions on loan with an option to buy from Austrian side Wolfsberger AC in the final days of the transfer window. Ballo had previously spent four years at Chelsea’s academy, following stints at Chemie Linz, LASK, Bayer Leverkusen and Viktoria Koln. He departed Cobham in 2022 and joined Wolfsberger, where he excelled in his first three seasons of first-team football, racking up 39 goal contributions in 85 league appearances.

Ballo explained why he decided to return to England.

“I know what Millwall is,” Ballo said.

“The fans, the people, everyone around.

I used to live in London. I think I'm ready for the next step, and I'm happy to be here.

“If you come here, you have to show yourself and show them what you can do.”

The Championship is a notoriously physical league, and Ballo has a slight frame at five feet seven inches tall.

Ballo, however, has ways of working around that.

“I'm a young player,” Ballo said. “I can play many games, because I'm fresh.

“I think the problem will be sometimes physicality, but I know how to use my body sometimes in situations. Because I'm a small player, I can play with my head and be smarter than other players.

That might be the difference.”

Ballo has also adjusted well to playing for a new club and being part of a new dressing room culture.

“Since the day I came here, everyone has been helping me to get adapted,” Ballo said. “The players, the coaching staff, all the people around here, a thumping finish past a goalkeeper caught in no man’s land.

“It's just knowing where I'm going to run, knowing how I'm going to outsmart the defender into thinking I'm going to be somewhere else when I'm not,” Azeez said. “Having amazing players behind me to find that pass, I think it all adds and helps contribute towards the goal.”

Asked if they practice that move on the training ground, Azeez said: “It's natural for me. I've done it all my career.

“They always say the run determines the ball, doesn't it? So if I make the run, I'm going to get the ball where I want it, in a sense.”

Millwall’s recent success in the final third is a dramatic turnaround from the poor finishing that often hampered them in the opening two months of the season.

The Lions scored just six goals in their opening eight league games, one less than the seven they have netted in their past four.

Azeez thinks his side’s newfound ruthlessness has been inculcated in the dressing room.

“Being in and around the boys every day, working, helps shape my mentality,” Azeez said. “Also, because we did well last season, we just missed it on the final hurdle, we have that hunger to do that one better this season. We all have that ruthless mentality right now.”

Femi Azeez in training

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The Austrian winger on joining Millwall, link-up with Zak Sturge - and why the Lions are ‘hungry for more’

By Will Scott

everyone helped me to get used to it.

That helped me a lot, because I was happy, and already felt settled.”

Ballo made his Lions debut off the bench against south London rivals Charlton Athletic in mid-September and has been nearly ever-present since.

He has started six out of Millwall’s next seven league matches, with Alex Neil’s side unbeaten when he makes the starting eleven.

Ballo was asked if he thinks Neil has trust in him: “It’s trust in everybody. If he picks you, you have to perform. As long as you perform, I think you've got your chance to play every game.”

Ballo has been ably supported by leftback Zak Sturge, who has started the past four games.

The duo link up well with each other on the flank, with Ballo supplying the assist for Sturge’s first goal in a Millwall shirt against West Bromwich Albion before the international break.

“In the changing room, we sit next to each other,” Ballo said. “He was at Chelsea also, so we've got the same system in us.

“I think that helps us a lot also, because at Chelsea, every youth player played the same system. We talk a lot off the pitch as well. We understand each other very well.”

The zenith of Ballo’s Millwall career so far came against Stoke City last week, where he assisted both of the Lions’ goals in a 2-0 mid-week win.

“I was happy with my performance,” Ballo said. “The whole team performed very well. We have now won four games in a row. I think that is something special. Hopefully, we can keep the run going.”

Ballo now has three assists already on the season as Millwall look to push on from four consecutive wins.

“Everyone is happy,” Ballo said. “Even in training, you can see everyone's hungry for more. We want to win more games and be up there.”

weekend. “[It will be] a tough game,” Neil said.

“I've watched a lot of their games, prepping for different teams.

“I watched them against QPR, I thought they were very good there and were unfortunate not to win that one. I watched them against Coventry, they got a 2-2 draw at home. I watched them last night against Bristol, I watched them last

night against Hull, and I've watched them against Portsmouth, the first game of the season. I've probably seen them about six or seven times already.

“We know what we're going to get. It's going to be a tough game. Defensively, they're strong.

Dangerous on the counter-attack. It's going to be an important game for both teams.”

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Jake Cooper and Femi Azeez celebrate the winger’s goal against Leicester City

Lions get off to best start since 2008 as Alex Neil insists side should have no fear EXCLUSIVE

By Will Scott

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RED-HOT MILLWALL have made their best start to a season since the 2008-09 campaign, a record Alex Neil said “should mean a lot to the club”.

The Lions have won their last four consecutive games, all against teams currently in the top half of the Championship, by a combined margin of seven goals to one.

Neil’s side capped off the run with a convincing 1-0 win over Leicester City at The Den, their third clean sheet at home in a row.

Millwall are now third in the Championship on 23 points. The last time the Lions reached that

points tally after twelve games was seventeen years ago, when Kenny Jackett led Millwall to the League One play-offs and lost 3-2 to Scunthorpe in the final.

The Scottish head coach was asked about that record by this paper.

“It should mean a lot to the club, and it should certainly mean a lot to the players,” Neil said. “For me, my focus is on the next game.

“Stats are irrelevant, really, as far as I'm concerned. What's done is done because I won't be judged on what's done now, I'll be judged on what I do next. It's always the next game.”

Millwall fans had high expectations heading into the campaign, after the Lions narrowly missed out on the play-offs on the final day last season.

Those expectations were not met in the opening two months.

Millwall lost their first three league games at home, conceding nine goals in the process, leaving them firmly mid-table.

However, Millwall have been perfect since a 4-0 loss to Coventry City at the start of the month, which has naturally raised expectations again.

“When you are doing well, you're winning matches, I think you naturally create an environment where there's an expectation attached to it,” Neil said.

“But what I have said, and I've said it repeatedly to the players and outwardly a few times, if you want to be a good team, and you want to be a top team, you need to be

able to handle and cope with that pressure of expectancy, because that's what the top teams have.

That's the difference between being okay and being a middle-ofthe-road, or being somebody that's trying to win things, certainly. We want to go into that bracket.

“The problem you've got sometimes is that expectation manifests itself as fear. We should have absolutely zero fear.

“All we try to do is do our best to try and win. If we come up short sometimes, we'll take it on the chin, and we'll try and win the next one. That's how I view it. I don't have any fear of failure or what it might look like, and I hope the players are the same.”

Smallbone out ‘for months’

By Will Scott

WILL SMALLBONE is set to be out for months with a hamstring issue, Alex Neil said.

The midfielder pulled up 27 minutes into Millwall's 2-0 win over Stoke City last week and was replaced by Luke Cundle.

The 25-year-old joined the Lions on loan from Southampton on deadline day and, after recovering from a calf injury, made six appearances, four of which were starts.

Neil was asked about his injury by this paper following Millwall's 1-0 win over Leicester City.

"Will's not good," Neil said. "Will's certainly going to be months rather than weeks. Unfortunately, it's not good news."

Asked if it will be a similar timeline to Josh Coburn, who has been ruled out for months with a quad injury, Neil said: "Potentially, yeah."

Millwall did receive some positive injury news - Danny McNamara was deemed fit enough to feature for the under-21s on Tuesday, as was Dan Kelly.

McNamara suffered a serious knee injury in January, and that match was his first since then. Kelly picked up a knock against Crystal Palace early last month, but was able to return to training during the October international break.

Asked if everyone else got through the Leicester win unscathed, Neil said: “I think we're fine. We've got a session today.

“We've got some lads playing under-21s that need some more minutes. It's a little bit of a mixture today, which is good, because some of the boys need minutes that have just come back from injury or haven't been playing as recently.”

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