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Community council gives £5k to anti-supersewer fighting fund
At its meeting on Monday night Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Community Council agreed to contribute £5,000 to the Save Your Riverside campaign. “We are currently raising money from the community for legal expenses and other expertise to help us put the best…
News from the Albion Street Steering Group
Watch this space for regular reports from the Albion Street Steering Group. Here’s the first: A meeting of the Albion Street Steering Group took place on Wednesday 10 April 2013. The ASSG is a group consisting of local representatives that…
British Land promises more and bigger stores as it takes full control of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
British Land has announced the purchase of its joint venture partner Tesco’s 50 per centholding in the 300,000 sq ft Surrey Quays Shopping Centre for £48 million. As part of the deal Tesco has taken out a a new long-term…
Simon Hughes: we must find super sewer alternatives that are “greener, more sustainable and more cost-effective”
“It is not too late to have an alternative to a super-sewer down the middle of the Thames,” Simon Hughes MP told Parliament this week. The current solution is to pour millions of tonnes of concrete into building a super-sewer…
Civic Trust Award for Canada Water Library – and a commendation for Dilston Grove
Canada Water Library has received two prestigious awards in the space of a month: a 2013 EDGE Award in the physical category and a Civic Trust Award. “We are thrilled to have won two notable awards,” said Cllr Veronica Ward,…
Harmsworth Quays: council lets Associated Newspapers transfer lease to British Land
Southwark Council, which is the freeholder of most of the land at Harmsworth Quays, has agreed to permit Associated Newspapers to transfer its leases to British Land. A dispute opened up last summer after British Land announced that it was…
41-storey tower on Decathlon site “simply too high”, say councillors
The six Lib Dem councillors for Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks have written a joint letter opposing plans by Sellar (developers of the Shard) to build a 41-storey tower on the site of the Decathlon store at Canada Water. We believe…
“Medium-high” risk of unexploded WWII bombs at Canada Water
There is a “medium-high” risk from unexploded World War II bombs in the redevelopment of the Mulberry Business Centre at Canada Water, according to a threat assessment submitted to Southwark Council. King’s College London will next week hold a public…
40-storey tower proposed for Decathlon site at Canada Water
Sellar – developers of the Shard – have finally submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of the Decathlon site at Canada Water. The plans include up to 1,000 homes in a series of buildings rising up to 40 storeys. More…
