Four years into Labour’s control of Wandsworth, Cabinet Member for Housing Aydin Dikerdem reflects on council homes delivered, planning battles lost and won, and the difficulties but also the joy…
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A hidden yard off Queenstown Road — home for years to a classic car restorer — could soon make way for six new houses, tucked behind an archway that most…
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The Hub’s second Residents Forum since opening showed promising early results, but residents are asking for more regular short updates and they are already eager to help. Just weeks after…
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The planning dispute over a 29-storey tower at Battersea Bridge will be fought again from tomorrow, after developers appealed Wandsworth Council’s unanimous refusal. In an interview, Planning Committee chair Tony…
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After years of controversy, a botched planning application, and hundreds of objections from local residents, Wandsworth Council’s flagship homeless hub has finally opened its doors on Lavender Hill. The facility…
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Wandsworth’s Planning Forum returned this week with a familiar agenda but lingering questions over transparency. Clapham Junction Insider uncovered evidence that the forum was once publicly listed with published minutes…
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A dark comedy supported by renters’ union ACORN runs at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre this week, using farce and real-life mishaps to probe the pressures facing tenants amid a worsening housing…
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Wandsworth Council has unveiled new plans for housing presented as ‘ambitious’ even though they would deliver hundreds fewer homes a year than previous targets. Council leader Simon Hogg announced a…
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Wandsworth Council’s latest presentation on the Clapham Junction Masterplan promised community engagement. Instead, it delivered a secret 22-member panel, ignored a decade of local expertise, and repackaged proposals from 2011…
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Wandsworth is updating its Local Plan to require more affordable and social rented housing, with new policies currently under review and adoption expected in 2026 Wandsworth’s most recent update on…
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