21 new council homes and a community hall completed

Southwark Council has finished a new development on Ivy Church Lane which will provide 21 new council homes for local people.

The new development, just off Old Kent Road, provides 17 flats and four three-bedroom houses, as well as a new community hall and a commercial space.

Two of the flats are suitable for wheelchair users and disabled parking spaces have been included in the scheme.

The development, which is built on a site previously used for garages, has been named Wouldham Court, after a village in Kent, in keeping with the rest of the estate.

Cllr Darren Merrill, Southwark Council’s Cabinet Member for Council Homes and Homelessness, said:

“I’m delighted to see this development completed and ready for residents to move in. These properties are spacious and thoughtfully designed, and will make wonderful homes for our residents who are in housing need.

We have already built over 1,000 new council homes across the borough and we will continue to build more to tackle the housing crisis locally. I’m excited to see residents move in to Wouldham Court shortly and start enjoying their wonderful new homes.”

In line with Southwark Council’s local lettings policy, at least 50 per cent of these new council homes will be offered to local tenants in housing need already living in the immediate area. The remaining homes will be allocated to others on the council’s wider housing waiting list.