44 new council homes approved for Old Kent Road

Southwark Council plans for 44 new council homes on the Lindley estate have been given planning permission.

Lindley estate sits between Commercial Way and Peckham Park Road.

The scheme will provide 44 new council homes to be let at council rent levels as well as a new landscaped courtyard.

The development will be an L-shaped, part five-storey block with a mix of flat types and sizes, including one, two and three-bedroom flats, two four-bedroom houses and a wheelchair unit.

Cllr Stephanie Cryan, Cabinet Member for Council Housing, said;

“It’s fantastic news that this development now has planning permission and will go ahead. This block will provide new council homes in an area where there is a high level of need for affordable housing, meaning that local people will be able to stay close to friends, family and the services they already use”.

The development forms part of Southwark’s ambitious New Homes Programme, which is building 11,000 new council homes across the borough by 2043 to tackle the housing crisis locally.

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

Works are expected to start on site at Lindley estate in spring 2022 and the development is expected to be completed in spring 2024.