housing

For homeowners and renters alike the outlook for 2026-27 doesn’t look great. Mortgage rates are going up, rents are rising and other costs pressures are…

Local resident Chris has called Lewisham home since 2009 and supports the redevelopment of the shopping centre which has been in long term decline When…

Lewisham council has now put forward a reduced regeneration plan for Catford town centre after Transport for London failed last year to secure government funding…

The application to convert the basement and ground floor of the Ravensbourne Arms pub on Lewisham High Street into a 10-room HMO has been withdrawon.…

Ladywell goes to the polls on May 7 to elect three ward councillors and vote for the Lewisham Mayor. Here candidates from the Greens, Labour…

A temporary planning application (DC/26/142890) has been submitted for “the retention” of the Place/Ladywell, the four-storey pop-up village off Lewisham High Street, and for a…

Local residents on Ellerdale Street received some good news this week. The long abandoned house at 66 Ellerdale Street has been repossessed by lenders after…

Lewisham council has chosen Higgins as the preferred contractor to lead the delivery of 102 new affordable homes at Ladywell Park Gardens development, the old…

Lewisham council has approved Landsec’s plans for an ambitious redevelopment of the shopping centre which will include around 1,700 new homes and a large park…

Lewisham planning officers have recommended granting permission for the Gillian Street scheme, which involves demolishing the Collins industrial buildings and the construction of two commercial…