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The latest Clapham news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Lambeth's £5.2m Hardship Fund: Who Can Still Get a Crisis Payment
Lambeth will spend £5.2m on hardship help this year and crisis payments stay. The £10 a week holiday payment no longer goes to every free school meals family.
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Lambeth Council
Lambeth Free Skip Days Start 21 November in Streatham
Lambeth's free community skip days start on Saturday 21 November in Streatham, then Brixton on 5 December. Clapham's date is still to be announced.
What's On
OutCast at the Two Brewers Clapham: 22 Actors on 25 November
Queer Theatre's OutCast showcase puts 22 LGBTQIA+ actors on stage at the Two Brewers, Clapham High Street, on 25 November. Tickets cost £10 to £30.
Lambeth
Lambeth Food Hygiene: Three Zeros in September, One 0 to 5
Three Lambeth food businesses inspected in September were rated zero and 12 were rated one. A Coldharbour Lane chip shop went from zero to five.
Housing
Central Hill and Cressingham Gardens Spared: Cabinet Votes
Lambeth Cabinet voted unanimously on 21 October to end demolition plans for Central Hill and Cressingham Gardens and back the Westbury rebuild in Clapham.
Streatham
Streatham Post Office on the High Road to close
Streatham's Post Office inside TG Jones at 180-182 Streatham High Road will close, with no date yet. Streatham Hill, 0.6 miles away, offers the same services.
Parks
Archbishop's Park Dog Sculpture Unveiled by David Blunkett
A bronze of a child and a dog now stands by the south-east gate of Archbishop's Park, Waterloo, paid for by the trust that has raised nearly £1.4m.
Clapham High Street
Tropix Clapham Gets 3.30am Licence Despite Council Objection
Tropix, 10 Clapham High Street, can now sell alcohol to 3.30am and open to 4am. Councillors granted it against their licensing team's advice, with four conditions.
Jobs
Lambeth Benefit Claims by Ward: Clapham's 2.8% to 7.1% Gap
Clapham Common and Abbeville has Lambeth's lowest claimant rate, 2.8%; Clapham Park is at 7.1%. The borough's 15,085 total is exactly where it was a year ago.
Bins
Clapham Park Bin Pods Outgrew Their Lorry, Lambeth Says
Clapham Park has more underground bin pods than its one collection lorry can empty, Lambeth says. What Serco is changing, and who to report a problem to.
Crime
Clapham High Street Robberies Up 41%: What Lambeth Is Doing
Robberies around Clapham High Street rose from 96 to 135 in the first eight months of 2026. Lambeth now runs weekend patrols to 2.30am and held a knife amnesty.
Housing
Westbury Estate Rebuild Approved as Central Hill Is Spared
Lambeth Cabinet agreed on 21 October to push on with a 955-home rebuild of Clapham's Westbury estate and ended demolition plans at Central Hill and Cressingham Gardens.
Lambeth Council
Lambeth Mega-Skip Trial: First Free Skip Day 21 November
Lambeth's free skip days start on 21 November in Streatham and 5 December in Brixton. The trial came out of a Council debate on bins and the Serco contract.
Buses
Tulse Hill 415 Bus: TfL Plans to Scrap It, Comment by 15 Nov
TfL wants to withdraw the 415 from Tulse Hill and extend the 333 instead. Its own assessment says 1,700 daily passenger links break. Reply by 15 November.
Lambeth
Myatt's Fields By-Election: Labour Holds Seat by 211 Votes
Molly Hartill of Labour and Co-operative won the Myatt's Fields by-election with 1,026 votes, 211 ahead of the Green candidate. Full result and what changes.
Lambeth
Lambeth Street Drinking Order Renewed to October 2029
Lambeth has extended its borough-wide street drinking order to 19 October 2029. 79.5% of 454 survey replies backed it. What officers can now make you do.
Planning
London Fire Brigade HQ Returns to Albert Embankment by 2029
Lambeth approved the brigade's return to 8 Albert Embankment on 6 October. Lambeth fire station will shut for the works, with crews moving to Clapham.
Planning
Oval Co-Living on Clapham Road Approved: 134 Rooms, £1.4m
Lambeth councillors unanimously backed 134 co-living rooms on the Europcar depot near Oval. No affordable homes on site: a £1.4m payment instead, no late review.
Streatham
Chris Kaba Inquest: Met Asks Coroner Not to Resume It
The Met wants no resumed inquest into Chris Kaba, shot in Streatham Hill in 2022; his family want one. What each side argued, and what happens next.
Acre Lane
Acre Lane Bus Plans: Survey Closed With 109 Responses
Lambeth's Acre Lane bus survey closed on 25 October with 109 participants. The designs add two zebras, seven raised side-road crossings and parking changes.
Clapham High Street
Tropix, Clapham High Street: 3.30am Licence Granted
Tropix, 10 Clapham High Street, asked to sell alcohol to 3.30am. Councillors granted it on 30 September against the licensing team's advice, with four conditions.
Lambeth Council
Lambeth Overspend: £9.3m, With Parking Income £6.2m Short
Lambeth Council expects to overspend by £9.3m this year. Parking income is £6.2m short and two cancelled park events cost £1.2m, Cabinet papers show.
Brixton
Brixton Tesco Site: Up to 210 Homes in Lambeth's New Plan
The Tesco on Acre Lane could become 180 to 210 homes over a new store. Lambeth adopts the plan on 14 October, with sites in Streatham and West Norwood too.
West Norwood
West Norwood Crash: Man, 92, Killed by Van on Curnick's Lane
A 92-year-old man died after being hit by a van on Curnick's Lane, West Norwood, on Thursday. The driver, 72, was arrested. Police want dashcam and doorbell footage.
Kennington
Cinema Museum Kennington: £400,400 To Go by 13 November
The Kennington museum in Chaplin's old workhouse has raised £99,600 of the £500,000 it needs to buy its building by 13 November. Its annual income is £170,368.
Lambeth
Lambeth Palace Withdraws Award Six Days After Ceremony
The Hubert Walter Award was presented in the Great Hall on 11 September and withdrawn on the 17th. Lambeth Palace's own list of 27 recipients still names him.
House Prices
Lambeth House Prices Fall £36,144 to Lowest Since 2019
Lambeth's average home sold for £536,623 in July, £36,144 down in a year and the lowest since May 2019. The typical flat is back to its June 2015 price.
Planning
Vauxhall Square: 69 Storeys, 1,097 Homes, 41 People Replied
Lambeth consulted 4,751 homes on the 69-storey Vauxhall Square tower and got 41 replies. The register still says 'awaiting decision' ten days after committee.
Clapham
Clapham Murder: Man Charged Over Poynders Road Death
A man has been charged with murder after Thomas Carey, 39, was found dead on Poynders Road, SW4. The Met is still appealing for footage from 3 and 4 September.
Lambeth Council
Lambeth £93m Budget Gap: 1,561 Took Part, Results by 13 Nov
Lambeth's budget survey closed on 18 October with 1,561 people taking part; analysis runs to 13 November. The £93m gap is cumulative to 2029-30.
Brixton
Black History Month Brixton 2026: Free Market 10-11 Oct
The Black Culture Market is free at Lambeth Town Hall on 10 and 11 October. Plus a £20 archives talk, two tours from Windrush Square and Southbank dates.
Clapham
Harris Academy Clapham: Year 7 tournament with Beth Durant
Year 7s at Harris Academy Clapham played football and netball with Beth Durant and Harry Cain. What was said, and the £442 kit cost behind the day.
Lambeth
Myatt's Fields By-Election Result: Labour Hold by 211
Molly Hartill (Labour and Co-operative) won Myatt's Fields on 8 October with 1,026 votes to the Green candidate's 815. Votes and the May result.
Lambeth
Lambeth Food Hygiene: Five Venues Rated Zero, 1,485 at Five
Five Lambeth food businesses hold a zero hygiene rating and 75 are on one. The borough has the smallest share of top-rated premises of any of its neighbours.
Planning
Landor Road: £350m Plan for 700 Homes on Hospital Site
L&G, PGGM and Nest plan about 700 homes on the old Lambeth Hospital site. The NHS trust's own page still describes 553 homes and 50% affordable housing.
Planning
Lambeth Local Plan: Have Your Say by 13 October
The scoping consultation runs to 11.59pm on 13 October, with about 120 responses so far. Seven pop-ups, three workshops, and a plan adopted in April 2029.
West Norwood
West Norwood Cemetery Off At-Risk Register After £7.2m
Historic England says West Norwood Cemetery is no longer at risk after £7.2m of works. Its published register still lists four entries there, two in very bad condition.
Brixton
Kevin Campbell Mural at Morleys Brixton Starts This Week
Painting of the Kevin Campbell mural at Morleys begins the week of 24 August. It goes on the same Brixton store that already carries the David Bowie mural.
House Prices
Lambeth House Prices Fall £18,991 in a Year to £548,034
The average Lambeth home lost £18,991 in a year, a 3.3% fall that ranks 24th of 33 London boroughs. Next door in Southwark, prices rose 2.2%.
Jobs
Lambeth Under-25s on Benefits Up 20% in Two Years
Lambeth's claimant count barely moved in a year. Under-25s rose 20.3% since July 2024, while the 25 to 49 group fell and London's total dropped.
Brixton
International House Brixton: £13k raised for legal challenge
A CrowdJustice appeal to fund a judicial review of the 288-home Brixton scheme stood at £12,989 of £25,000 with four days left. The council's register still shows no decision notice.
Streatham
Streatham Film Festival 2026: all 24 free films, how it ended
The 11th festival ended on 20 September: all 24 free films and venues, no 2027 dates yet, and the free West Norwood Halloween screenings, 27 to 31 Oct.