Affordable Housing: Berkeley Homes proposed 1,060 homes in later phases of a London scheme and cut the development’s overall affordable-housing commitment from 40% to 12%; councillors unanimously rejected the revision
Members of Southwark Council’s planning committee have unanimously rejected revised plans from housebuilder Berkeley Homes for the Bermondsey Place development on the Old Kent Road. The decision came after the company reduced its affordable housing offer from 40 per cent to just 12 per cent. Local councillors voted against the plans despite their own planning…