Berkeley’s 1,060-home south London plan rethink rejected

Berkeley has been refused permission for revised plans for 1,060 homes in south London after Southwark councillors rejected an affordable housing cut aimed at making the scheme viable.
The house builder had reworked phases two and three of the Old Kent Road development to tackle rising costs and avoid a repeat of the delays that stalled its first phase.
But councillors went against officers’ recommendation on Tuesday, rejecting the Bermondsey Place proposals to reduce affordable housing fr