Housing campaigners will lead a march from Peckham to Elephant and Castle in protest against ‘overdevelopment’ in Southwark.
Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE), a coalition of local campaign groups, will leave from Peckham Square on Saturday, March 1.
The start point is near the site of the controversial Aylesham Centre redevelopment – where Berkeley hopes to build 877 new homes spread across thirteen tower blocks, reaching heights up to twenty storeys.
The walk will conclude at Borough Triangle where Berkeley has submitted plans for four buildings of between five and 44 storeys and containing 892 homes.
SHAPE has ten demands of Southwark Council. They include stopping excessively tall developments, enforcing 50 per cent council housing in developments on private land and 100 per cent council housing on council land.
The group also calls for an end to ‘fake consultations’, requisitioning empty homes, and stopping the demolition and sale of council homes.
Organisers wrote online: ‘Join our march to Borough Triangle to let Southwark Council know that harmful mega developments are not solutions to the housing crisis!’
Find out more here: https://www.ayleshamcommunityaction.co.uk/shape