Lansdowne Green, Lambeth

Southern Housing are one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the South East, the Isle of Wight and the Midlands, giving over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own.

Our vision is to create and support communities where everyone has a safe home in a place where they’re proud to live.

Lansdowne Green new homes and improved community spaces – development proposals put on hold

The project will be reconsidered in the future, but for now, all development activities have been cancelled. This webpage will be archived shortly (see Newsfeed below).

Why is the development on hold?

We’re facing increased building costs due to high inflation and high interest rates and this has led to difficult choices. We’ll continue to focus our resources on activities we know are important to our residents, including repairs, building safety, tackling anti-social behaviour and complaint handling.

What next?

We've written to estate residents and non resident leaseholders, garage tenants and other affected stakeholders. You can read these letters under Communications (letters and publicity) down the right hand side (or below if using a handheld device).

Feedback from the consultation is being collated into a report that will help shape any future development on the site. Thank you to everyone who engaged with us.

Up until March 2024, you'll be able to ask questions or leave comments in the Questions and responses tab below or contact the project team (details under Who's Listening). After that, we'll archive this platform until the project resumes.

Where we got to with the proposal

New homes

We looked at several sites on the estate and identified the garage court next to the Eritrean Muslim Community Association (EMCA) building as suitable for development.

Community facilities

We looked at options to reconfigure and combine the two existing ground floor spaces at Benson Court to provide an improved community facility for the estate.

We also looked at other areas where we may be able to improve communal areas on the estate as part of the development. See how the designs are developing in our 'You said, we did' information boards.

'You said, we did'

Throughout the consultation process, we presented our ideas to residents and listened to their feedback. We addressed concerns and incorporated residents' ideas in the design. At the same time, we were working with the design team to achieve the best possible design, whilst meeting all the regulatory and planning requirements.

This video explains how we used resident feedback to develop the design of the new building and community facilities.

Consultation - previous events and activities

The aim of consultation is twofold. We want you to be informed of the possibilities of development. We also want to hear ideas from you that we may not have considered.

We provided a variety of ways for you to understand and influence the proposal. You can see how we did this by clicking on the tabs down the right-hand side (or scroll down if using a hand-held device).

• We consulted with residents throughout September, October and November 2023. See Consultation events and activities.
• You can look through the information boards presented at each drop-in event in Activity materials and information.
• We reached out to residents and non-resident leaseholders by post, leaflets through the door and posters on noticeboards. See Communications (letters and publicity). We also publicised individual events using text and social media campaigns.

Events and activities

Newsletter January 2024

• Summary of feedback from the different activities
• Details of further opportunities to have your say on the proposals
• The newsletter is in Communications down the right hand side (or below if using a handheld device) and was sent via post and email to homes on the estate and non-resident leaseholders in January 2024.

Pre-planning drop-in event - THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED