Dulwich News
The latest Dulwich news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Dulwich Leisure Centre Heat Pumps: 32 Objections, 0 Support
Six rooftop heat pumps for Dulwich Leisure Centre drew 32 objections and no support. Two noise studies disagree, and the grant behind it must be spent by March.
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Transport
Peckham Rye Station Gets 50% More Ticket Gates: What's Next
Two more ticket gates, new platform screens and better CCTV are in at Peckham Rye. Two extra doorways come next, and the work ends in late summer 2027.
Libraries
Dulwich Library Misses Its September Reopening
Dulwich Library was due back in September. Southwark now says 'autumn 2026' and has no date. Where to borrow meanwhile, with the longer hours at three branches.
Crime
Peckham Rye Car Crime Hit 33 in July, Up From 6 a Month
Vehicle crime in Peckham Rye ward hit 33 in July against a usual 6, and 195 across 11 local wards. Street-by-street figures and a ward crime table.
Southwark Council
Southwark's £102m Budget Gap: Inflation Is £97.5m of It
Inflation adds £97.5m to Southwark's £102m budget gap, government cuts £28.1m. The council's first line-by-line breakdown, and what it means before cuts are set.
Peckham
Peckham Square Plans: Survey Closes Saturday 26 Sept
Southwark's survey on the £7m square closes at 11.59pm on Saturday 26 September. Both drop-in events have gone, and the 91-93 High Street scheme has been scaled back from the one already approved.
Peckham
Rye Lane Traders Offered Rates Relief: Who Qualifies
Southwark will cut business rates for Rye Lane traders hit by the closure, but the automatic reduction only reaches shops already on hardship relief. Letter sent 23 September.
East Dulwich
Southwark to Auction 5 Empty Homes, Two on Barry Road
Two flats at 179 Barry Road and three in Camberwell go to auction. The council says they are uneconomic to repair, with 22,000 on its housing register.
Parking
Gallery Road Dulwich: Yellow Lines Cut, Two Spaces Saved
Southwark shortened its double yellow lines on Gallery Road's bends after Dulwich Picture Gallery objected, freeing two spaces. Residents split three to three.
Parking
Dulwich Double Yellow Lines: 14 Streets in New Plan
New double yellow lines are coming to 14 spots in Dulwich, East Dulwich and Peckham Rye, from Court Lane to Keston Road. Objections open for 21 days.
House prices
Southwark House Prices: Yearly Rise Shrinks to £420
Southwark's average home fell £9,487 in July to £572,478, just £420 up on a year. Flats are down again and the first-time buyer average sits on £500,000.
Peckham
Rye Lane Peckham Reopened: Buses Back Before TfL Date
Southwark reopened Rye Lane at 10.45am on Saturday 12 September. The 11 bus routes are back too, six days before TfL had the diversion booked to end.
Peckham
Peckham Rye Gyratory: £2.5m Plan Shuts Road to Cars
Southwark's £2.5m gyratory scheme would close Peckham Rye East to all but buses and bikes. The decision is due from 15 September, objections in October.
Housing
Southwark Housing Register: 22,000 Get a New Band
Southwark's Executive decides on 15 September whether to scrap priority stars, drop working in the borough and re-band every one of 22,000 applicants.
Peckham
Rye Lane Shut 7 to 10 Days: 11 Bus Routes Diverted
Rye Lane is closed to traffic and pedestrians at 114-116 while a scaffold props up the old cinema. Eleven bus routes are on diversion and residents are in hotels.
Peckham
Brimmington Park: £2.6m Sports Rebuild Decided 9 Sept
Southwark planners vote on 9 September on releasing £442,947.75 from an Old Kent Road flats deal, taking the Brimmington Park sports budget to £2.63m.
Free Film Festival
Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival: 17 Free Events
Seventeen free screenings and workshops run from 4 to 13 September at Peckhamplex, Nunhead Cemetery and 13 other venues. Only one event needs booking.
Southwark Council
Southwark Works Overhaul: Council Takes Control in 2027
Southwark Works moves to a mixed model in July 2027, with triage and employer contacts run by the council. 39% of clients who finish a plan get a job.
Peckham
Peckham Wetherspoons Could Become a Bingo Hall, No Alcohol
The Kentish Drovers on Peckham High Street would open 9am to 1am with no alcohol served at all. Southwark is taking comments until 17 September.
Camberwell
Southwark Energy Grants: £415k to 20, None in Dulwich
Twenty projects are in line for £414,944, led by £60,000 for St Giles Camberwell. Dulwich Picture Gallery and Herne Hill Velodrome missed out.
Open House
Open House 2026: 15 Dulwich and Peckham Buildings Open
Fifteen buildings and walks in Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell open free from 12 to 20 September. The Pioneer Centre needs booking, Nunhead's crypt does not.
House prices
Southwark House Prices Rose 2.2% as London Fell 2.5%
The June Land Registry index puts the average Southwark home at £582,473, up 2.2% in a year while London fell 2.5%. Only 14 of the 33 boroughs rose.
Schools
Beormund School Move to Peckham: 21 More Special Places
Southwark has approved a statutory consultation on moving Beormund, an outstanding SEMH school, from Bermondsey to a new Peckham building for 56 pupils.
Peckham
Rye Lane 38 flats: councillors say no, inspector hears it 25 Aug
Southwark's committee has told an inspector it would have refused 38 flats at 269 to 275 Rye Lane, against its officers' advice. Public hearing 25 August, 10am.
Dulwich
Dulwich A level results 2026: what five schools published
Alleyn's 77% at A*/A, JAGS 75%, Dulwich College 68%, Charter East over a quarter: every 2026 figure the local schools published, and how London compares.
Business
Southwark Pioneers Fund: last £18,842 to four food firms
Four food businesses are in line for £4,710.50 each in the final Grow Your Enterprise round, emptying a £222,476 pot. The decision is due from 18 August.