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A former synagogue and car park in Streatham, South London, could be demolished and redeveloped into 92 new residential units.

The scheme, submitted by developer Pocket Living to Lambeth Council, includes compact ‘pocket’ homes measuring just 38 square metres — one square metre above the government’s minimum legal space standards.

The development site comprises 35-37 Leigham Court Road, encompassing the synagogue, which has been closed since 2021, and neighbouring land previously used as public facilities.

A former synagogue and car park in Streatham, South London, could be demolished and redeveloped into 92 new residential units.

The scheme, submitted by developer Pocket Living to Lambeth Council, includes compact ‘pocket’ homes measuring just 38 square metres — one square metre above the government’s minimum legal space standards.

The development site comprises 35-37 Leigham Court Road, encompassing the synagogue, which has been closed since 2021, and neighbouring land previously used as public facilities.

You might expect a tourist tax in the West End or in Camden. But what about Brixton?

That’s the plan Lambeth council is weighing up, echoing what has happened in tourist hotspots like Edinburgh, Manchester and Bhutan.

Lambeth, stretching across south London, covers the suburban areas of Streatham Common and Norwood all the way up to tourist hot spot areas of Waterloo and the South Bank.

David Lammy is the UK’s new Deputy Prime Minister, following a major government reshuffle prompted by Angela Rayner’s departure in the row over stamp duty tax.

She held the post and another as housing secretary before resigning today amid mounting pressure over her property wrangles.

Ms Rayner admitted earlier this week she underpaid stamp duty while buying an £800,000 flat in Hove – with the flat in question vandalised with graffiti reading ‘tax evader’ in response.

Neighbours of a house once owned by the notorious Madam Cynthia Payne says she helped put their suburban enclave ‘on the map’- and even helped to drive up house prices.

The large property in Ambleside Avenue, Streatham in south London, was turned into luxury flats in 2021 but was once a hotbed of vice – with Payne hosting a cast of characters reportedly including a peer of the realm, barristers, ex police officers bank managers and priests.

Motorists are set to face long delays on a major road in south London from next month as huge works are set to begin.

The A23 in Streatham Hill, south London, is going to have a £9.5 million refurbishment, which will see pedestrian crossings built, a protected cycle lane added and bus lanes improved.

The improvements will see the old central reservation removed across the 0.6-mile stretch between the junctions of Holmewood Road on Brixton Hill and Sternhold Avenue junction on Streatham Hill.

The words London and affordable housing are rarely, if ever, found in the same sentence – and many of us will spend our time in the Big Smoke renting.

Now, a new interactive map has revealed the most affordable locations to buy a home – and there’s more (relative) good news than you’d think.

Separating areas across the UK into shades of green, orange and red, the data assesses affordability based on your individual budget and how many bedrooms you’d ideally like.

A ‘heartbroken’ couple have been ordered out of their south London home where they have lived for more than 40 years after the council they rented from failed to renew their lease.

Sue, 70, and Bill Aylott. 71, moved into their house in Streatham in 1979 bringing up their two children and recently celebrating their Golden wedding anniversary at what they thought was their forever home.

But just before Christmas the couple, who are in their seventies, received a notification from Lambeth Council that they would have to move out.

A child is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by a bus while riding a Lime e-bike in south London.

The collision on Surrey Quays Road, near Canada Water, early yesterday evening triggered a major emergency response, with police, paramedics and an air ambulance scrambled to the scene.

The boy, whose age has not yet been confirmed, was tended to at the scene before being rushed to a major trauma centre in a critical condition. His family has been informed.

Fights have broken out over bottled water after a burst pipe has left thousands of people across south London without working plumbing.

Thames Water has said they have had to close their distribution hub in Sainsbury’s car park in Lower Sydenham after ‘security incidents’ as desperate customers foughtfor their share.

Keiran said on X: ‘Went to the water cache, as expected it had run out due to certain individuals taking whole palettes and loading them into the car.

‘Some fist fights… there was water in the Sainos… I just assumed there wasn’t.’