As you may know Lambeth Council approved the planning application for 72 Upper Ground (old ITV Studios) on Tuesday 29 March 2022.

But Lambeth don’t have the final say! – the application now goes to London Mayor, Sadiq Khan for his consideration, and he could overturn Lambeth’s decision.

There are many reasons why it should not have been approved as laid out by Vauxhall MP, Florence Eshalomi. You can read this at: https://florenceeshalomimp.com/2022/03/30/72-upper-ground/

Please encourage the Mayor to ‘call in’ this application and take the decision to refuse it. It is important he understands the strength of feeling and the huge numbers impacted negatively. But we need to act quickly.

You can do this TODAY: 

1. Write to  GLA Member Marina Ahmad and tell her why this decision is too important for London to be left to Lambeth’s flawed process and needs to be called in by the Mayor – Marina.Ahmad@london.gov.uk 

2. Write to Florence Eshalomi MP and tell her how you feel about the decision and ask her to do all within her power to ensure the site is not redeveloped to the detriment of residents and visitors alike. florence.eshalomi.mp@parliament.uk 

3. Write directly to Sadiq Khan – mayor@london.gov.uk

To be kept up to date ensure that you share the petition which we are now preparing to present to the Mayor.

Petition: https://www.change.org/p/sos-save-our-south-bank

Thank you for all that you are doing. Your support is making a difference.

Save our South Bank Action Group is made up of local residents from Iroko Co-op; Mulberry Co-op, Palm Co-op; Peabody Stamford Street Estate and Waterloo Community Development Group and Coin Street Community Builders among others.  

To join the action group email: saveoursouthbank22@gmail.com