Read More 3 minute read Planning Wandsworth Town Footballers question ‘spurious’ closure of 5-a-side pitch to make way for padel tennis The council cites safety and backs four padel courts there, but the replacement pitch has no timetable bySenior reporterOctober 2, 2026
Read More 5 minute read Housing Politics Roehampton West Hill Council tax, then a mansion tax. Now council tenants face a second rent rise An extra £1 a week from April 2027, then £2 a week more every year bySenior reporterSeptember 30, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Housing Roehampton Residents’ associations raise estates’ concerns with the council. New plans would make tenants apply instead Wandsworth wants borough-wide groups organised by topic, with seats for those who apply and are selected byPutney.news reporterSeptember 29, 2026
Read More 4 minute read Housing Politics Council tenant forced to pay back £65,000 in illegal rent A handful of fraud investigators cover 17,353 council homes, and the time they spend looking is being cut byKieren McCarthySeptember 28, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Finance Housing Home worth £1.5m? The mansion tax may be heading your way It would cost at least £2,500 a year, on top of a planned 94% council tax rise bySenior reporterSeptember 25, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Planning Any say on your neighbour’s proposed extension is quietly being axed next month Being in a conservation area won't help - from 31 October, an officer decides alone. bySenior reporterSeptember 22, 2026
Read More 5 minute read Community Housing She had no heating. It was December. The council took four months to visit The £250 only covers uncertainty about whether her home was suitable, not the winter she spent without heat byPutney.news reporterSeptember 21, 2026
Read More 5 minute read Planning Wandsworth Town Pretzel reprieve: Wandsworth landmark to remain after alternative rejected The Wandsworth Pretzel is staying up. Councillors refused permission to demolish it on Thursday night, by six votes… bySenior reporterSeptember 18, 2026
Read More 10 minute read Environment Planning Thamesfield Last day to object to five years of adverts in Wandsworth Park Enable's covering letter describes an 8.4 square metre banner. The form asks for 444, lit from outside byPutney.news reporterSeptember 15, 2026
Read More 4 minute read Planning Southfields Tennis Wimbledon Wimbledon tournament expansion reaches Court of Appeal The campaigners wanted a second case decided first: whether the land is legally protected for the public bySenior reporterSeptember 15, 2026