Read More 3 minute read Environment Planning Going green in your front garden is a good idea – but may still need the council’s permission Commondale, Medfield Street and the Dover House Estate lose the national exemption for permission-free paving byPutney.news reporterAugust 31, 2026
Read More 2 minute read Housing Planning Roehampton Alton estate garages torn down for flats, no replacements Bessborough Road and Farnborough House are the latest sites in a habit going back more than two decades bySenior reporterAugust 25, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Planning The Putney windows the council fought and lost Live in a conservation area? Then you'll know about the timber/PvC problem byPutney.news reporterAugust 21, 2026
Read More 6 minute read Battersea Finance Planning Wandsworth’s £25m housing company has never had its accounts checked The auditor's resignation was a footnote in an appendix. Nobody at the Audit Committee mentioned it byKieren McCarthyAugust 20, 2026
Read More 2 minute read Planning Roehampton Technology Roehampton Lane’s phone mast is about to get five metres taller A 15-metre pole with six antennas is being replaced by a 20-metre pole with twelve bySenior reporterAugust 20, 2026
Read More 2 minute read Barnes Community Planning Vine Road plan promises skatepark, wetland and a refuge from heatwaves Years of fundraising and design are now a planning application, decision due in October. bySenior reporterAugust 17, 2026
Read More 9 minute read Community Long read Planning Thamesfield A row over Putney’s tennis courts has dredged up a difficult past The charity's own rulebook, written after a Charity Commission inquiry, warned this would happen byKieren McCarthyAugust 16, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Community Planning Thamesfield Rent fight brings City Hall to Putney’s 98-year-old gym Green and Conservative members are attending, as talks with Places for London remain stalled after a cancelled meeting byPutney.news reporterAugust 14, 2026
Read More 3 minute read Health Planning Wandsworth wrote the asbestos checklist. It just doesn’t do the checking. Only two of 48 buildings have had the safety check the council itself requires byKieren McCarthyAugust 13, 2026
Read More 5 minute read Planning Roehampton Rugby Rosslyn Park gym recommended for approval after 15 months The council once ordered a temporary version removed. But a rugby club without a gym... bySenior reporterAugust 11, 2026