The Smoke — Housing & PlanningEvery story filed by Eleanor Voss, who covers what gets built in London and what doesn't — applications, refusals, appeals and the housing numbers underneath.https://thesmoke.london/en-gbMayor's £50m stalled-estates fund passes its spend deadline with no estates namedhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-mayor-s-50m-stalled-estates-fund-passes-its-spend-deadline-w/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-mayor-s-50m-stalled-estates-fund-passes-its-spend-deadline-w/The decision set the money against up to 380 affordable homes, about 3 per cent of the starts in the programme it joins.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:04:51 GMTHousing & PlanningSouthwark approves 15-storey student block over Tube station with 44 social rent homeshttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-approves-15-storey-student-block-over-tube-station/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-southwark-approves-15-storey-student-block-over-tube-station/Jubilee line trains are due not to stop at the station between 09:45 and 16:15 on weekdays until 11 September while the work goes on.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:18:25 GMTHousing & PlanningLambeth leaves 2024/25 developer contributions statement undecided nine months onhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-leaves-2024-25-developer-contributions-statement-und/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-leaves-2024-25-developer-contributions-statement-und/The council's published account still stops at 2023/24, while it approved £4.8m of levy and section 106 spending for 2025/26.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:06:14 GMTHousing & PlanningLondon planning dataset labels 832 Haringey schemes major, one of them a garden officehttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-london-planning-dataset-labels-832-haringey-schemes-major-on/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-london-planning-dataset-labels-832-haringey-schemes-major-on/Lambeth's own committee rules treat 10 homes or a half-hectare site as major; the label lands on sash windows and a one-into-two conversion.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:43:08 GMTHousing & PlanningMayor's draft London Plan proposes 558,000 homes and a return to 35% thresholdshttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-mayor-s-draft-london-plan-proposes-558-000-homes-and-a-retur/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-mayor-s-draft-london-plan-proposes-558-000-homes-and-a-retur/The Assembly's monitor logged 14,335 affordable starts against a target of 17,800 to 19,000, and the consultation closes on 15 October.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:45:55 GMTHousing & PlanningLambeth orders compulsory purchase at Clapham Park, part of a 2,532-home rebuildhttps://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-orders-compulsory-purchase-at-clapham-park-part-of-a/https://thesmoke.london/story/2026-08-14-lambeth-orders-compulsory-purchase-at-clapham-park-part-of-a/The order covers the interests left on Site C03 and now goes to the Secretary of State, and Lambeth's decision registers since 2020 record no earlier compulsory purchase on the estate.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 03:28:14 GMTHousing & Planning