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Lambeth: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

Read on 24 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

Lambeth's housing target is 13,350 net additional dwellings over 2019/20 to 2028/29, or 1,335 a year.

“13,350 net additional dwellings over the 10-year period from 2019/20 to 2028/29. The annual monitoring target is therefore 1,335 net additional dwellings per year.”

Lambeth Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Lambeth Housing Development Pipeline Report 2023/24 (published to site September 2025); the row is labelled 'London Plan housing delivery targets'. Verified with pdftotext. A new Lambeth Local Plan is at scoping stage: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/planning-building-control/planning-policy-guidance/lambeth-local-plan

Transport

Lambeth installed a new traffic filter on Palace Road at Leigham Vale in the Streatham Hill Low Traffic Neighbourhood in February 2026.

“The works to implement this new traffic filter will begin on Monday 2 February 2026 until Monday 16 February 2026.”

Lambeth Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Read via WebFetch. Lambeth's consultation platform (haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk) is JavaScript-rendered and could not be read.

Council tax

Band D set by Lambeth for 2026–27: £1,536.60 of a £2,047.11 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Lambeth's Leader's letter for 2026-27 says the council is increasing council tax by 2.99% plus the 2% adult social care increase.

“we are increasing Council Tax by 2.99%. This is alongside the 2% increase recommended by government to fund adult social care, and means an increase of around £1.40 per week on the average Band D property.”

Lambeth Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Letter titled 'Your Council Tax' from Cllr Claire Holland, filed 2026-03. Verified with pdftotext. 'How Lambeth Council's money will be spent 2026-27' gives 'Lambeth Band D Council Tax £1,463.57 £1,536.60' (2025/26, 2026/27).

Environment

Lambeth's Climate Action Plan sets out a vision for the borough to become net zero compatible and climate resilient by 2030.

“Lambeth’s Climate Action Plan ( CAP ) sets out a vision and 20 goals for our borough to become net zero compatible and climate resilient by 2030 .”

Lambeth Council, undated. Read 24 September 2026. Verified via direct fetch; spacing around '2030' is as rendered in page text.

Education

No current proposal to change local schools was found on Lambeth's website; the most recent primary places consultation closed in August 2024. Where we looked

Who runs the council

63 seats in 2026. Run by: Greens, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Green Party (E&W) 29, Labour Party 26, Liberal Democrats 8.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

Elections here now: Myatt's Fields ward (8 October 2026).

All 63 councillors, by ward
  • David Bridson (Labour Party) — Brixton Acre Lane
  • Michael Chessum (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Acre Lane
  • Natalie Kane (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Acre Lane
  • John-Paul Ennis (Labour Party) — Brixton North
  • Nanda Manley-Browne (Labour Party) — Brixton North
  • Samantha Dorney-Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton North
  • Sacha Takyi-Berko (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Rush Common
  • Viktor Westerdahl (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Rush Common
  • Zvikomborero Chihoro (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Rush Common
  • Carlotta Allum (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Windrush
  • Serafina Spicer (Green Party (E&W)) — Brixton Windrush
  • Chris Nicholson (Liberal Democrats) — Clapham Common & Abbeville
  • Simon Cordon (Liberal Democrats) — Clapham Common & Abbeville
  • Cat Thomson (Green Party (E&W)) — Clapham East
  • Erica Abu (Labour Party) — Clapham East
  • Joanna Eaves (Green Party (E&W)) — Clapham Park
  • Martin Tiedemann (Labour Party) — Clapham Park
  • Verity McGivern (Labour Party) — Clapham Park
  • Jonathan Bartley (Green Party (E&W)) — Clapham Town
  • Linda Bray (Labour Party) — Clapham Town
  • Patrick O'Donnell (Labour Party) — Clapham Town
  • Chloe Hawryluk (Green Party (E&W)) — Gipsy Hill
  • Pete Elliott (Green Party (E&W)) — Gipsy Hill
  • Alan Andrews (Green Party (E&W)) — Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction
  • Ciara Alleyne (Green Party (E&W)) — Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction
  • Paul Valentine (Green Party (E&W)) — Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction
  • David Amos (Labour Party) — Kennington
  • Dominic Lynch (Labour Party) — Kennington
  • Joanne Simpson (Labour Party) — Kennington
  • Elizabeth Fraser (Green Party (E&W)) — Knight's Hill
  • Lisa Schulkind (Green Party (E&W)) — Knight's Hill
  • Matt Wilcock (Green Party (E&W)) — Knight's Hill
  • Annie Gallop (Labour Party) — Myatt's Fields
  • Patience Clague (Green Party (E&W)) — Myatt's Fields
  • Bryn Scott (Labour Party) — Oval
  • Claire Holland (Labour Party) — Oval
  • Diogo Costa (Labour Party) — Oval
  • Georgina Berriman (Labour Party) — St Martin's
  • Jeremy Isaacs (Green Party (E&W)) — St Martin's
  • Kevin Brown (Green Party (E&W)) — Stockwell East
  • Tam Langley (Liberal Democrats) — Stockwell East
  • David Oxley (Labour Party) — Stockwell West & Larkhall
  • Joe Dharampal-Hornby (Labour Party) — Stockwell West & Larkhall
  • Nadia Burrell (Labour Party) — Stockwell West & Larkhall
  • Danial Adilypour (Labour Party) — Streatham Common & Vale
  • Dominic Armstrong (Labour Party) — Streatham Common & Vale
  • Sarah Cole (Labour Party) — Streatham Common & Vale
  • Amelia Shoebridge (Green Party (E&W)) — Streatham Hill East
  • Martin Abrams (Green Party (E&W)) — Streatham Hill East
  • Kita Ogden (Liberal Democrats) — Streatham Hill West & Thornton
  • Matthew Bryant (Liberal Democrats) — Streatham Hill West & Thornton
  • Alice Weavers (Green Party (E&W)) — Streatham St Leonard's
  • Saiqa Ali (Green Party (E&W)) — Streatham St Leonard's
  • Scott Ainslie (Green Party (E&W)) — Streatham St Leonard's
  • Judy Best (Liberal Democrats) — Streatham Wells
  • Simon Bucknall (Liberal Democrats) — Streatham Wells
  • David Ford (Labour Party) — Vauxhall
  • Jacqueline Bond (Green Party (E&W)) — Vauxhall
  • Liam Daley (Labour Party) — Vauxhall
  • Doug Buist (Liberal Democrats) — Waterloo & South Bank
  • Ibrahim Dogus (Labour Party) — Waterloo & South Bank
  • Judith Cavanagh (Labour Party) — West Dulwich
  • Tom Palmer (Green Party (E&W)) — West Dulwich

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Council motions, labelled by the group that proposed them and with the result, are not yet collected for this council; the meeting papers hold them.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.