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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.

London Borough of Lambeth: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000022.

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

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

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

Local plans on the national planning register Updated automatically

  • Emerging new local plan, plan period 2026–2041 (entry updated 30 June 2026)
  • Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035 — adopted, adopted 22 September 2021, plan period 2020–2035, housing requirement 18,416 homes (entry updated 30 June 2026)
  • Lambeth Local Plan 2015 — adopted, plan period 2015–2030 (entry updated 30 June 2026)

MHCLG planning data platform (planning.data.gov.uk), as supplied by the council; Open Government Licence. Stages are as recorded there, and some entries are old: each shows when the council last updated it.

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. Lambeth's consultation platform (haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk) is JavaScript-rendered and could not be read.

Traffic and highways orders published in The Gazette (last four months) Updated automatically

4 more

The Gazette, the official public record (Open Government Licence). Titles are the orders’ own names. Councils outside London usually publish these in local newspapers instead, so an empty list here does not mean no orders were made.

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

What Lambeth is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

Recently

6 earlier meetings

  • Wed, 22 July 2026 · Cabinet

    • Early Year End Forecast 2026-27 and contract award for specialist support for the Finance Improvement ProgrammeResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Medium Term Financial Strategy Update Report 2027-2031Result not yet read from the minutes.

  • Wed, 15 July 2026 · Full Council

    • Cabinet StatementResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Opposition StatementResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Constitution 2026-27Result not yet read from the minutes.
    • Cabinet CommitteesResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Establishment of Political Assistant postsResult not yet read from the minutes.

  • Wed, 1 July 2026 · Cabinet

    • Quarter 4 2025/26 Budget Monitoring ReportResult: agreed, 1 July 2026. “RESOLVED: To note the draft outturn and improved overspend position for 2025/26 of the Council’s General Fund as at 31 March 2026.” Minutes
    • Outcomes Framework Performance: Q4 2025/26Result: agreed, 1 July 2026. “RESOLVED: To consider and comment on the latest performance update against the delivery of the Outcomes Framework.” Minutes

  • Mon, 1 June 2026 · Full Council · Extraordinary

    • Consider a resolution to change the governance arrangements currently in operation at the Council from one of Leader and Cabinet to a Committee system pursuant to Part 1 A, Chapter 4, sections 9K and 9KC of the Local Government Act 2000.Result not yet read from the minutes.

  • Mon, 1 June 2026 · Full Council · Adjourned meeting (AGM 27 May)

    • Leader of the Council, Cabinet Portfolios, other Administration and Opposition AppointmentsResult not yet read from the minutes.
    • Constitution 2026/27, Committee and Outside Body appointmentsResult not yet read from the minutes.

  • Wed, 27 May 2026 · Full Council · Annual Council

    • Leader of the Council, Cabinet Portfolios, other Administration and Opposition AppointmentsResult: deferred, 27 May 2026. “This item was adjourned until the 1 June 2026.” Minutes
    • Constitution 2026/27, Committee and Outside Body appointmentsResult: deferred, 27 May 2026. “This item was adjourned until the 1 June 2026.” Minutes

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 25 September 2026. Refreshed weekly. Once a meeting’s minutes are published, each item shows the result in the minutes’ own words (carried, lost, withdrawn, deferred, noted or agreed), the recorded vote where the minutes give one, and a link to the minutes; where those words are not found, the page says so rather than guessing.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Lambeth reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Lambeth: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£345.7 million
Highways and transport services−£42.5 million
Children's social care£124.4 million
Adult social care£168.9 million
Public health£45.3 million
Housing services (general fund only)£63.6 million
Cultural and related services£7.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services£28.8 million
Planning and development services£18.6 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£24.4 million
Other servicesnone budgeted
Total service expenditure£784.9 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Life in Lambeth: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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People living here
316,920 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
33 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£36,951 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£849 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
30.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
6.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£540,198 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
11.0 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
64.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
63.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
2.5 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
92.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
243.6 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
14,770 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Lambeth from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

This council’s area is covered by the Greater London Authority, with the Mayor of London.

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.

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.

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