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Victorian brick building with large frame windows, cars on road outside.

Childers Street, Deptford: Lewisham refuses change of use for 'luxury' student accommodation

Aitch Group evicted 150 tenants in December 2024 then converted the Childers Street building to student housing, but Lewisham council has twice refused to approve the change of use.

Goldsmiths university main entrance, red brick building, two students standing outside. Rain on steps.

Goldsmiths: UCU marking boycott in response to new round of cuts

After years of brutal cuts, the union says further plans to cut around 25% of remaining jobs would lead to "the destruction of what remains of this institution."

Map of north Deptford area showing 13 PBSA sites, of which 8 are Your Tribe.

Your Tribe's growth across Deptford: when is student accommodation too much?

As Lewisham council approves another Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme from Your Tribe at Sun Wharf, we look at Tribe's growth in the area and ask whether demand is as robust as it claims.

CGI image of the Sun Wharf development, new waterside blocks seen from Deptford Creek

Sun Wharf, Creekside - Lewisham approves 605 student beds amid concerns of overconcentration

Lewisham councillors overruled local residents' objections over overconcentration of student housing, loss of light in their homes and harms to the kingfisher habitat at Deptford Creek, and approved the Your Tribe development.

The Old Town Hall - a 1950s to 1960s curved office block.

Goldsmiths plans new campus at Old Town Hall in Catford

The university's plans will bring over 600 students to Catford town centre, in a partnership agreement with Lewisham council.

The dilapidated building of the former delivery office, Red Royal Mail branding on doors, graffiti on its walls.

Early stage plans for purpose-built student housing at former New Cross delivery office

Landowner Northhold is in pre-application discussions to redevelop the former Royal Mail delivery office at 199-205 New Cross Road, to provide 137 student bedrooms.

3 story Victorian facade of the apartment block in Childers Street.

Childers St, Deptford: 150 residents evicted to make way for "boutique luxury" student rooms

Aitch Group said that it needed to evict tenants to perform refurbishment works - now its student housing arm is marketing the building as student accommodation.