The Latest Breaking News from Lewisham Council

Musician told she'll be fined £5,000 for playing any instrument in her own home

Lewisham Council issued Fiona Fey a noise abatement notice forbidding her from singing, playing her guitar and flute

MusicRadar · May 11, 2023

London’s last ever DVD-only shop is at risk of closure

A car crashed into the shop front last year, forcing owner Gulam Charania to close for three months

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023

London council ‘kept hundreds of people in dark by failing to reply to information requests’, ICO rules

Enforcement action has been taken against Lewisham Council after it failed to respond to more than 300 Freedom of Information requests

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

Furious dad vows to take council to court after being kicked off housing waiting list

Anthony Braithewaite, from South London, shares the one-bedroom flat with his two 11-year-old children and has called on Lewisham Council to grant them a bigger home, threatening legal action

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

Disabled tenant banned from buying his council flat because it's adapted for his needs

Antony Carter suffers from cerebral palsy and had his bathroom converted into a wet room but the adaptation has meant he isn't allowed to buy his council flat

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022

Dad hit with 'absurd' parking fine after car's shadow fell on disabled spot

Matthew Cole says he is 'determined' not to pay fine, calling the claim that he was parked illegally 'absurd'.

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2022

Dad slapped with parking fine because his car's SHADOW is in disabled parking spot

Images were sent to sent to Matthew Cole which showed his Ford estate car in an unmarked bay next to a disabled spot, but only the shadow appeared to be in bay in Lewisham, south London

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Dad hit with fine after his car left a shadow in a disabled spot

Matthew said the fine was "absurd"

Liverpool Echo · Apr 21, 2022