Bermondsey Spa

Get involved

Consultation

A wide range of individuals and organisations were asked to help produce the masterplan, with the aim of building a broad based, effective partnership that could help turn the vision into reality.

As a first step, the project team carried out a series of face to face and telephone interviews with interested parties, including:

  • local community groups
  • officers and elected members from Southwark Council
  • retailers
  • residents
  • business representatives
  • developers

Events including an action-planning day at the Salmon youth centre and a community workshop at the Salvation Army were well attended, following publicity in the local press as well as leaflet and poster campaigns.

A project office was set up on Spa Road to provide a focal point for community interest, with local people encouraged to drop in and learn more about the project.

Work to involve stakeholders also featured a roving exhibition, leaflets distributed to residents with pre-paid reply slips, and door-to-door interviews with council tenants to gauge their views on housing plans.

Local people have played a key role in shaping the overall direction and aim of the regeneration.

Today, residents, community groups, retailers, business organisations and others can still have a say in how individual sites are developed, not just through the planning process but also as part of more tailored consultation work.

In this way, they're continuing to influence the developments that matter to them, as and when they happen.

Local organisations

There are a number of community organisations working to help regenerate Bermondsey Spa.

Bermondsey Community Council                                                                    
Tim Murtagh
Tel: 020 7525 7187
tim.murtagh@southwark.gov.uk
Town Hall
Peckham Road
London, SE5 8UB

Salmon Youth Centre
David Mellis
Tel: 020 7394 2441
david.mellis@salmoncentre.co.uk
http://www.salmoncentre.co.uk/
19 Old Jamaica Road
London, SE16 4TE

Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
Rita Andrews
rita.andrews@btconnect.com
Tel: 020 7394 4878
Evelyn Coyle House                                                                                     
49a Grange Walk
London, SE1 3DY

Bermondsey St James Church
Roger Molyneux
Tel: 020 7021 0411
Thurland Road
Bermondsey
London, SE16

Beormund Community Centre
Coral Newell
Tel: 020 7237 9313
177 Abbey Street
London, SE1 2AN
Offers regular activities including an elderly lunch club

Bede House Association
Tel: 020 7237 0860
361 Southwark Park Road
SE16 2JW
Offers advice, information and support

Time and Talents
Tel: 020 7231 7845
The Old Mortuary
St Marychurch Street, SE16 4JE
Offers activities for older people, social support and befriending service

Downside Fisher Youth Club
Tel: 020 7407 0093
Coxson Place
Druid Street, SE1 2EZ

The Oxford & Bermondsey Club
Tel: 020 7231 9249
3 Webb Street, SE1 4RP

Southwark Works
Tel: 020 7740 0880
Tel: 0800 052 0540
146 St James Road, SE1 5BW  

How to get involved

Consultation and community groups

Bermondsey Spa residents and other stakeholders can still influence developments at individual sites by commenting on planning applications and taking part in targeted consultation exercises as and when they happen.

You can also get involved by joining a local community group, or even setting up your own project to help regenerate your neighbourhood.

Comment on a planning application

You can view copies of planning applications at our offices.

Planning Department
Southwark Council
160 Tooley Street
London SE1 2TZ

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm

Take part in a consultation exercise

To find out if there's a consultation exercise going on at a site near you, contact:

Bermondsey Spa Team
Tel: 020 7525 5348
160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2TZ

Join a community group

You can get directly involved in the regeneration by taking part in one of the many community projects that are underway in the area. For more details on groups that are working near you, visit the local organisations section.

Start your own project

If there's a project related to the regeneration that you'd like to get off the ground, funding is available through Hyde Housing Association's Bermondsey Spa Community Chest. This fund is designed to encourage local people to get actively involved in regenerating their own areas.

To find out more about the Community Chest fund, contact Jean Douglas at the Hyde Group on 020 8297 7574.

Page last updated: 08 August 2023

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