Wandsworth News
The latest Wandsworth news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Wandsworth Council Tax Support: 7,102 Would Start Paying
Disabled residents and families with a child under three would lose 100% council tax support in April 2027 and pay £180 to £365 at Band D. Cabinet meets Monday.
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Wandsworth Town
Former Wandsworth Library to Become 14 Artist Studios
The empty Grade II library at 11 Garratt Lane goes to WIP Space on a two-year lease, for at least 14 affordable artist studios. The first are due in 2027.
Putney
74 Bus Would No Longer Run to Putney Under TfL Plan
TfL wants to cut the 74 back at Earl's Court and send it to Clapham Junction, scrapping the C3. The 430 would run every 12 minutes. Comment by 16 November.
Putney
Putney Leisure Centre Keeps 33m Pool, Works Due Summer 2027
Putney's 33-metre pool will not be split. It stays, with a new gym, Pilates studio and soft play due by summer 2027 and the centre open throughout.
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Bridge Works Finish Early: What Has Changed
Wandsworth Bridge's summer works are done, weeks before the end-of-October target. The bus lane is now permanent, with stepped cycle tracks and wider pavements.
Southfields
Fazl Mosque Centenary: Southfields Mosque Turns 100 Saturday
London's first purpose-built mosque opened on Gressenhall Road on 3 October 1926. Saturday's centenary shuts part of the road, and 10,000 meals are pledged.
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Police: Council to Fund 25 Officers for £3.1m
The council would pay the Met £3.131m in year one for 22 constables and three sergeants, plus 22 council enforcement officers. Cabinet decides on 12 October.
Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction Trackside Fire: How to Claim Delay Repay
Sunday's trackside fire near Queenstown Road burned out signalling and cut Victoria trains on Monday. What failed, what ran, and how to claim by late October.
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Lifeboat Station Now Open at 90 Point Pleasant
The RNLI's second busiest station in the UK and Ireland moved in on 22 September. The £3.5m base should cut emergency response times by 1 minute 20 seconds.
Council
Wandsworth Libraries: £5.2m Contract Heads for Re-tender
Cabinet is asked on 12 October to put the borough's £5.2m library service out to tender, ending 13 unbroken years with GLL unless it wins again.
Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction Station Assault: Police Issue CCTV Appeal
Police released a CCTV image on 21 September over an assault at Clapham Junction station on 19 August. A man who reported a barrier-jumper was punched twice.
Planning
Wandsworth Pretzel Saved: Committee Votes 6-3 Against
Officers told the committee to approve a timber replacement for Wandsworth Roundabout's pretzel. Members voted it down 6 to 3 as visually intrusive.
Community
Battersea parkrun Wins Wandsworth Sport Award 2026
Nine winners were named at the Moves Together Awards on 16 September. Battersea parkrun has now run 83 times and recorded 86,167 finishes in under two years.
Council
Wandsworth Council Tax: £958 More a Year from April 2027
Band D would go from £1,020 to £1,978, a rise of £958 or 94 per cent. The council's final Spending Review names April 2027, and the vote comes in March.
House Prices
Wandsworth House Prices Down 5.5%, Ninth Worst in England
The average Wandsworth home is £686,076, down 5.5% in a year and the ninth steepest fall of 295 areas in England. Prices rose in July for a second month.
Putney
Putney Shop Licence Revoked After Two Underage Sales
Wandsworth revoked Stonehenge Food and Wine's licence after two failed test purchases in three months. The Lower Richmond Road shop has 21 days to appeal.
Nine Elms
Nine Elms Health Centre Now Open Until 8pm Four Days
The £15m Sleaford Street Health Centre officially opened on 12 September. It replaces the Thessaly Road branch surgery and runs to 8pm Monday to Thursday.
Putney
Putney Pret Opening Met by Hazmat Protest Over 2032 Pledge
Campaigners in hazmat suits crashed the West Hill Pret opening on Thursday. Pret's own update shows 0% slower-growing chicken and a 2032 target, not 2026.
Leisure
Wandsworth Leisure Centre Upgrades: 5 Done, Putney by 2027
Five £24m leisure upgrades are open, from Roehampton's new gym to Battersea's padel court. Putney keeps its 33m pool; Tooting and Balham have no dates.
Putney
Putney Traffic Changes: Weiss Road One-Way, Embankment CCTV
Weiss Road is one-way and Putney Embankment now has CCTV enforcement. Two lanes return to Putney Bridge Road, and two trials go to committee on 24 September.
Putney
Oasis Academy Putney Closed With 112 Pupils in 420 Places
Oasis Academy Putney shut on 31 August with 112 pupils in a 420-place school. Where records went, who to contact, and how many borough primaries have room.
Battersea
Battersea Power Station: 203 Council Homes Approved
Officers approved 203 council homes at Battersea Power Station on 27 August. Part 18 storeys, car free, and extra to the site's own affordable housing quota.
Council
Wandsworth By-Election: Labour Hold Trinity by 127
Shirin Georgiani held Trinity for Labour with 1,558 votes to the Conservatives' 1,431 on 39.56% turnout. The Conservatives stay one seat short of a majority.
Heathrow
Heathrow Third Runway: Wandsworth Objects, Deadline Tuesday
Wandsworth and six other councils have told the Transport Secretary a third runway fails the Government's own tests. The consultation closes 11.59pm Tuesday.
Council
Wandsworth £84m Cut: The Law Says Residents Come First
The Leader says Wandsworth's funding falls £84m by 2029. To ask the Government to think again, the council must first try to reach agreement with residents.
Council
Wandsworth By-Election: Trinity Vote Could Decide Control
Polls in Trinity ward close at 10pm today. A Conservative gain takes the party to 30 of 58 seats and an outright majority; a Labour hold leaves nobody with one.
Planning
Wandsworth £50,000 Housing Levy Not Applied Until 28 July
Two schemes approved on 20 August paid nothing to affordable housing. Wandsworth's £50,000-per-home charge only bites on applications filed from 28 July.
Planning
Wandsworth Pavement Ad Screens: 75 Refused, 15 on Appeal
An inspector dismissed another Putney ad screen appeal on Tuesday. Wandsworth has refused 75 of 128 pavement hub bids since 2022, with 15 more appeals pending.
Community
Wandsworth Street Parties: £64 Fee Waived, Apply by 4 Sept
Wandsworth is waiving its £64 street party fee for the weekend of 19 and 20 September. Applications close 4 September, with 18 free green events booked too.
Schools
Wandsworth GCSE Results 2026: Record Claim, No Figures
Wandsworth says its GCSE results are the strongest yet but published no numbers. Here is what the last checkable year shows, and which schools did publish.
Planning
Wandsworth Roundabout Adverts: 149 Objections, No Decision
A timber lattice would replace the roundabout's advertising tower. The register holds 149 objections, the council consulted no neighbours, and comments are still open.
Council
Wandsworth Council Tax: 71% Rise Built Into Funding Deal
Wandsworth’s own Spending Review says the Government’s funding sums assume a 71% Band D rise over two years, and 230% if the council does nothing else.
House Prices
Wandsworth House Prices Up 2.3%, First Rise in 9 Months
The average Wandsworth home hit £680,105 in June, up 2.3% after nine straight monthly falls. Over the year it is still down 5.2%, London's eighth steepest fall.
Schools
Wandsworth A level results 2026: 79.1% A*-C, Graveney 85%
Borough grades at A*-C rose 3.5 points to 79.1%. Graveney hit 85%, Chestnut Grove two thirds at A*-B, Ark Putney up 20 points, and re-marks close on 20 August.
Economy
Wandsworth claimant count: 10,115 in June, Roehampton 8.6%
10,115 Wandsworth residents claimed unemployment-related benefits in June, 580 fewer than a year ago. Roehampton's 8.6% is more than six times Northcote's 1.3%.