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{{Short description|Planned railway station in South East London}}
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'''New Bermondsey railway station''' (formerly '''Surrey Canal Road railway station''') is a planned railway station with permission granted<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/london_overground_planned_new_be|title=London Overground: Planned New Bermondsey railway station - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London - WhatDoTheyKnow|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref> on the [[South London Line]] of the [[London Overground]] network. It will be on the branch from {{Stnlnk|Surrey Quays}} to {{Stnlnk|Clapham Junction}}<ref name="rail20110727">{{cite news |title= East London Line to run extra trains ahead of schedule |author=Clinnick, Richard |newspaper=Rail |location =Peterborough |date=27 July 2011 |pages=12–13}}</ref> (the extension opened in December 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLsOBG0H3s|title=Timelapse film - Surrey Canal Road Bridge Installation - YouTube|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>) with through trains every 15 minutes between Clapham Junction and {{rws|Highbury & Islington}}.<ref name="TFL15401">{{cite web |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15401.aspx |title=London Overground Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays |date=n.d. |accessdate=4 July 2012 |publisher=Transport for London}}</ref> The station site is on Surrey Canal Road at the district boundary of [[Bermondsey]], [[New Cross]] and [[Deptford]]. The station will be adjacent to [[Millwall Football Club]]'s ground and would help ease the burden of match-day crowds on the nearby [[South Bermondsey railway station]] and [[Surrey Quays Station]]. However despite the council being found to have done no wrongdoing <ref name="wrongdoing">{{cite web|url=https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/independent-inquiry-clears-lewisham-council-wrongdoing-millwall-cpo-plans/|title=Independent inquiry clears Lewisham Council of wrongdoing over Millwall CPO plans - Southwark News|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>the connected development scheme lost the necessary £20m grant, putting the station construction on hold. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2018/03/controversial-millwall-development-scheme-loses-20m-grant/|title=Controversial Millwall development scheme loses £20m grant, Eastlondonlines|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>
'''Surrey Canal railway station'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=DC/21/124016 {{!}} Works above the 2001 Transport and Works Act Order vertical limits of deviation (5m above track level) comprising the top of the lift shafts, the top of the facade and canopies, rooftop services including handrails and solar panels on the northbound and southbound platforms, and associated works in connection with the delivery of a new London Overground station at Surrey Canal Road, SE14. {{!}} LAND AT PROPOSED LONDON OVERGROUND STATION,SURREY CANAL ROAD LONDON, SE14 5RW |url=https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_111938 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=planning.lewisham.gov.uk}}</ref> (formerly '''New Bermondsey''' and '''Surrey Canal Road''') is a proposed station<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/london_overground_planned_new_be|title=London Overground: Planned New Bermondsey railway station - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London - WhatDoTheyKnow|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> on the [[South London Line]] of the [[London Overground]] network. It is on its main line (from {{Stnlnk|Surrey Quays}} to {{Stnlnk|Clapham Junction}}<ref name="rail20110727">{{cite news |title= East London Line to run extra trains ahead of schedule |author=Clinnick, Richard |newspaper=Rail |location =Peterborough |date=27 July 2011 |pages=12–13}}</ref> which opened in December 2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLsOBG0H3s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/8vLsOBG0H3s |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Timelapse film - Surrey Canal Road Bridge Installation - YouTube|access-date=2019-07-11}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


The site is on Surrey Canal Road where [[Bermondsey]], [[New Cross]] and [[Deptford]] meet. The station will be adjacent to [[Millwall Football Club]]'s ground and will mean more routes and trains for match-day crowds other than through [[South Bermondsey railway station|South Bermondsey]] and [[Surrey Quays Station|Surrey Quays]] stations.
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==History==
==History==
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Surrey Canal Road and the proposed new station name derive from [[Grand Surrey Canal]] which went from [[Surrey Commercial Docks]] at [[Rotherhithe]] to [[Camberwell]] and [[Peckham]] via this area. The canal carried timber to the docks from the 19th century until their closure in the late 1960s. The canal remained as a waterway until it was infilled for safety reasons in the mid-1970s and turned into the present road linking Ilderton Road, [[SE16]], with Trundleys Road, [[SE8]]. This area known as the 'Surrey Canal Triangle' has begun to be identified as the [[Surrey Canal]] district in its own right.
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Surrey Canal Road overlies the former [[Grand Surrey Canal]] which linked the [[Tideway]]'s [[Surrey Commercial Docks]] at [[Rotherhithe]] to wharves at [[Camberwell]] and [[Peckham]]. Vessels principally carried timber to the docks from the mid-19th century until their closure in the late 1960s. The canal was infilled for safety and disuse in the mid-1970s and turned into the road linking Ilderton Road, [[SE16]], with Trundleys Road, [[SE8]]. This area known as the 'Surrey Canal Triangle' was from its early decades by some residents and businesses named the [[Surrey Canal]] neighbourhood. The county of [[Surrey]] has been reduced to a semi-rural rump of about 70% of its original size in 1965, as the [[County of London]] was expanded and reconstituted as [[Greater London]], however this part, for many miles around, had already been part of that London forerunner, which was unchanged in size since its 1889 inception.


===Funding doubt and promise===
It was announced in February 2009 that the line extension would be built but that funding for a station at Surrey Canal Road might not be available.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6247&y=2009 |author=Gilani, Nadia |newspaper=South London Press |location =Streatham, London |date= 16 February 2009 |title= Tube line to cross South London}}</ref>
It was announced in February 2009 that the line extension would be built but that funding for such a station might not be available.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6247&y=2009 |author=Gilani, Nadia |newspaper=South London Press |location =Streatham, London |date= 16 February 2009 |title= Tube line to cross South London}}</ref>


Lewisham Council agreed in principle in January 2010 to provide the missing funding to complete Surrey Canal Road station.<ref>London Reconnections - [https://www.londonreconnections.com/2010/surrey-canal-road-the-curious-case-of-the-disappearing-dft/ Lewisham to Fund Surrey Canal Road]. Retrieved 30 January 2010.</ref> [[Transport for London]] is committed to building the foundations for the station building and platforms to enable construction to take place readily should funding be found. In September 2010, the [[Department for Transport]] refused to provide £7 million for building the station as it would not provide good value for money.<ref>[http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/the-construction-index-news/Transport-minister-refuses-funding-for-key-south-London-station The Construction index: Transport minister refuses funding for key south London station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907001509/http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/the-construction-index-news/Transport-minister-refuses-funding-for-key-south-London-station |date=7 September 2010 }}. Retrieved 5 September 2010.</ref>
Lewisham Council agreed in principle in January 2010 to provide the missing funding to complete the station.<ref>London Reconnections - [https://www.londonreconnections.com/2010/surrey-canal-road-the-curious-case-of-the-disappearing-dft/ Lewisham to Fund Surrey Canal Road]. Retrieved 30 January 2010.</ref> [[Transport for London]] is committed to building the foundations for the station building and platforms to enable construction to take place readily should funding be found. In September 2010, the [[Department for Transport]] refused to provide £7 million for building the station as it would not provide good value for money.<ref>[http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/the-construction-index-news/Transport-minister-refuses-funding-for-key-south-London-station The Construction index: Transport minister refuses funding for key south London station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907001509/http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/the-construction-index-news/Transport-minister-refuses-funding-for-key-south-London-station |date=7 September 2010 }}. Retrieved 5 September 2010.</ref>


===Renaming===
===Renewal proposal===
In 2014, the station would no longer be called Surrey Canal Road and that the developers, Renewal, were working in partnership with TfL to confirm the re-brand of the area to "New Bermondsey", the name of which will be used by the station and as the name for a whole new district of London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newbermondsey.com/|title=New Bermondsey |accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>
In 2014, the developers, Renewal, working in partnership with TfL proposed a re-brand of the area to "New Bermondsey", the name of which was to be used by the station and as the name for a whole new district of London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newbermondsey.com/|title=New Bermondsey |access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> In 2015, TfL confirmed that the area of major development surrounding the station would be named "New Bermondsey" and that the station would have the same name,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Housing%20Zones%20-%20The%20First%20Nine%20Zones.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031509/https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Housing%20Zones%20-%20The%20First%20Nine%20Zones.pdf|access-date=2019-07-10|archive-date=26 September 2015 |title=London Housing Zones: The First Nine Zones |website=Greater London Authority}}</ref> and in February 2015, Surrey Canal was renamed New Bermondsey and designated a Housing Zone by the GLA.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In December 2015, [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990|Section 73]] planning consent was granted.<ref name="newbermondsey">{{cite web|url=http://www.newbermondsey.com/our-story|title=New Bermondsey, Our story|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>


===2016–present===
In 2015, TfL announced that the area of major development surrounding the station would be named "New Bermondsey" and that the station would have the same name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031509/https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Housing%20Zones%20-%20The%20First%20Nine%20Zones.pdf|title=Wayback Machine|accessdate=2019-07-10}}</ref>
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In September 2016, Lewisham Council's mayor and cabinet voted for use of its purchase order powers at New Bermondsey.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In February 2017, an independent inquiry ran to investigate allegations made by Millwall Football Club about New Bermondsey and the Surrey Canal Sports Foundation.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In November 2017 the legal experts of the inquiry made their report. It concluded that there was no wrongdoing on the part of Renewal or Lewisham Council.<ref name="newbermondsey" /><ref name="wrongdoing">{{cite web|url=https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/independent-inquiry-clears-lewisham-council-wrongdoing-millwall-cpo-plans/|title=Independent inquiry clears Lewisham Council of wrongdoing over Millwall CPO plans - Southwark News|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>


Construction work has yet to start.<ref>TfL, Future Contract Opportunities https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/contract-opportunities (accessed 9 September 2016).</ref> In March 2018, Lewisham Council lost £20 million funding for the redevelopment of New Bermondsey from the Greater London Authority, which included £12 million for a station<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/16094605.lewisham-council-loses-housing-zone-funding-for-catford-and-new-bermondsey/|title=Lewisham Council loses housing zone funding for Catford and New Bermondsey News Shopper|accessdate=2019-07-10}}</ref>.
Amid rising London property prices and thus development returns, in March 2018, the council lost £20 million earmarked as needed for New Bermondsey from the Greater London Authority, of which £12 million for the station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/16094605.lewisham-council-loses-housing-zone-funding-for-catford-and-new-bermondsey/|title=Lewisham Council loses housing zone funding for Catford and New Bermondsey News Shopper|access-date=2019-07-10}}</ref>


In August 2019, the government approved a Housing Infrastructure Fund bid for the new station.
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In February 2015, Surrey Canal was renamed New Bermondsey and designated a Housing Zone by the GLA.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In December 2015, S73 planning consent was granted.<ref name="newbermondsey">{{cite web|url=http://www.newbermondsey.com/our-story|title=New Bermondsey, Our story|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref> In September 2016, Lewisham Council's mayor and cabinet voted in favour of the local authority's compulsory purchase order powers being used at New Bermondsey.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In February 2017, an independent inquiry was launched by Lewisham Council to investigate allegations made by Millwall Football Club about New Bermondsey and the Surrey Canal Sports Foundation.<ref name="newbermondsey" /> In November 2017, the independent inquiry report was published and concluded that there was no wrongdoing on the part of Renewal or Lewisham Council.<ref name="newbermondsey" /><ref name="wrongdoing" />


Lewisham Council approved a TfL planning application for the station in December 2021, in which the name of the station is confirmed as "Surrey Canal".<ref>Lewisham Council https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_111938</ref>
In August 2019, the Government approved a Housing Infrastructure Fund bid for the new station.<ref>[https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/08/17/more-frequent-trains-and-a-new-station-for-the-london-overground/amp/ More frequent trains and a new station for the London Overground] ianvisits; August 2019</ref>

==Development in the local area==
===Surrey Canal Triangle===
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A large £850m development around [[The Den]], provisionally called ''Surrey Canal: London's Sporting Village'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/planning-application-search/surrey-canal|title=HomeWhat We Do,Planning,Planning applications and decisions,Planning application search,Surrey Canal Triangle|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref> has been approved. Renewal, the developer, agreed in late 2011 to fund the missing capital needed for the new station,<ref name="rail20110727"/><ref name="TFL15401"/> and Lewisham Council's strategic planning committee resolved to grant the application at a meeting on 13 October 2011.<ref name="newsshopper"/> Planning permission under [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990#Section 106|Section 106]] was agreed in January 2012, securing its construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/files/7C65BEF9D2B36BB256A6EADA39091586/pdf/DC_11_076357_X-S106_AGREEMENT-232798.pdf|title=30 Mar 2012 Section 106 Agreement S106 agreement [pdf]|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>


==Local development==
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===Neptune Wharf===
===Neptune Wharf===
In March 2012 planning permission was also granted to create a new residential and leisure development at the junction of Surrey Canal, Trundleys and Grinstead Roads in North Deptford. The scheme will be branded ''Neptune Wharf''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/regeneration/deptford/north-deptford/neptune-wharf|title=Lewisham Council - Neptune Wharf|accessdate=2019-07-11}}</ref>, taking its name from the former Neptune Chemical Works which once lined the canal between Trundleys Road and [[Evelyn Street]]. Of significance is the plan to re-open part of the canal tow path (currently the dilapidated road, Canal Approach) and opening up of the railway arches between Deptford Park and Folkestone Gardens to create a piazza alongside the new apartments.
In March 2012 planning permission was also granted to create a new residential and leisure development at the junction of Surrey Canal, Trundleys and Grinstead Roads in North Deptford. The scheme will be branded ''Neptune Wharf'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/regeneration/deptford/north-deptford/neptune-wharf|title=Lewisham Council - Neptune Wharf|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> taking its name from the former Neptune Chemical Works which once lined the canal between Trundleys Road and [[Evelyn Street]]. Of significance is the plan to re-open part of the canal tow path (currently the dilapidated road, Canal Approach) and opening up of the railway arches between Deptford Park and Folkestone Gardens to create a piazza alongside the new apartments.

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Buildings and landscaping will extend between Plough Way and Oxestalls Road down to where the canal ran parallel with Evelyn Street on its last (eastern) leg. The residential apartments will overlook a shallower, very linear, lake replicating part of the canal's route. This is akin to the Albion Channel, about {{convert|1/4|mi|km}} north, which emulates Albion Dock &ndash; within sight of part of [[Canada Water station]].


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There is also a planned development of the area between Plough Way and Oxestalls Road, the point at which the canal ran parallel with Evelyn Street on its last leg to the Commercial Docks system. The new scheme of residential apartments will also feature a distinctive waterway, replicating the original line of the canal. This is similar to the Albion Channel, approximately {{convert|1/4|mi|km}} to the north, which replicates the original Albion Dock near where [[Canada Water station]] now stands.
===New Bermondsey===
===New Bermondsey===
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A circa £850m expected sale value development around [[The Den]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/planning-application-search/surrey-canal|title=HomeWhat We Do,Planning,Planning applications and decisions,Planning application search,Surrey Canal Triangle|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> has been approved. It bore working names ''Surrey Canal: London's Sporting Village'' and/or the ''Surrey Canal Triangle''. Renewal, the developer, agreed in late 2011 to fund the missing capital needed for the new station,<ref name="rail20110727"/><ref name="TFL15401">{{cite web |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15401.aspx |title=London Overground Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays |date=n.d. |access-date=4 July 2012 |publisher=Transport for London}}</ref> and Lewisham Council's strategic planning committee resolved to grant the application at a meeting on 13 October 2011.<ref name="newsshopper"/> Planning permission subject to a so-worded [[Town and Country Planning Act 1990#Section 106|Section 106]] agreement was agreed in January 2012, securing its construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/files/7C65BEF9D2B36BB256A6EADA39091586/pdf/DC_11_076357_X-S106_AGREEMENT-232798.pdf|title=30 Mar 2012 Section 106 Agreement S106 agreement [pdf]|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
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When being renamed New Bermondsey, the new developments will now include shops, restaurants, business space and new leisure and sports and multi-faith facilities along with up to 2,400 new homes,<ref name="newsshopper">Chandler, Mark (14 October 2011). [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/9307044.Millwall_Surrey_Canal_Road_development_and_station_set_to_go_ahead/ "Millwall Surrey Canal Road development and station set to go ahead"]. ''News Shopper'' (Lewisham, London).</ref> replacing warehouses, light industrial estates and a handful of 1990s-built residential blocks. The first two out of five development phases are scheduled for construction between Q2 2018 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/documents/s45347/New%20Bermondsey%20Compulsory%20Purchase%20Order.pdf|title=New Bermondsey (Formerly Surrey Canal Triangle) – Proposed Compulsory Purchase Order|last=|first=|date=7 September 2016|website=|publisher=Lewisham Council|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref>


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The developments will now include shops, restaurants, business space and new leisure and sports and multi-faith facilities along with up to 2,400 new homes,<ref name="newsshopper">Chandler, Mark (14 October 2011). [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/9307044.Millwall_Surrey_Canal_Road_development_and_station_set_to_go_ahead/ "Millwall Surrey Canal Road development and station set to go ahead"]. ''News Shopper'' (Lewisham, London).</ref> replacing warehouses, light industrial estates and a handful of 1990s-built residential blocks. The first two out of five development phases are scheduled for construction between Q2 2018 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/documents/s45347/New%20Bermondsey%20Compulsory%20Purchase%20Order.pdf|title=New Bermondsey (Formerly Surrey Canal Triangle) – Proposed Compulsory Purchase Order|date=7 September 2016|publisher=Lewisham Council|access-date=9 September 2016}}</ref>

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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:26, 21 November 2023

Surrey Canal London Overground
Surrey Canal is located in Greater London
Surrey Canal
Surrey Canal
Location of Surrey Canal in Greater London
LocationBermondsey
Local authorityLondon Borough of Lewisham
Managed byLondon Overground
OwnerTransport for London
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes
Fare zone2
Key dates
October 2011Funding provided
January 2012Planning permission granted
February 2015Name changed to New Bermondsey
November 2021Name changed to Surrey Canal
Other information
Coordinates51°29′04″N 0°02′58″W / 51.4844°N 0.0494°W / 51.4844; -0.0494
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Surrey Canal railway station[1] (formerly New Bermondsey and Surrey Canal Road) is a proposed station[2] on the South London Line of the London Overground network. It is on its main line (from Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction[3] which opened in December 2012).[4]

The site is on Surrey Canal Road where Bermondsey, New Cross and Deptford meet. The station will be adjacent to Millwall Football Club's ground and will mean more routes and trains for match-day crowds other than through South Bermondsey and Surrey Quays stations.

History

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The locale in the 1870s. Click for broader map and to enable varied magnification.

Surrey Canal Road overlies the former Grand Surrey Canal which linked the Tideway's Surrey Commercial Docks at Rotherhithe to wharves at Camberwell and Peckham. Vessels principally carried timber to the docks from the mid-19th century until their closure in the late 1960s. The canal was infilled for safety and disuse in the mid-1970s and turned into the road linking Ilderton Road, SE16, with Trundleys Road, SE8. This area known as the 'Surrey Canal Triangle' was from its early decades by some residents and businesses named the Surrey Canal neighbourhood. The county of Surrey has been reduced to a semi-rural rump of about 70% of its original size in 1965, as the County of London was expanded and reconstituted as Greater London, however this part, for many miles around, had already been part of that London forerunner, which was unchanged in size since its 1889 inception.

Funding doubt and promise

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It was announced in February 2009 that the line extension would be built but that funding for such a station might not be available.[5]

Lewisham Council agreed in principle in January 2010 to provide the missing funding to complete the station.[6] Transport for London is committed to building the foundations for the station building and platforms to enable construction to take place readily should funding be found. In September 2010, the Department for Transport refused to provide £7 million for building the station as it would not provide good value for money.[7]

Renewal proposal

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In 2014, the developers, Renewal, working in partnership with TfL proposed a re-brand of the area to "New Bermondsey", the name of which was to be used by the station and as the name for a whole new district of London.[8] In 2015, TfL confirmed that the area of major development surrounding the station would be named "New Bermondsey" and that the station would have the same name,[9] and in February 2015, Surrey Canal was renamed New Bermondsey and designated a Housing Zone by the GLA.[10] In December 2015, Section 73 planning consent was granted.[10]

2016–present

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In September 2016, Lewisham Council's mayor and cabinet voted for use of its purchase order powers at New Bermondsey.[10] In February 2017, an independent inquiry ran to investigate allegations made by Millwall Football Club about New Bermondsey and the Surrey Canal Sports Foundation.[10] In November 2017 the legal experts of the inquiry made their report. It concluded that there was no wrongdoing on the part of Renewal or Lewisham Council.[10][11]

Amid rising London property prices and thus development returns, in March 2018, the council lost £20 million earmarked as needed for New Bermondsey from the Greater London Authority, of which £12 million for the station.[12]

In August 2019, the government approved a Housing Infrastructure Fund bid for the new station.

Lewisham Council approved a TfL planning application for the station in December 2021, in which the name of the station is confirmed as "Surrey Canal".[13]

Local development

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Neptune Wharf

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In March 2012 planning permission was also granted to create a new residential and leisure development at the junction of Surrey Canal, Trundleys and Grinstead Roads in North Deptford. The scheme will be branded Neptune Wharf,[14] taking its name from the former Neptune Chemical Works which once lined the canal between Trundleys Road and Evelyn Street. Of significance is the plan to re-open part of the canal tow path (currently the dilapidated road, Canal Approach) and opening up of the railway arches between Deptford Park and Folkestone Gardens to create a piazza alongside the new apartments.

Buildings and landscaping will extend between Plough Way and Oxestalls Road down to where the canal ran parallel with Evelyn Street on its last (eastern) leg. The residential apartments will overlook a shallower, very linear, lake replicating part of the canal's route. This is akin to the Albion Channel, about 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) north, which emulates Albion Dock – within sight of part of Canada Water station.

New Bermondsey

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A circa £850m expected sale value development around The Den[15] has been approved. It bore working names Surrey Canal: London's Sporting Village and/or the Surrey Canal Triangle. Renewal, the developer, agreed in late 2011 to fund the missing capital needed for the new station,[3][16] and Lewisham Council's strategic planning committee resolved to grant the application at a meeting on 13 October 2011.[17] Planning permission subject to a so-worded Section 106 agreement was agreed in January 2012, securing its construction.[18]

The developments will now include shops, restaurants, business space and new leisure and sports and multi-faith facilities along with up to 2,400 new homes,[17] replacing warehouses, light industrial estates and a handful of 1990s-built residential blocks. The first two out of five development phases are scheduled for construction between Q2 2018 and 2020.[19]

Preceding station London Overground Following station
Future services
Queens Road Peckham
towards Clapham Junction
 South London line Surrey Quays
towards Highbury & Islington

References

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  1. ^ "DC/21/124016 | Works above the 2001 Transport and Works Act Order vertical limits of deviation (5m above track level) comprising the top of the lift shafts, the top of the facade and canopies, rooftop services including handrails and solar panels on the northbound and southbound platforms, and associated works in connection with the delivery of a new London Overground station at Surrey Canal Road, SE14. | LAND AT PROPOSED LONDON OVERGROUND STATION,SURREY CANAL ROAD LONDON, SE14 5RW". planning.lewisham.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  2. ^ "London Overground: Planned New Bermondsey railway station - a Freedom of Information request to Transport for London - WhatDoTheyKnow". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b Clinnick, Richard (27 July 2011). "East London Line to run extra trains ahead of schedule". Rail. Peterborough. pp. 12–13.
  4. ^ "Timelapse film - Surrey Canal Road Bridge Installation - YouTube". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. ^ Gilani, Nadia (16 February 2009). "Tube line to cross South London". South London Press. Streatham, London.
  6. ^ London Reconnections - Lewisham to Fund Surrey Canal Road. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  7. ^ The Construction index: Transport minister refuses funding for key south London station Archived 7 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  8. ^ "New Bermondsey". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  9. ^ "London Housing Zones: The First Nine Zones" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e "New Bermondsey, Our story". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Independent inquiry clears Lewisham Council of wrongdoing over Millwall CPO plans - Southwark News". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Lewisham Council loses housing zone funding for Catford and New Bermondsey News Shopper". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  13. ^ Lewisham Council https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_111938
  14. ^ "Lewisham Council - Neptune Wharf". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  15. ^ "HomeWhat We Do,Planning,Planning applications and decisions,Planning application search,Surrey Canal Triangle". Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  16. ^ "London Overground Clapham Junction to Surrey Quays". Transport for London. n.d. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  17. ^ a b Chandler, Mark (14 October 2011). "Millwall Surrey Canal Road development and station set to go ahead". News Shopper (Lewisham, London).
  18. ^ "30 Mar 2012 Section 106 Agreement S106 agreement [pdf]" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  19. ^ "New Bermondsey (Formerly Surrey Canal Triangle) – Proposed Compulsory Purchase Order" (PDF). Lewisham Council. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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