Catford Town Centre Local Plan Introduction and Background Note: This Does Not Form Part of the Local Plan but Has Been Included for Information Purposes
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Lewisham local development framework Catford Town Centre Local Plan INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND Note: This does not form part of the local plan but has been included for information purposes. Catford Town Centre, home of the council’s services and the civic heart of the borough, will be a lively, attractive town centre focused around a high quality network of public spaces. Driven by the redevelopment of key opportunity areas, including the redevelopment of the former Catford Greyhound Stadium site and the Shopping Centre, Catford will have an improved retail offer and will be home to a diverse residential community. The Broadway Theatre and Studio will continue to be a focus for arts and cultural activities and the market will continue to contribute to Catford’s identity. This is the vision for Catford Town Centre; a vision that has This document is the Council’s ‘Proposed Submission been developed over a number of years in conjunction Version’ of the Catford Town Centre Local Plan; it is with may different stakeholders. The Council is committed the version the Council has prepared following public to ensuring regeneration and significant improvement consultation earlier in 2013 on a ‘further options report’ takes place in Catford and there are now a number of key and responds to the comments and suggestions that redevelopment opportunities that provide an exciting were made. It is this version of the Catford Plan that the prospect to change the town centre for the better. Council intends to submit to the Secretary of State who will then appoint an independent Planning Inspector In order to help steer the regeneration of the area, the to determine whether the plan is ‘sound’ and can be Council has updated its planning strategy for the town adopted by the Council. centre called the Catford Town Centre Local Plan, or the Catford Plan for short. The Catford Plan will guide where and how development should take place for the period to 2026 and it will be used by the Council to assess and determine planning applications within the town centre. Local Plan - Proposed Submission Plan - Proposed Local Catford Town Centre Catford Town 2 HAVE YOUR SAY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The purpose of this round of public consultation is to All comments received will be forwarded to the Secretary ensure that all stakeholders and members of the public of State and will be considered by an independent have the opportunity to comment on whether the Catford Planning Inspector as part of an examination into Plan is legally compliant and sound. In general terms to whether the Catford Plan is ‘sound’. This is scheduled to be ‘sound’ means that the Council has all the various happen in January 2014. evidence reports required to justify the Council’s position and that the document will be effective, in that it is This consultation is the final stage in the preparation of deliverable, flexible and able to be monitored. It must the Catford Plan. The full timetable – past, present and also be consistent with national policy and in general future – is as follows. conformity with the London Plan. An explanation of Sustainability scoping report August 2005 ‘soundness’ is outlined in the representation form, which is available to download online (http://lewisham-consult. Issues and options December 2005 objective.co.uk/portal) or from the Planning Information Service and all public libraries. Preferred options August to September 2007 Anyone can comment and copies of the document Updated sustainability May 2012 can be: scoping report ● viewed on the Councils website Sustainability Appraisal of January to February 2013 www.lewisham.gov.uk/catfordplan Further Options ● inspected at all borough libraries and Further Options 2013 February to April 2013 ● obtained by contacting the Planning Policy Team on Equalities Analysis February to April 2013 020 8314 7400 who will also be happy to answer any Assessment of Further questions you may have. Options Publication of proposed August 2013 Comments should be in writing as follows: submission plan (the draft Catford Plan) ● On-line: http://consult.lewisham.gov.uk/portal Submit the Catford Plan Planned for to the Government November 2013 ● E-mail: [email protected] Examination in Public Planned for with ‘Catford Local Plan Proposed Submission (formal discussion of February 2014 Version 2013’ as the subject the Plan to check that it is ‘sound’) ● Post: Planning Policy, Adoption by the Council Planned for June 2014 London Borough of Lewisham, 3rd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, Submission Plan - Proposed Local SE6 4RU The consultation period ends at 5pm on Friday 4 October 2013. Catford Town Centre Catford Town 3 Contents SECTION 1 SECTION 4 POLICY List The Plan and Context 5 Area-wide Policies 67 MAJOR SITES POLICIES 1.1 Catford and the Local Plan 6 4.1 Presumption in favour of sustainable development 68 CLP1. Traffic and transport improvements 1.2 Plan area 7 including the South Circular 4.2 Providing new homes 71 1.3 Key characteristics, Issues CLP2. Catford Centre and Opportunities 8 4.3 Growing the local economy 73 CLP3. Civic Centre 1.4 How does the Local Plan 4.3.1 Economic growth relate to other policies? 18 for Catford CLP4. Laurence House 1.5 Consultation with local 4.3.2 Mixed use and CLP5. Plassy Road Island people and stakeholders 21 employment use CLP6. Former Catford Greyhound Stadium 1.6 Sustainability Appraisal 4.3.3 Shopping area vitality and Equalities Analysis and viability CLP7. Wickes and Halfords Assessment 23 4.3.4 Evening economy uses AREA-WIDE POLICIES 4.4 Environmental management 87 SECTION 2 CLP 8. Presumption in favour of Vision, Objectives and Policies 25 4.4.1 Carbon dioxide sustainable development emission reduction 2.1 Comment 26 CLP 9. Providing new homes 4.4.2 Managing flooding 2.2 The Vision 26 and adapting to 2.3 The Objectives 28 climate change GROWING THE LOCAL ECONOMY 2.4 The Link between 4.5 Building a sustainable CLP 10. Economic growth for Catford Objectives and Policies 29 community 93 CLP 11. Mixed use 4.5.1 Design and public realm CLP 12. Employment uses SECTION 3 4.5.2 Tall buildings Key Development Issues CLP 13. Town Centre vitality and viability and Major Sites Policies 31 4.5.3 Heritage Assets CLP 14. Evening economy uses 3.1 Transport and traffic 32 4.5.4 Social infrastructure 3.2 Catford Centre 41 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SECTION 5 3.3 Civic Centre 46 Implementation Monitoring CLP 15. Carbon dioxide emission reduction 3.4 Laurence House 50 and Risk 105 and decentralised energy networks 3.5 Plassy Road Island 54 5.1 Implementation 106 CLP 16. Managing flooding and adapting to climate change 3.6 Former Greyhound Stadium 58 5.2 Monitoring 110 5.3 Risks and contingency 111 3.7 Wickes and Halfords 62 BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY CLP 17. Design and public realm APPENDIX 1 CLP 18. Tall buildings Policy, Guidance and Evidence Local Plan - Proposed Submission Plan - Proposed Local Base Linkages CLP 19. Heritage assets AppENDIX 2 Delivery Strategy and CLP 20. Social infrastructure Monitoring Framework AppENDIX 3 IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING Catford Infrastructure Schedule Catford Town Centre Catford Town CLP21. Implementation CLP22. Monitoring 4 Section 1 Proposed Submission The plan and context Local Plan - Proposed Submission Plan - Proposed Local Catford Town Centre Catford Town 5 1.1 Catford and the Local Plan Catford includes the London Borough of Lewisham’s second largest town centre and is a key area with significant regeneration potential. It acts as the borough’s civic centre, provides shopping, cultural and leisure activities, is located on a strategic crossroads and is well served by public transport. On the other hand, it suffers from traffic congestion, is segmented by roads (A21 and A205), its range of shops and services are limited and much of the public realm is uninviting and needs improvement. The Council is committed to the regeneration and significant improvement of Catford, and a number of redevelopment opportunities now provide an exciting prospect of changing Catford for the better. The Catford Local Plan (referred to hereafter as the ● provides details on the size and design of new Catford Plan) is a planning document that will be used as buildings; a key tool for regenerating the designated ‘Town Centre’ and surrounding area over the period to 2026. The Plan ● identifies the amount and type of new homes to be sets out the vision and specific objectives, policies and built and their location; proposals for the area’s ongoing redevelopment and ● identifies the improvements that should be made to management. The Catford Plan: traffic and transport; ● looks at the function of the town centre including the ● specifies the infrastructure that is needed to mix of shops and other activities; accommodate growth; and ● specifies the type of development that should take ● outlines how regeneration is to be delivered and place on key sites; monitored. The Catford Plan has 5 sections: ● Section 1 outlines the key characteristics of the ● Section 3 sets out policies for 6 Major area and the issues and opportunities that it faces. Development Sites; It then sets out how the Catford Plan relates to other policy documents before going on to explain ● Section 4 sets out 18 Area-wide policies; how the results of consultation and sustainability ● Section 5 outlines how the Catford Plan is to be and equalities assessments have helped shape its implemented, the monitoring proposed and the contents; approach to managing risk. ● Section 2 provides the overarching vision of the type of place that Catford will be in 2026 and the Local Plan - Proposed Submission Plan - Proposed Local key planning and design principles that underpin this.