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Your Future Neighbourhood The Neighbourhood Plan For Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park (HopCroft Plan) July 2017 Pre -Submission Consultation Acknowledgements The Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Pre-submission Neighbourhood Plan has been prepared by Changing Cities and Urban Silence on behalf of the HopCroft Neighbourhood Forum. This draft plan has also been made possible by the dedication of the Neighbourhood Forum Steering Group who have devoted many hours of volunteer time in making it happen. Neighbourhood Forum Contact Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood Forum (HopCroft Forum) Web: http://croftonhonoroakpark.neighbourhood.space/ Consultation Portal: https://HopCroftforum.stickyworld.com/home FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crofton-Park-Honor-Oak-Park-Neighbourhood-Plan- 283970511803028/ Twitter: @HopCroftForum Email: [email protected] Page 2 of 89 Foreword – Cllr Pauline Morrison – Forum Chair I lived in Crofton Park between 1976 – 1982, when I ran a local pub – the General Napier. In 2010 I was elected as local councillor for the Crofton Park ward. I’ve seen it change in many ways through the years but the essence of the place remains. It is a vibrant, family-friendly local community with residents and businesses that care about their streets, facilities and green spaces. People are drawn to the area because of the variety of homes, the attractive Victorian and Edwardian streets, the parades of independent shops and eating places, the good transport connections, the local creative and cultural activities and the beautiful parks. We know the area will continue to change and many of the challenges that other areas of London face have not escaped us – congested roads, increasing housing costs and stretched local services. We want to protect and enhance Honor Oak & Crofton Park (HopCroft) through future changes. This Pre-submission Neighbourhood Plan is our response to some of these challenges. It has been developed by a committed steering group of local residents, following detailed local research, analysis and comments from many local people and extensive consultation with the local community between October 2016 and January 2017. It fits into a structure of documents that control changes to buildings and spaces – some set at a national government level, some set by the Greater London Authority and some set by the London Borough of Lewisham. If the policies and proposals set out in the Plan are supported by you and other local people, it will become a statutory planning document that developers, the council, and others planning changes in HopCroft will need to take into account of as they go through the planning process. It will also help us secure financial contributions and grants to undertake some of the brilliant community-led improvements that will help HopCroft stay an attractive place to live, work and visit. For our neighbourhood to thrive in the future, we need to work together. While this document focuses on our green spaces, local facilities, buildings, transport and economy, there is plenty you can do to help. Little things like greening your front garden and keeping hedges neat can make a real difference to our streets. If you or your landlord is planning changes to a building, please think about how those changes affect the existing local built and green environment. Supporting local businesses and using local facilities will keep them operating for others and if you support any of the specific projects we propose in this plan, then maybe you could help get them moving. Thank you for your interest in the draft Neighbourhood Plan. We have come a long way in preparation of the plan and I hope you will give us your comments before it is finalised for submission to Lewisham Council for independent examination. Page 3 of 89 Contents Your Future Neighbourhood........................................................................... 1 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ 2 Neighbourhood Forum Contact ...................................................................... 2 Foreword – Cllr Pauline Morrison – Forum Chair ............................................ 3 Contents ........................................................................................................ 4 List of Figures ................................................................................................ 6 List of Tables ................................................................................................. 6 Acronyms ....................................................................................................... 7 Useful links .................................................................................................... 7 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 8 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................ 8 1.2 What is a Neighbourhood Plan? ................................................................................. 8 1.3 Preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan ....................................................................... 9 1.4 Delivery Timeframes .............................................................................................. 10 1.5 Next Steps ........................................................................................................... 10 2 The Area Today: Issues and Options .................................................... 12 2.1 Introduction to Issues and Options ........................................................................... 12 2.2 Socio-economics ................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Community Facilities .............................................................................................. 13 2.4 Housing ............................................................................................................... 14 2.5 Economy .............................................................................................................. 15 2.6 Built Heritage and Townscape ................................................................................. 16 2.7 Green Spaces ....................................................................................................... 18 2.8 Environment ......................................................................................................... 19 2.9 Transport and Movement ........................................................................................ 20 3 HopCroft Neighbourhood Strategy ....................................................... 22 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Neighbourhood Vision ............................................................................................ 22 3.3 Neighbourhood Objectives ...................................................................................... 22 3.4 Overall Neighbourhood Strategy .............................................................................. 24 4 Policies and Actions ............................................................................. 26 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Relevant Policy Context .......................................................................................... 26 4.3 Scope of Policies ................................................................................................... 26 4.4 General Policy ....................................................................................................... 28 4.4.1 General Policy Justification ............................................................................................................. 28 4.5 Housing ............................................................................................................... 29 4.5.1 H1 Policy Justification .................................................................................................................... 29 4.5.2 H2 Policy Justification .................................................................................................................... 30 4.5.3 Housing Site Allocation (SA) ........................................................................................................... 30 4.5.4 Housing Complementary Actions ..................................................................................................... 33 Page 4 of 89 4.6 Community Facilities .............................................................................................. 34 4.6.1 C1 Policy Justification ..................................................................................................................... 34 4.6.2 C2 Policy Justification ..................................................................................................................... 35 4.6.3 Community Facilities Complementary Actions ................................................................................... 35 4.7 Economy and Enterprise ......................................................................................... 37 4.7.1 E1 Policy Justification ....................................................................................................................