Lambeth Local Plan Adopted September 2015 London Borough of Lambeth Phoenix House 10 Wandsworth Road London SW8 2LL 020 7926 1212 www.lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 Contents Executive Summary 6 SECTION 1: Introduction The Local Plan 8 The Process 8 National Planning Policy Framework 9 The London Plan 10 Duty to Co-operate 11 SECTION 2: Evidence Base and Issues Evidence Base 14 Spatial Portrait - Lambeth Today 14 Summary of Spatial Planning Issues 20 A Accommodating population growth 20 B Achieving economic prosperity and opportunity for all 20 C Tackling and adapting to climate change 23 D Providing essential infrastructure 24 E Promoting community cohesion and safe, liveable neighbourhoods 25 F Creating and maintaining attractive, distinctive places 27 SECTION 3: Spatial Strategy, Vision and Strategic Objectives Spatial Strategy 30 Spatial Vision 32 Strategic Objectives 33 Key Diagram 36 Contents 1 Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 SECTION 4: Delivering the Vision and Objectives D1 Delivery and monitoring 38 D2 Presumption in favour of sustainable development 39 D3 Infrastructure 40 D4 Planning obligations 41 D5 Enforcement 42 SECTION 5: Housing H1 Maximising housing growth 44 H2 Delivering affordable housing 44 H3 Safeguarding existing housing 47 H4 Housing mix in new developments 47 H5 Housing standards 48 H6 Residential conversions 50 H7 Student housing 51 H8 Housing to meet specific community needs 53 H9 Hostels and houses in multiple occupation 54 H10 Gypsy and traveller needs 55 SECTION 6: Economic Development, Retail and Town Centre Uses ED1 Key Industrial and Business Areas (KIBAs) 58 ED2 Business, industrial and storage uses outside KIBAs 59 ED3 Large offices (greater than 1,000 m2) 60 ED4 Work-live development 61 ED5 Railway arches 62 ED6 Town centres 62 ED7 Evening economy and food and drink uses 64 ED8 Public houses 65 ED9 A2 uses 67 ED10 Local centres and dispersed local shops 67 ED11 Visitor attractions, leisure, arts and culture uses 69 ED12 Hotels and other visitor accommodation 70 ED13 Markets 71 ED14 Employment and training 71 2 Contents Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 SECTION 7: Social Infrastructure S1 Safeguarding existing community premises 74 S2 New or improved community premises 75 Site 1 Land north and south of and including 10 Royal Street (Founders Place) 77 S3 Schools 79 Site 2 47-51 Acre Lane and land at the rear of Sudbourne Road SW2 80 Site 3 Vale Street Depot, Vale Street SE27 82 Site 4 New Park Road SW2 84 SECTION 8: Transport and communications T1 Sustainable travel 88 T2 Walking 89 T3 Cycling 90 T4 Public transport infrastructure 91 T5 River transport 92 T6 Assessing impacts of development on transport capacity 93 T7 Parking 94 T8 Servicing 95 T9 Minicabs, taxis and private hire vehicles 96 T10 Telecommunications 97 SECTION 9: Environment and green infrastructure EN1 Open space and biodiversity 100 EN2 Local food growing and production 102 EN3 Decentralised energy 103 EN4 Sustainable design and construction 104 EN5 Flood risk 106 EN6 Sustainable drainage systems and water management 108 EN7 Sustainable waste management 110 Contents 3 Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 SECTION 10: Quality of the built environment Q1 Inclusive environments 114 Q2 Amenity 114 Q3 Community safety 115 Q4 Public art 115 Q5 Local distinctiveness 116 Q6 Urban design: public realm 117 Q7 Urban design: new development 118 Q8 Design quality: construction detailing 119 Q9 Landscaping 119 Q10 Trees 120 Q11 Building alterations and extensions 121 Q12 Refuse/recycling storage 123 Q13 Cycle storage 124 Q14 Development in gardens and on backland sites 125 Q15 Boundary treatments 127 Q16 Shop fronts 128 Q17 Advertisements and signage 129 Q18 Historic environment strategy 130 Q19 Westminster World Heritage Site 132 Q20 Statutory listed buildings 132 Q21 Registered parks and gardens 133 Q22 Conservation areas 134 Q23 Undesignated heritage assets: local heritage list 135 Q24 River Thames 136 Q25 Views 137 Q26 Tall and large buildings 139 SECTION 11: Places and Neighbourhoods PN1 Waterloo 145 Site 5 Elizabeth House, York Road SE1 146 Site 6 Shell Centre, 2-8 York Road SE1 148 Site 7 Waterloo Station, Waterloo Road SE1 150 Site 8 Cornwall Road bus garage, Cornwall Road SE1 152 Site 9 ITV Centre and Gabriel’s Wharf, Upper Ground SE1 154 4 Contents Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 PN2 Vauxhall 159 Site 10 8 Albert Embankment and land to the rear bounded by Lambeth High Street, Whitgift Street, the railway viaduct and Southbank House SE1 162 Site 11 Keybridge House, 80 South Lambeth Road, 10-22 Wyvil Road (even) and 143-161 Wandsworth Road (odd) SW8 164 Site 12 Land Bounded by Wandsworth Road to the west, Parry Street to the north, Bondway and the railway viaduct to the east SW8 166 Site 13 Plot bounded by Parry Street, Bondway and 7-93 Wandsworth Road SW8 (Vauxhall Island Site) 168 PN3 Brixton 173 Site 14 Somerleyton Road SW9 176 Site 15 Popes Road SW9 178 Site 16 Brixton Central (between the viaducts) SW9 180 Site 17 ‘Your New Town Hall’ SW2 182 PN4 Streatham 188 PN5 Clapham 192 PN6 Stockwell 195 PN7 West Norwood 198 Site 18 286-362 Norwood Road SE27 200 PN8 Kennington/Oval 204 PN9 Herne Hill 207 PN10 Loughborough Junction 210 PN11 Upper Norwood 212 Annexes Annex 1 Evidence base 214 Annex 2 Infrastructure programmes and schedule 218 Annex 3 London Plan Opportunity Areas and town centres 246 Annex 4 Key Industrial and Business Areas 248 Annex 5 Flood zones 249 Annex 6 Metropolitan Open Land, district and local open spaces 252 Annex 7 Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage Sites, conservation areas, protected squares and strategic views 253 Annex 8 Monitoring framework 256 Annex 9 Policies superseded by the Lambeth Local Plan 258 Annex 10 Charging approaches 259 Annex 11 Tall buildings 260 Glossary 267 Contents 5 Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 Executive Summary The Lambeth Local Plan sets out planning policies In summary, the guiding spatial approach in the for Lambeth to guide growth in housing and jobs, Lambeth Local Plan is: infrastructure delivery, place-shaping and the quality of the built environment over the next 15 years • promotion of both economic and housing to 2030. It replaces the Lambeth Core Strategy growth across the borough, with housing 2011 and remaining saved policies in the Unitary supply supporting economic growth by Development Plan 2007. Along with the London helping to ensure an appropriate supply of Plan, it forms the new statutory development plan labour at both local and sub-regional levels for the borough. • a focus for growth and development on The Local Plan retains the spatial strategy, vision and Waterloo and Vauxhall and town centres – strategic objectives of the Lambeth Core Strategy including through the regeneration of adopted in January 2011. These are recently Brixton – addressing the issues of transport adopted and are still up-to-date and valid. However, capacity and other physical infrastructure in the approach to some strategic policy issues has key locations been reviewed in light of the council’s Community • town centre regeneration to include housing Plan 2013-16, new evidence, publication of the in appropriate locations, with some revisions National Planning Policy Framework in March 2012 to town centre boundaries and adoption of the London Plan 2011 (as amended by the Revised Early Minor Alterations October • a new, centre-specific approach to managing 2013). the mix of uses in town centres The following key strategic policy issues have been • the mix, balance and diversity of residential reviewed as part of the preparation of the Local Plan: neighbourhoods to be maintained, with an emphasis on increasing choice in the type • the approach to protection of employment and location of affordable housing overall land • keeping the existing requirement for 50 per • the capacity for retail development in the cent affordable housing across the borough, borough with flexibility only in very clearly defined • the approach to managing town centre uses circumstances • the approach to delivery of affordable • preferred borough-wide dwelling mix for housing affordable housing defined in policy, based on evidence of housing needs in the borough • the approach to student accommodation. • support for tall buildings in appropriate locations to deliver regeneration and In addition, detailed development management economic objectives in accordance with policies and site allocations have been included London Plan and national policies where necessary to achieve the plan’s strategic objectives. New place specific policies for • maintaining the existing policy approach to Loughborough Junction and Upper Norwood are Key Industrial and Business Areas (KIBAs), included, along with revisions to the approach in but with some revisions to boundaries Brixton and Vauxhall to reflect new work in those • support for community facilities to meet the areas. changing needs of Lambeth’s communities, including the need for additional school places. 6 Executive Summary Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 Section 01: Introduction 01Executive Introduction Summary 7 Lambeth Local Plan September 2015 Section Introduction 01 The Local Plan • policies (including site allocations) for shaping individual places and neighbourhoods 1.1 All local councils are required to produce an (section 11). up-to-date Local Plan for their area, to guide the spatial development of the borough over the next 15 years. 1.5 The policies in the Local Plan are designed to be read and applied as a whole. Proposals for