Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
ED5: Work-live development
Work-live development will not be permitted in Key Industrial and Business Areas. It may be acceptable on non-designated industrial land and in the Brixton Creative Enterprise Zone and the West Norwood Creative Business Cluster, provided it does not result in the loss of a site which is suitable for continued business use and it meets the provisions set out within this policy.
The work element should be physically distinct from the residential accommodation with a separate access. Servicing arrangements should be appropriate to the scale of the use proposed and located so as to minimise impacts on residential accommodation. The residential element should aim to meet the standards for housing development in policy H5 wherever practical.
Change of use of work-live accommodation to residential use will not be permitted.
Where planning permission is required, the use of existing housing for home-working purposes will be supported where:
- it is a subsidiary part of the use of the dwelling and does not compromise the continuing use of the accommodation for residential purposes; and
- the nature and form of the work activity would not have an unacceptable impact on the residential amenity of an area through for example noise, servicing, goods deliveries, traffic generation or hours of hours of activity that would be likely to cause nuisance.
For more information please see the Local Plan