Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
H1: Maximising housing growth
The council will seek to maximise the supply of additional homes in the borough to meet and exceed Lambeth’s housing requirement of 13,350 homes for the ten year period 2019/20 to 2028/29 by:
- working with relevant partners to optimise the potential for housing delivery on all suitable and available brownfield sites, and in particular maximise the delivery of affordable housing, including through estate renewal and regeneration strategies;
- supporting development proposals that provide a mix of housing sizes, types and tenures to meet current and future housing need and accord with applicable policies set out in the development plan;
- seeking to optimise levels of residential density in accordance with the design-led approach set out in London Plan policy D1B, having regard to site context; connectivity and accessibility by walking and cycling and existing and planned public transport (including PTAL); and the capacity and quality of provision of surrounding infrastructure;
- bringing forward a Site Allocations Development Plan Document to provide detailed policy for key sites, based on a design-led assessment of capacity;
- encouraging development on appropriate windfall sites not identified in the development plan;
- supporting the delivery of well-designed new homes on small sites;
- supporting self-build and custom-build housing where it can be demonstrated that the residential density of the site has been optimised and other policy requirements have been met, including those for affordable housing.
For more information please see the Local Plan