Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035

H10: Gypsy and traveller needs

Three pitches for gypsies and travellers will be needed in Lambeth over the plan period to meet identified need. This equates to one pitch every five years. There is no identified need for plots for travelling showpeople in the borough.

The council will meet the needs of Lambeth’s gypsy and traveller community by safeguarding the existing gypsy and traveller site in Streatham Vale and managing the churn in vacant pitches on this site to meet the identified future need.

To ensure any new site proposed is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, proposals should meet the following criteria:

  • The site is suitable for residential occupation.
  • The site does not have an unduly adverse impact on the local environment, the character of the area and the amenities of both local residents and the future occupiers of the site, including the potential for noise, traffic movements and other activities likely to be taking place within or in the vicinity of the site.
  • The site has, or will have, a supply of essential services, such as mains gas and electricity, water, sewerage and drainage and waste disposal.
  • The site provides accommodation from which travellers can access services and community facilities, in particular schools and health services.
  • The layout of the site, associated facilities and landscaping, including pitches, hard-standings, amenity blocks, parking and turning areas, amenity and play spaces and boundary treatments, are well planned to ensure the amenity of site residents and adjoining occupiers and facilitate the integration of the site within the surrounding environment.
  • The site is not located in an area at high risk of flooding.

For more information please see the Local Plan