Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
H6: Residential conversions
To ensure mixed and balanced communities with a choice of family-sized housing and to manage the cumulative effects of residential conversions on environmental quality and local amenity, the council will protect dwellings suitable for occupation by families of less than 130m2 (as originally constructed) from conversion into flats.
Where a dwelling has a floor area (as originally constructed) of at least 130m2 , conversion of the property into self-contained units may be acceptable provided:
- the development provides a high quality of accommodation and each new self-contained unit meets the standards for new residential accommodation set out in Local Plan policy H5;
- the proposal provides a mix of unit sizes including the provision, where practicable, of a family-sized home; at ground-floor level with direct access to a rear garden;
- the conversion will not lead to an unacceptable level of noise and disturbance to occupiers and adjoining properties (see Local Plan policy Q2);
- the cycle parking and refuse storage arrangements are adequate and do not, by design or form, adversely affect the quality of the street scene (see Local Plan policies Q12 and Q13); cycle parking standards in Local Plan policy T3 will also apply;
- where a Controlled Parking Zone is in place, no additional car parking permits will be issued to any occupiers of additional housing units created through the conversion;
- where there is no Controlled Parking Zone the occupants of the additional housing units created will not be eligible for car parking permits in the event that a CPZ is introduced at a later date.
For more information please see the Local Plan