Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
PN4: Streatham
Streatham’s role as a major town centre in South London will be supported and enhanced to create a vibrant and viable town centre with a diverse economy including retail, leisure, offices, hotels and housing. Investment in public realm, green infrastructure and public transport will ensure it is an attractive place to live, work and visit and is well connected to neighbouring centres and to Central London. Where necessary and justified to achieve the objectives of this policy, the council will use conditions and/or planning obligations in new development proposals to limit uses consented within Class E.
The vision for Streatham will be delivered by:
- supporting development which enhances the vitality and viability of the town centre by bringing forward new housing, retail, leisure, offices and workspace for creative and digital industries, whilst being sensitive to the centre’s conservation area status and valued heritage assets.
- safeguarding retail uses in the two primary shopping areas (Streatham Hill and Streatham Central) and supporting appropriate new retail uses. Within the major centre as a whole, no fewer than 60 per cent of ground floor units in each of the two primary shopping areas (Streatham Hill and Streatham Central) are to be in retail use and within each area no more than 25 per cent food and drink use and no more than 2 in 5 consecutive food and drink uses. Outside of the two primary shopping areas ground floor units should be in commercial, business, service, learning, non-residential institution, local community or appropriate sui generis use. No more betting shops or payday loan shops will be supported across the centre as a whole.
- safeguarding Gleneldon Mews as an important location for light industrial uses and small businesses.
- supporting sustainable travel, the accessibility and use of public transport including buses and rail services, walking and cycling through improvements to the safety and accessibility of public realm and public transport facilities and through measures to reduce the impact and dominance of road traffic and to improve air quality. Development should have regard to parking stress across much of the area and in particular on streets around the town centre and the stations including Norbury station situated just outside the borough.
- improving Streatham’s sense of place and visitor experience through investment in Streatham’s Heritage at Risk assets, existing public spaces, the creation of new, safe and accessible public realm and increasing green infrastructure.
- encouraging property owners to work in partnership with others to remove assets from the Heritage at Risk Register.
- facilitating development and regeneration opportunities in the following key areas:
- Streatham Hill – its role as a gateway to the town centre from the north will be improved. Development should be of a scale and form appropriate to its location and relationship with the conservation area, and provide increased accessibility to the station and surrounding area. The council will support the regeneration of the former Streatham Hill theatre to become a major leisure and entertainment venue alongside workspace for creative and cultural industries.
- Streatham Central – the potential of the area surrounding Streatham station will be realised and the council will encourage landowners to work together to bring forward appropriate redevelopment over both the short-term and long-term. Mixed-use development including residential, office and ground-floor active frontages will be supported. A mix of ground-floor unit sizes should be provided to support a diverse offer and to enhance the vitality of the town centre. The high accessibility of this location means that density should be optimised.
For more information please see the Local Plan