Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
PN6: Stockwell
The council will support the role of Stockwell as a district centre with a clear and distinguishable community focus and heart and a clear physical sense of place supported by its heritage assets. The council will support initiatives and strategies that will help Stockwell’s residents and businesses fully realise the benefits and opportunities that the adjacent NEV Opportunity Area is delivering, particularly as parts of the area are identified as Strategic Areas for Regeneration in the London Plan.
This will be achieved through:
- safeguarding and encouraging retail uses: within the primary shopping area, no fewer than 50 per cent of ground-floor units should be in retail use. 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;
- supporting appropriate opportunities to deliver additional housing within the district centre and the nearby neighbourhoods;
- enhancing its historic environment;
- encouraging commercial, civic and other employment uses, particularly small business space suitable for creative and digital industries;
- developing and enhancing its sense of place by introducing measures that will reduce the severance caused by Clapham Road, particularly in the town centre, reduce road danger and improve environmental and accessibility conditions for pedestrians and cyclists;
- working with TfL to implement the council’s Healthy Route Network in the area, including upgrading Cycleway 7 to make it attractive and accessible to the whole community;
- creating public open spaces and linkages throughout the area, including improvements to housing estates and connections to and within housing estates; and
- supporting measures to improve air quality and increase green infrastructure.
For more information please see the Local Plan