Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035

PN8: Kennington/Oval

The council will support growth in Kennington/Oval as an important residential and employment area while enhancing the quality of its existing well-defined character and sense of place and seeking maximum community benefit from development proposals.

This will be sought through:

  • an area-wide approach to investment and growth to ensure integration with neighbouring Opportunity Areas.
  • supporting high quality regeneration for mixed use of the Oval gasworks and adjacent Tesco sites.
  • protecting and encouraging intensification of industrial floorspace capacity within the area’s Key Industrial and Business Areas in accordance with London Plan policy.
  • supporting development at the Oval stadium to extend the range and quality of facilities including those to serve the local community; improved public realm around the Oval to provide an enhanced experience for visitors, more appropriate for an international sporting venue; better links between local facilities and public transport; and improving the relationship of the stadium with the adjoining area. In particular, improvements will be sought to the quality of the linkages with the local centre along Clapham Road, by improving the attractiveness of the public realm, the creation of appropriate public spaces and interesting features and promoting active frontage uses along the route. Development proposals will be expected to mitigate any harmful impacts of large numbers of visitors on the surrounding area.
  • seeking to improve the quality and extent of shopping and other appropriate town centre uses within the area and local centres, including appropriate re-use of the Oval House Theatre, as well as sites in the wider area, to improve the range and quality of employment and housing.
  • supporting and enhancing the heritage quality and attributes of the conservation area, Kennington Park, St Mark’s Church and the use of its churchyard for market use.
  • seeking the improvement of traffic, air quality and environmental conditions for school and cyclists, the quality and accessibility of the public realm and linkages between Kennington Park and other spaces and the shopping frontages in Clapham Road and Brixton Road.
  • seeking improvements to green infrastructure and access to open space throughout the area.
  • implementing the council’s Healthy Route Network in the area, including improvements to Cycleway 7 on the A3 corridor, Cycleway 5 on quieter streets and the direct link to Waterloo via Kennington Lane. The council will support TfL in the delivery of expected routes on the A23 linking to Brixton and the A202 linking to Camberwell.
  • working with industry stakeholders to minimise the impact of construction activity in the area by planning and co-ordinating activities to reduce disruption, ensure safety, especially for vulnerable road users, and reduce environmental impacts.

For more information please see the Local Plan