Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
Q2 Amenity
Development will be supported if:
- visual amenity from adjoining sites and from the public realm is not unacceptably compromised;
- acceptable standards of privacy are provided without a diminution of the design quality;
- adequate outlooks are provided avoiding wherever possible any undue sense of enclosure or unacceptable levels of overlooking (or perceived overlooking);
- it would not have an unacceptable impact on levels of daylight and sunlight on the host building or adjoining property including their gardens or outdoor spaces;
- the adverse impact of noise is reduced to an acceptable level through the use of attenuation, distance, screening, or layout/orientation in accordance with London Plan policy D14;
- adequate outdoor amenity space is provided, practical in layout, free from excessive noise or disturbance, pollution or odour, oppressive enclosure, unacceptable loss of privacy, wind/downdraught and overshadowing; and
- service equipment (including lift plant, air handling/extract, boiler flues, meter boxes, gas pipes and fire escapes) is fully integrated into the building envelope or located in visually inconspicuous locations within effective and robust screening/enclosures, and does not cause disturbance through its operation.
- it addresses London Plan policy D13 on the agent of change.
For more information please see the Local Plan