Policy information sourced from Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035

S3: Schools

Proposals for new primary and secondary schools, or for the extension or expansion of existing schools, including for nursery, sixth form and Special Educational Needs (SEN) places, will be supported where they help to deliver the council’s agreed strategy for provision of additional state-funded school places in the borough and where they meet the requirements set out in London Plan policy S3B.

Where planning permission is required, proposals for new schools on sites in other uses will be considered against the relevant policies for those uses. The loss of existing residential accommodation (C3) in order to provide additional school places will only be supported if it is clearly demonstrated that the places are required to meet unmet demand for state-funded places in the borough and no alternative, suitable site is available.

Proposals involving the loss of land in use, or previously in use, by a state-funded school will not normally be supported, unless the council’s agreed strategy for school places has identified the site as surplus and its development for other uses would contribute to improvements in the delivery of school places in the borough.

Proposals for the shared use of schools for wider community use will be supported provided that the nature and scale of the proposal does not unacceptably harm the amenity of the area.

Proposals should support sustainable travel, including the need for school travel plans and appropriate road danger reduction measures.

For more information please see the Local Plan