Policy information sourced from Lewisham Development Management Local Plan
DM Policy 29 Car parking
The Council will require parking standards in accordance with Core Strategy Policy 14.
Car limited major residential development will only be considered where there is:
- PTAL level 4 or higher, or where this can be achieved through investment in transport infrastructure and services, b. no detrimental impact on the provision of on-street parking in the vicinity,
- no negative impact on the safety and suitability of access and servicing,
- protection of required publicly accessible or business use car parking,
- inclusion of car clubs, car pooling schemes, cycle clubs and cycle parking and storage, as part of a package of measures mitigating the need for on-site car parking provision,
- an equitable split of parking provision between private and affordable residential development, and
- on-site accessible priority parking for disabled drivers.
Applications for the conversion of single dwellings into multiple dwellings will not be permitted to use front garden space for off-street car parking.
Wheelchair accessible car parking is required to be provided in accordance with best practice standards.
All new development will need to ensure that an appropriate number of bays have an electric charging point installed and an appropriate level of passive provision, in line with London Plan Table 6.2 Parking Standards (replicated in Appendix 8). Further, all accessible points must meet the Source London criteria so that they can become part of the London-wide network.
Schemes will provide appropriate levels of parking for motorcycles.
For more information please see the Local Plan