Policy information sourced from the Lewisham Local Plan

GR7 Geodiversity

Strategic Objectives:

D A greener borough.

A The Council will protect the Borough’s geodiversity assets and seek to promote understanding of them by:

  • Designating a Regionally Important Geological Site at Beckenham Place Park;
  • Designating Locally Important Geological Sites at Old Gravel Pit, Blackheath and Buckthorne Cutting, Crofton Park; and
  • Ensuring development proposals make a positive contribution to the protection and enhancement of designated geodiversity sites and other sites of geological interest.

For more information and policy context please see the Lewisham Local Plan