Policy information sourced from the Lewisham Local Plan
HO9 Self-build and custom-build housing
Strategic Objectives:
A An open Lewisham as part of an open London,
B Housing tailored to the community with genuinely affordable homes,
A The Council will keep a register of those seeking to acquire serviced plots in the Borough for their own self-build and custombuild house building. It will also seek to identify plots to help meet identified need for self-build and custom-build housing particularly where this will improve access to affordable housing.
B Development proposals for self-build or custom-build housing will only be supported where they:
- Make the optimal use of land and support the delivery of the spatial strategy;
- Where appropriate make provision for affordable housing in line with Policy HO3 (Genuinely affordable housing); and
- Are appropriately located and of a high quality design, with reference to other Local Plan policies.
C Development proposals for self-build and custom-build housing must demonstrate how the design-led approach has been used. They should clearly identify whether there are any elements of the design that may require adaptation to secure the delivery of new housing.
For more information and policy context please see the Lewisham Local Plan