Policy information sourced from Lewisham Town Centre Local Plan

LTC5 Connington Road Policy Area

The Conington Road Policy Area is designated for mixed use development. All proposals will be required to contribute to the realisation of the following principles:

  • improve and create more accessible, welcoming and safe pedestrian and cycling entrances, frontages and routes to the Lewisham transport interchange, Lewisham town centre, Lewisham Gateway site, Lewisham Road, Conington Road, Silkmills Path and the River Ravensbourne,
  • improve the ecological quality of the river environment and ensure the river corridor is enhanced to form a riverside walk, incorporating the existing bridges and with an attractive and robust embankment. The embankment should be visually and physically accessible from Conington Road and improve access to the Lewisham transport interchange and Lewisham Gateway site. Suitable provision should be provided on site to allow for the inspection and maintenance of the Ravensbourne River and associated flood risk management structures,
  • retain and enhance the scale and grain of the existing historic fabric at the southern end of this Policy Area, its mix of uses and townscape character,
  • the site is situated within Flood Zone 3a High Probability. Applicants will need to comply with Core Strategy Policy 10 and work closely with the Environment Agency to ensure proposals will deliver a positive reduction in flood risk. A Flood Risk Assessment for the site will need to be submitted that clearly and concisely summarises how the reduction in flood risk will be delivered.

Additional site specific requirements: S6 Tesco block, car park and petrol station

Development involving underground parking, residential development, and retail expansion of the existing store (up to 3,000 sq m net additional floorspace) will be acceptable, subject to any such proposal having no demonstrable adverse impact on the Primary Shopping Area. Development on the site will need to respond to the following principles:

  • due to the complex nature of this site applicants should provide a masterplan across the site,
  • taller elements of the block should be avoided next to the existing historic fabric and the river. However, development may take advantage of the natural slope of the site to influence building heights,
  • the quality of frontages to Lewisham Road and the southern end of Silk Mills Path should be improved,
  • new buildings should provide high quality urban space with generous, functional and formal landscaped areas forming the central part of an improved Silk Mills Path and river corridor,
  • underground or ground floor parking should be masked by development which provides activity to public routes around the site,
  • any redevelopment involving the retention of the existing store should seek to enhance the building’s appearance and environmental performance.

For more information please see the Local Plan