Policy information sourced from Lewisham Core Strategy

Strategic Site Allocations - Safeguarded Wharf

Convoys Wharf

  1. The Convoys Wharf site is allocated for mixed use development. The Council will require a comprehensive phased approach to redevelopment in line with an approved Masterplan that delivers the following priorities:
    1. satisfactorily addresses the protected wharf status of part of the site in general conformity with London Plan policy and ensures that any new development does not interfere with the operation of the wharf or prejudice its future operation
    2. provides at least 20% of the built floorspace developed on the site (excluding the safeguarded wharf area) for a mix of business space (B1(c), B2, B8) as appropriate to the site and its wider context
    3. provides retail uses to serve local needs that do not adversely impact on established town centres (A1, A2)
    4. provides for a mix of restaurant, food and drink uses to serve the site and visitors
    5. provides for non-residential institutions including a primary school and associated social infrastructure sufficient to meet the demand of the new resident population (D1)
    6. provides tourism, heritage and leisure uses, including those that enhance the site’s river related location and use (D2)
    7. creates a sustainable high density residential environment at a density commensurate with the existing public transport accessibility level (PTAL) of the site or the future PTAL achieved through investment in transport infrastructure and services
    8. provides for a mix of dwelling types accommodating, subject to an acceptable site layout, scale and massing, up to 3,500 new homes (C3), with a proportion of on-site affordable housing.
  2. The following urban design principles have been identified as key features of any Masterplan for the site:
    1. Continue the main access route north/south of Deptford High Street/New King Street to the Thames frontage.
    2. Protect the strategic view of St. Paul’s Cathedral which crosses the site, and take account of the wider panorama from Greenwich and the setting of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
    3. Protect and restore the Olympia Warehouse Listed Building and protect the principal archaeological features of the site including Double Dry Dock, John Evelyn House and Tudor Store House (Scheduled Ancient Monument) incorporating them into the layout and delivery of the Masterplan in a positive way as well as setting out a strategy for the protection and/or incorporation of other features of historic interest and importance.

For site specific information please see pages 135 to 154 of the Core Strategy