Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
P10 Supported housing and hostels
- Change of use from supported housing and hostels to other uses will not be permitted where the existing use meets an identified local housing need.
- New supported housing and hostels providing accommodation and support for vulnerable people must:
- Not contribute to an overconcentration within the local area. Overconcentration will be assessed where the character of the area has changed or the local amenity of the area is impacted as a result of:
- Increased noise;
- Impacts on visual amenity;
- Anti-social behaviour
- Pressures on parking provision and cycle storage
- Pressures on local community facilities; or
- Stress on waste management facilities
- Provide adequate indoor communal space, outdoor communal amenity space, refuse and recycling storage and one cycle parking space per occupant; and
- Provide a staffing and management plan showing how the property will be managed and the amenity of occupants and neighbours will be protected.
- Not contribute to an overconcentration within the local area. Overconcentration will be assessed where the character of the area has changed or the local amenity of the area is impacted as a result of:
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022