Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
P27 Education places
- Development of educational facilities will be permitted where proposals provide pre-school, school, higher and further education places to meet identified needs and where there are sports, arts, leisure, cultural or community facilities that are shared with local residents and all members of the community.
- Development should not lead to the loss of existing educational facilities unless there is re-provision in an area of identified need or they are surplus to requirements as demonstrated by pupil or student projections.
- Where additional school places for new residents are needed, new school places must be provided.
- Development of school places must provide sufficient floor space for teaching, halls, dining, physical education, staff and administration activities, storage, toilets and personal care, kitchen facilities, circulation, plant and any non-school or support functions such as special needs facilities. Schools must receive adequate daylight and sunlight, provide high quality external areas that avoid sightlines from neighbouring homes, have good internal and external air quality and support safe, healthy travel by pupils
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022