Policy information sourced from Lambeth and Southwark Councils’ South Bank & Waterloo Neighbourhood Plan

P4 Green Infrastructure, Open Space and Air Quality 

All major developments should be encouraged to meet the following criteria:

  • Include amenity space designed for the exclusive use of occupants. This should be provided primarily on levels away from the ground floor, for example via green roofs and terraces. Some ground floor private amenity space may be provided for the exclusive use of the building’s occupants, but the `majority of ground floor open space should be publicly accessible.
  • Ensure that the design of publicly accessible open space incorporates public seating and enables ease of pedestrian movement.
  • Have regard ‘guidance for development document in Appendix 9.
  • Address and mitigate any temporary major loss of amenity in surrounding public open space during construction phases through financial compensation, ring-fenced for green infrastructure projects to be delivered in the neighbourhood area. There may be other infrastructure projects to be delivered in the neighbourhood area. There may be other appropriate measures which could mitigate such major loss of amenity.
  • The impact of development on trees is addressed elsewhere in the development plan. Where it is impracticable to identify suitable locations for new trees, alternative forms of replacement or compensation - for example on-street planters, rain gardens and green walls – could be considered acceptable

For more information please see the South Bank & Waterloo Neighbourhood Plan