Developers propose to demolish the former Bainbridge Artists Studios, off Lansdowne Hill, and at the back of 358 &360 Norwood Rd SE27 9AA. Two 3 storey town houses are proposed with front gardens and private courtyards & gardens at the back.
To see details of the plans and comment please go to the Lambeth Planning portal and quote planning ref 25/02771.
Filed under Arts, Housing, Local Business, Planning, Planning Applications
Shurgard wants to build a 2-storey storage centre on the empty site on Knights Hill SE27 0S at its corner with Chapel Road. This corner site is the just inside the West Norwood Key Industrial Business Area ( KIBA). A storage centre is considered an industrial use B8. To see the details and have a say about Shurgard’s plans please go to Lambeth’s Planning Portal [https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/planning-building-control/planning-applications/search-submit-comment-applications] and quote the planning applications ref: 25/02646/FUL The indicative deadline for comments is 3rd October 2025.
The decision on this application is likely to be taken by councillors on Lambeth’s Planning Applications Committee possibly in the next 2 months.
An earlier planning application for retail use on this site was turned down – see our post 19/12/22
Filed under Employment, Jobs, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Planning, Planning Applications, West Norwood
The proposal
Lambeth council is consulting on a new controlled parking zone (CPZ) in West Norwood town centre. The proposed CPZ lies between Norwood Road, Auckland Hill, Thurlby Road and Knollys Road (area outlined on the map) and is expected to be implemented by the end of 2025.
This informal stage consultation is asking for views and suggestions from local residents & organisations. It ends on Sunday 25th May. For details of the proposed CPZ see here
Most parts of Lambeth are already in a CPZ. The West Norwood town centre CPZ is one of the last new parking zones in Lambeth. CPZs reduce commuter parking and remove abandoned & illegal vehicles from the road. Over time a CPZ encourages many people to use their cars less and make our air cleaner. Some London boroughs are already entirely within CPZs -for example Camden, Tower Hamlets. Kensington & Chelsea
Options to consider
A local CPZ needs to get the right balance. That is between reducing parking by commuters, taking up spaces in side streets all day to use the stations or buses for their onward journey, enabling short term parking by shoppers, workers in local organisations, visitors to homes, schools & care homes, and tradespeople carrying out work in homes.
Lambeth’s CPZs have variable operating or enforcement hours usually limited to Mondays to Fridays. These can be a two hour zone 10am to 12noon, as in many other Lambeth CPZs. This is preferred by many local people over the longer hours of 10am to 4pm or 8.30am to 6.30pm.
Have your say
For residents and organisations inside the proposed West Norwood town centre CPZ please use the online survey. It has two “other boxes” to use for comments. Alternatively please write to the email address: CPZconsultation@lambeth.gov.uk saying its about the West Norwood town centre CPZ.
People not online can phone 020 7926 6799 for a paper copy of the survey & documents. You can also look at paper copies of the documents in the West Norwood Library SE27 9JU .
Cllr Rezina Chowdhury, the councillor leading on Clean Air, will take all the responses into account before deciding on the next steps.
Filed under Environment, Health, Labour Councillors, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Schools, Shopping, Traffic, West Norwood
A new parking zone is now operating on week days 10am to 4pm. This zone is between Leigham Court Rd, Valley Road, Oakdale Rd and Streatham High Road.
This new zone is called Streatham Wells or SW.
If you have not got a SW Residents Permit there are lots of Pay by Phone spaces. Set up your Pay by Phone account in advance – it needs your email, a password, car registration and credit card. Phone 020 7005 0005 or go online. https://www.paybyphone.co.uk/
When parking in Streatham on weekdays its best to always first check the local signs in the parking bay . Parking on red routes are managed by Transport for London (TfL)
To see more details of existing Lambeth Parking schemes go to:
https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/parking/parking-restrictions/where-you-can-park
and for proposed Lambeth CPZs go to
https://haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/parking-design
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Shopping, Traffic, Transport
Lambeth council is consulting on a new controlled parking zone in West Dulwich (area outlined in blue on the map) . The earlier August 2024 proposals were for controlled parking hours between 10am and 4pm on weekdays.
The new proposals, in response to concerns from local people, have reduced the parking zone hours to between 12noon and 2pm weekdays. These changes are now out for statutory consultation ending on 9tH February 2025. This consultation is only on the changes to the scheme that went for statutory consultation last autumn.
See details of the new consultation here
To respond to consultation online use the Appyway portal:
Open this link: https://consultation.appyway.com/Lambeth
If you need a paper version of the consultation please call 020 7926 6799 and quote West Dulwich CPZ.
For a summary of the overall parking scheme in August 2024 see our previous post here.
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Parking, Planning, Transport, West Norwood
Developers have submitted plans to replace the Trinity Baptist Church SE27 0SA on the corner of Thornlaw Road and Knights Hill, opposite the bus garage.
The plan is for 20 new homes ( 5 x 1 bedroom, 11 x 2 bedrooms, 4 x 3 bedrooms). 7 homes for shared ownership make up the affordable housing. The proposed building is 4 storeys high plus a basement for community use and disabled parking.
To see the plans in detail and comment please go to the Lambeth Planning portal quoting ref 24/02054
The deadline for comments is 20th September and any decision for approval will be made by councillors at the Lambeth Planning Committee.
Filed under Churches, Housing, Lambeth Council, Planning, Planning Applications, West Norwood
A new Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) between Norwood Road, Lancaster Avenue, Rosendale Road and Robson Road is now out for statutory consultation. This CPZ will be the West Dulwich CPZ.
The proposed hours for controlled parking are 10am – 4pm Monday to Friday. The existing 30 min or 1 hour free parking bays in West Norwood town centre will be unchanged. Free bays (2 hours) will be found near Chatsworth Baptist Church . There will be free parking bays and a loading bay near the shops on Rosendale Road for 1 hour Mon-Sat 7am- 7pm.
See full details of the new West Dulwich CPZ.
Residents who buy a permit can park their vehicle in any resident bay in the same zone free of extra charges. For details of residents vehicle permits here.
Most of the parking bays will be shared between residents with permits and drivers paying-by-phone. The phone app used by Lambeth council to collect charges for pay-by-phone parking is Paybyphone. Parking charges depend on your vehicle. See here for more details.
The statutory consultation deadline is Friday 20th September. To have your say please go online to take part in the consultation. Click the “accept” button and use the” submit feedback” button to make your comments. Or write to Parking and Enforcement Group (Resident Services), Lambeth council, PO Box 80771, SW2 9QQ quoting reference West Dulwich CPZ .
Cllr Rezina Chowdhury, the councillor leading on Clean Air, will take the final decision on the CPZ after the responses to the statutory consultation are considered.
Filed under Labour Councillors, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Shopping, Traffic, West Norwood
Following over a thousand objections from local people and businesses in 2022 Lambeth council has altered its policy plans to rebuild the heart of West Norwood’s town centre – known as Site 18.
The revised plan is now out for the next stage of consultation alongside policy plans for 12 other sites in the borough known as the Site Allocations Development Plan Document Proposed Submitted Version (SADPD PSV) – for details see here.
Site 18 is now a smaller area ( see map) and proposes 150 to 170 new homes and new business spaces. The policy includes a block up to 9 storeys (31m) high and a new open space. Full details of the Site 18 policy –are here [pdf].
This stage of Planning Policy consultation is called Regulation 19 and comments must be under one or more of the four headings of “soundness”. The policy plan must 1) positively meets the area assessed needs; 2) be justified –based on evidence; 3) be effective – deliverable over the plan period and 4) be in line with national policy . The independent Planning Inspector will then look at all the comments, evidence and proposals in the SADPD PSV .
There is an online survey or you can email comments to sadpd@lambeth.gov.uk . The deadline is 5pm Friday 3rd May 2024.
Knollys Goods Yard (Site 19) has been taken out of this Planning Policy process. Of course, all actual plans by developers will go through the usual planning application process and public consultation.
See our earlier posts:
Two new controlled parking areas (CPZ) are proposed for the Streatham High Road end of Leigham Court Road. The deadline for comments is midday Monday 26/6/23
Firstly there is a plan to extend the existing Streatham Hill CPZ up to Leigham Vale ( yellow area on the map). To see details and comment go to: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/streatham-wells-area-proposed-cpz-stage-1-consultation
Secondly a new CPZ is proposed for Streatham Wells between Leigham Ct Rd , Valley Rd , Crown Lane and Streatham High Rd ( pink area on the map). The controlled parking times are likely to be Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm.
Most of the bays will be shared with residents who buy a permit and visitors. Visitors can either buy a full day permit or pay by the hour using their smart phone. To see details and comment go to: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/streatham-wells-area-proposed-cpz-stage-1-consultation Or telephone 020 7926 6799 for a paper survey & mention Streatham Wells CPZ.
The proposed Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) covers much of the same area as the CPZ. The results of the LTN consultation are published online in 118 page report (linked at bottom of this webpage).
The LTN proposal has been updated following the public consultation. See “Summary of recommendations” on page 37 of the above report.
See also our previous post 23/11/22
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Parking, Planning, Traffic, West Norwood
The local West Norwood community objected strongly to 3 tall towers 12-20 storeys high in Knollys Goods Yard ( site 19) pictured right when the council proposed new development policy plans for 14 sites across Lambeth. Last week Cllr Danny Adilypour decided to drop Knollys Goods Yard from the next stages of the formal policy process.
Cllr Adilypour’s letter to the local community can be read here.
Danny Adilypour visiting Waylett Place in Site 18
Hundreds of local people and businesses also objected to the demolition of the heart of West Norwood’s town centre ( Site 18) and its replacement with 12 storey tower. In his letter Cllr Adilypour says he has asked for the Site 18 boundaries to be redrawn and to exclude housing at the Lansdowne Hill and York Hill ends of the site .
Cllr Adilypour took on responsibility for regeneration and town planning in May 2022. Since then he has been listening to the West Norwood community who want improvements and more new homes but not tall towers. The next consultation stage of the development policy plans will be published in summer 2023.
The council has delayed plans to 2024 to improve buildings on Norwood High Street -from St Luke’s church to Gipsy Road.
See our previous posts:
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