The council is consulting on its draft native plan, which sets out its long-term growth technique till 2040.
The ultimate model is predicted to be adopted by the council between summer time and autumn of 2022.
The council is hoping that 27,267 new properties will probably be constructed across the borough by 2040.
The plan, which can feed into planning selections, is split into central, north, east, south, and west.
The council has designated all the south, which incorporates Bellingham, Downham, and Bell Green, as a ‘strategic space for regeneration’.
The housing goal for the south is between 2,228 and 4,521.
According to the council’s imaginative and prescient for the realm: “By 2040 the distinctive character of the South space, derived from its open areas, river valleys and backyard metropolis/cottage estates, will probably be celebrated and bolstered.
“These belongings and options will present the broader setting for regeneration, constructing on new and improved transport hyperlinks, together with the Bakerloo line extension.
“The function and character of huge tracts of business land in Bell Green and Lower Sydenham, together with the most important roads that adjoin them, will probably be re-imagined to supply a top quality, mixed-use neighbourhood.
“This new focus for group exercise in Lewisham will act as a catalyst for development and funding.
“Stakeholders will work collectively and alongside communities to ship enhancements that deal with the causes of deprivation within the borough’s south, opening alternatives for everybody to learn from.
“The regeneration of brownfield websites in Bell Green and Lower Sydenham will ship a major quantity of new housing, together with a excessive proportion of genuinely reasonably priced housing, workspace and jobs, group amenities and open house.
“A new mixed-use neighbourhood will probably be created by the redevelopment of out-of-centre retail buildings, the previous gasholders, industrial land round Stanton Way and different websites.
“This will probably be coordinated by a masterplan, knowledgeable by the local people, guaranteeing the realm is nicely built-in with present neighbourhoods and communities.
“The backyard metropolis/cottage character of neighbourhoods in Bellingham and Downham will probably be bolstered, with their delicate intensification offering for space enhancements, serving to to make sure folks have entry to prime quality housing and residing environments.”
The council is planning to show Bromley Road, Southend Lane, and Whitefoot Lane into ‘wholesome streets’ with the goal of constructing the roads safer and extra handy for strolling, biking, and public transport.
According to the plan, Beckenham Place Park will “evolve as one of many borough’s most necessary inexperienced areas and a key customer vacation spot in south London”.
“The river valley community may have larger prominence.
“Improvements to the environmental high quality and amenity worth of the Ravensbourne and Pool rivers will probably be realised by their re-naturalisation.
“Waterlink Way and the Pool River Linear Walk, together with the Green Chain Walk, will probably be enhanced to type key options of a community of strolling and cycle routes that hyperlink open and inexperienced areas each inside and out of doors of the borough,” it states.
Key targets for the south embody delivering the Bakerloo line extension, investing in Bell Green and Lower Sydenham, redeveloping the Bell Green Retail Park, redeveloping industrial websites by Stanton Way and Worsley Road, and stopping an over-centration of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
Site allocations
Former Bell Green Gas Holders
South Gas Holders
The iconic Sydenham gasoline holders, which survived two world wars, had been demolished regardless of objections.
The council hopes the positioning, owned by Southern Gas Networks (SGN), will probably be residence to a mixed-use growth with residential, industrial, and group makes use of.
New biking and strolling routes are additionally urged.
Potential new properties: 73 to 178
Bell Green Retail Park
This council has recognized this website, residence to a retail park and carpark, has having potential for as much as 1,701 new properties, together with industrial and group makes use of.
New biking and strolling routes are additionally urged. Development pointers don’t require the retail park to be retained.
Potential new properties: 695 to 1,701
Sainsbury’s Bell Green
Bell Green Retail Park
This website in Sydenham, residence to Sainsbury’s and its carpark, has potential for as much as 1,251 new properties, together with retailers and group makes use of, in response to the council.
New biking and strolling routes are additionally urged. Development pointers don’t require the grocery store to be retained.
Potential new properties: 511 to 1,251
Stanton Square, Sydenham
The council thinks this industrial website can be appropriate for a workspace-led growth.
Potential new properties: 94 to 231
Sydenham Green Group Practice
This website, residence to a GP surgical procedure, has been recognized as being appropriate for as much as 117 new properties.
It is unclear what would occur with the well being care facility, nevertheless it have to be re-provided elsewhere if demolished.
Potential new properties: 48 to 117
Worsley Bridge Road industrial website
South Sydenham Group Practice
The council believes this industrial website, residence to automobile restore retailers and a housing block, is appropriate for a workspace-led growth with as much as 300 new properties.
Potential new properties: 122 to 300
Lidl, Southend Lane
According to the council this website, residence to a Lidl and carpark, may very well be have 23 new properties constructed on it. Development pointers don’t require the grocery store to be retained.
Potential new properties: 23
Excalibur Estate
Excalibur Estate
The Excalibur Estate in Bellingham is a post-war Nineteen Forties housing property of 189 prefabricated homes in Catford.
The property represents the final important assortment of post-war prefabricated homes within the UK.
The council is at present regenerating the property, with plans for greater than 300 properties.
New properties: 305
Bestway Cash and Carry, St Mildreds Road
Potential new properties: 136
The council believes this website, residence to a Bestway Cash and Carry, is appropriate for redevelopment for residential use. Development pointers don’t require the grocery store to be retained.
Homebase/Argos, Bromley Road
The website has been earmarked as having potential for a residential-led redevelopment.
The council suggests “reconfiguring” the prevailing buildings to take action.
Potential new properties: 141
Downham Co-op, Moorside Road
South Downham Co-op
Potential new properties: 42
This website, residence to a Co-op, carpark, and pub, has been earmarked has having potential for greater than 40 information properties.
The plan makes it clear the pub, the Downham Tavern, have to be retained.
Beadles Garage, Bromley Hill
The council believes this website, residence to a Volkswagen dealership, is appropriate for a mixed-use redevelopment. The plan doesn’t point out what would occur to the dealership.
Potential new properties: 22
McDonalds, Ashgrove Road
The website, residence to a McDonalds, is appropriate for new properties and retailers, in response to the council.
The plan means that the restaurant may very well be retained with properties constructed on prime of it.
Potential new properties: 31
Catford Police station
Potential new properties: 39
South Catford police station
This police station, the entrance workplace of which closed a couple of years in the past, may very well be redeveloped into practically 40 new properties.
According to the council: “Subject to applicable re-provision of the Catford police station, the positioning gives the potential for redevelopment, with the introduction of a wider vary of complementary makes use of.”
Land at Pool Court
New properties: 6
The council plans to make this website in Bellingham residence to folks from the Gypsy and Traveller group.
The Pool Court website, which lies in Bellingham Ward, is ready to accommodate six pitches on the land, owned by the council and Network Rail.
