Draft Old Kent Road Area Action Plan 2024

The consultation on the Old Kent Road Area Action Plan has been paused and will be resumed early next year (2025). The publication of the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on Thursday 12 December now allows more time for the submission of Area Action Plans. In order to avoid consulting over the Christmas period, we have decided to pause the current consultation and will resume in early 2025. If you have already submitted comments, these will be saved and carried over and there will be no need to resubmit them. However, if you would like to make further comments when consultation resumes next year, you would be more than welcome to. There will be a drop-in event before and after the Christmas period, followed by formal consultation events when the Regulation 19 Consultation resumes. 

What are we consulting on?

The council is consulting on the Draft Old Kent Road Area Action Plan (AAP).

The Old Kent Road and surrounding area is designated as an Opportunity within the London Plan. The Area Action Plan will guide and manage new development and growth in the Opportunity Area over the next 20 years.

The plan aims to create a new high street environment for the Old Kent Road, with significant public transport improvements supported by mixed use development behind the road. This will incorporate around 20,000 new homes, including affordable homes, 10,000 new jobs, community facilities and new parks.

The plan includes the potential for extending the Bakerloo Line from Elephant and Castle towards Lewisham with new stations along the Old Kent Road. The Area Action Plan will be used to make planning decisions in the area and to coordinate and deliver the regeneration strategy. 

The consultation will take place between 10 December 2024 and 21 January 2025.

How are we consulting?

The consultation has been carried out in accordance with the council's Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). This sets out the standards and statutory requirements the council will follow for planning policy consultations.

Where to view the documents

 The Old Kent Road AAP is available to view below in two parts:

• Part 1: Policies
• Part 2: Sub Areas.

You can find out more about the evidence base behind the AAP here.

What happens next?

Responses from the public consultation will be reviewed and changes made to the AAP where necessary. The updated document will be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination. A consultation report will be prepared showing how the responses have been taken into consideration.

There will be an opportunity for respondents of this consultation to be involved in the public hearings to examine the plan in summer 2025.

Further questions

Any further questions regarding the consultation should be emailed to the Old Kent Road Team at oldkentroad@southwark.org.uk