Next round of Sustainable Streets to be considered by Mayor and Cabinet
These recommendations will be considered by Mayor and Cabinet on Wednesday 9 July 2025.
The Sustainable Streets programme aims to cut down on commuter parking and reduce the number of car journeys made in Lewisham and encourage more people to walk, cycle or use public transport, to reduce air pollution, traffic, congestion and lower carbon emissions.
The consultation, which ran from December 2024 to February 2025, gathered feedback from over 3,000 residents and businesses. Based on the responses, a package of measures for some areas is proposed. These may include parking permit schemes, more street trees, safer crossings, electric vehicle charging points, secure cycle storage and car club bays.
The list of impacted streets can be found below.
Where appropriate, recommended streets will be incorporated into existing CPZs to ensure consistency and reduce parking displacement. To improve safety and visibility at junctions, we plan to introduce double yellow lines and junction protection markings. If no further parking concerns are identified in an area, these will be the only changes made.
Councillor Louise Krupski, Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Action, said, “This is a vital step in our journey to make Lewisham a cleaner, greener and safer borough. I would like to thank everyone who completed the survey, these measures will not only improve air quality and road safety but also support residents in making more sustainable travel choices.
The recommendations have been led by resident feedback, and we have genuinely listened. We have only introduced CPZs where we can create a viable scheme, where there is support from residents in an area, coupled with other streets where we know displacement from a scheme will cause residents to be unable to park their cars. We have also committed to reviewing the changes six to 12 months later so residents can tell us if they are working or not.”
To ensure that proposed measures were informed by local insights, the consultation followed a two-step approach.
1. In May and June 2024, we asked residents to share their thoughts and identify areas with parking problems and suggest locations for sustainable transport measures.
2. The feedback collected from phase one informed the development of detailed designs for specific streets. From December 2024 to February 2025, we asked residents and businesses what they thought of the proposals to gather feedback and refine future plans.
The Council is also committed to reviewing the impact of these changes six to 12 months after implementation, with adjustments to be made as needed.
To ease the transition of the newly introduced CPZs, the Council is offering:
- a 15% discount on parking permits in the first year
- monthly payment options for Resident Permits
- free permits for Blue Badge holders who can use their permit in any CPZ across the borough
- residents who have a carer can hold a pass for a carer which can be used at any time. If a resident needs more than one carer extra passes can be applied for
Consistent with previous engagement on Sustainable Streets there were areas with streets that were supportive and those that were not.
Where there are levels of support a recommended route forward has been suggested for each area to try to meet the expectations of residents, allow resident permit holders to park near their homes, and align with existing CPZs, as they work better over larger areas.
There are some streets recommended for Sustainable Street measures where low support was indicated, but are likely to receive disproportionate parking displacement as a knock-on effect from nearby streets with CPZs.
The Sustainable Streets programme supports Lewisham’s Climate Emergency Action Plan, Air Quality Action Plan, and the borough’s ambition to be carbon net-zero by 2030.
Street-specific recommendations
Brockley CPZs will be introduced on:
- Harcourt Road
- Harefield Road
- Geoffrey Road
- Foxberry Road
Catford South CPZs will be implemented on:
- Arngask Road
- Fordel Road*
- Glenfarg Road*
- St Fillans Road
- Torridon Road*
- Sandhurst Road**
- Beechfield Road
- Catford Hill*
- Glenwood Road
- Pattenden Road
- Rathfern Road*
Hither Green CPZs will be implemented on:
- Benin Street
- Blashford Street
- Hither Green Lane
- Ardgowan Road*
- Minard Road*
- Wellmeadow Road *
- The Woodlands
- Oakwood Close
- Woodlands Street *
- Desvignes Drive
- Torridon Road – Hither green side*
Lee Green CPZs will be implemented on:
- Burnt Ash Hill
- Cambridge Drive
- Upwood Road
* Indicates that where appropriate, these streets will be incorporated into existing CPZs to ensure consistency and reduce parking displacement.
** Sandhurst Road is included due to pavement parking and safety issues.
Frequently asked questions
What are the next steps?
Residents in existing CPZs where it is proposed that new streets will be added will be contacted directly via mail to explain the change.
Residents in new CPZs will be contacted directly via mail to explain the process, cost of permits, and hours of enforcement.
Detailed designs for on-street bays and yellow lines will be drawn up, new signs designed and manufactured, and works will be commissioned for the signing and lining to take place.
What was the criteria for including as part of a CPZ?
Where a street had majority support during the consultation and where it was possible to make a viable controlled zone with enough available parking space this was proposed for a CPZ. Some streets that did not show majority support but werecalongside those that did, and are likely to face parking pressure due to displacement from the new streets, were also recommended.
In some areas where residents indicated lower support for a CPZ, but residents have been working with the Council to improve safety, we have included so we can introduce Sustainable Street measures.
I wanted a CPZ but my street isn’t included, why not?
We were not able to progress measure for all streets that supported them as some areas were too small to make a viable functioning CPZ. However, where a group of streets would like to see restrictions introduced, they can submit an application through our website.
Not all my neighbours wanted a CPZ yet our street has been included. Why? Some streets that did not show majority support for parking controls but were alongside those that did, and are likely to face parking pressure due to displacement from the new streets have been recommended for a CPZ.
When does this come into effect?
Work will begin to scope and design the Sustainable Street measures shortly. The Council will then contact residents in both affected CPZs and the recommended streets setting out a timeline. To allow time for this process, we plan to introduce new CPZs and Sustainable Streets measures in the 2026/27 financial year.