Have Your Say: Designing Lewisham's streets and public spaces
We want to ensure that roads, streets and public spaces in the borough are designed in a way that creates a nice environment for residents to enjoy and supports our vision for a greener Lewisham and a thriving local economy.
The draft Streetscape Design Guide has been developed as a toolkit that can be used by designers, planning teams and other stakeholders to enhance the design quality of our streets and public spaces and achieve our aims.
It includes design guidance on things like:
- greening and planting
- pavements
- roads
- cycle infrastructure
- junctions and crossings
- traffic management
Councillor Louise Krupski, Cabinet Member for Environment and Climate Action, said:
“We want to see streets and public spaces in Lewisham that are green, clean, and accessible. This consultation isn’t just for the town planners and designers, but for everyday people who walk our local streets and want Lewisham to thrive. I would encourage everyone to go and have their say, as their views will be used to inform important infrastructure programmes like Catford Town Centre regeneration, and Lewisham Town Centre improvements.”
The focus of the consultation is to agree principles in the guide that would make our streets and local spaces:
- Distinctive: creating characterful and well-designed places that are clutter-free
- Accessible: creating a safe and accessible environment that enables people to make more journeys on foot, by bike or by public transport
- Comfortable: supporting public life and enjoyment of streets and public spaces
- Climate resilient: integrating more greening and planting and helping mitigate flooding through sustainable urban drainage
- Focused on the local economy: using space on our high streets and in our town centres in a way that supports local businesses and creates a thriving local economy
Read the draft Streetscape Design Guide or see it in person at:
- Deptford Lounge
- Catford Library
- Downham Library
Your views
We are currently consulting on our draft Streetscape Design Guide and want to hear from residents, businesses and community groups.
You can share your views by visiting our consultation website or by picking up a paper survey from:
- Downham Library
- Deptford Lounge
- Catford Library
Find out more
If you are interested in finding out more about our draft Streetscape Design Guide, you can come along to one of our drop-in sessions:
- Unit 25 in Lewisham Shopping Centre (opposite TK Maxx): Saturday 23 March, 12 noon to 3pm
- Catford Library: Tuesday 26 March, 10.30am to 1.30 pm
- Deptford Lounge Library: Wednesday 3 April, 2.30pm to 5pm
- Downham Library/ Leisure Centre: Tuesday 16 April, 3pm to 6pm
- Catford Library: Sunday 21 April,11am to 2pm
The consultation will close on 24 April 2024.
Useful links
- Online consultation
- Streetscape Design Guide Summary Booklet
- Draft Streetscape Design Guide (full version)
Image: Coulgate Street, Brockley