Lewisham town centre preferred options consultation
The Building Safety Levy (BSL) will come into effect on 1 October 2026. It is a tax on new dwellings and new bedspaces in purpose‑built student accommodation (PBSA).
Developers must pay the levy on certain building control applications or notices before completion or occupation of the building. The Council will collect the levy.
The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 sets out how the levy will operate.
Following advice from the Government Office for London in 2007, priority was given to the production of the Core Strategy (the principal LDF document) and the AAP was deferred. As work on the Core Strategy progressed to its final stage, work on the Lewisham Town Centre AAP resumed in 2011 a further options report was produced to refresh the options being considered.
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The documents below describe the purpose and scope of the Area Action Plan preferred options consultation.