Open Space
Southwark's open space strategy
The council is protecting all open space and there are new spaces and extensions to those being protected in the Southwark Plan 2022. Open space is protected as Metropolitan Open Land, Borough Open Land or Other Open Space in the Southwark Plan 2022.
These open spaces designations can be found on the policies map.
|
MOL (sqm) |
BOL (sqm) |
OOS (sqm) |
Open Water Space (OWS) (sqm) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adopted Open Spaces |
4,886,171 |
954,266 |
138,931 |
N/A |
Southwark Plan 2022 |
4,926,926 |
832,809 |
161,204 |
194,996 |
Southwark Plan 2022
New open space is being required in site allocations in the Southwark Plan 2022. Site allocations are larger sites that have specific guidance in the plan. There is a total of 111,125sqm open spaces being required through site allocations.
New open space has been designated in the Southwark Plan 2022 and accounts for a total of 49,435sqm.
Some older open spaces have been extended making up 50,425sqm.
This is set out in full in the NSP Site Allocations Methodology Report (PDF, 25.1mb).
Site allocations (table 3) |
111,125 |
New designations (table 4) |
49,435 |
Extension of existing designations (table 5) |
50,425 |
Total |
210,985 |
There will also be the opportunity to negotiate new open space on windfall sites, which are not allocated in the Southwark Plan 2022.
Site Allocations
Site area |
Site allocation number |
Open space provision (sqm) |
---|---|---|
Borough and the Bankside |
NSP02 |
1,968 |
Borough and the Bankside |
NSP06 |
1,183 |
East Dulwich |
NSP40 |
-4,782* |
Elephant and Castle |
NSP44 |
1,640 |
Elephant and Castle |
Elephant Park (part of the Heygate masterplan - this is not a site allocation) |
8,000 |
London Bridge |
NSP54 |
605 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP57 |
6,720 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP58 |
14,530 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP59 |
5,105 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP65 |
795 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP66 |
13,685 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP67 |
6,445 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP68 |
34,472 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP69 |
3,573 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP70 |
1,990 |
Old Kent Road |
NSP71 |
1,500 |
Rotherhithe |
NSP81 |
13,696 |
|
Total |
111,125 |
Newly designated open space
Name |
Designation |
Area (sqm) |
---|---|---|
Caspian Street Allotments |
Other Open Space |
1,215 |
Dunstan Road Allotments |
Other Open Space |
909 |
Aylesbury Road Allotments |
Other Open Space |
972 |
Fielding Street Allotments |
Other Open Space |
1,559 |
Alscot Road Allotments |
Other Open Space |
935 |
Montague Square |
Other Open Space |
1,058 |
Crossbones Graveyard |
Other Open Space |
796 |
Diversity Garden |
Other Open Space |
503 |
Jam Factory Garden |
Other Open Space |
505 |
Open space on Havil St opposite Orange Tree Court |
Other Open Space |
564 |
Judith Kerr School |
Other Open Space |
3,246 |
Reverdy Road Allotment Gardens |
Other Open Space |
888 |
Deal Porters Square |
Other Open Space |
2,784 |
Melior Street Community Garden |
Other Open Space |
548 |
Morecambe Garden |
Other Open Space |
586 |
Tate Community Garden |
Other Open Space |
484 |
Northfield House Wildflower Meadow |
Other Open Space |
1,690 |
Pat Hickson Garden |
Other Open Space |
1,311 |
Elephant and Castle Peninsula |
Borough Open Land |
4,488 |
Lorrimore Square Gardens |
Borough Open Land |
1,974 |
Tate Modern |
Borough Open Land |
10,095 |
More London |
Borough Open Land |
12,325 |
Total |
49,435 |
Extensions to existing open space
The NSP Site Allocations Methodology Report (PDF, 25.1mb) provides detailed information on each of these extensions.
Open space name |
Designation |
Increase in area |
---|---|---|
St Francis Park |
Other Open Space |
1,385 |
Caroline Gardens |
Borough Open Land |
8,030 |
Camberwell Green |
Borough Open Land |
310 |
St Mary's Churchyard, Newington |
Borough Open Land |
800 |
Bermondsey Spa Park |
Borough Open Land |
3,750 |
Lettsom Gardens |
Borough Open Land |
3,257 |
St Peter's Churchyard |
Borough Open Land |
2,473 |
Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park |
Metropolitan Open Land |
4,075 |
Sydenham Hill and Dulwich Woods |
Metropolitan Open Land |
18,500 |
Dulwich Upper Wood |
Metropolitan Open Land |
714 |
Dog Kennel Hill |
Metropolitan Open Land |
2,344 |
Potter's Field (aka Tooley Street Park) |
Metropolitan Open Land |
966 |
Nursery Row Park |
Borough Open Land |
3,001 |
Salisbury Row Park |
Borough Open Land |
820 |
Total |
50,425 |
Page last updated: 05 April 2023