- Planning and building control
Please note this consultation is closed
Our new Local Plan must guide development of the right types of housing to meet the particular needs of older people in Lambeth. Complete the housing and older people survey.
This consultation is your chance to tell us what you think are the issues for the partial review of the Local Plan and how you think they should be tackled.
The term ‘older people’ usually refers to people over retirement age, from the active, newly-retired to very frail elderly people.
Housing for older people includes:
- nursing and residential care homes for people with very complex care needs
- self-contained ‘extra care’ housing for people who need extra support
- self-contained sheltered accommodation specifically for older people
- newer models of ‘co-housing’ for older people, with some form of mutual ownership and shared communal spaces
- specialist private retirement housing for older people
- general housing that has been or can be adapted to meet the needs of older people
- an extension or annex to a family member's house
Lambeth’s population is ageing rapidly and more of Lambeth’s housing will be occupied by older people in the future. The Lambeth Local Plan must plan for the right types of housing to meet the particular needs of older people in Lambeth, whilst striking a balance with all the other types of housing need in the borough.