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Lambeth SADPD Examination Hearings start tomorrow 18.02.25 - Site 18

The final timetable for the Examination Hearings has now been published and you can find that here
The Stakeholder Group have been invited to participate in sessions on Tuesday 18 February and Wednesday 5 March 2025
The sessions on Tuesday 18 February will cover the following:
Matter 1: Procedural and Legal requirements
and in the afternoon:
Matter 2: Would the SADPD’s approach to the scale and distribution of housing and economic growth be consistent with the Lambeth Local Plan and London Plan?
Lambeth's response to the Inspectors questions on both Matters, can be read here: Matter 1 and Matter 2

The sessions on Wednesday 5 March will be specifically about Site 18 - more that to follow.

The Hearings are being held in public in the Assembly Hall, Lambeth Town Hall, 1 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1RW and the Public Gallery will be available for people to watch in person.
Unexpectedly, the hearings will not be live-streamed.
All the documents relating to the whole process can be found here.

Background:
The work to respond to the Council on Sites 18 & 19 on the behalf of the local community is being led by the West Norwood and Tulse Hill Community Stakeholder Group. This comprises Norwood Forum, The Norwood Society, Norwood Action Group, Knollys Yard Community Group, Friends of West Norwood Station and Station to Station (local BID), as well as former members of the Norwood Planning Assembly, and individual residents.
You can refresh your memory on the whole story which began in December 2021 on our dedicated webpage here: Site 18 and Site 19 | Norwood Forum