Consultation on the application for designation of Brixton Neighbourhood Forum and Area
Proposal
On 16 April 2025, an application was received to designate Brixton Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area.
We are now seeking your views on this application for a period of 6 weeks, from Monday 8 September to Friday 24 October 2025.
Please see the application for designation. Hard copies of the application document and the consultation survey are available to inspect at:
- Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1EG by appointment only. To arrange, please email planningpolicy@lambeth.gov.uk
- Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London SW2 1JQ
Respondents are asked to consider whether the application has met the statutory requirements listed in the next section. Comments must be received no later than 24 October 2025, 5pm.
Statutory requirements for designation as a neighbourhood forum
In accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, organisations applying for designation as a neighbourhood forum are required to provide the following details:
- Name of the proposed forum
- Written constitution outlining the forum’s purpose and governance
- Map of the proposed neighbourhood area
- Membership details, including a minimum of 21 individual members.
- Membership must include people who live in the area, people who work in the area, and are elected members for that area.
- Contact details for at least one member (to be made public)
- Statement of purpose showing how the forum will promote the social, economic, and environmental well-being of the area
In determining whether to designate an organisation as a neighbourhood forum, planning officers are required to consider whether the organisations membership is drawn from different places in the neighbourhood area and from different sections of the community in that area. The neighbourhood forum's purpose should reflect the character of that area.
Statutory requirements for designation as a neighbourhood area
In accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Regulations 2012 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, organisations applying to designate a neighbourhood area are required to provide the following details:
- A map which identifies the area to which the area application relates
- A statement explaining why the area is considered appropriate
- A statement that states that the relevant body making the area application is a relevant body for the purposes of section 61G of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
In determining whether to designate a neighbourhood area, the council will need to ensure that it does not overlap with the area of a parish council or another designated neighbourhood area. The council will also consider how desirable it is to maintain the existing boundaries of areas already designated as neighbourhood areas, and whether the area should designated as a business area.
The proposed Brixton Neighbourhood area overlaps with two neighbourhood areas that are already designated, Tulse Hill and Herne Hill. In deciding whether to designate Brixton neighbourhood area, the council will consider whether to amend the boundaries of these existing neighbourhood areas. For more information about Tulse Hill and Herne Hill neighbourhood areas please visit the Council’s neighbourhood planning webpages.
Next Steps
Following consultation, council officers will consider all representations received prior to making a decision on the application. The council is required to make a decision within 13 weeks of publicising the application.
Background information
Please visit the Council’s neighbourhood planning webpages for more information on neighbourhood planning.
An Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) has been prepared for this consultation. This provides demographic information on the neighbourhood area to which this application relates.