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Publication type: The London Plan
Publication status: Adopted
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Contents
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Introduction
Chapter 1 Planning London’s Future - Good Growth
Chapter 2 Spatial Development Patterns
Chapter 2 Spatial Development Patterns
- Policy SD1 Opportunity Areas
- Policy SD2 Collaboration in the Wider South East
- Policy SD3 Growth locations in the Wider South East and beyond
- Policy SD4 The Central Activities Zone (CAZ)
- Policy SD5 Offices, other strategic functions and residential development in the CAZ
- Policy SD6 Town centres and high streets
- Policy SD7 Town centres: development principles and Development Plan Documents
- Policy SD8 Town centre network
- Policy SD9 Town centres: Local partnerships and implementation
- Policy SD10 Strategic and local regeneration
Chapter 3 Design
- Policy D1 London’s form, character and capacity for growth
- Policy D2 Infrastructure requirements for sustainable densities
- Policy D3 Optimising site capacity through the design-led approach
- Policy D4 Delivering good design
- Policy D5 Inclusive design
- Policy D6 Housing quality and standards
- Policy D7 Accessible housing
- Policy D8 Public realm
- Policy D9 Tall buildings
- Policy D10 Basement development
- Policy D11 Safety, security and resilience to emergency
- Policy D12 Fire safety
- Policy D13 Agent of Change
- Policy D14 Noise
Chapter 4 Housing
- Policy H1 Increasing housing supply
- Policy H2 Small sites
- Policy H3 Meanwhile use as housing
- Policy H4 Delivering affordable housing
- Policy H5 Threshold approach to applications
- Policy H6 Affordable housing tenure
- Policy H7 Monitoring of affordable housing
- Policy H8 Loss of existing housing and estate redevelopment
- Policy H9 Ensuring the best use of stock
- Policy H10 Housing size mix
- Policy H11 Build to Rent
- Policy H12 Supported and specialised accommodation
- Policy H13 Specialist older persons housing
- Policy H14 Gypsy and traveller accommodation
- Policy H15 Purpose-built student accommodation
- Policy H16 Large-scale purpose-built shared living
Chapter 5 Social Infrastructure
Chapter 6 Economy
- Policy E1 Offices
- Policy E2 Providing suitable business space
- Policy E3 Affordable workspace
- Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function
- Policy E5 Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL)
- Policy E6 Locally Significant Industrial Sites
- Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution
- Policy E8 Sector growth opportunities and clusters
- Policy E9 Retail, markets and hot food takeaways
- Policy E10 Visitor infrastructure
- Policy E11 Skills and opportunities for all
Chapter 7 Heritage and Culture
Chapter 7 Heritage and Culture
- Policy HC1 Heritage conservation and growth
- Policy HC2 World Heritage Sites
- Policy HC3 Strategic and Local Views
- Policy HC4 London View Management Framework
- Policy HC5 Supporting London’s culture and creative industries
- Policy HC6 Supporting the night-time economy
- Policy HC7 Protecting public houses
Chapter 8 Green Infrastructure and Natural Environment
Chapter 9 Sustainable Infrastructure
Chapter 9 Sustainable Infrastructure
- Policy SI 1 Improving air quality
- Policy SI 2 Minimising greenhouse gas emissions
- Policy SI 3 Energy infrastructure
- Policy SI 4 Managing heat risk
- Policy SI 5 Water infrastructure
- Policy SI 6 Digital connectivity infrastructure
- Policy SI 7 Reducing waste and supporting the circular economy
- Policy SI 8 Waste capacity and net waste self-sufficiency
- Policy SI 9 Safeguarded waste sites
- Policy SI 10 Aggregates
- Policy SI 11 Hydraulic fracturing (Fracking)
- Policy SI 12 Flood risk management
- Policy SI 13 Sustainable drainage
- Policy SI 14 Waterways – strategic role
- Policy SI 15 Water transport
- Policy SI 16 Waterways – use and enjoyment
- Policy SI 17 Protecting and enhancing London’s waterways
Chapter 10 Transport
- Policy T1 Strategic approach to transport
- Policy T2 Healthy Streets
- Policy T3 Transport capacity, connectivity and safeguarding
- Policy T4 Assessing and mitigating transport impacts
- Policy T5 Cycling
- Policy T6 Car parking
- Policy T6.1 Residential parking
- Policy T6.2 Office Parking
- Policy T6.3 Retail parking
- Policy T6.4 Hotel and leisure uses parking
- Policy T6.5 Non-residential disabled persons parking
- Policy T7 Deliveries, servicing and construction
- Policy T8 Aviation
- Policy T9 Funding transport infrastructure through planning
Chapter 11 Funding the London Plan
Chapter 12 Monitoring
Copyright
Greater London Authority
March 2021
Published by:
Greater London Authority
ISBN 978-1-84781-739-6
Figures contain OS data © Crown Copyright and database right (2021)
A PDF version of this document are available from the London Plan 2021 web page
Contributors Credits
Jules Pipe CBE Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
Souraya Ali, David Halliwell and Tom Layfield, Senior Advisers to the Deputy Mayor
GLA Planning
Alan Smithies, Alex Green, Andrew Russell, Anna Turner, Brianne Stolper, Celeste Giusti, Darren Richards, Ei-Lyn Chia, Elliot Kemp, Gerard Burgess, Gill Lawton, Giorgio Wetzl, Graham Clements, Hassan Ahmed, Holly Lang, Holly Weir, Ijahrie Dixon, James Keogh, Jennifer Peters, John Lett, John Wacher, Jonathan Brooker, Jonathan Gibb, Jörn Peters, Julia Thomson, Juliemma McLoughlin, Kevin Reid, Lara Goldstein, Lisa Fairmaner, Lucinda Turner, Lyndon Fothergill, Mikyla Smith, Natalie Gordon, Natalie Wells, Peter Heath, Philip Waters, Rachael Rooney, Rachel Smalley, Rhian Williams, Richard Linton, Rob McNicol, Rohan Ranaweera, Sarah Blakemore, Shelly Gould, Steven Harris, Thérèse Finn, Toyin Omodara, Yiran Wei, YiTin Chiang.
GLA Group
Abby Crisostomo, Andrew Jones, Anne-Marie Robinson, Alex Marsh, Ben Corr, Bhavna Kerai, Chris Grainger, Daniel Bicknell, Debra Levison, Doug Simpson, Ellen Storrar, Gareth Fairweather, George Warren, Jack Maizels, James Clark, James Gleeson, Joanna Carless, Josephine Vos, Julian Ware, Katherine Drayson, Katie Hunter, Lucy Paterson, Madalina Ursu, Marta Lapsley, Matthew Thomas, Melisa Wickham, Oscar Watkins, Paul Broadhurst, Peter Massini, Peter North, Rachael Roe, Richard Tribe, Sam Davenport, Sara Kelly, Simon Wyke, Shamal Ratnayaka, Stephen Inch, Wil Tonkiss.
Cover and chapter page illustrations by Paul Dennis, Abbie Holloway and Scott Smith at 400.co.uk, and Jan Kallwejt represented by handsomefrank.com.
Notes and errata
Chapter 3
Corrections have been made to section 3.3.3, part A of Policy D4 and part C of Policy D6 in this chapter. The PDF version of the Plan incorrectly refers to part B of Policy D3. This should instead refer to Part D.