Monitoring the London Plan
The London Plan Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) is the most important document for assessing the effectiveness of the London Plan and its policies.
The Mayor has published an AMR each year since 2005.
Monitoring the London Plan 2021
The London Plan was published in March 2021. It will be monitored, as required by Section 346 of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999, using the framework approved by the Mayor on 31 May 2022 (Mayoral Decision MD2978). This framework will be used from Spring 2023, starting from the nineteenth AMR, and can be downloaded using the link below.
Earlier AMRs monitor previous London Plans and use a different framework.
The latest AMR
The eighteenth AMR was published by the Mayor in March 2023.
The data from AMR 17 is available to download in excel format from the London Datastore.
Latest AMR tables
The data for the various KPIs and additional performance measures in the AMR become available at different times, with the AMR being published when all of the data have been added to the report. To minimise the impact of the delay in publication of the AMR, the data tables for each of the KPIs are presented on our London Plan AMR Tables page.
Why do we produce an AMR?
Section 346 of the Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 1999 places a duty on the Mayor to monitor the implementation of the Mayor’s London Plan. The AMR is the most important document for assessing the effectiveness of the London Plan and its policies.
KPIs
The Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs, are defined in the London Plan chapter on Implementation and Monitoring Review. They are intended to help keep track of key trends, not to individually monitor all of the policies; this would not be achievable or desirable. The KPIs in AMR 16 are from the London Plan 2016, as this is the plan in force at the time covered by this report.
London Plan 2016 Paragraph 8.18 states that the indicators “should be regarded as benchmarks, showing the direction and scale of change”. The targets contribute to measuring the performance of the six key objectives set out in the London Plan but do not represent additional policy themselves.
As well as the KPIs, the AMR includes additional relevant performance measures and statistics. Chapter 3 helps to paint a broader picture of London’s performance, while chapter 4 provides links to other data sources.
Where does the data come from?
The AMR draws on a range of data sources, primarily the London Development Database (LDD), which has now been fully integrated within the Planning London Datahub.
Data is also provided by:
- our Intelligence Unit and Environment team
- Transport for London
- Historic England
- Environment Agency
- Port of London Authority
Previous AMRs
All of the previous Annual Monitoring Reports can be found below.
- London Plan Annual Monitoring Report 17 (November 2022)
- London Plan Annual Monitoring Report 16 (March 2021)
- London Plan Annual Monitoring Report 15 (October 2019)
- Annual Monitoring Report 14 (September 2018)
- Annual Monitoring Report 13 (July 2017)
- Annual Monitoring Report 12 (July 2016 update)
- Annual Monitoring Report 11 (May 2015 update)
- Annual Monitoring Report 10 (July 2014 update)
- Annual Monitoring Report 9 (March 2013)
- Annual Monitoring Report 8 (March 2012)
- Annual Monitoring Report 7 (Feb 2011)
- Annual Monitoring Report 6 (Feb 2010)
- Annual Monitoring Report 5 (Feb 2009)
- Annual Monitoring Report 4 (Feb 2008)
- Annual Monitoring Report 3 (Feb 2007)
- Annual Monitoring Report 2 (Feb 2006)
- Annual Monitoring Report 1 (Jan 2005)
Planning applications referred to the Mayor
The following report provides an analysis of affordable housing in approved residential planning applications referred to the Mayor from 2011-2022.
Affordable Housing Planning Analysis Referable Applications 2011-2022
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