News about the London Plan and associated London Plan Guidance

The Secretary of State wrote to the Mayor confirming that he is content for the Mayor’s new London Plan to be formally published, with no further changes.

The Mayor will now progress to formally publish the new London Plan. This will take a few weeks, in order to allow for statutory notifications to be issued alongside other administrative tasks.

The Mayor has sent the Secretary of State the Publication London Plan December 2020. The Secretary of State has up to 6 weeks to decide whether he is content for the Mayor to formally publish the Publication London Plan (or request a further extension of time)

Once the Mayor has formally received confirmation from the Secretary of State that he is content for his Publication London Plan to be published, the Mayor will proceed with the final steps to publish his London Plan.

The Secretary of State sent a response to the Mayor on 10 December confirming amendments to the original 11 directions issued in March 2020 and issuing 2 further directions. He also invited to the Mayor to re-submit the London Plan to him.

To view the correspondence, including the new directions, please follow the link below:

• Secretary of State's response

The Mayor sent a letter to the Secretary of State on 9 December advising that he intends to approve a new draft London Plan on 21st December and send to the Secretary of State shortly after.

This will be a new, stand-alone publication version of the Plan. It has been prepared to address the Secretary of State’s previous directions. The Secretary of State has 6 weeks in which to respond (or can request a further extension of time). The Mayor can only publish the Plan after the Secretary of State has given his approval.

The following London Plan Guidance is out for consultation from 13 October 2020 – 15 January 2021. To have your say please click here

• Good Quality Homes for all Londoners
• Public London Charter
• Circular Economy Statements
• Whole-life Carbon Assessments
• ‘Be Seen’ Energy Monitoring Guidance

The Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF) – vision and principles is also out to consultation until 27 November 2020. To have your say please click here

12 Aug 2020

• Good Quality Homes for all Londoners
• Public London Charter
• Circular Economy Statements
• Whole-life Carbon Assessments
• ‘Be Seen’ Energy Monitoring Guidance

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On Friday 24th April the Mayor sent a letter to the Secretary of State.

• Letter to the SoS 24 April 2020

On 13th March, the Secretary of State wrote to the Mayor setting out his consideration of the Mayor’s Intend to Publish London Plan.

• Letter to the Mayor of London 13 March 2020
• Annex to Letter to the Mayor of London 13 March 2020

The Mayor will consider the Secretary of State's response and take the statutory steps to finalise the Plan.

The Secretary of State has written to the Mayor to advising that he is taking longer to consider the London Plan.

Anticipated response from the Secretary of State letters

Draft London Plan - next stages:

Fact Check of Report – Sept 19

Mayor receives official Panel Report - 8 October 2019

Intend to Publish version of the Plan to Secretary of State – 9 December 2019

London Assembly Plenary – 6 February 2020

Anticipated response from the Secretary of State - 17 February 2020

Publish final London Plan

20 Jan 2020

30 Sep 2019

Next Stages:

Fact Check of Report – Sept 19

Mayor to receive official Panel Report (TBC) – upto 8 weeks in which to publish

Intend to Publish version of the Plan to Secretary of State – 6 weeks

Lay beyond London Assembly – 3 weeks

Publish final London Plan – Feb/March 2020

15 July 2019

The consolidated suggested changes version of the plan has been published. As set out in Panel Note 10, the Mayor has compiled a comprehensive set of all of his suggested changes to the Plan. Consolidated versions of the Plan incorporating all of the Mayor’s suggested changes have also been prepared, one with “track changes” and the other “clean”. The suggested changes have been reviewed by the Panel to avoid any obvious soundness issues, although that is without prejudice to the Panel’s consideration of all of the examination evidence. It should not, therefore, be assumed that the Panel will endorse all of the Mayor’s suggested changes. All of the suggested changes, along with all evidence, will be considered by the Panel whose examination report is expected to be submitted to the Mayor in September.

A consolidated version of the Plan with all the minor and further suggested changes is anticipated to be available to download in the second week of July.

• Matter 89: Retailing (Ref. NLP/FSC/30)

• Matter 93: Supporting text of DF1 (Ref. NLP/FSC/29)

The agendas for week 11 of the hearing sessions are available to view here.

On Wednesday 15 May, the session on M91 (Hot Food takeaways) will not take place before 2pm.

• Matter 74: Policy SI5 (Ref. NLP/FSC/21)
• Matter 76: Policy T3 Transport capacity, connectivity and safeguarding and Policy T9 Funding transport infrastructure through planning (Ref. NLP/FSC/22)
• Matter 78: Policy T1 Strategic approach to transport, Policy T2 Healthy Streets and Policy T4 Assessing and mitigating transport impacts (Ref. NLP/FSC/23)
• Matter 81: Policy T6 Car parking (Ref. NLP/FSC/24)
• Matter 83: Policy T6.1 Residential parking (Ref. NLP/FSC/25)
• Matter 84: Policy T6.2 Office parking, Policy T6.3 Retail parking, Policy T6.4 Hotel and leisure uses parking and Policy T6.5 Non-residential disabled persons parking (Ref. NLP/FSC/26)
• Matter 85: Policy T5 Cycling (Ref. NLP/FSC/27)
• Matter 87:Policy T8 Aviation (Ref. NLP/FSC/28)

• Matter 51: Policy S1 Developing London’s social infrastructure (Ref. NLP/FSC/20)

• Matter 69: Policy SI8 Waste capacity and net waste self sufficiency and Policy SI9 safeguarded waste sites (Ref. NLP/FSC/18)
• Matter 70: Policy SI10 Aggregates (NLP/FSC/19)

The Panel will hold an additional EiP session on Wednesday 22 May to deal with M92 Viability and Delivering the Plan. This will be a continuation of the session programmed for the morning of Friday 17 May.

Agendas for the two sessions will be published shortly.

The following documents have been added to the EiP Library;

• Extract from Hackney Development Management Local Plan (Ref. NLP/EX/30)
• Extract from Islington’s Development Management policies DPD (Ref. NLP/EX/31)
• London Food Strategy (Ref. NLP/GI/006)

• Matter 64: Policy G1 Green Infrastructure and G4 Open Space (Ref. NLP/FSC/15)
• Matter 65: Policy G3 Metropolitan Open Land (Ref. NLP/FSC/16)
• Matter 66: Policy G6 Biodiversity and access to nature (Ref. NLP/FSC/17)

15 Mar 2019

The Mayor has published responses to the Panel’s Supplementary Questions:

• Matter 22: Housing Monitoring. This had been added to the library at NLP/EX/28
• Matter 65: Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land. This has been added to the library as NLP/EX/29

• Matter 58: Central Activities Zone (Ref. NLP/FSC/14)

The Mayor has published the response to Supplementary Question Matter 20: Small Sites. This has been added to the Library as NLP/EX/26.

The Panel has published Panel Note 7.2: Equality of Opportunity and the Integrated Impact Assessment. This has been added to the Library as NLP/EX/27.

On Tuesday 19 March the morning session for M62 may, if necessary, be extended beyond 1pm, or into the afternoon (after a lunch break). It will finish no later than 2.45pm.

The afternoon session, to discuss M63, will now start at 3pm. It will still finish at the usual time: 5 – 5.30pm. Participants have been informed directly.

The Mayor has published further suggested changes for:

• Matter 59: Offices (Ref. NLP/FSC/11)
• Matter 60: Low Cost and Affordable Business Space (Ref. NLP/FSC/12)
• Matter 62: Land for Industry, Logistics and Services (Ref. NLP/FSC/13)

The Mayor has published further suggested changes for:

• Matter 34: Policy D1 London’s form and characteristics (Ref. NLP/FSC/06)
• Matter 40: Policy D7 Public Realm. (Ref. NLP/FSC/07)
• Matter 41: Policy D8 Tall Buildings. (Ref. NLP/FSC/08)
• Matter 42: Policy D9 Basement Development. (Ref. NLP/FSC/09)
• Matter 43: Policy D10 Safety, security and resilience to emergency. (Ref. NLP/FSC/10)

The Panel has published Supplementary Questions to the Mayor:

• Matter 20: Small Sites. This had been added to the library at NLP/EX/24

A further hearing session will be held on the afternoon of Tuesday 12 March 2019 to consider the following matters:

• Matter 29: Build to Rent
• Matter33: Large Scale Shared Living Development
• Matter 30: Supported and Specialised Housing

Please note that the session starts at 2.30pm.

The Mayor had published the response to the Panel's Supplementary Question:

• Matter 17: Housing requirement. This has been added to the library at NLP/EX/23

The Panel has published Supplementary Questions to the Mayor:

• Matter 22: Housing Monitoring. This had been added to the library at NLP/EX/21
• Matter 65: Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land. This has been added to the library as NLP/EX/22

The agendas for week 5 of the hearing sessions are available to view here.

The economic viability of development will be considered under Matter 92 on 17 May 2019 rather during week 5 of the examination (Matters 22-33 and 36-38).

The Panel has published Panel Note 8: Mayor's Further Suggested Changes. This has been added to the library as NLP/EX/18.

The Panel has published Matter 17: Housing Requirement Supplementary Questions to the Mayor. This has been added to the library as NLP/EX/19.

The Mayor had published the responses to the Panel's Supplementary Questions:

• Matter 14: Opportunity Areas
• Matter 19: Housing Targets: Inner and Outer London Boroughs

The Panel has published Supplementary Questions to the Mayor:

• Matter 14: Opportunity Areas
• Matter 19: Housing Targets: Inner and Outer London Boroughs

Written statements for hearing sessions in week 3 (M17-M19) and week 4 (M20-M22) have been published and can be viewed here.

The Panel has published their fifth Panel Note - Procedural Information.

The Panel has published their sixth Panel Note - Participants and Matters for Consideration at the Examination in Public. They have also issued their Hearings Programme.

The London Plan Viability Study Addendum Report is available in the EiP Library.

The presentations for the Technical Seminars have been published. These can be viewed here.

03 Oct 2018

Additional documents have been added to the evidence base to inform the Panel and EiP. These are marked in bold and can be viewed in the EiP Libary.

Dates for the Technical Seminar have been set. Details are available on the EiP page.

The Mayor has published the consultation responses on the draft new London Plan.

The Mayor has published a version of the draft Plan that includes his minor suggested changes.