Strategic Access Panel (SAP)

The Strategic Access Panel (SAP) will assist the Mayor in delivering an inclusive and accessible city in accordance with the ambition behind London Plan Policy 7.2 – An Inclusive Environment.

The Strategic Access Panel’s objectives are:

• To comment upon information supplied from the GLA, and on occasion, other stakeholders, regarding the design of the built environment within Opportunity Areas
• To provide comment on strategic planning proposals when requested to do so by GLA officers or the Mayor; both at the pre-application stage and in response to formal consolation on planning applications for projects particularly those where there is no other local consultative Access Forum in place
• To provide information to the Mayor, in relation to Inclusive Design Standards and built environment proposals for GLA funded infrastructure projects which do not have in place a consultative Access Forum
• To work with the GLA to develop solutions to access and inclusion issues raised through GLA funded projects, including those identified during wider public consultation
• To form smaller workshops, as and when required, to provide specialist advice and support in relation to those projects detailed in the above point