Quality of life

1.56 The Mayor’s commitment to ensuring all Londoners can enjoy a good, improving and sustainable quality of life now, over the period to 2036 and into the future, underpins the vision and objectives. The quality of life that Londoners experience when living, working, visiting and moving around London is fundamental to how they feel about the city – and to how the capital is perceived from outside. The decisions we make about our city now will shape the quality of life of those who come after us and their view of how successful we have been in our stewardship of the city.

1.57 This is a fundamental theme that runs through all the chapters and policies of this Plan, in particular the policies dealing with:

• quality of life issues in particular places within London – particularly those on the 2012 Games and their legacy (2.4) outer London (2.6, 2.7 and 2.8), inner London (2.9), the Central Activities Zone (2.10, 2.11 and 2.12), regeneration areas (2.14), town centres (2.15) and green infrastructure (2.18) – in Chapter Two (London’s Places)
• ensuring equal life chances for all (3.1) addressing health inequalities, (3.2) ensuring an adequate supply of good quality homes for all Londoners (3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15) and sufficient social infrastructure (3.16, 3.17, 3.18 and 3.19) in Chapter Three (London’s People)
• ensuring and developing a London economy that provides jobs, goods and services Londoners need – including those on developing the economy (4.1), arts, culture and entertainment (4.6), retail, town centres and small shops (4.7, 4.8 and 4.9), encouraging a connected economy (4.11), and improving opportunities for all (4.12) in Chapter Four (London’s Economy)
• mitigating the scale of future climate change (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4A, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.8) , adapting to the change that is now inevitable (5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12 and 5.13) and, as part of this, ensuring high water quality and sufficient water supply and wastewater infrastructure (5.14 and 5.15) in Chapter Five (London’s Response to Climate Change)
• providing a transport network enabling easy access to jobs, opportunities and facilities while mitigating adverse environmental and other impacts in Chapter Six (London’s Transport)
• supporting a high quality urban living space – including building neighbourhoods (7.1), inclusive environments (7.2), high quality built environments (7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 and 7.7), protection of London’s heritage (7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11 and 7.12), air and noise pollution (7.14 and 7.15), protection and enhancement of open and natural environments (7.16, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21 and 7.22) and of the Blue Ribbon Network of waterways (7.24, 7.25, 7.26, 7.27, 7.28, 7.29 and 7.30) in Chapter Seven (London’s Living Space)
• setting out strategic priorities for use of the planning system to secure infrastructure and other benefits to support improving quality of life in Chapter Eight (Implementation, Monitoring and Review).

1.58 It also requires action on issues outside the scope of the London Plan and addressed in other mayoral strategies and programmes (action on crime and anti-social behaviour, for example).