Planning for London Programme Consultation

In March 2021, the London Plan was formally published. As the Mayor’s statutory Spatial Development Strategy it provides a framework for new homes and jobs across the capital. The Plan is based on the principle of ‘Good Growth’, ensuring that new developments help to make London a fairer, more prosperous, greener and healthier place.

The London Plan 2021 is the right policy framework for this Mayoral term and beyond. It contains policies that both support London’s recovery from the pandemic and tackle the challenges the city was already facing, such as a shortage of affordable housing. It also includes innovative policies to tackle the climate crisis, increase biodiversity, and enable a significant shift away from cars, to walking, cycling and public transport.

National Planning Policy requires plans to be reviewed every five years. It takes many years to review or develop a new London Plan, including early engagement and background evidence so we need to start preparing now. The Planning for London Programme will begin this process, gathering evidence and the views of Londoners, identifying issues that a future London Plan review could consider.

At this stage, we are calling for evidence that Londoners and other stakeholders think we should consider while developing the programme. This could include:

• Published reports, research, case studies or other information which might help us understand how London should change or develop in the future
• Personal accounts of how development, buildings, places, spaces and planning affect different communities, especially impacts that relate to age, disability, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, marital status or pregnancy and maternity. This may include personal accounts of how people from different groups experience places very differently, and experiences of those who identify with more than one of these characteristics
• International or national examples of best practice
• Suggestions for how we can reach a more diverse range of Londoners

Please submit any evidence by 31 January 2022. Submissions may address any aspect above and do not need to cover the entire remit of the London Plan. Please make clear who the submission is from (e.g. your name or the organisation the submission is on behalf of) and whether you are happy to be contacted by the GLA in relation to your submission, in which case please provide contact details.

Submissions should be sent to [email protected] or: The Planning Team, Greater London Authority, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE.