Planning London’s future

There are plenty of new homes in London but they have all been built to exclude the Londoners who need them the most. Those on low incomes or with no chance of been able to get a job over 20 hours per week. landlords are allowed to blatantly discriminate against those who have to rely on universal credit and/or guarantors. Why are so many new homes, the greater proportion for shared ownership...who over 50 with a part time job is going to be able to get a mortgage for their share? Address that problem and there are plenty of homes available. Also, why are offices still been built when their are already many that simply need a face-lift

There should be a complete reform in housing, transport and the Met police, the way they police our streets and our communities and also many more areas.

There should be justice for childQ and all the other children and young adults subjected to racism lead intervention by the police. All officers should be re-vetted and retrained in specific areas things like racism, unconscious bias, racial bias, sexism, gender bias, have basic to intermediate training in laws of the above and more. Also to have basic mental health training.

There should be a more social justice for the local communities that have been left behind and have succumbed to the violence that takes place every day. Invest more money into places such as youth centres to take these children and young adults of the streets. Invest more into the Met to work with these places.

Housing needs reforming, more communities are being left in the dust to newer and flashier buildings which are only adding to the housing crisis as most of these buildings have pricey rental tags on them, the communities should be the heart of reform to create more affordable housing, more targets for local authorities to invest in the local communities with existing developers to produce affordable and local housing, which should be only allowed to the London people already living and existing here before a target requires them to be let or bought by the wider part of the country. Include penalties for councils and developers alike for not investing in the local communities.

Transport should always be easily accessible and affordable. Prices need reforming for TFL, made cheaper and more accessible to all who use it to encourage more car workers to the transport systems in place, that being said to pay the TFL operators correctly for what they already to. Create a safe system for TFL users men and women and everyone in between during hours of 10pm and 7am, more needs to be done not just for womens safety but the wider community

Massive tax or penalties on investment properties that are bought and left empty. There is a housing crisis with not enough space and sky-high unaffordable rents. Too many people are stuck in small flats yet there are lots of properties sitting empty.

More incentive to use public transport, namely reduce the cost of it. I can drive to work for half the price of one days’ train ticket. If the train was more affordable I would prefer to use public transport. TfL should be reformed and train services for commuters into London improved so there is incentive to move further out of the city.

I don’t understand why London is super promoted as the place to be for work living and entertainment. This ideology has resulted in it becoming overcrowded and finite resources (schools hospitals and accommodation) being over stretched. London needs to stop promoting itself as an infinitive space. It is promoted to the detriment of local towns surrounding it and nationally cities suffer by being emptied of its talent.

Let’s get a balanced view and tell Mr Khan to start focusing on the things that matter like safer streets and not beating the life out of motorists. Carry on like that and there will be no one going into London.
The air is getting cleaner by technological design and those who can afford it are helping to make the changes.
This isn’t the 50s and 60s of pea souper fogs… and the last thing we need is a mayor who financially shoves and pushes people in the back when they are heading in the right direction. Over the last three years I have heard nothing more from him. Are the streets safer because of him?
Is public transport a safe means of travel? Do women feel comfortable travelling on buses and trains? Are young boys walking care free down the streets and parks? I don’t think so.

I was born in London and lived my entire 50 plus years in education and work in this city. It depresses me to see what the mayors office are doing to third place. They haven’t moved on from Johnson’s term.
In business when a new director takes over it is almost a given to criticise the previous incumbent for the woes of an organisation. That honeymoon period usually lasts six months before it is down to the new boss. This chap has has had his honeymoon more than eight times over.

I agree to people here pointing out about the housing and renters. There has to be more regulations in place to protect renters. It is extremely difficult to find a landlord or letting agent who are reasonable. Most of my experience and my friends’ have been that landlords/agents are taking advantage of renters.

We also need to make more town centres (improved high streets) in various places of London - eg. newly developed area in east London. Having more residential area in London is great but it should be accompanied by the feeling of community and completeness.

I liked Southwark Council for providing free tennis courts. But unfortunately they started to charge few months ago.

New buildings are growth engines, bringing in people and spending. It would be good for shops, people and everything in between. New buildings of all types (cheap, expensive, and middle-income ones) should spring up everywhere and anywhere.

We have to increase the density for the majority of suburban London. Have to accommodate more people.

I don’t think London needs more homes. It needs more regulation to safeguard both renters and buyers.
Renters are paying an arm and a leg to live by landlords and freeholders rules and buyers are paying an arm and a leg to free themselves from the nightmare that are London landlords and property managers.
That is, when there are homes to buy.
Also, regulate buy to invest, that’s one of the main reasons why housing is so f-Ed up.
This is such an obvious and urgent solution it leads me to believe it hasn’t been done because because decision makers benefit from status quo. SHAME.

I for once got evicted from my 1 bed flat because I have a dog (even though there was an addendum to the contract allowing this), and because I couldn’t find anything else in my area or my budget I had to accept renting a 2 bed instead for 50% more of the price and a significantly higher council tax in a more dangerous area as per MPS website. And this was the cheapest option.
Completely abandoned by the system which protects vampire greed.

how about making new buildings look like homes etc that are already in the street, so they are not out of place. Homes being built,, not on green spaces/parks or areas that are far to small to accomodate large building numbers or flats in blocks that are far to tall for the area. think it would be better to already use buildings that we have n remodel them to be used for housing rather than knockign down buildings n rebuilding with ugly small homes.

New buildings should be context and character sensitive and boroughs should use design codes for sites and areas.
There should be compulsory purchase of land to assemble sites large enough for new mid rise housing and not 25 storey blocks on tiny sites.
London's outer suburbs should be densified.
Small changes to many places could deliver the range of housing types needed.

Need council housing or housing association to be built. I'm trapped in domestic violence because nearly all the new homes being built in London including my borough are too expensive and council doesn't house and just banishes homeless applicants out of London away from home to be isolated away from support.

A mayor capable of doing the job, unlike we have at the moment
Better private transport (i.e. more road space and less congestion, with fewer closed roads, bus lanes and cycle lanes)
Fewer people and less encouragement to move into London to reduce the stress on housing provision and transport provision
Less penalising of motorists and fewer 20 zones (the lower gear an engine operates in the less the mpg an the higher the pollution
Fewer 24 hr bus lanes to ease traffic flow
Lower taxes such as the ULEZ, Congestion Charge (nothing more than money raising measures) and Mayor’s Council Tax Precept.

I’d like to see better accessible playgrounds for disabled children. In the excisting playgrounds we need the public toilets to be opened during the day. Accessible public toilets that are cleaned and maintained are important Also making it possible for people some estates to recycle their waste in a proper manner will cause a lot less waste lying around - facilities for dog owners to encourage them to pick up after their dogs.

Review existing cycle lanes, especially where they replace bus lanes. Compulsory training, registration and Insurance for cyclists. Compulsory helmets and hi-vis vest or tabard. Cancel 20mph speed limit which causes congestion and more pollution.

Policies need to be in place to encourage people away from London and the South East and move the investment to the Northern Powerhouse. London developed during the Victorian period and is not suitable for a large population without wrecking its attraction which is the good quality homes and towns built by the Victorians. Londoners love their old houses despite them being 120 + years old.

Tower blocks above 10 storeys must be banned as they wreck the view across London, create serious safety hazards (Grenfell Inquiry has the evidence) and are miserable, lonely places to live. Too many flats have been allowed in East London and now the developers are trying to wreck the quietness of the Lea Valley by insisting on mega blocks adjacent to the Lee Valley Park. This is totally unacceptable and will seriously impact on the main open spaces in East London - Epping Forest and the Lea Valley.