Safeguarded Wharves Directions
Since 2000 there has been a network of wharves in London protected by Safeguarding Directions issued by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. These Directions require that the Mayor is consulted prior to the granting of planning permission on a Safeguarded Wharf. As set out in the London Plan, these wharves are safeguarded for the purposes of water-borne freight handling.
For details of the reviews of the safeguarded wharves, please visit the Safeguarded Wharves Reviews webpage.
Listed below are the Directions for safeguarded wharves. These were issued by the Secretary of State on 19 February 2021 and require that all planning applications affecting safeguarded wharves must be referred to the Mayor.
The Directions relating to the revocation of previous safeguarded status for eight wharves are also listed below. The Directions are listed by borough.
To access previous safeguarding Directions, which were cancelled when the Directions listed below came into force, please visit the Safeguarded Wharves – Directions Archive webpage.
Barking and Dagenham
Bexley
City of London
Greenwich
Hammersmith and Fulham
Havering
Kensington and Chelsea
Lewisham
Newham
Tower Hamlets
Wandsworth
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