London Plan

The London Plan is a planning document that was created by the Mayor of London and was released by the Greater London Authority. The plan was first published in final form on 10 February 2004 and since then have changed. The current version was published in February 2008. The latest amendments were introduced in April 2009, the discussions about it began in October 2009 and 2011, the new plan was published.

Order

The plan replaces the previous guidelines for strategic planning of London, created by the Secretary of State and are also known as RPG 3. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 requires that such a plan is created and that it deals exclusively with matters that are of strategic importance for the Greater London area. The law also requires that the London Plan takes into account the health of Londoners and equal opportunities. It also aims to contribute to sustainable development in the UK.

Objectives

The plan is a development strategy for the area of ​​Greater London and has six objectives:

Strategies

Target areas

The plan laid down dozens of destinations to which the efforts should be focused, there to reduce social disadvantage and to create a sustainable development. In these target areas, the creation of 5,000 jobs or 2,500 homes, or a combination of both, to be possible. The target areas are mainly located in city centers, contrary to the suburban developments in the districts.

Subregions

To implement the plan, London was divided into five sub-regions. The current regions as part of the " Further amendments to the London Plan " were established in February 2008. These sub- regions, each with its own development plan, are:

From 2004 to 2008, the sub-regions where the Learning and Skills Council met from 1999: In this scheme, an extra sub-region Central London was. The London part of the Thames Gateway was located entirely in the sub-region, East London. The valid 2004-2008 sub-regions were:

Separately, a Central Activities Zone was established, which include the areas with a very high concentration of all urban activities.

Activity Centres

The Activity Centres are international centers, West End and Knightsbridge, eleven metropolitan centers such as Bromley, Croydon, Sutton and Romford, 35 major centers such as Brixton, East Ham, Bexleyheath and Woolwich and 156 district centers such as Hornchurch, Penge, Stoke Newington and in two Welling divided. More than 1,200 neighborhood and local centers are listed in the plan.

Changes

In the current London Plan, published in February 2008, there are some changes. The first changes amount to the creation of housing, waste and minerals. Other changes related to the issues of climate change, London as a world city, London's economy, development, combating social exclusion, transport in London, the London geography, sub-regional and inter- regions, the London suburbs, quality of life (including security, protection, and open space) and the 2012 Olympic Games and the Paralympics in 2012. through the " Greater London Authority Act 2007 " was awarded the Mayor further legal powers. After the change of the mayor, a new product was launched in July 2008.