The final revised London Plan has been issued today by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
You can view the full document at http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/The%20London%20Plan%202011.pdf and read up on the background at http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/londonplan
The Plan sets out ambitious housing and employment targets centred on 33 Opportunity Areas and a further 10 Intensification Areas across the London Boroughs.
In the context of the Localism agenda, will the Waste Review do enough to secure the delivery of future infrastructure? Rebecca Eatwell PPS Group’s head of waste & resources, attempts to find out in an article for edie.net – Localism Vs planning: uneasy bedfellows?
The full article is available here
Taken from the July/August edition of Housebuilder magazine – this month’s edition also included a free copy of the PPS local authority political control wall map – to order your copy please email freemap@ppsgroup.co.uk
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, gives his summer term report on the government’s planning policies
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After months of waiting we finally have the first definition of what will be meant by the government’s new presumption in favour of sustainable development.
The wording published this week is as follows:
There is a presumption in favour of sustainable development at the heart of the planning system, which should be central to the approach taken [...]