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ANNEX ONE OPPORTUNITY AND INTENSIFICATION AREAS THE PLAN MARCH 2015

A1.1 This Annex (which for the avoidance Hospital), and Hounslow (Great West of doubt, forms part of the London Corridor including the ‘Golden Mile’) Plan and therefore of the statutory and in the Royal Borough of Kingston development plan) is integral to upon Thames (Kingston town centre). policy 2.13 in Chapter 2, outlining how its broad principles should be applied to specific Opportunity and Intensification Areas including indicative estimates of employment capacity and minimum guidelines for new homes to 2031, subject to phasing.

A1.2 These estimates and guidelines are derived from a range of sources including the London Employment Sites Database (employment) and the London Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (homes); they will be tested through the preparation of planning frameworks and/or local development frameworks.

A1.3 It should be noted that in some Areas the transport system would not currently support this level of growth and developer contributions may be required to underpin enhancements. The Opportunity/ Intensification Area Planning Frameworks (OAPF/IAPF) for these areas can take different forms depending on local circumstances. Progress on their preparation and implementation will be reviewed in the London Plan Implementation Plan and is currently indicated in the Table below as (1) Proposed; (2) In Preparation; (3) Adopted; and (4) Under Review.

A1.4 The Mayor is working with boroughs and other partners to identify, assess and realise the potential for new Opportunity and Intensification Areas in terms of Policy 2.13 including in the London boroughs of Haringey (Haringey Heartlands), Sutton (Sutton 343

Table A1.1 Opportunity Areas cultural, leisure and quality shopping experience and realise capacity for 1 Bexley Riverside new residential development in line with its status as a new Opportunity Area (Ha): 1,347 Area. Sustainable growth should Indicative employment capacity: ensure a high quality, safe and 7,000 accessible environment, and a vibrant day and night time centre, with high Minimum new homes: 4,000 quality buildings, public spaces OAPF progress: 1 and strong east-west connections. Potential improvements to public Bexley Riverside relates to parts of transport accessibility should be Erith, Crayford, Slade Green and considered in conjunction with the Belvedere. Improvements in public scope to optimise development transport accessibility, especially capacity associated with the town associated with Crossrail 1 will centre and its environs. A carefully provide scope for intensification, managed approach should be taken particularly around Abbey Wood. to enhance the business environment, Account should be taken of the modernise viable office provision Area’s strategically important role and encourage the conversion or in addressing London’s logistics redevelopment of surplus office requirements including protection for capacity to other uses including inter-modal freight transfer facilities housing. at Howbury Park and safeguarded wharves on the , as well as waste management. 3 Canada Water East London Green Grid projects such as Belvedere Links will make Area (Ha): 46 a significant contribution to the Indicative employment capacity: improvement of landscape and green 2,000 infrastructure. Any new development and infrastructure brought forward in Minimum new homes: 3,300 this area must avoid adverse effects OAPF progress: 2 on any European site of nature Opportunity Area with good public conservation importance (to include transport accessibility including SACs, SPAs, Ramsar, proposed and stations on the Jubilee and East candidate sites) either alone or in London Line. The Area has significant combination with other plans and potential for mixed-use regeneration projects. on infill sites and intensification of existing commercial sites focussed 2 Bromley on the transport interchanges and the District shopping centre. Subject Area (Ha): 69 to retail demand Canada Water Indicative employment capacity: may evolve to become a Major 2,000 town centre in the network and the scope for a substantial increase in Minimum new homes: 2,500 the minimum new homes target and OAPF progress: 1 employment capacity should be explored. There is also potential to Promote Bromley Town Centre’s develop a new science cluster linked strategic role as a Metropolitan to an academic institution (King’s town centre with a distinctive THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

College). uses and related infrastructure is 4 Charlton Riverside available to meet the needs of this growing cluster. Securing affordable Area (Ha): 176 workspace, high quality digital Indicative employment capacity: connectivity and an attractive, 1,000 ‘buzzy’ business environment are key considerations. The City Fringe/ Minimum new homes: 3,500 Tech City area contains a number OAPF progress: 4 of accessible, relatively central sites with significant development Development at Charlton Riverside capacity, including Bishopsgate/ should be integrated with the wider South Shoreditch and Whitechapel/ development of the Aldgate. The Area also provides of the Thames to complement particular scope to support London’s opportunities at Deptford/, critical mass of financial and business Greenwich Peninsula and Woolwich. services and clusters of other Any managed release of surplus economic activity, such as creative industrial land should be set in a industries. The potential for a medical wider sub regional context as part of research cluster at Whitechapel the planning framework for the Area, associated with the Queen Mary taking into account safeguarded University London should be wharves such as Murphy’s and explored. Minor extensions of the Angerstein with its strategic railhead. CAZ should assist the realisation of Greenwich Council adopted the development capacity and exploit Charlton Riverside Masterplan in public transport accessibility through 2012 but more work is needed on Crossrail 1 stations at Liverpool possible release of land within the Street and Whitechapel and at the Strategic Industrial Location. London Overground stations. At Old Street there is significant scope to improve the station and its environs, 5 City Fringe/Tech City to become a more successful and Area (Ha): 901 attractive gateway to Tech City and Indicative employment capacity: encourage investment. The scale of 70,000 additional development capacity here is partly dependent upon operational Minimum new homes: 8,700 rail requirements and improvements OAPF progress: 2 to interchange capacity. The area contains some of London’s most London is the digital capital of deprived inner city neighbourhoods Europe and the growing digital- as well as affluent new quarters creative cluster at Tech City, interspersed with affordable business which extends from the Old Street premises, some serving the local ‘Silicon Roundabout’ Shoreditch to communities, others meeting the Whitechapel, Hackney Central and needs of national and international Dalston, has the potential to become business. Development should take a business hub of major international account of the Tower of London significance. The City Fringe/ World Heritage site. Improved public Tech City OAPF should nurture the transport accessibility at Dalston employment, business and creative Junction will support a range of potential of the digital-creative development opportunities in this sectors and ensure that suitable area. Potential exists to redevelop commercial floorspace, supporting Kingsland Shopping Centre and 345

secure better integration with its 7 /Brent Cross surroundings. is Area (Ha): 324 an important asset and there is scope to improve the overall environment Indicative employment capacity: and operation of the market and 20,000 linkages with the High Street. The Minimum new homes: 10,000 potential for intensification in the wider hinterland of Dalston should OAPF progress: 3 also be explored including sites along Subject to office demand, a potential the A10 corridor and those in close Strategic Outer London Development proximity to the London Overground Centre (see Policy 2.16). Brent Cross station at Haggerston. /Cricklewood also has significant potential for wider economic development, new housing and 6 / regeneration, capitalising on public Area (Ha): 262 transport improvements including Thameslink and the Northern Line Indicative employment capacity: upgrade. The Area combines former 2,000 railway lands and the wider hinterland Minimum new homes: 12,500 surrounding Brent Cross regional OAPF progress: 4 shopping centre across the A406 North Circular Road. Brent Cross An area comprising a range of sites is to be redeveloped to become with capacity mainly for residential- a town centre complementing the led mixed use, which are at various roles of other centres nearby and stages in the development process with an extended mix of town centre including parts of the former RAF East activities. This should include a Camp adjacent to the M1, Hendon significant increase in new housing College site, the existing Grahame together with local ancillary services. Park Estate, the Peel Centre, A rail station on the Cricklewood site Colindale Tube and the Hospital and is proposed and new development library sites to the west of tube. The should be phased with improvements area also includes major development to public transport and accessibility. sites in Brent along the Edgware A site for a major waste facility within Road at Oriental City, Zenith House the area will form a key role in North and Capital Way. Co-ordination of London Waste Strategy. There is adequate provision of social and significant potential for improvement transport infrastructure across the to the public realm including borough boundaries is required. restoration of the River Brent. Appropriate developer contributions are also needed to deliver public transport improvements to support 8 Croydon the proposed intensification of Area (Ha): 194 residential use. Barnet Council adopted the Colindale Area Action Indicative employment capacity: Plan in March 2010. The Council 7,500 intends to update the AAP through Minimum new homes: 7,300 production of a Supplementary Planning Document. OAPF progress: 3 One of the potential Strategic Outer London Development Centres, THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Croydon is also recognised as boroughs and capitalise on its London’s largest ‘Metropolitan’ waterside and heritage character. town centre and one of the capital’s Subject to resolution of wharf two strategic office centres outside related issues, parts of Convoys central London. The council’s Wharf should be developed for strategy will need to be built upon to a range of uses. The Area as a re-brand the offer of Croydon to meet whole has potential for a cultural modern commercial needs, realising quarter, for smaller scale leisure and its competitive advantages and good tourism-related provision, business public transport accessibility. This workspaces and additional housing. will entail consolidating its strengths East-west connections across as a strategic office location through Deptford Creek should be addressed. mixed-use re-development and enhancements to the business environment. A carefully managed 10 Earls Court & West Kensington balance must be struck between Area (Ha): 38 modernising office provision and encouraging the conversion of Indicative employment capacity: surplus capacity to other uses 9,500 including a significant increment to Minimum new homes: 7,500 housing. An integrated approach to a number of sites will be needed, OAPF progress: 3 including East Croydon station, The Area presents a significant Fairfield Halls, Croydon College, Park opportunity for regeneration Place and the Whitgift redevelopment comprising estate renewal and (for which planning permission has housing and employment growth. A been granted). Rejuvenation of the comprehensive approach should be mix and vitality of supporting uses, taken to planning the future of the enhancement of the environment and exhibition complex, the Transport improvements to traffic management for London Lillie Bridge Road depot, will help support redevelopment. The the local authority housing estates Croydon Town Centre Opportunity and other sites in the vicinity. The Area Planning Framework (OAPF) was potential for a strategic leisure, adopted by the Mayor of London in cultural and visitor attraction and January 2013. The framework was strategically significant offices prepared in collaboration between the should be explored together with GLA, Croydon Council and TfL. retail, hotels and supporting social infrastructure. To guide development in the Opportunity Area, a Joint 9 Deptford Creek/ Greenwich Supplementary Planning Document Riverside has been prepared in partnership with Area (Ha): 165 Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Kensington and Chelsea Council and Indicative employment capacity: Transport for London. Earls Court has 4,000 good public transport facilities and Minimum new homes: 5,000 these should be further enhanced, together with comprehensive highway OAPF progress: 1 and streetscape improvements. Earls The Area should benefit major Court already benefits from a strong concentrations of deprived identity, distinctive townscape and a neighbourhoods across the two range of heritage assets, all of which 347

should be upheld and promoted interchange and also to develop through the regeneration and growth the relationship with the adjacent of the area. university quarter. The ‘Euston Area Plan’ was adopted in January 2015. 11 Elephant & Castle This has been produced by the GLA, working with TfL and Camden Area (Ha): 88 Council. This will help to shape Indicative employment capacity: change in the area over the next 15- 5,000 20 years and provide a framework Minimum new homes: 5,000 for planning decisions. This plan is being produced partly in response to OAPF progress: 3 the current proposal for a new High The Area is undergoing major Speed rail link (HS2) from London transformation with significant to the North and Scotland and to investment in housing and potential reflect and update previous plans and for new retail provision integrated with a more efficient and attractive aspirations for development in and transport interchange. There around the station. is scope to create a series of connected public open spaces complemented by environmental and 13 Greenwich Peninsula traffic management improvements. Area (Ha): 259 Resolution of these and rail related issues are crucial to the successful Indicative employment capacity: redevelopment of this southern 7,000 gateway to central London. Minimum new homes: 13,500 OAPF progress: 3 12 Euston The Peninsula plays two key strategic Area (Ha): 85 roles, as an internationally significant leisure attraction and as a major Indicative employment capacity: contributor to meeting London’s need 7,700 – 14,100 depending on station for additional housing. The main design and constraints focus of commercial development is Minimum new homes: 2,800 – 3,800 at the north of the peninsula around depending on station design and the and the Jubilee Line constraints station. Any release of industrial OAPF progress: 3 capacity should be managed in a sub-regional context and as Euston is a major national and part of the planning framework, commuter rail terminal possessing recognising the roles of safeguarded good bus and underground links to wharves and the potential for a the rest of the Central Activities Zone. cruise liner terminal. River paths, The station airspace and adjacent parks and squares on the peninsula should contribute to a high quality areas are underused and have public realm and become part potential for intensification. There is of the wider East London Green scope to re-configure Euston Square Grid with potential to improve Gardens and the bus station to pedestrian and cycle linkages from enhance this space and the transport the O2 to Greenwich town centre. THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Development and infrastructure the three corridors covered by the provision should be co-ordinated ‘Western Wedge’ (see para 2.17) and with that in neighbouring Charlton recognises the importance of the Riverside. airport as a driver for economic growth within the opportunity area and beyond. He recognises 14 Harrow & Wealdstone the importance of maintaining Area (Ha): 177 its attractiveness to business, while enhancing its environmental Indicative employment capacity: performance in line with Policy 6.6 3,000 Aviation. It contains a range of Minimum new homes: 2,800 locations with potential to contribute to economic development without OAPF progress: 3 a third runway, together with This new Opportunity Area offers new housing and environmental significant opportunity for urban improvement. Any new development renewal and intensification, providing and infrastructure brought forward in the impetus to regenerate Wealdstone this area must avoid adverse effects and rejuvenate Harrow town centre. on any European site of nature Capacity exists to deliver substantial conservation importance (to include employment growth through an SACs, SPAs, Ramsar, proposed and uplift in retail, office and hotel candidate sites) either alone or in development within the town centres combination with other plans and and the intensification of industrial projects. In Hillingdon, Heathrow and other business use within the ‘north’ (including the A4 corridor) Wealdstone Industrial Area. There will continue to benefit from airport is also scope to accommodate a related growth, particularly with substantial portion of the Borough’s regard to transport and logistics, future housing need through the business and hotels and leisure/ delivery of higher density residential tourism. Stockley Park has a and mixed use development on key particular draw for a diverse range strategic sites and renewal areas of offices including marketing and where development is matched by R&D, and for prestigious national and investment in infrastructure and European headquarters. Uxbridge achieves high standards of design is set to grow significantly with the and sustainability. redevelopment of the RAF Uxbridge site, together with potential in the bio-science sectors and creative/ 15 Heathrow media support services in the Area (Ha): 700 Uxbridge Business Park. The Hayes- West Drayton corridor contains Indicative employment capacity: redevelopment opportunities for a 12,000 range of potential uses, including Minimum new homes: 9,000 small business parks, logistics and mixed-uses. Hayes town centre OAPF progress: 1 offers considerable scope for the The Mayor supports an integrated creative/media sector and for SME approach to the distinct workspace. In Hounslow, there is environmental and growth issues capacity to continue the rejuvenation facing the area around Heathrow of Feltham as a town centre and to both within and beyond London in develop the borough’s strategically important industrial offer. The 349

capacity estimates indicate the broad communities. Proposed transport potential of the Opportunity Area and investment including Crossrail 1 are subject to more detailed testing. should allow it to accommodate an additional 110,000 jobs by 2031 focused on the area with particularly 16 Ilford good and improving public transport Area (Ha): 85 accessibility and capacity in and around Canary Wharf. Partnership Indicative employment capacity: 800 working is required to bring forward Minimum new homes: 5,000 adequate land and a significant enhancement to transport capacity. OAPF progress: 4 Parts of the Area have significant Ilford is both an Opportunity Area potential to accommodate new and a ‘Metropolitan’ town centre homes and there is scope to convert serving outer east London. There surplus business capacity south of is scope to provide at least 5,000 Canary Wharf to housing and support additional homes on development a wider mix of services for residents, sites in and around the town centre. workers and visitors. Retail provision Comprehensive redevelopment in Canary Wharf has the potential to of key sites should reinforce its develop and serve a wider catchment, ‘Metropolitan’ centre role with complemented by a broader range of improvements to the range and civic, leisure and other town centre quality of the retail offer and build facilities. At Crossharbour there is upon its strengths as a new leisure- potential for less car dependent, oriented location to serve the wider more sustainable development area. Longer term development, providing a wider range of uses. To which could include some office address barriers to the delivery of provision as part of a wider mix of development, consideration is being town centre uses, will be assisted by given to refining this framework. improved transport links, particularly This will focus on realising local Crossrail 1 and the East London benefits arising from improvements Transit. in public transport across London; a reappraisal of the balance between housing and employment in light 17 Isle of Dogs of changing commercial occupier Area (Ha): 410 requirements; the scope to extend the area covered by the framework Indicative employment capacity: further north to open up employment 110,000 and housing opportunities, for Minimum new homes: 10,000 example towards Poplar; the potential for greater synergies with OAPF progress: 2 other development partners; more The north of the Isle of Dogs forms effective coordination of social a strategically significant part of infrastructure, especially schools to London’s world city offer for financial, support growing local needs; and media and business services and exploring ways in which the town is recognised as part of the Central centre offer of Canary Wharf can be Activities Zone for office policy broadened as well as extended to purposes, with Canary Wharf also reflect aspirations for it to develop functioning as a Major town centre into a Metropolitan centre. for its workers and more local THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

18 Kensal Canalside are being implemented in both Area (Ha): 20 Camden and Islington for high- density commercial development, Indicative employment capacity: office, retail, leisure and housing. 2,000 There may be scope to consider Minimum new homes: 3,500 linkages between the academic sector and businesses clustered OAPF progress: 2 in this location in conjunction with Kensal Canalside has significant those in the neighbouring City Fringe/ development potential and an Tech City Opportunity Area. The opportunity to promote regeneration implementation of development in north Kensington and adjoining must capture heritage value, secure boroughs. The scope and scale environmental quality and minimise of development as an Opportunity car use. It is vital to integrate the Area is dependent on resolution major rail termini, underground of a number of challenges and station and brownfield sites with the constraints. Improved public regeneration of neighbourhoods in transport accessibility will be a the wider area. major determinant of the final scale of development. Rail and canal corridors form barriers to north-south 20 Lewisham, Catford and New Cross movement within and beyond the Area (Ha): 815 site and should be addressed to knit development into the surrounding Indicative employment capacity: townscape. Linkages with the Park 6,000 Royal Opportunity Area and the Minimum new homes: 8,000 potential strategic public transport OAPF progress: 1 infrastructure hub and interchange at Old Oak Common should be This Area contains a series of addressed. The opportunity to build centres with scope for intensification, over the railway tracks and to address regeneration and renewal. There is constraints imposed by existing scope for further intensification in gasholders should be investigated. central Lewisham where strategically important regeneration is already planned. Projects such as the 19 King’s Cross-St Pancras Kender Triangle gyratory removal Area (Ha): 53 and Lewisham Gateway will provide development opportunities, improve Indicative employment capacity: the public realm and raise design 25,000 quality in the area. The scope to Minimum new homes: 1,900 address poor legibility, severance and traffic congestion should OAPF progress: 3 be investigated. Projects such King’s Cross-St Pancras now as Waterlink Way and Deptford functions as a European passenger Loop should be further developed gateway and has the highest public together with wider environmental transport accessibility in London. improvements such as extensions to This accessibility will improve further the East London Green Grid. with the completion of Thameslink. A new commercial quarter is rapidly emerging. Planning permissions 351

21 London Bridge, Borough & Beam Reach, Beam Park and Bankside Rainham West sites with scope Area (Ha): 155 for intensification in Barking town centre, Rainham Village and South Indicative employment capacity: Hornchurch. The development 25,000 strategy will include managed release Minimum new homes: 1,900 of some surplus industrial land for housing and other complementary OAPF progress: 4 uses, and consolidating the offer This Area has considerable potential of the remaining industrial land for intensification, particularly including promotion of a Green at London Bridge station and Enterprise District incorporating its environs, complemented by the London Sustainable Industries improvements to public transport Park at Dagenham Dock. Any new and interchange facilities, better development and infrastructure pedestrian integration with the brought forward in this area must surrounding area and greater use of avoid adverse effects on any river passenger transport. There is European site of nature conservation scope to develop the strengths of importance (to include SACs, the Area for strategic office provision SPAs, Ramsar, proposed and as well as housing, especially in the candidate sites) either alone or in hinterland between Blackfriars and combination with other plans and London bridges. Mixed leisure and projects. Substantial improvements culture related development should in public transport will be needed, enhance its distinct offer as part of building on plans for increased the South Bank Strategic Cultural capacity on the C2C rail line, and Area, and partners should work to East London Transit schemes to develop and accommodate synergies serve London Riverside, exploring with the existing centre of medical the potential for additional stations, excellence. Account should be for example at Beam Park along the taken of the Tower of London World current rail corridor, and extended Heritage site and proposals for open bus services. There is scope to space networks and transport and improve connectivity by cycling and community infrastructure should walking across the whole area and be co-ordinated with those in the in particular through implementation Waterloo and Elephant and Castle of the East London Green Grid. It Opportunity Area and across borough is also imperative to plan for long boundaries. term flood risk management. The industrial areas at River Road, Rippleside, Dagenham Dock and 22 London Riverside Rainham Employment Area support a range of different businesses. Area (Ha): 3,000 Access to rail, river wharves, trunk Indicative employment capacity: roads and existing warehousing 16,000 clusters support the provision of Minimum new homes: 26,500 strategically important logistics facilities, including inter-modal freight OAPF progress: 2 transfer (potentially at Renwick Within the Area development will be Road/Ripple Road), as well as focused on the Barking Riverside, consolidating the strengths of modern Dagenham Dock, South Dagenham, manufacturing excellence. At South Dagenham, along the A1306 East, THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

and in Rainham there is potential to importance (to include SACs, SPAs, deliver more compact, residential- Ramsar, proposed and candidate led mixed urban communities. The sites), either alone or in combination core employment areas have the with other plans and projects. A new potential to be developed as a Metropolitan centre will be focused leading centre for innovation and on Stratford town centre and a rich high-tech manufacturing, and for mix of employment, housing and the growth sector of environmental open spaces across the Lower Lee technology, for example at Dagenham Valley. Stratford is recognised as one Dock. Barking Riverside is London’s of the capital’s two strategic office single largest housing development centres beyond central London and opportunity and the Mayor will a potential Outer London Strategic continue to lobby for rail to the area Development Centre with particular which is necessary to deliver over potential for office development. 10,000 new homes. Development The area will contain a significant should create not just a good quality new residential community providing environment with a full range of at least 32,000 new homes and community facilities, but a new urban potentially up to 40,000. There is quarter with a distinct character estimated capacity for up to 50,000 of its own and a highly attractive new jobs including over 30,000 place to live. A draft London predominantly office jobs at Stratford Riverside Opportunity Area Planning City. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Framework (LROAPF) has been Park will accelerate the realisation published. of the vision for the Lower Lee Valley for it to become a vibrant, high quality and sustainable mixed 23 Lower Lee Valley (including use new city district set within an Stratford) unrivalled landscape of high quality Area (Ha): 1,400 parkland and water features which should be co-ordinated with plans Indicative employment capacity: for long term flood risk management. 50,000 Managed release of appropriate Minimum new homes: 32,000 industrial sites for mixed-use development should be promoted, OAPF progress: 2 whilst retaining key industrial land, Currently this Area is the most particularly in the Strategic Industrial important single strategic Locations. Integration of the facilities regeneration initiative for London and and infrastructure provided for the an urban renewal challenge of global 2012 Games with the surrounding significance securing the legacy of areas, centres and communities the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic are vital to the area’s long term Games. The Lower Lee forms the regeneration and success (See axis linking two nationally important Policy 2.4). The Mayor’s planning growth corridors: the London- priorities for the Queen Elizabeth Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough Olympic Park and the surrounding corridor to the north and the Thames areas are set out in Policy 2.4 of Gateway to the east. Any new this plan and the Olympic Legacy development and infrastructure Planning Supplementary Guidance brought forward in this area must (OLSPG). This is now being taken avoid adverse effects on any forward through a DPD prepared by European site of nature conservation the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). 353

24 Old Kent Road is one of London’s key Area (Ha): 114 industrial locations, with potential to meet modern logistics and waste Indicative employment capacity: management requirements as well 1,000 as other industrial type functions. Minimum new homes: 2,500 A range of opportunities exist for industrial related development and in OAPF progress: 1 selected locations outside of SIL for This is a new Opportunity Area with mixed-use intensification where there significant potential for residential- is good public transport accessibility. led development along the Old Kent These selected locations include a Road corridor. The employment series of ‘gateway’ sites identified and minimum homes figures above in the Park Royal OAPF comprising should be explored further and the Eastern Gateway at refined in a planning framework for Junction, the Southern Gateway the Area and through a review of around North Acton station, the the Strategic Industrial Location and Western gateway around the capacity to accommodate a phased Diageo First Central site and the rationalisation of its functions in Northern Gateway centred around the opportunity area or reprovision the Northfields industrial estate. elsewhere. Development should take account of London’s future rail and water freight requirements and their land 25 Paddington use implications, and the scope for improvements in strategic rail Area (Ha): 38 accessibility. Planning for Park Royal Indicative employment capacity: should be integrated with Old Oak 5,000 Common and take into account the Minimum new homes: 1,000 relationships with White City and Kensal Canalside Opportunity Areas. OAPF progress: 3 Significant office and residential development provision has already 27 Old Oak Common been made in the Area and there Area (Ha): 155 is scope for further high density, Indicative employment capacity: good quality, business and 55,000 housing development. This should complement Paddington’s distinct Minimum new homes: 24,000 canal-side character, enhance OAPF progress: 2 environmental quality, support low car use and integrate with surrounding Old Oak Common has significant neighbourhoods. regeneration potential for new housing and jobs and could make a major contribution to London’s 26 Park Royal position as a world business centre. Regeneration would centre on Area (Ha): 713 a new strategic public transport Indicative employment capacity: infrastructure hub at Old Oak 10,000 Common on the HS2 line between Minimum new homes: 1,500 London, and Birmingham and beyond with an interchange with Crossrail OAPF progress: 2 THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

1, other national main lines and the 28 Royal Docks & Beckton Waterfront London Overground. This should Area (Ha): 1,100 include a new branch of Crossrail 1 linking from Old Oak to the West Indicative employment capacity: Coast Main Line and extending via 6,000 to Watford and potentially Minimum new homes: 11,000 beyond. Provision of public transport infrastructure on this scale would OAPF progress: 2 drive substantial development which The Royal Docks will return to its could yield 24,000 new homes and, former glory at the forefront of subject to capacity and demand, international trade and exchange. up to 55,000 jobs and a variety of The regeneration of Silvertown Quays, complementary and supporting Royal Albert Dock and Royal Albert uses in a commercial hub around Basin should build upon innovative the station and in the wider area. and iconic developments such as the The potential for a network of Siemans Crystal and the Emirates new open spaces and green links Air Line cable car. The Enterprise connecting Old Oak Common station Zone will support its role as a world to North Acton, Willesden Junction, class business destination with Wormwood Scrubs and the Grand capacity for at least 6,000 jobs. Joint Union Canal should be investigated. public and private investment will Public transport accessibility and create London’s first Asian business availability of amenity space should park. The potential for a new support high density development ‘floating village’ should be explored which could include a cluster of tall as part of the Royals’ potential to buildings around the interchange. accommodate at least 11,000 new Wormwood Scrubs would provide a homes. Key issues to be addressed major amenity to support this scale include maximising the benefits of the of development and improved access Crossrail station at Custom House, to the Scrubs is essential to deliver future growth of London City Airport, sustainable residential communities. capitalising on the success of ExCel Planning for Old Oak Common should and its potential as a focus for further be integrated with the wider Park visitor/business related growth and Royal Opportunity Area, including improving connections to London scope for business relocations. Riverside. For Thameside West, Linkages with Kensal Canalside and strategic development principles are White City Opportunity Areas should set out in the adopted Lower Lee also be considered, including the Valley OAPF. Thameside East, West Imperial College campus expansion and Beckton Waterfront are also key and associated potential for business locations for river-related industries. creation and development at Old The management of safeguarded Oak/Park Royal. A vision document wharves, including scope for for Old Oak was published in June consolidation, will be an important 2013 setting out a direction of travel issue in realising the potential of for the future development of the these sites. area. 355

29 Southall Tripcock Park should be enhanced, Area (Ha): 87 together with measures to secure better use of landscape assets such Indicative employment capacity: as the Ridgeway and improved local 3,000 connections through the South East Minimum new homes: 6,000 London Green Chain. In view of the low lying nature of parts of the Area, OAPF progress: 3 particular attention should be given The Area provides great scope to to flood risk management. There enhance the local environment is scope to enhance employment and complement Southall’s current capacity in the White Hart Triangle strengths, including its ethnic and other industrial sites, including identity and links with South Asia, waste management and logistics by introducing a more diverse retail provision. offer and securing a substantial uplift in housing capacity as well as improvements in social infrastructure. 31 Tottenham Court Road The imperative to deliver genuine Area (Ha): 19 linkages between the Southall Gas Works site and the existing Southall Indicative employment capacity: town centre must be secured. 5,000 Integration with the wider area Minimum new homes: 500 including Hillingdon to the west OAPF progress: 3 needs careful consideration. Any new development and infrastructure There is significant potential bought forward in this area must for integrated renewal across avoid adverse effects on any Westminster and Camden borough European site of nature conservation boundaries recognising the Area’s importance (to include SACs, SPAs, strategic role as part of one of Ramsar, proposed and candidate London’s two ‘International’ shopping sites) either alone or in combination locations in the context of the West with other plans and projects. End Special Retail Policy Area, as well as addressing more local concerns. This will include enhancing the public 30 Thamesmead and Abbey Wood realm of St. Giles, Tottenham Court Area (Ha): 811 Road and eastern Oxford Street and providing better connection between Indicative employment capacity: , Oxford Street and 4,000 Bloomsbury. Minimum new homes: 3,000 OAPF progress: 4 32 Upper Lee Valley The residential environment and Area (Ha): 3,900 capacity of Thamesmead should be enhanced through estate renewal Indicative employment capacity: integrated with strategic opportunity 15,000 sites for new housing, social Minimum new homes: 20,100 and recreation facilities together OAPF progress: 3 with improved open space and Metropolitan Open Land. Access to The Upper Lee occupies a strategic the riverside and adjacent spaces in position in the London-Stansted- THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Cambridge-Peterborough growth enhance connections east to west corridor and provides a range across the valley and increase use of development opportunities of the Regional Park and its water including the growth points at spaces. London’s largest waste Tottenham Hale, Blackhorse Lane, facility is located at Edmonton Central Leeside and Ponders End Eco Park and this facility has which are considered suitable for potential to provide heat and power higher density development and to neighbouring developments. accessible sites within and on the Improvements to capacity of the edges of town centres, especially underground station, new bus in the A1010 corridor. A four infrastructure and services are trains per hour service on the West needed to deliver higher density, Anglia Main Line and potential four mixed-use development. The Upper tracking of the London Stansted Lee Valley Opportunity Area Planning line will be important in unlocking Framework (ULV OAPF) was adopted development capacity, particularly by the Mayor in July 2013. It has at Meridian Water. Development been produced by the GLA working in the Opportunity Area should with TfL and the London Boroughs of provide the stimulus for regeneration Enfield, Haringey, Waltham Forest and in existing communities including Hackney. those in Edmonton, the Tottenham corridor to Stoke Newington and around Blackhorse Lane. Proposals 33 , Nine Elms, Battersea should be co-ordinated with those Area (Ha): 227 for the Lower Lee Valley Opportunity Area. Adequate capacity should be Indicative employment capacity: retained to meet industrial needs 25,000 including waste management and Minimum new homes: 20,000 strategic logistics functions. The potential for the establishment of a OAPF progress: 3 Green Enterprise District should be As an integral part of the CAZ, explored. Any new development this Area has scope for significant and infrastructure bought forward in intensification and increase in housing this area must avoid adverse effects and commercial capacity, with a new on any European site of nature diplomatic quarter, parkland and river conservation importance (to include crossing for pedestrians and cyclists. SACs, SPAs, Ramsar, proposed and To deliver the area’s full development candidate sites) either alone or in potential will require major transport combination with other plans and investment and construction of the projects. The location, construction Northern Line extension into the and design of new development area is scheduled to commence in and infrastructure should avoid 2016. This investment will support significant and cumulative impacts an uplift in employment capacity for on European biodiversity sites. The up to 25,000 jobs and a minimum Lee Valley Regional Park Authority homes capacity of at least 20,000. and water utilities should collaborate The Battersea Power Station site with relevant boroughs in relating has the potential to become a new development to the environmental CAZ Frontage with potential for assets of the Lee Valley Park and strategically significant mixed use planning for long term flood risk development including residential, management. Opening up the business, leisure, retail and service reservoirs to the public would 357

uses. Parts of the area may be capacity. The need to enhance suitable for tall buildings subject to important heritage features and London Plan/LDF design policies delivery of improvements to the and criteria. The extensive area of wider public realm will need careful low density, low value industrial uses management. Significant new at Nine Elms conflicts with wider development around Gatliff Road strategic objectives for CAZ and reflects the potential for closer industrial uses should be rationalised synergy with the Vauxhall/Nine Elms/ whilst sustaining capacity for those Battersea Opportunity Area south of which are of particular importance to the river. CAZ and capable of operating more intensively, such as the wholesale market and waste management 35 Waterloo provision. This Plan continues the Area (Ha): 78 requirement of the 2008 version of the London Plan to de-designate part Indicative employment capacity: of the historic Strategic Industrial 15,000 Location in order to facilitate re- Minimum new homes: 2,500 development. Safeguarded wharf capacity on the River Thames should OAPF progress: 3 continue to perform a key functional The Area provides opportunities role and the use of waste to generate for intensification of commercial, heat and power for developments residential and cultural facilities should be investigated. Stronger associated with a major transport traffic management and easier hub, a major office location and a pedestrian and cycle movement Strategic Cultural Area (see Policy will contribute to significant 4.6). There is potential to enhance environmental improvements in this the South Bank and extend the location. In March 2012, the Mayor cultural and entertainment offer as adopted a planning framework for a major London visitor destination the Vauxhall / Nine Elms / Battersea which can also be enjoyed by local Opportunity Area and it forms residents and employees. This Supplementary Planning Guidance to should be carefully managed to take the London Plan. account of local residential and other needs. In the short to medium term, reuse of the former International 34 Victoria Station will provide significant new Area (Ha): 47 facilities and increased capacity for the station and the area, as well as Indicative employment capacity: expansion of rail services. In the long 4,000 term, the station presents a major Minimum new homes: 1,000 development opportunity. OAPF progress: 3 The station, the airspace above its tracks and approaches, and nearby sites have significant potential for mixed-use intensification, capitalising on enhancement to the public transport interchange and improvements to accessibility and THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

36 Wembley opportunities for further development, Area (Ha): 239 building upon the area’s strengths in creative, media and entertainment Indicative employment business. There is potential for mixed capacity: 11,000 density housing and a focal point for office development at and around the Minimum new homes: 11,500 tube stations at White City and Wood OAPF progress: 3 Lane with other commercial, leisure, open space, education and retail New housing and leisure-related uses of appropriate scale to support development should be integrated the local community. This will be with the iconic and world-class facilitated by de-designation of the stadium and other facilities, including historic strategic industrial location the Arena and Conference Centre. complemented by provision for waste Supported by upgrades to the three and other industrial functions in the stations, improved public transport Park Royal Opportunity Area. The will play a key role in managing scope to improve connectivity with heavy demand for mass movement, the wider area should be explored links between the stations and the and development should be related strategic leisure facilities should to improvements in public transport be improved. Development should capacity. Housing-led intensification contribute to the regeneration, should support local regeneration, vitality and viability of Wembley as a enable estate renewal and seek a town centre, including its expansion mixed and balanced community. eastwards. This should create a There may be scope to enhance new community of shops, much education and research capabilities enhanced public spaces, including in the area linked in particular to Brent Council’s new Civic Centre, healthcare and bio-technology. and 11,500 new homes. Proposals Development should promote the should enhance permeability and vitality of the town centre, particularly connectivity to the wider hinterland in the Shepherd’s Bush market area, and the potential to locate a civic and complement the viability of other facility including a school adjacent to west and central London centres. Olympic Way should be explored. An Opportunity Area Planning Framework has been adopted by the GLA and the London Borough 37 White City of Hammersmith & Fulham which Area (Ha): 110 sets out further strategic principles Indicative employment capacity: including the appropriate scale, 10,000 location and mix of uses taking into account studies of the creative Minimum new homes: 6,000 industries, development and transport OAPF progress: 3 capacity. It also proposes a new public space – White City Green. An area undergoing substantial change within which completion of strategically significant new retail provision at Westfield has raised the status of Shepherd’s Bush to a Metropolitan town centre. The BBC is consolidating its activities within the area and this will create 359

38 Woolwich Area (Ha): 77 Indicative employment capacity: 5,000 Minimum new homes: 5,000 OAPF progress: 3 Building on existing and proposed transport infrastructure including Crossrail, and realisation of the boroughs substantial residential capacity, Woolwich could evolve to perform a higher role in the town centre network, which subject to implementation of the OAPF, could merit Metropolitan status. Implementation of proposals for the Royal Arsenal is also raising the profile of Woolwich and encouraging the wider regeneration of the town centre. Attractive links have been completed between the Arsenal and the town centre and should be complemented by further high- quality design and environmental improvement across the town and the A206 corridor, including General Gordon and Beresford Squares. There is potential to improve links with the South East London Green Chain and neighbourhoods to the south. THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Table A1.2 Intensification Areas Phases of residential and mixed-use development at Hornsey waterworks 39 Farringdon/ Smithfield sites have been completed. Other key sites with development potential Area (Ha): 23 include the Clarendon Road Indicative employment capacity: gas works and adjacent Coburg 2,500 Road industrial area. Mixed-use regeneration of these sites adjacent Minimum new homes: 850 to Wood Green town centre should IAPF progress: 4 support delivery of the full range of uses. Site assembly and provision This is an Area with potential for of better links with the town centre intensification on a number of sites and Alexandra Park are key to and broader improvements to the comprehensive development. public realm and mix of uses. These Opportunities should be explored to will be supported by Crossrail and redevelop parts of Wood Green town the Thameslink programme at centre for high-density, mixed-use Farringdon. The scale of additional schemes and strengthen pedestrian development capacity is dependent connections to the town centre and on operational rail requirements, library. Any new development and the degree of station renewal and infrastructure bought forward in this improvements to transport and area must avoid adverse effects interchange capacity. The potential on any European site of nature for bridging over the railway cutting conservation importance (to include to expand development capacity SACs, SPAs, Ramsar, proposed and and public space provision should candidate sites) either alone or in be explored. Development should be combination with other plans and set in the context of the long term projects. consolidation of London’s wholesale markets. Further opportunities for intensification are presented at Mount 41 Holborn Pleasant. The Mayor encourages collaborative working between the Area (Ha): 13 three boroughs to refine the extent, Indicative employment capacity: opportunities and potential capacity 2,000 of this Area. Minimum new homes: 200 IAPF progress: 4 40 Haringey Heartlands/ Wood Green Improved public transport Area (Ha): 50 accessibility and capacity should Indicative employment capacity: support selective intensification 2,000 through mixed-use redevelopment at higher densities. The area has the Minimum new homes: 1,000 potential to benefit from links with IAPF progress: 3 the nearby Tottenham Court Road Opportunity Area and Crossrail 1 A range of development opportunities station. on the railway and former industrial lands to the south-west of Wood Green town centre with significant potential for improvement building on the area’s industrial heritage. 361

42 Kidbrooke major opportunities for intensification Area (Ha): 109 including South Wimbledon and Colliers Wood. Any new development Indicative employment capacity: 400 and infrastructure bought forward Minimum new homes: 2,500 in this area must have regard to the strategic flood risk assessment. The IAPF progress: 3 potential for redevelopment and This area is focussed on Kidbrooke reconfiguration of the edge-of and rail station and the Ferrier housing out-of-centre retail parks at Colliers estates together with adjoining Wood to contribute towards the housing sites, open space and establishment of an integrated town recreation facilities. The adopted centre along with improvements SPD identifies capacity for at least in public transport and local 4,400 homes (gross) or a net addition accessibility should be explored. of 2,500 homes. An outline planning approval has been granted for a total of 4,800 (gross) residential units. 45 West Hampstead Interchange Development will be integrated with Area (Ha): 18 the station, providing improved bus links to north Greenwich, and with the Indicative employment capacity: 100 surrounding area and across existing Minimum new homes: 800 roads and rail links. IAPF progress: 4 A significant inner London transport 43 Mill Hill East interchange with potential to improve Area (Ha): 48 connections between rail, under- Indicative employment capacity: 500 ground and bus and to secure an up- lift in development capacity through Minimum new homes: 2,000 intensification. IAPF progress: 3 Redevelopment opportunities exist around the Underground station, principally at the MOD Inglis Barracks and council depot sites. Barnet Council has published an Area Action Plan and development is primarily to comprise new housing at higher densities, with a mix of uses to provide local employment, community facilities, open space and servicing.

44 South Wimbledon/ Colliers Wood Area (Ha): 122 Indicative employment capacity: 500 Minimum new homes: 1,300 IAPF progress: 4 This location contains a range of THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 ANNEX TWO LONDON’S TOWN CENTRE NETWORK THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

A2.1 For the avoidance of doubt, this at least 100,000 sq.m of retail, annex forms part of the London leisure and service floorspace Plan and therefore of the statutory with a significant proportion of development plan. high-order comparison goods relative to convenience goods. A2.2 Policies 2.15 and 4.7 - 4.8 of the These centres generally have very London Plan provide the strategic good accessibility and significant framework for town centre policy employment, service and leisure development and implementation. functions. This Annex identifies the existing role and function of town centres in • Major centres – typically found the network and provides a broad in inner and some parts of indication of the future growth outer London with a borough- potential of each town centre wide catchment. They generally together with anticipated changes to contain over 50,000 sq.m of retail, classifications over the Plan period. leisure and service floorspace The roles of town centres in the with a relatively high proportion regeneration process and strategic of comparison goods relative to clusters of night time economic convenience goods. They may activity are also identified. also have significant employment, leisure, service and civic functions. • District centres – distributed Town centre classifications more widely than the Metropolitan and Major centres, providing A2.3 Town centres are classified in the convenience goods and services Plan in Table A2.1 according to their for more local communities and existing role and function in light of accessible by public transport, health checks taking into account walking and cycling. Typically criteria which include scale, mix of they contain 10,000–50,000 uses, financial performance and sq.m of retail, leisure and service accessibility. In London, there are five floorspace. Some District centres broad types of town centre which have developed specialist perform different but complementary shopping functions. roles: • Neighbourhood and more • International centres – local centres – typically serve a London’s globally renowned localised catchment often most retail destinations with a wide accessible by walking and cycling range of high-order comparison and include local parades and and specialist shopping with small clusters of shops, mostly excellent levels of public transport for convenience goods and other accessibility. services. They may include a • Metropolitan centres – serve small supermarket (typically up to wide catchments which can around 500 sq.m), sub-post office, extend over several boroughs pharmacy, laundrette and other and into parts of the wider South useful local services. Together East region. Typically they contain with District centres they can play 365

a key role in addressing areas and public transport capacity to deficient in local retail and other accommodate it. services. • Low growth – town centres A2.4 In the Central Activities Zone (CAZ), a that are encouraged to pursue further classification – CAZ Frontages a policy of consolidation by – refers to mixed use areas usually making the best use of existing with a predominant retail function (see capacity, either due to (a) physical, Policy 2.11). The most significant CAZ environmental or public transport Frontages are identified in Table A2.1. accessibility constraints, or (b) low demand. A2.5 Town centres that have specialist

roles supporting strategic clusters Regeneration – this is a of night time economic activities of supplementary classification and more than local significance are also refers to those town centres where identified in Table A2.1. Principles existing capacity can be utilized to guide the management of these to achieve regeneration objectives activities are set out in Policy 4.6. including physical, environmental and economic renewal. Strategic guidance and future growth potential A2.7 The potential future growth categorisations are only indicative A2.6 Table A2.1 provides strategic and should be refined by boroughs guidance on the broad future in collaboration with the Mayor in direction envisaged for the light of integrated strategic and local International, Metropolitan, Major capacity assessments and health and District centres including their checks as part of the preparation of possible potential for growth and LDFs. The categorisations refer to regeneration (see Policy 2.15). Three the broad potential for growth for the broad categories of future growth whole centre and not for individual potential have been identified – High, sites within it. Further guidance on Medium and Low: the application of policy will be given • High growth – includes town in Supplementary Planning Guidance. centres likely to experience strategically significant levels of Managing change in the town growth with strong demand and/ centre network or large scale retail, leisure or office development in the pipeline A2.8 Policy 2.15 sets out the process and with existing or potential for managing changes to the public transport capacity to classifications of centres based accommodate it (typically PTAL upon evidence in town centre health 5-6). checks. It will be co-ordinated • Medium growth – includes town strategically taking into account centres with moderate levels of relationships with adjoining sub- demand for retail, leisure or office regions and the regions outside floorspace and with physical THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

London.

A2.9 Drawing upon the strategic policy guidelines and growth prospects (paragraph A2.6 above), Table A2.2 and Map A2.1 indicate potential future changes to the classifications of town centres in the network over the Plan period including potential new centres. These centres or locations are not for immediate re- classification and will continue to be tested to take account of changes in accessibility and the implementation of planning decisions and policy. Table A2.1 Town centre classifications and broad future directions

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 1 West End Westminster/Camden International NT1 Medium CAZ 2 Knightsbridge Kensington and International NT2 Low CAZ Chelsea/ Westminster 3 Bromley Bromley Metropolitan NT2 High B 4 Croydon Croydon Metropolitan NT2 High R A/B 5 Ealing Ealing Metropolitan NT2 Medium A/B 6 Shepherds Bush Hammersmith and Metropolitan NT2 Medium R A/B Fulham potential 7 Wood Green Haringey Metropolitan NT3 Medium R 8 Harrow Harrow Metropolitan NT3 Medium B 9 Romford Havering Metropolitan NT2 Medium B 10 Uxbridge Hillingdon Metropolitan NT2 Medium A 11 Hounslow Hounslow Metropolitan NT3 Medium R A/B 12 Kingston Kingston upon Thames Metropolitan NT2 High B 13 Stratford Newham Metropolitan NT3 High R A 14 Ilford Redbridge Metropolitan NT2 Medium B 15 Sutton Sutton Metropolitan NT2 Medium B 16 Barking Barking and Dagenham Major NT3 Medium R B 17 Edgware Barnet Major Medium B 18 Bexleyheath Bexley Major NT2 Medium B 19 Wembley Brent Major High R B 20 Kilburn Brent/Camden Major NT3 Medium R 21 Bromley Major Medium R 367

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 22 Camden Town Camden Major NT2 Medium 23 Southall Ealing Major NT3 Medium R B 24 Enfield Town Enfield Major Medium B 25 Eltham Greenwich Major Medium 26 Woolwich Greenwich Major NT3 High R 27 Dalston Hackney Major NT3 Medium R B 28 Fulham Hammersmith and Major NT2 Medium R B Fulham 29 Hammersmith Hammersmith and Major NT2 Medium R A/B Fulham 30 Chiswick Hounslow Major NT2 Medium A 31 Angel Islington Major NT2 Medium B 32 Nags Head Islington Major NT3 Medium R 33 Kensington Kensington and Major NT2 Medium B High Street Chelsea 34 King’s Road (east) Kensington and Major NT2 Low B Chelsea 35 Major NT2 Medium R 36 Lambeth Major NT3 Medium R 37 Catford Lewisham Major Medium R 38 Lewisham Lewisham Major NT3 High B 39 Wimbledon Merton Major NT2 Medium A 40 East Ham Newham Major Medium R 41 Richmond Richmond upon Major NT2 Low A Thames 42 Peckham Southwark Major NT3 Medium R 43 Canary Wharf Tower Hamlets Major NT2 High A 44 Walthamstow Waltham Forest Major NT3 Medium 45 Junction Wandsworth Major NT2 Medium B 46 Putney Wandsworth Major NT2 Medium B 47 Tooting Wandsworth Major NT3 Medium 48 Wandsworth Wandsworth Major Medium R 49 Queensway/ Westminster/ Major NT2 Low B Westbourne Grove Kensington and Chelsea 50 Chadwell Heath Barking and District Medium Dagenham/ Redbridge 51 Dagenham and Barking and Dagenham District Medium R Heathway THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 52 Green Lane Barking and District Medium Dagenham/ Redbridge 53 Brent Street Barnet District Medium 54 Chipping Barnet Barnet District Medium B 55 Church End, Barnet District Medium B Finchley 56 East Finchley Barnet District Medium 57 Golders Green Barnet District Medium 58 Hendon Central Barnet District Medium 59 Mill Hill Barnet District Medium 60 New Barnet Barnet District Medium 61 North Finchley Barnet District Medium B 62 Temple Fortune Barnet District Medium 63 Whetstone Barnet District NT3 Medium B 64 Colindale/The Barnet/Brent District Medium Hyde 65 Cricklewood (see Barnet/Brent/Camden District NT3 High R A/B – also Brent Cross, monitor Table A2.2) 66 Burnt Oak Barnet/Brent/Harrow District Medium 67 Crayford Bexley District Medium R 68 Erith Bexley District Medium R 69 Sidcup Bexley District Medium 70 Welling Bexley District Medium 71 Ealing Road Brent District* Medium R 72 Brent District Medium R 73 Brent District Medium R 74 Preston Road Brent District Medium R 75 Brent District Medium 76 Willesden Green Brent District Medium 77 Kingsbury Brent/Harrow District Medium 78 Beckenham Bromley District NT3 Medium 79 Penge Bromley District Medium 80 Petts Wood Bromley District Medium 81 West Wickham Bromley District Medium 82 Hampstead Camden District NT3 Medium 83 Kentish Town Camden District NT3 Medium R B 84 Swiss Cottage/ Camden District NT2 Medium Finchley Road 369

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 85 West Hampstead Camden District Medium 86 Addiscombe Croydon District Low 87 Coulsdon Croydon District Medium 88 New Addington Croydon District Medium R 89 Croydon District Medium 90 Purley Croydon District Medium 91 Selsdon Croydon District Medium 92 South Norwood Croydon District Medium 93 Thornton Heath Croydon District Medium 94 / Croydon/Lambeth/ District Medium Crystal Palace Bromley 95 Acton Ealing District NT3 Medium R 96 Greenford Ealing District Medium 97 Hanwell Ealing District Medium 98 Angel Edmonton Enfield District Medium R 99 Edmonton Green Enfield District Medium R 100 Palmers Green Enfield District Medium 101 Southgate Enfield District Medium B 102 Greenwich West Greenwich District NT3 Medium 103 Plumstead Greenwich District* Medium R 104 Thamesmead Greenwich District Medium R 105 East Greenwich Greenwich District Medium 106 Mare Street Hackney District NT3 Medium R B 107 Stoke Newington Hackney District NT3 Medium R 108 Bruce Grove/ Haringey District Medium R Tottenham High Road 109 Crouch End Haringey District NT3 Medium 110 Green Lanes Haringey District NT3 Medium R 111 Muswell Hill Haringey District NT3 Medium 112 West Green Road/ Haringey District* Medium R Seven Sisters 113 North Harrow Harrow District* Medium 114 Pinner Harrow District Medium 115 Rayners Lane Harrow District Medium 116 South Harrow Harrow District Medium 117 Stanmore Harrow District Medium B 118 Wealdstone Harrow District NT3 Medium B 119 Kenton Harrow/Brent District Medium THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 120 Collier Row Havering District Medium 121 Elm Park Havering District* Medium 122 Harold Hill Havering District* Medium 123 Hornchurch Havering District Medium 124 Rainham Havering District* Medium 125 Upminster Havering District Medium 126 Eastcote Hillingdon District Medium 127 Hayes Hillingdon District Medium 128 Northwood Hillingdon District Medium 129 Ruislip Hillingdon District Medium 130 Yiewsley/ Hillingdon District Medium West Drayton 131 Brentford Hounslow District Medium A/B 132 Feltham High Hounslow District Medium B Street 133 Archway Islington District Medium R 134 Finsbury Park Islington/ Hackney/ District Medium R Haringey 135 Earls Court Road Kensington and District NT3 Medium Chelsea 136 Fulham Road Kensington and District Medium (east) Chelsea 137 Fulham Road Kensington and District NT2 Medium (west) Chelsea 138 King’s Road (west) Kensington and District NT2 Low Chelsea 139 Notting Hill Gate Kensington and District NT3 Medium B Chelsea 140 Kensington and District NT3 Medium Chelsea 141 South Kensington Kensington and District NT3 Medium Chelsea 142 New Malden Kingston upon Thames District Medium 143 Surbiton Kingston upon Thames District Medium B 144 Tolworth Kingston upon Thames District Medium 145 Clapham High Lambeth District NT2 Medium R Street 146 Lambeth District* Medium R 147 / Lambeth District Medium R 371

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 148 Lavender Hill/ Lambeth/ District Medium Queenstown Road Wandsworth 149 Blackheath Lewisham District NT3 Low 150 Deptford Lewisham District NT3 Medium R 151 Downham Lewisham District* Medium R 152 Forest Hill Lewisham District Medium 153 Lee Green Lewisham District* Medium 154 New Cross Lewisham District NT3 Medium R 155 Sydenham Lewisham District Medium 156 Mitcham Merton District Medium 157 Morden Merton District Medium 158 Newham District Medium R 159 East Beckton Newham District Medium R 160 Forest Gate Newham District Medium R 161 Green Street/ Newham District Medium R Upton Park 162 Barkingside Redbridge District Medium 163 Gants Hill Redbridge District NT3 Medium 164 South Woodford Redbridge District Medium 165 Wanstead Redbridge District Medium 166 East Sheen Richmond upon- District Medium Thames 167 Teddington Richmond upon District Medium Thames 168 Twickenham Richmond upon District NT3 Medium A Thames 169 Whitton Richmond upon District Medium Thames 170 Dulwich - Lordship Southwark District NT3 Medium Lane 171 Elephant and Southwark District NT3 High R B Castle 172 Canada Water Southwark District High R B 173 Walworth Road Southwark District Medium R 174 Camberwell Southwark/Lambeth District NT3 Medium R 175 Carshalton Village Sutton District* Medium 176 Cheam Village Sutton District Medium 177 North Cheam Sutton District Medium 178 Rosehill Sutton District Medium 179 Wallington Sutton District Medium 180 Worcester Park Sutton District Medium THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 181 Bethnal Green Tower Hamlets District NT3 Medium R 182 Brick Lane Tower Hamlets District NT3 Medium R 183 Chrisp Street Tower Hamlets District Medium R 184 Roman Road Tower Hamlets District Medium R (east) 185 Roman Road Tower Hamlets District* Medium R (west) 186 Watney Market Tower Hamlets District Medium R 187 Whitechapel Tower Hamlets District High R 188 Bakers Arms Waltham Forest District Medium 189 Highams Park Waltham Forest District Medium 190 Leyton Waltham Forest District Medium R 191 Leytonstone Waltham Forest District Medium R 192 North Chingford Waltham Forest District Medium 193 South Chingford Waltham Forest District Medium 194 Wood Street Waltham Forest District Medium 195 Wandsworth District NT3 Medium 196 Earlsfield Wandsworth District Medium 197 Edgware Road/ Westminster District NT3 Medium R Church Street 198 Harrow Road Westminster District Medium R 199 Praed Street/ Westminster District NT3 Medium Paddington 200 St John’s Wood Westminster District NT3 Medium 201 Euston Road (part) Camden CAZ Frontage Medium R CAZ 202 High Holborn/ Camden CAZ Frontage Medium R CAZ Kingsway 203 Kings Cross/ Camden CAZ Frontage High R CAZ St Pancras 204 Tottenham Court Camden CAZ Frontage NT1 (part) Medium CAZ Road (part) 205 Cheapside City of London CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 206 Fleet Street City of London CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 207 City of London CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 208 Liverpool Street City of London CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 209 Moorgate City of London CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 210 / Lambeth CAZ Frontage Medium R CAZ The Cut 211 Borough High Southwark CAZ Frontage NT3 Medium CAZ Street 373

Ref Centre Borough Classification1 Night time Policy Office economy directions3 guide- clusters2 lines4 212 London Bridge Southwark CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 213 Wentworth Street Tower Hamlets CAZ Frontage Medium R CAZ 214 Baker Street (part) Westminster CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 215 Covent Garden/ Westminster CAZ Frontage NT1/2 Low CAZ Strand 216 Edgware Road Westminster CAZ Frontage NT3 Medium CAZ South 217 Marylebone High Westminster CAZ Frontage NT3 Medium CAZ Street 218 Marylebone Road Westminster CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ 219 Victoria Street Westminster CAZ Frontage NT2 High CAZ 220 Warwick Way/ Westminster CAZ Frontage Medium CAZ Tachbrook Street 221 Charing Cross Westminster/Camden CAZ Frontage NT1 (part) Medium CAZ Road (part)

Notes

1 Classifications are described in paragraph A2.3 and illustrated in Map 2.6. Centres marked * in Table A2.1 indicates classification is subject to monitoring.

2 NT1 = International; NT2 = Regional/sub-regional; NT3 = More than local significance.

3 Policy directions (high/medium/low) are explained in paragraph A2.6. ‘R’ indicates centres in need of regeneration.

4 Office guidelines (see Policy 4.2) provide a broad indication of the approach to office development based upon research in the London Office Policy Review 2012, distinguishing between centres where:

A speculative office development could be promoted on the most efficient and accessible sites in the context of wider schemes to enhance the environment and offer of the centre as a commercial location. This might entail some long-term net loss of overall office stock through change of use of provision on less attractive sites.

B some office provision could be promoted as part of wider residential or residential and retail/leisure mixed use development. This would be likely to entail long- term net loss of overall office stock, partial renewal on the more commercially attractive sites and managed change of use of provision on less attractive sites.

CAZ locations lying within the Central Activities Zone – see Policies 2.11, 4.2 and 4.3. THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Table A2.2 Potential future changes to the town centre network over the Plan period

Potential future change to classification Centre Borough Classification over the Plan period* Stratford Newham Metropolitan International Shepherd’s Bush Hammersmith and Fulham Metropolitan International Woolwich Greenwich Major Metropolitan Canary Wharf Tower Hamlets Major Metropolitan Brent Cross Barnet Regional shopping centre Metropolitan Elephant and Castle Southwark District Major / Walworth Road Canada Water Southwark District Major North Greenwich Greenwich Unclassified District Tottenham Hale Haringey Unclassified District Colliers Wood Merton Unclassified District Hackbridge Sutton Unclassified District Bromley by Bow Tower Hamlets Unclassified District Crossharbour Tower Hamlets Unclassified District Battersea Wandsworth Unclassified CAZ Frontage Vauxhall Lambeth/Wandsworth Unclassified CAZ Frontage * Re-classifications are subject to capacity analysis, impact assessments, land use and accessibility, planning approvals, town centre health checks and full implementation.

Map A2.1 Potential future changes to the town centre network over the Plan period ANNEX THREE STRATEGIC INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

A3.1 For the avoidance of doubt, this annex forms part of the London Plan and therefore of the statutory development plan.

A3.2 Policy 2.17 of the London Plan addresses Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL). Table A3.1 below identifies each SIL in London, distinguishing between Preferred Industrial Locations (PIL) and Industrial Business Parks (IBP).

Table A3.1 Strategic Industrial Locations Ref. Location Borough SIL type 1 Barwell Business Park Kingston upon Thames IBP 2 Beckton Riverside Newham PIL/IBP 3 Belvedere Industrial Area (part) Bexley PIL 4 Bermondsey Southwark/Lewisham PIL 5 Beverley Way Industrial Area Merton PIL 6 Blackhorse Lane Waltham Forest PIL 7 Brentford (part) – Transport Avenue Hounslow PIL 8 Brimsdown Enfield PIL 9 British Gas Site/Cody Road (part) Newham IBP 10 Bromley Road Lewisham PIL 11 Central Leaside Business Area (parts) Enfield/Haringey/Waltham Forest PIL 12 Charlton Riverside (part) Greenwich PIL 13 Chessington Industrial Estate Kingston upon Thames PIL 14 Dagenham Dock/Rainham Employment Barking and Dagenham/ PIL Area Havering 15 East Lane Brent PIL 16 Empson Street (part) Tower Hamlets IBP 17 Erith Riverside (part) Bexley PIL 18 Fish Island/Marshgate Lane (parts) Newham/Tower Hamlets PIL/IBP 19 Foots Cray Business Area Bexley/Bromley IBP 20 Freezywater / Innova Park (part) Enfield PIL 21 Great Cambridge Road (part) Enfield IBP 22 Great West Road (part) Hounslow IBP 23 Great Western (part) Ealing PIL 24 Greenwich Peninsula West Greenwich PIL 25 Hackney Wick (part) Hackney IBP 26 Hainault Industrial Estate Redbridge PIL 377

Ref. Location Borough SIL type 27 Harold Hill Industrial Estate Havering PIL 28 Hayes Industrial Area Hillingdon PIL 29 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore (part) Harrow IBP 30 Kimpton Industrial Area Sutton PIL 31 King George Close Estate, Romford Havering PIL 32 Lea Bridge Gateway Waltham Forest PIL 33 London Industrial Park Newham PIL 34 Marlpit Lane Croydon PIL 35 Morden Road Factory Estate and Prince Merton PIL George’s Road 36 Nine Elms (part) Wandsworth PIL 37 North Feltham Trading Estate Hounslow PIL 38 Business Park, Brunswick Barnet IBP Road 39 North Uxbridge Industrial Estate Hillingdon IBP 40 North Wimbledon (part) Merton PIL 41 Northolt, Greenford, Perivale (parts) Ealing PIL 42 Park Royal (part) Brent/Ealing/Hammersmith & PIL/IBP Fulham 43 Purley Way and Beddington Lane Indus- Croydon/Sutton PIL trial Area 44 Rippleside Barking and Dagenham PIL 45 River Road Employment Area Barking and Dagenham PIL 46 Southend Road Business Area Redbridge PIL 47 St Mary Cray Bromley IBP 48 Staples Corner Brent PIL 49 Stonefield Way/Victoria Road Hillingdon PIL 50 Surrey Canal Area/Old Kent Road (parts) Lewisham/Southwark PIL 51 Thames Road, including Crayford Bexley IBP Industrial Area 52 Thameside East Newham PIL 53 Thameside West Newham PIL 54 Tottenham Hale (part) Haringey IBP 55 Uxbridge Industrial Estate Hillingdon PIL 56 Wealdstone Industrial Area Harrow PIL 57 Wembley (part) Brent PIL 58 West Thamesmead/Plumstead Industrial Greenwich PIL Area 59 Willow Lane, Beddington and Hallowfield Merton PIL Way THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 ANNEX FOUR HOUSING PROVISION STATISTICS THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

A4.1 For the avoidance of doubt, this annex forms part of the London Plan and therefore of the statutory development plan.

Disaggregated Housing Monitoring Benchmarks 2015/16 – 2024/25

A4.2 To assist the London Boroughs in monitoring their housing provision targets, Table A4.1 provides a disaggregation of the target by components of supply.

A4.3 Conventional supply is made up of large site and small site components that were identified in the 2013 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The non- self-contained element is derived from pipeline developments. Vacant dwellings are based on targets to reduce long-term vacant stock in each borough. More information about each of these components of supply can be found in the 2013 Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and report.

A4.4 To assist the boroughs in the preparation of their land supply and housing trajectories beyond 2024/25, boroughs should roll forward the annual targets in Table 3.1 in line with Policy 3.3. The Mayor commits to revising the housing targets by 2019/20. 381

Table A4.1 Disaggregated housing targets for monitoring purposes 2015/16 – 2024/25 Vacants Conventional supply returning Minimum Borough and non-self-contained back into annual target accommodation use Barking and Dagenham 1,236 0 1,236 Barnet 2,314 35 2,349 Bexley 439 7 446 Brent 1,525 0 1,525 Bromley 641 0 641 Camden 858 32 889 City of London 140 0 141 Croydon 1,416 19 1,435 Ealing 1,297 0 1,297 Enfield 781 17 798 Greenwich 2,604 81 2,685 Hackney 1,471 128 1,599 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,017 14 1,031 Haringey 1,501 0 1,502 Harrow 593 0 593 Havering 1,145 26 1,170 Hillingdon 559 0 559 Hounslow 822 0 822 Islington 1,242 22 1,264 Kensington and Chelsea 687 46 733 Kingston upon Thames 613 31 643 Lambeth 1,490 70 1,559 Lewisham 1,377 8 1,385 Merton 411 0 411 Newham 1,947 48 1,994 Redbridge 1,124 0 1,123 Richmond upon Thames 315 0 315 Southwark 2,710 26 2,736 Sutton 342 21 363 Tower Hamlets 3,913 19 3,931 Waltham Forest 862 0 862 Wandsworth 1,812 0 1,812 Westminster 963 105 1,068 LLDC 1,471 0 1,471 London 41,634 755 42,389 Note: non-self-contained residential accommodation including specialist housing for students and older people may count towards housing targets for monitoring purposes (whether in use class C2, C3, C4 or SG). THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 ANNEX FIVE SPECIALIST HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Table A5.1 indicative annualised strategic benchmarks to inform local targets and performance indicators for specialist housing for older people 2015 – 2025

Annual indicative requirement benchmarks London private intermediate affordable Boroughs sale sale rent total Barking and Dagenham 50 15 5 70 Barnet 155 60 10 225 Bexley 90 45 0 135 Brent 105 35 35 175 Bromley 140 65 0 205 Camden 65 20 15 100 City of London 0 0 0 0 Croydon 140 55 0 195 Ealing 135 40 5 180 Enfield 120 50 0 170 Greenwich 65 20 0 85 Hackney 25 10 20 55 Hammersmith and Fulham 45 15 0 60 Haringey 80 20 0 100 Harrow 110 40 0 150 Havering 135 50 0 185 Hillingdon 115 40 0 155 Hounslow 95 30 20 145 Islington 30 10 50 90 Kensington and Chelsea 60 20 20 100 Kingston upon Thames 70 25 0 95 Lambeth 55 15 5 75 Lewisham 65 25 25 115 Merton 80 30 0 110 Newham 55 15 5 75 Redbridge 75 45 0 120 Richmond upon Thames 105 30 0 135 Southwark 45 15 55 115 Sutton 70 35 0 105 Tower Hamlets 25 10 35 70 Waltham Forest 65 25 0 90 Wandsworth 80 25 0 105 Westminster 70 20 20 110 LONDON TOTAL 2620 955 325 3900 Note: London Boroughs may wish to provide additional rental units in order to replace stock which is currently unfit for use by older persons ANNEX SIX GLOSSARY THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Access Affordable housing This term refers to the methods by which This is defined in Chapter 3 at Policy 3.10 people with a range of needs (such as and paragraph 3.61. disabled people, people with children, people whose first language is not Aggregates English) find out about and use services This is granular material used in and information. For disabled people, construction. Aggregates may be natural, access in London means the freedom to artificial or recycled. participate in the economy, in how London is planned, in the social and cultural life of Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) the community. An area which a local authority had designated for action, based upon a Accessibility prediction that Air Quality Objectives will This term is used in two distinct ways, its be exceeded. definition depending on the accompanying text (see Accessibility of London and Albedo Accessibility of the Transport System The surface reflectivity of the sun’s below). radiation.

Accessibility of London Ambient noise This refers to the extent to which Ongoing sound in the environment such employment, goods and services are as from transport and industry, as distinct made available to people, either through from individual events, such as a noisy close proximity, or through providing the all-night party. Unless stated otherwise, required physical links to enable people to noise includes vibration. be transported to locations where they are available. Amenity Element of a location or neighbourhood Accessibility of the transport system that helps to make it attractive or This refers to the extent of barriers to enjoyable for residents and visitors. movement for users who may experience problems getting from one place to Anaerobic digestion another, including disabled people. Biological degradation of organics (eg food waste and green garden waste) in Active provision for electric vehicles the absence of oxygen, producing biogas An actual socket connected to the suitable for energy generation (including electrical supply system that vehicle transport fuel), and residue (digestate) owners can plug their vehicle into (see suitable for use as a soil improver. also ‘Passive provision for electric vehicles’). Apart-hotel Self-contained hotel accommodation (C1 Advanced thermal treatment use class) that provides for short-term A means of recovering energy from waste. occupancy purchased at a nightly rate Waste is heated at high temperature and with no deposit against damages (ODPM a useable gas is produced (Gasification Circular 03/2005). They will usually and Pyrolysis are examples of Advanced include concierge and room service, and Thermal Treatment). include formal procedures for checking 387 in and out. Planning conditions may limit previously been used or developed and is length of stay to occupiers. not currently fully in use, although it may be partially occupied or utilised. It may also Archaeological resources be vacant, derelict or contaminated. This include artefacts, archaeological features excludes open spaces and land where the and deposits. remains of previous use have blended into the landscape, or have been overtaken Area for intensification by nature conservation value or amenity Areas that have significant potential for use and cannot be regarded as requiring increases in residential, employment and development. other uses through development of sites at higher densities with more mixed and Brown roofs intensive use but at a level below that Roofs which have a layer of soil or other which can be achieved in the Opportunity material which provides a habitat or Areas. growing medium for plants or wildlife.

Areas for regeneration Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) These areas are the Census Local Super This concept was originally developed Output Areas (LSOAs) in greatest socio- in the USA for increasing investment economic need, defined on the basis of within defined areas of a city such as the 20 per cent most deprived LSOAs in town centres or industrial estates. This is the Index of Multiple Deprivation. achieved through changes to local taxation, based on a supplementary rate levied on Biodiversity businesses within that defined area. This refers to the variety of plants and animals and other living things in a Carbon dioxide (CO2) particular area or region. It encompasses Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring habitat diversity, species diversity and gas comprising 0.04 per cent of the genetic diversity. Biodiversity has value in atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels its own right and has social and economic releases carbon dioxide fixed by plants value for human society. many millions of years ago, and this has increased its concentration in the Biomass atmosphere by some 12 per cent over the The total dry organic matter or stored past century. It contributes about 60 per energy of plant matter. As a fuel it cent of the potential global warming effect includes energy crops and sewage as well of man-made emissions of greenhouse as arboricultural forestry and agricultural gases. residues. Carbon neutrality Blue Ribbon Network Contributing net zero carbon dioxide A spatial policy covering London’s emissions to the atmosphere (also see: waterways and water spaces and land Zero Carbon). alongside them. Car club Brownfield land These are schemes such as city car clubs Both land and premises are included in and car pools, which facilitate vehicle this term, which refers to a site that has sharing. THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Central Activities Zone (CAZ) Comparison retail/shopping The Central Activities Zone is the area where These refer to shopping for things like planning policy recognises the importance clothes, products, household and leisure of strategic finance, specialist retail, tourist goods which are not bought on a regular and cultural uses and activities, as well as basis. residential and more local functions. Congestion charging Combined heat and power This refers to applying charges to reduce The combined production of electricity and the number of vehicles and level of usable heat is known as Combined Heat congestion in congested areas. The and Power (CHP). Steam or hot water, which Mayor has introduced a scheme to charge would otherwise be rejected when electricity vehicles within a defined area of central alone is produced, is used for space or London. process heating. Construction and demolition waste Commercial waste This is waste arising from the construction, Waste arising from premises which are repair, maintenance and demolition of used wholly or mainly for trade, business, buildings and structures, including roads. sport, recreation or entertainment as defined It consists mostly of brick, concrete, in Schedule 4 of the Controlled Waste hardcore, subsoil and topsoil, but it can Regulations 1992, is defined as commercial contain quantities of timber, metal, plastics waste. and occasionally special (hazardous) waste materials. Communities and Local Government (CLG) Contingent obligations The Government department responsible The use of S106 agreements to enable for planning, local Government, housing and and define mechanisms for the re-apprais- regional development. al of viability prior to the implementation of schemes in whole or in part which are Community heating likely to take many years to implement. The distribution of steam or hot water These mechanisms recognise the need to through a network of pipes to heat a large maximise reasonable affordable housing area of commercial, industrial or domestic provision, and to address the economic buildings or for industrial processes. The uncertainties which may arise over the steam or hot water is supplied from a central lifetime of a proposal. Such provisions source such as a heat-only boiler or a are sometimes incorrectly called ‘overage’ combined heat and power plant. provisions.

Community strategies Convenience retail/shopping These are practical tools for promoting These refer to shopping for everyday or improving the economic, social and essential items like food, drink, environmental wellbeing of the area of newspapers and confectionary. jurisdiction of a local authority. Such strategies are prepared allowing for local Conventional business park communities (based upon geography and/or This style of business park is generally interest) to articulate their aspirations, needs large, car-based and located beyond the and priorities. urban area. 389

Corridor management maintained and managed. Ensuring that the requirements of the different users of a corridor, including Development transport users, business and residents This refers to development in its widest are addressed in a coordinated and sense, including buildings, and in streets, integrated way. spaces and places. It also refers to both redevelopment, including refurbishment, Crossrail 1 as well as new development. The first line in the Crossrail project, Crossrail 1 is an east–west, cross-central Development brief London rail link between Paddington and This brief sets out the vision for a Whitechapel serving Heathrow Airport, development. It is grounded firmly in Canary Wharf and Stratford. It will serve the economic, social, environmental major development and regeneration and planning context. Apart from its corridors, and improve access to large aspirational qualities, the brief must areas of central and suburban London. include site constraints and opportunities, infrastructure including energy and Chelsea–Hackney line (Crossrail 2) transport access and planning policies. It This proposed rail line is intended to link should also set out the proposed uses, north-east and south-west London. The densities and other design requirements. precise route, the character and the role of the link have not yet been finalised. Disabled people A disabled person is someone who has Cultural quarters an impairment, experiences externally Areas where a critical mass of cultural imposed barriers and self-identifies as a activities and related uses are emerging, disabled person. usually in historic or interesting environments, are to be designated as District centres Cultural Quarters. They can contribute to These are defined in Annex 2. urban regeneration. Diversity Decarbonise The differences in the values, attitudes, To remove or reduce the potential carbon cultural perspective, beliefs, ethnic dioxide emissions to the atmosphere from background, sexuality, skills, knowledge a process or structure. and life experiences of each individual in any group of people constitute the Design and access statement diversity of that group. This term refers to A statement that accompanies a planning differences between people and is used to application to explain the design principles highlight individual need. and concepts that have informed the development and how access issues have E-economy/e-commerce been dealt with. The access element of A sector of business which comprises the statement should demonstrate how companies deriving at least some portion the principles of inclusive design, including of their revenues from Internet-related the specific needs of disabled people, products and services. have been integrated into the proposed development and how inclusion will be THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

East of Region Environmental assessments The Eastern Region covers Bedfordshire, In these assessments, information about Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, the environmental effects of a project Norfolk and Suffolk. is collected, assessed and taken into account in reaching a decision on whether Embodied energy the project should go ahead or not. Embodied energy is the amount of resources consumed to produce a Environmental statement material. Production includes the This statement will set out a developer’s growing or mining and processing of the assessment of a project’s likely natural resources and the manufacturing, environmental effects, submitted with the transport and delivery of the material. application for consent for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning Energy efficiency (Environmental Impact Assessment) This is about making the best or most (England and Wales) Regulations 1999. efficient use of energy in order to achieve a given output of goods or services, and Equal life chances for all of comfort and convenience. This does The Mayor’s Equality Framework has been not necessitate the use of less energy, in developed to address the remaining and which respect it differs from the concept significant pockets of deprivation and of energy conservation. inequality, and provides a fresh analysis and different solutions to inclusion, Energy hierarchy community cohesion and tackling The Mayor’s approach to reducing carbon disadvantage. It promotes an approach dioxide emissions in the built environment. that brings Londoners together rather than The first step is to reduce energy demand dividing them, enabling people to realise (be lean), the second step is to supply their potential and aspirations and make a energy efficiently (be clean) and the third full contribution to the economic success step is use renewable energy (be green). of their city. It aims to achieve equal life chances for all. Energy masterplanning Spatial and strategic planning that Equal opportunities identifies and develops opportunities The development of practices that for decentralised energy and the promote the possibility of fair and equal associated technical, financial and legal chances for all to develop their full considerations that provide the basis for potential in all aspects of life and the project delivery. removal of barriers of discrimination and oppression experienced by certain groups. Energy recovery To recover energy is to gain useful European Spatial Development energy, in the form of heat and/or electric Perspective power, or transport fuel, from waste. It A non-statutory document produced by includes combined heat and power using the Informal Council of Ministers setting incineration, gasification or pyrolysis out principles for the future spatial technologies, combustion of landfill gas development of the European Union. and gas produced during anaerobic digestion. 391

Family housing Green Belt is generally defined as having three or National policy designations that help more bedrooms. to contain development, protect the countryside and promote brownfield Fluvial water development, and assists in the Water in the Thames and other rivers. urban renaissance. There is a general presumption against inappropriate Flood resilient design development in the Green Belt. can include measures such as putting living accommodation on the first floor or Green chains building on stilts. These are areas of linked but separate open spaces and the footpaths between Fuel cell them. They are accessible to the public A cell that acts like a constantly recharging and provide way-marked paths and other battery, electrochemically combining pedestrian and cycle routes. hydrogen and oxygen to generate power. For hydrogen fuel cells, water and heat are Green corridors the only by-products and there is no direct This refers to relatively continuous areas air pollution or noise emissions. They of open space leading through the built are suitable for a range of applications, environment, which may be linked and including vehicles and buildings. may not be publicly accessible. They may allow animals and plants to be found Garden land further into the built-up area than would (including back gardens and private otherwise be the case and provide an residential gardens) is the area within extension to the habitats of the sites they a defined dwelling curtilage used for join. amenity purposes from which the public is excluded. For the purpose of policy 3.5, Green industries back gardens are that part of the curtilage The business sector that produces goods which is to the rear of the front building or services, which compared to other, line of the dwelling. This definition can generally more commonly used goods be refined in light of local circumstances, and services, are less harmful to the taking account of permitted development environment. rights. Green infrastructure Gasification The multifunctional, interdependent See Advanced Thermal Treatment. network of open and green spaces and green features (e.g. green roofs). Geodiversity It includes Ribbon Network The variety of rocks, fossils, minerals, but excludes the hard-surfaced public landforms, soils and natural processes, realm. This network lies within the such as weathering, erosion and urban environment and the urban sedimentation, that underlie and determine fringe, connecting to the surrounding the character of our natural landscape and countryside. It provides multiple benefits environment. for people and wildlife including: flood management; urban cooling; improving physical and mental health; green THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 transport links (walking and cycling transit sites for people of nomadic habit of routes); ecological connectivity; and food life, such as travellers and gypsies. growing. Green and open spaces of all sizes can be part of green infrastructure Health inequalities provided they contribute to the functioning are defined by the UK Government as of the network as a whole. See also ‘inequalities in respect of life expectancy Urban Greening. or general state of health which are wholly or partly a result of differences in respect Green lease of general health determinants.’ A lease between a landlord and tenant of a commercial building which provides Heritage assets mutual contractual lease obligations are the valued components of the historic for tenants and owners to minimise environment. They include buildings, environmental impact in areas such as monuments, sites, places, areas or energy, water and waste. landscapes positively identified as having a degree of historic significance meriting Green roofs/walls consideration in planning decisions. They Planting on roofs or walls to provide include both designated heritage assets climate change, amenity, food growing and non-designated assets where these and recreational benefits. For further have been identified by the local authority information please see: http://www. (including local listing) during the process london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/living- of decision-making or plan making. roofs.pdf Household waste Greening All waste collected by Waste Collection The improvement of the appearance, Authorities under Section 45(1) of the function and wildlife value of the urban Environmental Protection Act 1990, plus all environment through soft landscaping. waste arising from Civic Amenity sites and It can also result in cooler local waste collected by third parties for which temperatures. collection or disposal credits are paid under Section 52 of the Environmental Ground water Protection Act 1990. Household waste Water within soils and rock layers. includes waste from collection rounds of domestic properties (including separate Growth Areas rounds for the collection of recyclables), Specific areas for new residential street cleansing and litter collection, development to accommodate future beach cleansing, bulky household waste population growth, as outlined in the collections, hazardous household waste Government’s Sustainable Communities collections, household clinical waste Plan. Within London these include collections, garden waste collections, the Thames Gateway and the London- Civic Amenity/Reuse and Recycling Stansted-Cambridge-Peterborough Centre wastes, drop-off /‘bring’ systems, Corridor. clearance of fly-tipped wastes, weekend skip services and any other household Gypsy and Travellers’ sites waste collected by the waste authorities. These are sites either for settled occupation, temporary stopping places, or 393

Housing in multiple occupation effort, separation or special treatment, and Housing occupied by members of more enables everyone to participate equally in than one household, such as student mainstream activities independently, with accommodation or bedsits. choice and dignity.

Housing Capacity Study (HCS) Industrial business park (IBP) A process for identifying future housing Strategic industrial locations that are capacity across an area to inform the particularly suitable for activities that development of housing policy and need better quality surroundings including proposals. Housing capacity studies research and development, light industrial have been superseded in Planning Policy and higher value general industrial, Statement 3: Housing (PPS3) by Strategic some waste management, utility and Housing Land Availability Assessments transport functions, wholesale markets (SHLAAs). and small scale distribution. They can be accommodated next to environmentally Human in scale sensitive uses. providing a high quality environment in which buildings, places and spaces Industrial waste are accessible, easy to navigate and Waste from any factory and any premises understand. This can be through the use occupied by industry (excluding mines and of gateways, focal points and landmarks, quarries) as defined in Schedule 3 of the as well as ensuring buildings create a Controlled Waste Regulations 1992. positive relationship with street level activity and people feel comfortable within Kyoto Protocol their surroundings. Organisations such An international agreement linked to the as CABE as well as the Mayor’s Design United Nations Framework Convention on Advice Panel can provide design related Climate Change (UNFCCC), which sets advice. binding, targets for countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These Incineration amount to an average of five per cent The burning of waste at high temperatures against 1990 levels over the five-year in the presence of sufficient air to achieve period 2008-2012. complete combustion, either to reduce its volume (in the case of municipal solid Land use credits/swaps waste) or its toxicity (such as for organic Typically, a land use ‘credit’ is where solvents and polychlorinated biphenyls). new off-site residential provision is Municipal solid waste incinerators recover provided in advance by a developer power and/or heat. The main emissions on the basis that it could be used to are carbon dioxide, water and ash satisfy the residential requirements of residues. mixed use policies generated by future commercial development. Typically, an Inclusive design affordable housing credit is where new Inclusive design creates an environment affordable housing is created when it is where everyone can access and benefit not a policy requirement. This affordable from the full range of opportunities housing credit could potentially then be available to members of society. It aims drawn down either for the purposes of to remove barriers that create undue affordable housing policy requirement and/ THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 or for the purposes of mixed use policy have been built upon and extended in requirements for residential floorspace. the British Standards Institution Draft for Typically, a land use swap is where a Development (DD 266:2007) ‘Design of developer provides an off-site residential accessible housing – Lifetime Homes – development to satisfy the housing Code of practice’. requirement generated by a specified office/commercial development. The Lifetime neighbourhoods planning applications for the two sites A lifetime neighbourhood is designed to are considered at the same time by the be welcoming, accessible and inviting planning authority and are linked by S.106 for everyone, regardless of age, health or agreement or planning condition. The disability, is sustainable in terms of climate concept of credits and swaps may be change, transport services, housing, applied more widely to other land uses, public services, civic space and amenities for example, in circumstances in outer making it possible for people to enjoy a London where a developer proposes fulfilling life and take part in the economic, residential development and agrees to civic and social life of the community. satisfy office policy requirements for the This can be achieved by extending the area by making alternative office provision inclusive design principles embedded elsewhere in a location which is more in the Lifetime Home standards to the viable for offices, possibly in the form of a neighbourhood level. ‘credit’. Linear Views part of a townscape view Lee Valley Corridor Linear Views are narrow views to a defined Embraces the strategically important object from an urban space of a building development opportunities and existing or group of buildings within a townscape industry either side of the River Lea, setting. in parts of Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Local centres Forest. These are defined in Annex 2.

Lifetime homes Local Development Frameworks (LDDs) Ordinary homes designed to provide Statutory plans produced by each accessible and convenient homes for borough that comprise a portfolio of a large segment of the population from development plan documents including families with young children to frail a core strategy, proposals and a series older people and those with temporary of area action plans. These are replacing or permanent physical or sensory borough Unitary Development Plans. impairments. Lifetime Homes have 16 design features that ensure that the home Local Implementation Plans (LIPs) will be flexible enough to meet the existing Statutory transport plans produced by and changing needs of most households, London boroughs bringing together and can be easily adapted to meet the transport proposals to implement the needs of future occupants. The 16 Mayor’s Transport Strategy at the local criteria are set out and explained in www. level. lifetimehomes.org.uk and are included in the health and wellbeing category of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) the Code for Sustainable Homes. They Cross-sectoral, cross-agency umbrella 395 partnerships, which are focused and Low cost market housing committed to improving the quality of life Housing provided by the private sector, and governance in a particular locality. without public subsidy or the involvement They seek to enable services to be aligned of a housing association, that is sold or in a way that effectively meets the needs let at a price less than the average for the and aspirations of those who use them. housing type on the open market.

London Aggregates Working Party Low Emission Zone (LEZ) (LAWP) is a defined area from which polluting An advisory body to both the Mayor vehicles that do not comply with set of London and the Department of emissions standards are barred from Communities and Local Government entering. that monitors the supply and demand for aggregates. Masterplan See Spatial Masterplan. London Development Agency (LDA) One of the GLA group of organisations Major development (applications (or functional bodies), acting on behalf decided by the London Boroughs) of the Mayor, whose aim is to further the Major Developments are defined as these: economic development and regeneration of London. • For dwellings: where 10 or more are to be constructed (or if number not given, London Development Database area is more than 0.5 hectares). This provides current and historic • For all other uses: where the floor information about development progress space will be 1000 sq metres or more across all London boroughs. It is operated (or the site area is 1 hectare or more). by the GLA, and has superseded the The site area is that directly involved London Development Monitoring System. in some aspect of the development. Floor space is defined as the sum of London Hydrogen Partnership floor area within the building measured A consortium of public, private and externally to the external wall faces voluntary organisations working to at each level. Basement car parks, establish the widespread use of hydrogen rooftop plant rooms, caretakers’ flats as a clean fuel for buildings, transport and etc. should be included in the floor other applications. space figure.

London panoramas Major town centres Panoramic views across substantial parts These are defined in Annex 2. of London. Mayor’s London Housing Strategy London-Stansted-Cambridge- The Mayor’s statutory strategy, which sets Peterborough Corridor out the Mayor’s objectives and policies for A development corridor to the east and housing in London. west of the Lee Valley through north London and Harlow and north to Stansted, Cambridge and Peterborough.

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MedCity their behalf. It includes all household An enterprise that brings together the life waste, street litter, waste delivered to sciences sector in London and the greater council recycling points, municipal parks south east in order to stimulate greater and gardens wastes, council office economic growth. There are several waste, Civic Amenity waste, and some proposed medical and life sciences commercial waste from shops and smaller research districts in London including, but trading estates where local authorities not exclusively, (1) around Euston Road have waste collection agreements in including centres such as the University place. It can also include industrial waste College Hospital, the Wellcome Trust and collected by a waste collection authority the Francis Crick Institute; (2) around with authorisation of the waste disposal Whitechapel, associated with the Queen authority. Waste under the control of local Mary University London; (3) Imperial authorities or agents acting on their behalf West at White City; (4) Canada Water, is now better known as ‘Local Authority associated with King’s College and (5) Collected Waste’. Sutton for Life, based around the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Nature conservation Research. Protection, management and promotion for the benefit of wild species and habitats, Metropolitan Open Land as well as the human communities that Strategic open land within the urban use and enjoy them. This also covers the area that contributes to the structure of creation and re-creation of wildlife habitats London. and the techniques that protect genetic diversity and can be used to include Metropolitan town centres geological conservation. These are defined in Annex 2. Neighbourhood centres Mixed use development These are defined in Annex 2. Development for a variety of activities on single sites or across wider areas such as New and emerging technologies town centres. Technologies that are either still at a developmental stage or have only recently Multi-channel retailing started operating at a commercial scale. A retailing strategy that offers customers a They may be new applications of existing choice of ways to buy products including technologies. In relation to waste, they for example, retail stores, online, mobile include such technologies as anaerobic stores, mobile app stores, telephone sales, digestion, Mechanical Biological Treatment mail orders, interactive television and (BMT), pyrolysis and gasification. comparison shopping sites. Olympic host boroughs Municipal solid waste (MSW) The Olympic host boroughs comprise For the purposes of developing this the London boroughs of Barking and strategy, municipal solid waste is defined Dagenham, Greenwich, Hackney, in section 360(2) of the Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Authority Act 1999, as any waste in Forest. the possession or under the control of local authorities or agents acting on 397

Open space They will be embodied in the buildings, All land in London that is predominantly spaces, monuments, artefacts and undeveloped other than by buildings or archaeological deposits within the site, structures that are ancillary to the open the setting and views of and from it. space use. The definition covers the Statements of outstanding universal broad range of types of open space within value are key references for the effective London, whether in public or private protection and management of World ownership and whether public access is Heritage Sites and can be found at http:// unrestricted, limited or restricted. whc.unesco.org/en/list.

Opportunity areas Passive provision for electric vehicles London’s principal opportunities for The network of cables and power supply accommodating large scale development necessary so that at a future date a socket to provide substantial numbers of new can be added easily (see also ‘Active employment and housing, each typically provision for electric vehicles’). more than 5,000 jobs and/or 2,500 homes, with a mixed and intensive use of land Pedestrian amenity and assisted by good public transport encompasses a range of factors that, in accessibility. combination, support environments that encourage more walking. These amenity Orbital rail network factors include safety, attractiveness, Proposed orbital rail services, being convenience, information and accessibility. developed in conjunction with the Network Rail, building on the existing core inner Photovoltaics London orbital links and including more The direct conversion of solar radiation frequent services, improved stations and into electricity by the interaction of light interchanges and greater integration with with electrons in a semiconductor device other means of travel. These services or cell. will be developed to meet London Metro standards. Planning frameworks These frameworks provide a sustainable Other services development programme for Opportunity A category of community, social, leisure Areas. The frameworks may be prepared and personal services-based jobs. These by the GLA Group, boroughs, developers are projected to grow strongly in the or partners while planning frameworks will period to 2031. have a non-statutory status, it will be up to boroughs to decide how to reflect the Outstanding universal value proposals in planning frameworks within A property that has a cultural and/or their development plans. natural significance that is so exceptional that it transcends national boundaries. A Planning Policy Statements/Guidance statement of outstanding universal value is (PPSs/PPGs) adopted by UNESCO’s intergovernmental These are Government statements of World Heritage Committee at the time of national planning policy. its inscription and may be subsequently amended by the Committee. Values can Polyclinics be physical, architectural or intangible. combine GP and routine hospital care with THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 a range of wellbeing and support services that the whole of the curtilage should be such as benefits support and housing developed. advice. Private rented sector Preferred industrial location (PIL) All non-owner-occupied self-contained Strategic industrial locations that are dwellings that are being rented out as particularly suitable for general industrial, housing (not including forms of affordable light industrial, storage and distribution, housing). waste management, recycling, some transport related functions, utilities, Protected open space wholesale markets and other industrial Metropolitan open land and land that is related activities. subject to local designation under Policy 7.18 (which would include essential linear Previously developed land components of Green Infrastructure as (Annex B PPS3 amended June 2010) referred to in Policy 2.18). This land is Previously developed land is that which predominantly undeveloped other than by is or was occupied by a permanent buildings or structures that are ancillary structure, including the curtilage of the to the open space. The definition covers developed land and any associated fixed the broad range of types of open space surface infrastructure. The definition within London, whether in public or private includes defence buildings, but excludes: ownership and whether public access is unrestricted, limited or restricted. The • Land that is or has been occupied by value of open space not designated is agricultural or forestry buildings. considered as a material consideration • Land that has been developed for that needs to be taken into account when minerals extraction or waste disposal development control decisions are made. by landfill purposes where provision for restoration has been made through Proximity principle development control procedures A principle to deal with waste as near as • Land in built-up areas such as private practicable to its place of production. residential gardens, parks, recreation grounds and allotments, which, Public realm although it may feature paths, pavilions This is the space between and within and other buildings, has not been buildings that is publicly accessible, previously developed. including streets, squares, forecourts, • Land that was previously-developed parks and open spaces. but where the remains of the permanent structure or fixed surface Public private partnership (PPP) structure have blended into the A mechanism for using the private sector landscape in the process of time to deliver outcomes for the public sector, (to the extent that it can reasonably usually on the basis of a long term funding be considered as part of the natural agreement. surroundings). Public transport accessibility levels There is no presumption that land that (PTALS) is previously-developed is necessarily are a detailed and accurate measure of suitable for housing development nor the accessibility of a point to the public 399 transport network, taking into account equipment. walk access time and service availability. PTALs reflect: Renewable energy Energy derived from a source that is • walking time from the point-of interest continually replenished, such as wind, to the public transport access points; wave, solar, hydroelectric and energy • the reliability of the service modes from plant material, but not fossil fuels available; or nuclear energy. Although not strictly • the number of services available within renewable, geothermal energy is generally the catchment; and included. • the level of service at the public transport access points - i.e. average Retrofitting waiting time. The addition of new technology or features PTALs do not consider: to existing buildings in order to make • the speed or utility of accessible them more efficient and to reduce their services; environmental impacts. • crowding, including the ability to board services; or, River prospects • ease of interchange. Broad prospects along the river Thames.

Pyrolysis Road pricing See Advanced Thermal Treatment. See Congestion Charging.

Quiet Areas Safeguarded wharves The Environmental Noise (England) These are sites that have been Regulations 2006 (as amended) require safeguarded for cargo handling uses such that Noise Action Plans for agglomerations as intraport or transhipment movements (including much of Greater London) and freight-related purposes. A list of include provisions that aim to protect those sites that are currently protected any formally identified ‘Quiet Areas’ from and those proposed for protection is an increase in road, railway, aircraft and available in ‘Safeguarded Wharves on the industrial noise. River Thames’, GLA, 2005.

Rainwater harvesting Section 106 Agreements Collecting water from roofs via traditional These agreements confer planning guttering and through down pipes to a obligations on persons with an storage tank. It can then be used for a interest in land in order to achieve the variety of uses such as watering gardens. implementation of relevant planning policies as authorised by Section 106 of Recycling the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Involves the reprocessing of waste, either into the same product or a different one. Self-sufficiency Many non-hazardous wastes such as In relation to waste, this means dealing paper, glass, cardboard, plastics and with wastes within the administrative metals can be recycled. Hazardous wastes region where they are produced. such as solvents can also be recycled by specialist companies, or by in-house THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

Sequential approach facilities usually within a town or shopping Planning policies that require particular centre. steps to be taken, or types of location or sites to be considered, in a particular Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) order of preference. For example retail, A classification notified under the Wildlife commercial and leisure development and Countryside Act (1981 as amended). should be focused on sites within town All the London sites of biodiversity interest centres, or if no in-centre sites are are included within sites of Metropolitan available, on sites on the edges of centres Importance for Nature Conservation. that are or can be well integrated with the existing centre and public transport. Smarter travel measures are techniques for influencing people’s Setting of a heritage asset travel behaviour towards more sustainable Is the surrounding in which a heritage options such as encouraging school, asset is experienced. Its extent is not workplace and individualised travel fixed and may change as the asset and planning. They also seek to improve its surroundings evolve. Elements of a public transport and marketing services setting may make a positive or negative such as travel awareness campaigns, contribution to the significance of an setting up websites for car share schemes, asset, may affect the ability to appreciate supporting car clubs and encouraging that significance or may be neutral. teleworking.

Shared space Social exclusion A concept defined in the Mayor’s A term for what can happen when people Transport Strategy as one which suggests or areas suffer from a combination of a degree of sharing of streetscape linked problems, such as unemployment, between different modes and street poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, users, requiring everyone to consider high crime environments, bad health and the requirements, aspirations and family breakdown. needs of each other. Key to successful implementation of schemes is a reduction Social inclusion in dominance of motor vehicles in The position from where someone can streets, especially where there are access and benefit from the full range heavy pedestrian flows, and a degree of of opportunities available to members negotiation between road users. Each of society. It aims to remove barriers for improvement must be designed in local people or for areas that experience a context, be consulted on (including with combination of linked problems such as blind and visually impaired groups) and be unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, carefully monitored. poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown. Shopmobility A scheme that lends manual and powered Social infrastructure wheelchairs and scooters to members Covers facilities such as health provision, of the public with limited mobility early years provision, schools, colleges which allows them to travel to and visit, and universities, community, cultural, independently and with greater ease, local recreation and sports facilities, places shops, leisure services and commercial of worship, policing and other criminal 401 justice or community safety facilities, Spatial Vision for North West Europe children and young people’s play and A non-statutory document prepared by a informal recreation facilities. This list group of research institutions under the is not intended to be exhaustive and INTERREG IIC programme, which, building other facilities can be included as social on the principles of the ESDP, provides a infrastructure. multi-sectoral vision for the future spatial development for North West Europe. Social model of disability The poverty, disadvantage and social Specialist accommodation for older exclusion experienced by many disabled people There are a number of different people is not the inevitable result of types of specialist accommodation for their impairments or medical conditions, older people including: but rather stems from attitudinal and environmental barriers. This is known • Sheltered accommodation: self- as ‘the social model of disability’, and contained residential accommodation provides a basis for the successful specifically designed and managed implementation of the duty to promote for older people in need of no or a low disability equality. level of support. Each household has self-contained accommodation and the Soundscape schemes normally include additional The overall quality of an acoustic communal facilities such as a residents environment as a place for human lounge. A warden, scheme manager, experience. Soundscape design might community alarm/telecare or house include preserving, reducing or eliminating manager interacts with residents on a certain sounds or combining and balancing regular basis and is the first point of sounds to create or enhance an attractive contact in an emergency245. and stimulating acoustic environment. • Extra care accommodation (sometimes also referred to as close South East Region care, assisted living, very sheltered The South East Region runs in an or continuing care housing): Self arc around London from Kent at the -contained residential accommodation south-east extremity along the coast to and associated facilities designed Hampshire, Southampton and Portsmouth and managed to meet the needs and in the south-west, and then to Milton aspirations of people who by reason Keynes and Buckinghamshire in the North. of age or vulnerability have an existing In total, it encompasses 19 counties or foreseeable physical, sensory, and unitary authorities, and 55 district cognitive or mental health impairment. authorities. Each household has self-contained accommodation and 24 hour access to Spatial Development Strategy emergency support. In addition extra This strategy is prepared by the Mayor, care accommodation includes a range replacing the strategic planning guidance of other facilitates such as a residents for London (RPG3). The Mayor has lounge, a guest room, laundry room, chosen to call the Spatial Development day centre activities, a restaurant or Strategy the London Plan.

245 Based on the Elderly Accommodation Counsel’s definition of sheltered accommodation. THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015

some kind of meal provision, fitness Strategic developments (applications facilities and classes and a base for referable to the Mayor) health care workers. The exact mix of The planning applications that must be facilities will vary on a site by site basis. referred to the Mayor under the Town and Some domiciliary care is provided as Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order part of the accommodation package, 2008 and any amendments hereto. according to the level of need of each resident. Extra care housing aims to Strategic Environmental Assessment create a balanced community, bringing Required under the European together a balanced proportion of Directive 2001/42/EC, which has been people with different levels of care transposed into UK Law through the needs.246 Environmental Assessment of Plans • Residential/nursing care (including and Programmes Regulations 2004. end of life/hospice care and Strategic Environmental Assessment dementia care): Nursing or residential seeks to contribute to the integration of care home providing non-self- environmental considerations into the contained residential accommodation preparation and adoption of plans to for people who by reason of age or promote sustainable development. illness have physical, sensory or mental impairment, including high levels of Strategic Housing Land Availability dementia. Accommodation is not self- Assessment (SHLAA) contained; meals and personal services An assessment of land availability for are routinely provided to all residents. housing which informs the London Communal facilities are likely to include Plan and borough local development a dining room and residents lounge. documents, as set out in Planning Policy There will be a scheme manager and Statement 3: Housing (PPS3). in house care team who provide a consistent presence. Personal or Strategic Housing Market Assessment nursing care is a critical part of the (SHMA) accommodation package247. Nursing An assessment of housing need and homes include 24 hour medical care demand which informs the London from a qualified nurse248. Plan and borough local development documents as set out in Planning Policy Strategic cultural areas Statement 3: Housing (PPS3). These are areas with internationally important cultural institutions, which are Strategic industrial locations (SILs) also major tourist attractions, and include These comprise Preferred Industrial West End, South Bank/Bankside/ London Locations (PILs) and Industrial Business Bridge, Barbican, Wembley, the South Parks and exist to ensure that London Kensington museum complex/Royal Albert provides sufficient quality sites, in Hall, London’s Arcadia, Olympic Park and appropriate locations, to meet the needs Lee Valley Regional Park. of industrial and related sectors including general and light Industrial uses, logistics, 246 Based on information from the Elderly waste management and environmental Accommodation Counsel and the NHS. Industries (such as renewable energy 247 Based on the Elderly Accommodation Counsel’s definition of residential/nursing care. generation), utilities, wholesale markets 248 Care Quality Commission and some transport functions. 403

Strategic road network Supplementary Planning Guidance See Transport for London Road Network. (SPG) An SPG (sometimes called supplementary guidance) gives guidance Strategic views on policies in the London Plan. It does Views seen from places that are publicly not form a part of the statutory plan. It accessible and well used. They include can take the form of design guides or area significant buildings or urban landscapes development briefs, or supplement other that help to define London at a strategic specific policies in the plan. However level. it must be consistent with national and regional planning guidance, as well as Sub-regions the policies set out in the adopted plan. Sub-regions make up a geographical It should be clearly cross-referenced framework for implementing strategic to the relevant plan policy or proposal policy at the sub-Londonwide level. The that it supplements. Public consultation sub-regions proposed in this Plan are should be undertaken and SPGs should composed of: be regularly reviewed. While only the policies in the London Plan can have the • Central: Camden, City, Islington, status that the GLA Act 1999 provides in Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth, considering planning applications, SPGs Southwark, Westminster. may be taken into account as a further • East: Barking & Dagenham, material consideration. Bexley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Supported housing Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Homes in which vulnerable residents Waltham Forest. are offered a range of housing related support services to enable them to live • South: Bromley, Croydon, independently. Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth. Surface water • West: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith Rainwater lying on the surface or within & Fulham, Hillingdon, Harrow, surface water drains/sewers. Hounslow. Sustainability Appraisal • North: Barnet, Enfield, Haringey. Required by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Sustainability Substantial harm Appraisal is a based on the principles of to or loss of a grade II listed building, Strategic Environmental Assessment but park or garden should be exceptional. is wider in focus and covers other key Substantial harm to or loss of designated considerations of sustainability that also assets of the highest significance such concern social and economic issues. as scheduled monuments, battlefields, grade I and II* listed buildings, grade I Sustainable development and II* registered parks and gardens, and This covers development that meets World Heritage Sites, should be wholly the needs of the present without exceptional. compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Government has set out five ‘guiding THE LONDON PLAN MARCH 2015 principles’ of sustainable development: Thames Gateway living within the planet’s environmental This area comprises a corridor of land limits; ensuring a strong, healthy and just on either side of the Thames extending society; achieving a sustainable economy; from east London through to north Kent promoting good governance; and using and south Essex. The London part of the sound science responsibly. The Mayor’s area extends eastwards from Deptford approach to these principles and their Creek and the Royal Docks and includes application in London is explained in parts of the lower end of the Lee Valley Chapter One of the Plan. around Stratford. It includes parts of the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Sustainable urban drainage systems Bexley, Greenwich, Havering, Lewisham, (SUDS) Newham and Tower Hamlets as well as An alternative approach from the limited parts of Hackney and Waltham traditional ways of managing runoff from Forest. buildings and hardstanding. They can reduce the total amount, flow and rate of Thames Policy Area surface water that runs directly to rivers A special policy area to be defined by through stormwater systems. boroughs in which detailed appraisals of the riverside will be required. Sustainable residential quality (SRQ) The design-led approach and urban Thameslink design principles by which dwellings A National Rail cross-London link currently can be built at higher density, while being upgraded. maintaining urban quality and fostering sustainable development. Town Centres These are defined in Chapter 2 and Annex Sustainable Communities 2. Places where people want to live and work, now and in the future; that meet Townscape Views the diverse needs of existing and Views from an urban space of a building future residents, are sensitive to their or group of buildings within a townscape environment and contribute to a high setting (see also Linear Views). quality of life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, built and run, and offer Transport Assessment equality of opportunity and good services This is prepared and submitted alongside for all. planning applications for developments likely to have significant transport Tax increment financing (TIF) implications. For major proposals, A tool which permits local authorities to assessments should illustrate the borrow money for infrastructure against following: accessibility to the site by all the anticipated tax receipts resulting from modes; the likely modal split of journeys to the infrastructure. It is an instrument used and from the site; and proposed measures widely in the United States and in other to improve access by public transport, countries, but in England its development walking and cycling. has been limited so far. For further information see: http://www.parliament.uk/ business/publications/research/briefing- papers/SN05797/local-government-in- england-capital-finance 405

Transport for London (TfL) Paddington and the Thames Valley. One of the GLA group of organisations, accountable to the Mayor, with Wheelchair accessible housing responsibility for delivering an integrated This refers to homes built to meet the and sustainable transport strategy for standards set out in the second edition London. of the Wheelchair Housing Design Guide by Stephen Thorpe, Habinteg Housing Ubiquitous networks Association 2006. These support the shift from standalone microcomputers and mainframes towards Worklessness “pervasive” computing using a range of This is a less familiar term than devices including mobile telephones, unemployment to describe those without digital audio players and global positioning work. It is used to describe all those systems and networked information who are out of work but who would like a devices within other appliances and job. Definitions of worklessness include: environments. unemployed claimants; those who are actively out of work and looking for a job; Urban Greening and those who are economically inactive. Urban greening describes the green infrastructure elements that are most World City applicable in central London and London’s A globally successful business location town centres. Due to the morphology paralleled only by two of the world’s and density of the built environment in other great cities, New York and Tokyo, these areas, green roofs, street trees, and measured on a wide range of indicators techniques such as soft landscaping, are such as financial services, Government, the most appropriate elements of green business, higher education, culture and infrastructure. tourism.

View Assessment Areas Zero Carbon The foreground, middle ground or (the following is subject to the background of the views designated in Government’s final definition for zero Chapter 7. carbon) A zero carbon development is one whose Wandle Valley net carbon dioxide emissions, taking Wandle Valley is a development account of emissions associated with all corridor aligning the Wandle Valley from energy use, is equal to zero or negative Wandsworth to Croydon. across the year. The definition of “energy use” will cover both energy uses currently Waterspace regulated by the Building Regulations and Area covered by water (permanently or other energy used in the home. intermittently), not adjacent land that is normally dry, and including the River Thames, other rivers and canals, and reservoirs, lakes and ponds.

Western Wedge The area of West London between