City Plan 2036 Shaping the Future City
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DRAFT CITY OF LONDON LOCAL PLAN NOVEMBER 2018 City Plan 2036 Shaping the future City 1 CITY PLAN 2036 ................................................................................................................................................ 1 SHAPING THE FUTURE CITY .............................................................................................................................. 1 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. WHAT IS THE LOCAL PLAN? ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.2. WHY IS THE CITY PREPARING A NEW LOCAL PLAN? .......................................................................................... 4 1.3. THE STAGES OF PREPARING THE LOCAL PLAN .................................................................................................. 4 1.4. STRUCTURE OF THE DRAFT PLAN ................................................................................................................ 10 2. THE CITY TODAY ................................................................................................................................... 11 3. CITY PLAN 2036: DRAFT VISION AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................... 12 3.1. CONTRIBUTE TO A FLOURISHING SOCIETY ..................................................................................................... 12 3.2. SUPPORT A THRIVING ECONOMY ................................................................................................................ 13 3.3. SHAPE OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTS ....................................................................................................... 14 3.4. KEY AREAS FOR CHANGE .......................................................................................................................... 15 4. CONTRIBUTE TO A FLOURISHING SOCIETY ............................................................................................ 20 4.1. HEALTHY AND INCLUSIVE CITY ................................................................................................................... 20 4.2. SAFE AND SECURE CITY ............................................................................................................................ 35 4.3. HOUSING .............................................................................................................................................. 41 5. SUPPORT A THRIVING ECONOMY ......................................................................................................... 56 5.1. OFFICES ................................................................................................................................................ 56 5.2. RETAILING ............................................................................................................................................. 62 5.3. CULTURE, VISITORS AND THE NIGHT-TIME ECONOMY .................................................................................... 70 5.4. SMART INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES ...................................................................................................... 79 6. SHAPE OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTS ............................................................................................... 84 6.1. DESIGN ................................................................................................................................................. 84 6.2. VEHICULAR TRANSPORT AND SERVICING .................................................................................................... 100 6.3. WALKING, CYCLING AND HEALTHY STREETS ............................................................................................... 110 6.4. HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................................ 119 6.5. TALL BUILDINGS AND PROTECTED VIEWS ................................................................................................... 125 6.6. OPEN SPACES AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 131 6.7. CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND FLOOD RISK ...................................................................................................... 139 6.8. CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE ............................................................................................................ 148 7. KEY AREAS OF CHANGE ....................................................................................................................... 156 7.2. THAMES POLICY AREA ........................................................................................................................... 157 7.3. BLACKFRIARS KEY AREA OF CHANGE ......................................................................................................... 161 7.4. POOL OF LONDON KEY AREA OF CHANGE .................................................................................................. 164 7.5. ALDGATE AND TOWER KEY AREA OF CHANGE ............................................................................................. 168 7.6. CITY CLUSTER KEY AREA OF CHANGE ........................................................................................................ 172 7.7. FLEET STREET KEY AREA OF CHANGE......................................................................................................... 176 7.8. SMITHFIELD AND BARBICAN KEY AREA OF CHANGE ...................................................................................... 180 7.9. LIVERPOOL STREET KEY AREA OF CHANGE .................................................................................................. 188 8. IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................................................................. 190 8.1. PLANNING CONTRIBUTIONS .................................................................................................................... 190 APPENDICES AND GLOSSARY ....................................................................................................................... 195 APPENDIX 1 - TECHNICAL NOTE ON APPLYING THE URBAN GREENING FACTOR .......................................... 196 GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................... 198 2 3 1. Introduction 1.1. What is the Local Plan? 1.1.1. The Local Plan is a plan for the future development of the City of London, setting out what type of development the City Corporation expects to take place and where. The Local Plan sets out the City Corporation’s vision, strategy and objectives for planning the Square Mile, together with policies that guide decisions on planning applications. The Local Plan includes two Policies Maps showing which policies apply to specific locations. 1.2. Why is the City preparing a new Local Plan? 1.2.1. The current City of London Local Plan was adopted in January 2015 and plans for development requirements up to 2026. It is important that the City’s planning framework remains responsive and flexible to address changing circumstances, whilst providing a clear vision for how a future City should look. 1.2.2. Local Plans are required to look ahead over a minimum 15-year period to anticipate and respond to long-term requirements and opportunities, such as those arising from major improvements in infrastructure. However, they must also be reviewed at least every five years to take account of changing circumstances affecting the area, or any relevant changes in national policy. 1.2.3. Since the City’s current Local Plan was adopted, the Government has made a number of changes to the planning system and some policies need updating to ensure they remain up-to-date and responsive to national policy. In addition, the Mayor of London is reviewing the London Plan and has published a draft London Plan, which will be the subject of an Examination-in-Public during the first half of 2019. 1.2.4. By preparing a new Local Plan covering the period to 2036, the City Corporation will be able to address revised national and London Plan policy, whilst maintaining a positive planning framework to meet the City’s long-term needs. 1.3. The stages of preparing the Local Plan 1.3.1. The draft Local Plan, titled City Plan 2036 (the ‘Plan’), is the second stage of preparing a new local plan. The first stage of the process was the Issues and Options stage, during which consultation took place on the key planning issues facing the City and on the potential options that should be considered to address them. Since then, the City Corporation has analysed the consultation findings and undertaken further evidence gathering to inform the draft Plan. 4 1.3.2. This draft Plan is being published for an extended period of public consultation. All comments received during the consultation period will be considered and changes made to the Plan as appropriate. A final version of City Plan 2036 will then be published for a further round of consultation in autumn 2019, following which the Plan will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Secretary of State will then appoint an independent planning Inspector to examine the