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Tenants Federation
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The London Plan The Greater London Authority Act of 1999 placed responsibility for strategic planning on the Mayor of London. It required him to produce a spatial development strategy which is called the London Plan. It was first published in February 2004. It is a statutory planning framework aimed at guiding the development of London over the coming decades. It focuses on accommodating substantial growth in the capital. The Plan sets out ‘opportunity areas’, each accommodating more jobs and or homes (at least 5,000 jobs or 2,500 homes or a mix of both in each) are identified as well areas of 'intensification' and regeneration. The London Plan’s main strategic priorities are the regeneration of E London, particularly the Thames Gateway and the London–Stansted-Cambridge corridor. London councils are obliged to comply with the London Plan in setting out their 'core strategies'. Monitoring reports relating to targets (including those for housing) set in the London Plan are produced each year. Alterations to the London Plan The Mayor also has a has legal duty to review and update the London Plan. Consultation on draft 'early' alterations relating to housing targets, waste and minerals were published in October '05.. As a result of the LTF’s response to the consultation, LTF members were invited to take part in the at the Examination in Public (EiP) of the Early Alterations to the London Plan in June '06. The LTF was the only council tenant organisation invited to attend the EiP. A final report on the proposed alterations was produced by the EiP panel in November ‘06 and the final alterations published in Feb ‘07. Consultation on further housing alterations were published in September '06. The London Tenants Federation was invited to take part in debate on the EiP of the Further Alterations to the London Plan June '07. Again the LTF was the only tenants organisation and one of only a few community and voluntary organisations to be invited to the the EiP.
Review of the London Plan In July 2008, the new London Mayor, Boris Johnson, published a consultation document called 'Planning for a better London' setting out some of the key areas he wishes to address his reveiw of the London Plan. The LTF discussed the consultation document at its meeting in October 2008 and made a formal response to the consultation. In April 2009, the Mayor set out 'A new plan for London' a consultation paper for London Assembly Members, which sets out initial proposals prior to publication of a full draft of the plan due in Autumn 2009. A formal Examination in Public of the revised London Plan will take place in 2010
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