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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. A number of what are described as, ‘opportunity areas’, for 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 as other regeneration areas. The London Plan’s main strategic priorities are the regeneration of E London, particularly the Thames Gateway and the London–Stansted-Cambridge corridor. Sub regional strategies - for central, north, south, west and east London are set out in the document. Thematic policies relating to living in London (including housing), working in London, transport and sports and leisure are detailed, as are policies on environmental and waste issues. Targets are set relating to the issues contained in the London Plan and each year a monitoring report is produced detailing progress on the targets set. Details on the London Plan can be found on the Greater London Authority (GLA) website - http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/index.jsp Alterations to the London Plan The Mayor a has legal duty to review and update the London Plan. In October ‘05 he published and began consultation on draft alterations to the Plan relating to housing targets, waste and minerals. 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; on 3 of the 4 housing matters that were being discussed. 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. More information can be found on the GLA website at http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/sds/lon_plan_changes/index.jsp Further housing alterations were set out for consultation by the Mayor in September '06. The London Tenants Federation has been invited to take part in debate on the EiP of the Further Alterations to the London Plan June '07. Again we are the only tenants organisation to have been invited and one of only a few community and voluntary organisations who will be sitting at the table. We have also submitted written statements for EiP panel members.
More information on the EiP of the Further Alterations to the London Plan and be found on http://www.london.gov.uk/london-plan-eip/
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