London Plan - Objectives

Objectives

The plan is a spatial development strategy for the Greater London area and has six objectives. As of the 2011 revision the objectives currently are:

1. Ensuring London is a city that meets the challenges of economic and population growth
2. Ensuring London is an internationally competitive and successful city
3. Ensuring London is a city of diverse, strong, secure and accessible neighbourhoods
4. Ensuring London is a city that delights the senses
5. Ensuring London is a city that becomes a world leader in improving the environment
6. Ensuring London is a city where it is easy, safe and convenient for everyone to access jobs, opportunities and facilities

The objectives were previously updated in 2008 following the Greater London Authority Act 2007:

1. To accommodate London’s growth within its boundaries without encroaching on open spaces
2. To make London a healthier and better city for people to live in
3. To make London a more prosperous city with strong and diverse long term economic growth
4. To promote social inclusion and tackle deprivation and discrimination
5. To improve London’s accessibility
6. To make London an exemplary world city in mitigating and adapting to climate change and a more attractive, well-designed and green city

The original 2004 objectives were:

1. To accommodate London’s growth within its boundaries without encroaching on open spaces
2. To make London a better city for people to live in
3. To make London a more prosperous city with strong and diverse economic growth
4. To promote social inclusion and tackle deprivation and discrimination
5. To improve London’s accessibility
6. To make London a more attractive, well-designed and green city