...that only leaves a further 234,000 homes to meet his target of 400,000 homes in the next 10 years (see table below). Clearly homes are going to be built across the whole of London and not just in the London Plan's "Opportunity Areas' but nevertheless he has set quite a challenge for the nation's capital. Other housing commitments in the vision include:
- removing the cap on local authorities’ borrowing power to build more affordable homes and free up land for housing development (2014)
- expanding the ‘Housing Covenant’ to increase shared equity and part ownership schemes (2014)
- lowering the Mayor’s planning order threshold to free up decisions on new developments of 50 units or above (2015)
- A housing settlement for the GLA in the Comprehensive Spending Review (2016)
- Creation of a Housing Bank backed by the London Pensions Fund Authority and other pension funds to boost private renting (2016)
- More affordable homes for workers from social landlords - Affordable Homes Programme - over £627m to 60 investment partners to deliver homes for affordable rent and home ownership) (2016)
- Removing the cap on London boroughs' borrowing power to build more affordable homes (2017)
Beyond housing, transport and regeneration aims it is concerning that the 2020 vision makes no reference to sustainable development, the greenbelt, the All London Green Grid or to wide ecosystem services (beyond sustainable urban drainage systems and trees for improving air quality). London, both now and in the future, is dependent on the services of diverse and ideally interconnected green infrastructure, including supporting biological diversity, water provision and quality, climate mitigation, local food production, health and wellbeing etc. A clear approach to linking up our green infrastructure and landscapes needs to be reflected in any future vision of the city. See CPRE London's 'Living London - Green Infrastrcture explained' paper for more details.
Regeneration plans in Mayor's 2020 Vision
|
Year
|
Location |
Housing target |
Jobs |
|
2013 |
Kings Cross |
1,900 |
25,000 |
|
White City / Shepherds Bush |
5000 |
10,000 |
|
|
Tech City (Shoreditch - Whitechapel) |
7000 |
70,000 |
|
|
2016 |
London Bridge / Borough |
1,900 |
14,000 |
|
|
Brent |
1,500 |
11,000 |
|
2017 |
Canada Water |
2,500 |
2,000 |
|
2018 |
Earls Court |
4,000 |
7,000 |
|
Colindale |
12,500 |
2,000 |
|
|
Waterloo |
1,900 |
5,000 |
|
|
2020 |
Greenwich Pennisula |
13,500 |
7,000 |
|
|
London Riverside (Barking) |
10,000 |
15,000 |
|
|
Upper Lea Valley |
15,000 |
9,000 |
|
|
Woolwich |
5,000 |
5,000 |
|
|
Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea |
16,000 |
25,000 |
|
|
Lower Lea Valley |
32,000 |
50,000 |
|
|
Elephant & Castle |
4,000 |
5,000 |
|
2026-36 |
Royal Park / Old Oak Common |
22,000 |
50,000 |
|
2030 |
Brentcross |
10,000 |
22,000 |
|
|
Total |
165,700 |
334,000 |
Further info: London Mayor's 2020 vision