Policy E5 — Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL)

Policy E5 Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) A Strategic Industrial Locations (identified in Figure 6.2 and Table 6.3) should be managed proactively through a plan-led process to sustain them as London’s largest concentrations of industrial, logistics and related capacity for uses that support the functioning of London’s economy. B Boroughs, in their Development Plans, should: 1) define the detailed boundary of SILs in policies maps having regard to the scope for intensification, co-location and substitution (set out in Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution ) 2) develop local policies to protect and intensify the function of SILs and enhance their attractiveness and competitiveness (including improvements to access, public transport, digital connectivity and other related infrastructure) for the functions set out in Part A of Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function 3) explore opportunities to intensify and make more efficient use of land in SILs in Development Plan reviews and through Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks in collaboration with the GLA and other planning authorities within and outside London ( Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution ). 4) strategically coordinate Development Plans to identify opportunities to substitute industrial capacity and function of Strategic Industrial Locations where evidence that alternative, more suitable, locations exist. This release must be carried out through a planning framework or Development Plan Document review process and adopted as policy in a Development Plan. All Boroughs are encouraged to evaluate viable opportunities to provide additional industrial land in new locations to support this process. This policy should be applied in the context of Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and subtitution . C Development proposals in SILs should be supported where the uses proposed fall within the industrial-type activities set out in Part A of Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function D Development proposals within or adjacent to SILs should not compromise the integrity or effectiveness of these locations in accommodating industrial-type activities and their ability to operate on a 24-hour basis. Residential development adjacent to SILs should be designed to ensure that existing or potential industrial activities in SIL are not compromised or curtailed. Particular attention should be given to layouts, access, orientation, servicing, public realm, air quality, soundproofing and other design mitigation in the residential development. 6.5.1 London’s SILs, listed in Table 6.3 and illustrated in Figure 6.2, are the capital’s main reservoir of land for industrial, logistics and related uses. SILs are given strategic protection because they are critical to the effective functioning of London’s economy. They can accommodate activities which - by virtue of their scale, noise, odours, dust, emissions, hours of operation and/or vehicular movements - can raise tensions with other land uses, particularly residential development. 6.5.2 SILs are important in supporting strategic logistics operations serving the capital as well as providing relatively low-cost industrial space for SMEs. Typically, they are located close to the strategic road network and many are also well-located with respect to rail, river, canals and safeguarded wharves which can support the sustainable movement of goods, construction materials and waste to, from and within London. To ensure that London can retain an efficient logistics function it is particularly important to secure and enhance strategic provision in SILs in west London, especially at Park Royal and around Heathrow; in north London in the Upper Lee Valley; in east London, north and south of the Thames; and in the Wandle Valley in south London. This should be complemented by smaller-scale provision in LSIS and Non-Designated Industrial Sites including sustainable ‘last mile’ distribution close to central London. 6.5.3 Innovations to make more effective use of land in SILs are encouraged and should be explored in Local Plan reviews and Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks. This includes collaborative working with other planning authorities in the relevant property market areas including authorities in the Wider South East (see also Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution ). This should take into account the potential to rationalise areas of SIL that are currently in non-industrial and related uses or contain transport or utilities uses which are surplus to requirements. The Thames Gateway provides the greatest scope for strategically co-ordinated plan-led consolidation of SILs in order to manage down overall vacancy rates, particularly in the boroughs of Newham and Barking & Dagenham. Figure 6.1 - Strategic Industrial Locations Figure 6.1 - Strategic Industrial Locations Table 6.2 - Strategic Industrial Locations Table 6.2 - Strategic Industrial Locations Table 6.3 lists London's designated Strategic Industrial Locations Ref. Location Industrial Property Market Area Planning Authority 1 Bermondsey / Old Kent Road / Surrey Canal Area Central Services Area Southwark / Lewisham 2 Empson Street Central Services Area Tower Hamlets 3 Fish Island / Marshgate Lane Central Services Area LLDC (Newham/Tower Hamlets) 4 Hackney Wick Central Services Area LLDC (Hackney) 5 Queenstown Road, Battersea Central Services Area Wandsworth 6 Blackhorse Lane Lee Valley Waltham Forest 7 Brimsdown Lee Valley Enfield 8 British Gas Site / Cody Road Lee Valley Newham 9 Central Leaside Business Area Lee Valley Enfield / Haringey / Waltham Forest 10 Freezywater / Innova Park Lee Valley Enfield 11 Great Cambridge Road Lee Valley Enfield 12 Lea Bridge Gateway Lee Valley Waltham Forest 13 Tottenham Hale Lee Valley Haringey 14 East Lane Park Royal / Heathrow Brent 1London Plan Policy E5 · official source →