Policy H1 — Increasing housing supply

Policy H1 Increasing housing supply A Table 4.1 sets the ten-year targets for net housing completions that each local planning authority should plan for. Boroughs must include these targets in their Development Plan Documents. B To ensure that ten-year housing targets are achieved, boroughs should: 1) prepare delivery-focused Development Plans which: a) allocate an appropriate range and number of sites that are suitable for residential and mixed-use development and intensification b) encourage development on other appropriate windfall sites not identified in Development Plans through the Plan period, especially from the sources of supply listed in B2 c) enable the delivery of housing capacity identified in Opportunity Areas, working closely with the GLA. 2) optimise the potential for housing delivery on all suitable and available brownfield sites through their Development Plans and planning decisions, especially the following sources of capacity: a) sites with existing or planned public transport access levels (PTALs) 3-6 or which are located within 800m distance of a station [39] or town centre boundary [40] b) mixed-use redevelopment of car parks and low-density retail parks and supermarkets c) housing intensification on other appropriate low-density sites in commercial, leisure and infrastructure uses d) the redevelopment of surplus utilities and public sector owned sites e) small sites (see Policy H2 Small sites ) f) industrial sites that have been identified through the processes set out in Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function , Policy E5 Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL) , Policy E6 Locally Significant Industrial Sites and Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution . 3) establish ambitious and achievable build-out rates at the planning stage, incentivising build-out milestones to help ensure that homes are built quickly and to reduce the likelihood of permissions being sought to sell land on at a higher value. C Boroughs should proactively use brownfield registers and permission in principle to increase planning certainty for those wishing to build new homes. D Boroughs should publish and annually update housing trajectories based on the targets in Table 4.1 and should work with the Mayor to resolve any anticipated shortfalls. E Where new sustainable transport infrastructure is planned, boroughs should re-evaluate the appropriateness of land use designations and the potential to accommodate higher-density residential and mixed-use development, taking into account future public transport capacity and connectivity levels. F On sites that are allocated for residential and mixed-use development there is a general presumption against single use low-density retail and leisure parks. These developments should be designed to provide a mix of uses including housing on the same site in order to make the best use of land available for development. 4.1.1 The Mayor has carried out a London-wide Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) and Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). The SHMA has identified need for 66,000 additional homes per year . The SHMA covers overall housing need as well as exploring specific requirements for purpose-built student accommodation and specialist older persons’ accommodation within the overall figure. 4.1.2 For the purposes of the Plan, London is considered as a single housing market area, with a series of complex and interlinked sub-markets. The advantage of strategic planning is that it allows London to focus development in the most sustainable locations, allowing all of London’s land use needs to be planned for with an understanding of how best to deliver them across the capital. Because of London’s ability to plan strategically, boroughs are not required to carry out their own housing needs assessment [41] but must plan for, and seek to deliver, the housing targets in this Plan. These have been informed by the SHLAA and the SHMA. 4.1.3 The Mayor recognises that development of this scale will require not just an increase in the number of homes approved but also a fundamental transformation in how new homes are delivered. The London Plan, London Housing Strategy and Mayor’s Transport Strategy together provide a framework to help achieve this ambition but achieving this step change in delivery will require increased levels of funding to support the delivery of housing and infrastructure, which is discussed in more detail in Chapter 11 . 4.1.4 In particular, the London Housing Strategy sets out the Mayor’s proposals for working with boroughs and other partners to deliver the step change in housing supply required, through: proactive intervention in London’s land market to unlock and accelerate housing delivery, including on public land and through compulsory purchase and other forms of land assembly increased and better-targeted investment to de-risk development and maximise opportunities from new transport infrastructure diversification of the housebuilding industry through increased Build to Rent development, more support for small and medium-sized builders, and more supply from councils and housing associations • tackling the construction skills gap and modernising construction methods. 4.1.5 The London Housing Strategy encourages boroughs to put in place clear plans to bring forward appropriate sites in their own ownership for housing delivery. Boroughs should align these plans with their Development Plans in order to speed up housing delivery and ensure planning policy implications are fully considered. 4.1.6 Also set out in the London Housing Strategy, is the Mayor’s aim to ensure that Londoners have an opportunity to purchase new homes before they are marketed overseas – particularly those homes that ordinary Londoners are more likely to be able to afford. The Mayor is discussing with major homebuilders steps to make more new homes available to Londoners beforeLondon Plan Policy H1 · official source →