## London Plan Annual Monitoring Report 5 Contents


      
 
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Executive Summary 


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Scope and Purpose 


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Overview  


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Progress against the London Plan's Six Objectives  


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Progress on the Sub Regional Implementation Frameworks 
 
 
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Progress on Supplementary Planning Guidance, Best Practice Guidance  
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and other Mayoral Strategies Progress on Major Developments 


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Summary of Mayoral Planning Activity 


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London Development Database 


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London Planning Awards 2008  


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Update on Inter Regional Issues 


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Outer London Commission 


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Changes to the London Plan 


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Mayoral Powers  


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Looking to the Future  


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| National Regional Planning Guidance Indicators           |                                                                     |
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| Mayoral Activity on Development Plans                    |                                                                     |
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| Affordability thresholds for social/intermediate housing |                                                                     |
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| Appendix 8                                               |                                                                     |
| Housing Provision in London 2007/8 Annual monitor        |                                                                     |
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| Index of Data Tables                                     |                                                                     |
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| Table 1                                                  | Summary of Progress on Key Performance Indicators                   |
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| Table 2                                                  | List of London Plan Supplementary Planning Guidance                 |
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| Table 3                                                  | List of London Plan Best Practice Guidance                          |
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| Table 4                                                  | List of Mayoral Strategies                                          |
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| Table 5                                                  | Planning Applications referred to the Mayor                         |
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| Table 6                                                  | Progress with borough Core Strategy DPDs                            |
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| Table 7                                                  | Percentage of development on previously developed land (London)     |
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| Table 8                                                  | Percentage of development on previously developed land (by borough) |
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| Table 9                                                  | Density of residential development by borough                       |
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| Table 10                                                 | Density of Development in relation to SRQ Matrix                    |
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| Table 11                                                 | Changes in open space due to new development                        |
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| Table 12                                                 | Borough Progress on Open Space Audits                               |
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Table 13  
Number of housing completions by borough  


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Table 14 
Housing completion trends 


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Table 15 
Residential Planning Approvals 


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Table 16 
Affordable Housing Out Turn  


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Table 17 
Affordable Housing Delivery  


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Table 18 
Borough Affordable housing completions chart 


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Table 19 
Affordable housing policy by borough  


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Table 20 
Life Expectancy at birth 


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Table 21 
Standardised Mortality Rates (Ischaemic deaths) 


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Table 22 
Workers in London 2001 


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Table 23 
London Out Commuting 1990-2001  


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Table 24 
London Out Commuting 2001-2007  


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Table 25  
Ratio of Office planning permissions to 3 year completions 
 
 
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Table 26 
Age specific unemployment rates for White and BME groups   
 
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Table 27  
Lone parents on Income Support as % of all lone parent families 
 
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Table 28 
Places in Day Nurseries 


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Table 29 
GCSE A*- C Grade Passes 


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Table 30 
Public and private transport indexes  


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Table 31 
Passengers on the River Thames 


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Table 32 
Cargo trade on the River Thames 


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Table 33 
Employment Floorspace by PTAL zone 


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Table 34 
Changes in protected habitat due to new development  
 
 
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Table 35 
London's Household waste recycling rate 1996/97 - 2007/08 
 
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Table 36 
London waste authority household recycling rates  


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Table 37 
London Municipal Waste Recycling Rates 


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Table 38 
Regional Household recycling rates 


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Table 39 
Total Municipal Waste in London 


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Table 40 
Indicative land demand for waste management and recycling  
 
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Table 41 
London CO2 Emissions 1990-2003 


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Table 42 
Energy Produced per Annum from Renewable Sources 
 
 
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Table 43 
Progress of Boroughs preparing Strategic Flood Risk Appraisals 
 
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Table 44 
Proportion of Listed Buildings at risk in London 


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## Executive Summary

1. 
2008 has been a year of change not just in London but globally.  The credit crunch has brought 
about a significant change in economic outlook and forecasts for the development industry.  It is 
important to note that many of the London Plan Key Performance Indicators reported in 
Appendix 1 relate to figures for the financial year 2007-8.  These figures reflect the position just before the credit crunch and economic downturn really had an impact.  Where possible this 
report shows the nature and scale of changes during the 2008-9 year. 2. 
Following the election in May 2008 London has a new Mayor - Boris Johnson.  The change of 
Mayor has signalled a fresh approach to planning policy.  The London Plan (consolidated with 
alterations since 2004) was published in February 2008 and remains the statutory strategic plan 
for London.  The Mayor has consulted on a limited set of Alterations to the existing London Plan focused on delivering Crossrail and work has begun on a review of the London Plan with the aim 
of a London Assembly consultation in Spring 2009 and a full public consultation later in 2009. 3. 
In terms of development, there has been continued investment in housing across London during 
2007-8.  There is little sign in the figures for that year of the economic slow down.  This may in part be due to the fact that most dwellings that were completed would already have been substantially built and therefore it would have made little sense to have halted construction. Other projects which were in the early stages of construction may well have been stopped and there is some anecdotal evidence of this; future AMRs will reflect the extent to which this has 
happened.  A total of 29,150 net new dwellings were built, which is very similar to the previous year's figure.  However the actual number of effective new units is reduced to 28,199 due to the 
increase of 951 long term vacant dwellings.  Therefore housing delivery is at 92% of the revised London Plan target of 30,500. 4. 
There has been progress on several major development schemes anticipated in the London Plan.  
Work has continued apace planning for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics with the start of 
construction in earnest and the stadia beginning to take shape.  The Westfield Shopping centre 
opened near Shepherds Bush. 5. 
Progress has continued on major transport schemes particularly with the planning for Crossrail, 
the construction of the East London Line and the opening of the DLR Woolwich Extension. 
Scope and Purpose 6. 
This is the fifth Annual Monitoring Report (AMR5).  The AMR is the central component of the 
statutory monitoring process required to assess the effectiveness of the London Plan. It is based on the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set out in the Chapter 6 of the London Plan but also includes additional contextual monitoring which illuminates more specific challenges for London. 7. 
As with previous AMRs, AMR5 assesses the overall performance of the plan relative to key issues 
and trends reported during 2007/8.  The figures in the Appendices generally relate to the period 
April 2007-March 2008, although in some cases it is only previous years' data that are available.  
The report draws on many data sources, but of particular importance is the London 
Development Database (LDD).  The LDD is a "live" system of monitoring planning permissions and completions which generates good quality data for both boroughs and the GLA.  Where possible a time series of data is given to help show trends.  The Appendices also note that there 
are some areas where proxy data have had to be used. 8. 
Given the significant economic changes that have taken place during 2008, and the fact that 
most of the data relates to 2007-8, this year's AMR also presents some partial data for 2008 to give an indication of the impacts that are being felt in London. 9. 
Several of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the London Plan were amended in the 
London Plan 2008, and an additional 3 indicators added increasing the number of KPIs from 25 to 28.   The notable changes are the alteration of the housing target to 30,500 dwellings per annum with effect from April 2007, the addition of indicators on health, childcare and education 
and the tweaking of a number of sustainability related Indicators to reflect new environmental targets. 
 
10. 
The scope of the Annual Monitoring Report is outlined in chapter 6B of the London Plan. In line 
with this, the AMR has been drafted to reflect the overall policy direction of the plan and does not attempt to measure and monitor each of its policies individually.  The AMR will continue to 
be useful in keeping the London Plan under review and up to date. 11. 
This London Plan Annual Monitoring Report should not be confused with either the Mayor's 
Annual Report or the State of the Environment Report: 
 
- The **Mayor's Annual Report** is required by the GLA Act 1999.  The latest report was 
published in February 2008 covering the period 2007/08 and describes the Mayor and 
GLA's objectives and targets, performance in the 8th year of operation, how well the 
Authority has engaged with Londoners in setting these objectives and how it will review and improve its operation to deliver best value to Londoners.  The report is available on 
the website http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/annual_report/index.jsp  
- The **State of the Environment Report** is also required by the GLA Act 1999 and must 
be produced every 4 years.  The first Report was published in May 2003 and in 2007 the 
second State of the Environment Report was published, it is available at 
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/soereport.jsp and reports progress on 
many aspects of London's environment.  The State of Environment Report is a valuable source of detailed environmental data covering 36 specific indicators.  There is some limited overlap with some of the key performance indicators detailed in Appendix 1 of 
this report. 
Overview 12. 
A simplified assessment of the plan's performance against its 28 Key Performance Indicators 
(KPI) is given in Table 1 below. A fuller description of the indicators is given in Appendix 1. 

## Table 1 Summary Progress Against Key Performance Indicators

+  Indicator generally being met 
-  Indicator generally failing 
=  Indicator showing neutral trend (may be lacking data) 

| KPI                                  | Progress Comment    |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Slight drop in performance for       |                     |
| 2007/8 but still meets target        |                     |
| (which was revised in London Plan    |                     |
| 2008)                                |                     |
| 1 Increasing the proportion of       |                     |
| development taking place on          |                     |
| previously developed land. Maintain  |                     |
| 96% residential development on       |                     |
| previously developed land            |                     |
| +                                    |                     |
| Positive that densities are          |                     |
| generally increasing but concern at  |                     |
| the proportion that are above the    |                     |
| density range.                       |                     |
| 2 Increasing the density of          |                     |
| residential development. Over 95 per |                     |
| cent of development to comply with   |                     |
| the housing density location and     |                     |
| SRQ matrix                           |                     |
| =                                    |                     |
| Significant losses during 2007/8,    |                     |
| of 20ha on completed schemes         |                     |
| and 78ha on approved schemes,        |                     |
| see table 11 in Appendix 1           |                     |
| 3 Protection of open space.          |                     |
| No net loss of open space            |                     |
| designated for protection in UDPs    |                     |
| due to new development.              |                     |
| -                                    |                     |
| New build properties up but total    |                     |
| provision reduced by an increase in  |                     |
| vacant properties.                   |                     |
| 4 An increased supply of new homes.  |                     |
| At least 30 500 units per year.      |                     |
| =                                    |                     |
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Up on last years completions to 10,394 net units (38%), which is below the 50% target but takes into account other policy objectives. 
5 An increased supply of affordable homes. Completion of 50 per cent of new homes as affordable homes each year 2004–2016. 
*the Mayor has signaled his intention to change this target see para 30 
New Target, highlights the gap. 
5a By 2026 reducing by at least 10% the gap between life expectancy at birth in Areas of Regeneration and the average in London 
New Target, highlights the gap. 
5b By 2015, reducing by at least 10% the gap between the age standardized death rate from coronary heart disease per 100 000 population in Areas for Regeneration and the average in London 
Only reliably reported through the census. 
6 Net increase in the proportion of 
London residents working in London = 
Target being met, current ratio is 7:1 
7 Ensure that there is sufficient development capacity in the office market by maintaining at least 3:1 ratio of permissions:3 year starts. 
Significant progress in some Opportunity Areas over the past year. 
8 Direction of economic and population growth to follow the indicative sub-regional allocations 
and fulfill the priority to east London + 
Improvement in absolute terms but gap remains.  Target unlikely to be met. 
9 Age specific unemployment rates for BME groups to be no higher than for the white population by 2016, 50 % reduction of the difference by 2011 
Improvement in absolute and comparative terms but gap remains wide.  Target unlikely to be met 
10 Percentage of lone parents dependant on income support to be no higher than the UK average by 2016, 50 per cent reduction of the difference by 2011. 
New Target - Shows wide variation in places but most parts of London 
are below the national average. 
11a An increase in the provision of childcare places per 1000 under 
fives, particularly in Areas for Regeneration 
New Target - shows that there are variations but in general a gap exists between regeneration areas and rest of London 
11b An improvement in the percentage of pupils obtaining 5 or more GCSEs at grades A-C in areas for regeneration relative to the LEA as a whole. 12 Use of public transport per head grows faster than use of the private car per head 
Target being comfortably achieved as public transport use has grown and private transport use has reduced Overall decline of 9% use of private vehicles across London since 2001. 
13 From 2001-2011, 15 per cent reduction in traffic in the congestion charging zone, zero traffic growth in inner London, and traffic growth in outer London reduced to no more than 5 per cent. 
Passenger services are significantly up while freight cargo is down 
14 A five per cent increase in passengers and freight transported on the Blue Ribbon Network from 2001-2011 
On target with existing and planned investment in public transport. 
15 50 per cent increase in public transport capacity between 2001 - 2021, with interim increases to reflect Table 6A.2. 
Being done progressively as major development sites progress. 
16 Regular assessment of the adequacy of transport capacity to support development in opportunity and intensification areas. 
Revised target being met 
17 Maintain at least 50% of B1 development in PTAL zones 5-6 and at least 90% of B2 and B8 development in zones 0-2. 
Significant losses in planning approvals of designated sites of 18ha, see table 34 in Appendix 1  
18 No net loss of designated Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation over the plan period. 
Improvement in figures but unlikely to hit 2010 target. 
19 Increase in household waste recycled or composted At least 35 per cent by 2010 At least 45 per cent by 2015 
Achievement of facilities yet to be fully tested. 
20 Achievement of quantified requirement for waste treatment facilities 
Currently estimated at 60% and unlikely to meet 2010 target. 
21 75% (16 million tonnes) of London's waste treated or disposed of within London by 2010 
Revised target 9% reduction by 2003 gives a reasonable chance of meeting 2016 target  
22 Reduce emissions to 15 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010 20% reduction by 2016 25% by 2020 23 Production of 945GWh of energy 
from renewable sources by 2010 including at least six large wind turbines 
Data indicates only a small 
increase on 2001 levels. Although some significant new renewables are now programmed, target is unlikely to be met. No known development on floodplain although target is recognised as in need of review 
24 No net loss of functional flood plain within referable planning applications. 
Steady if slight improvements on 2004 levels.   
25 Reduction in the proportion of buildings at risk as a percentage of the total number of listed buildings in London. 

 13. 
The London Plan was first published in February 2004.  It was republished in 2008 as the 
London Plan (consolidated with alterations since 2004).  The Mayor has commenced work to review the London Plan.  Consultation will take place later in 2009, (see para 79) and published later during his term of office.   
 
14. 
The tables contained within Appendix 1 of this report demonstrate mixed outcomes against the 
KPIs.  The delivery of new housing continued to be significantly above historic pre-London Plan levels at 28,199, although this is 92% of the 30,500 target.  Whilst new development maintained 
the target level of 96% on brownfield land, a number of schemes were permitted on greenfield sites that would lead to the loss of 78ha of open space including 18ha of protected habitats.  
Most of the social, health and education indicators, whilst showing absolute improvements, did not achieve reductions in the gap between the target groups and the population as a whole. 15. 
The London Plan also has a vital role in co-ordinating and securing the necessary infrastructure 
to support London's growth.  This infrastructure covers transport, utilities, education, health and 
social facilities.  The Mayor is planning to step up engagement with the providers of these facilities, especially in terms of social infrastructure to ensure that their plans complement the 
London Plan. 16. 
Detailed planning and the first phases of construction have begun on the infrastructure and 
facilities for the London Olympics and Paralympics.  Up to date progress can be checked on the 
Olympic Delivery Authority website http://www.london2012.com/index.php and the London 
Development Agency Website http://www.lda.gov.uk/server/show/nav.00100h003 .  Detailed planning for the Olympic Legacy has commenced, led by the London Development Agency. 

 17. 
In 
July 
2008 
the 
Mayor 
published 
"Planning 
for 
a 
Better 
London" 
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/publications/2008/07/plan-better-london.jsp 
. 
 
The 
document set out a range of policy suggestions and consultation questions.  The responses to the consultation were broadly supportive, and are summarised in a document "Planning for a Better London Response" together with the Mayor's proposals after considering those responses 
- that document is also accessible through the above weblink. 18. 
In terms of housing provision, this is the first year of monitoring against the revised target of 
30,500.   The 2007-8 monitoring figure of 28,199 dwellings represented 92% of the 30,500 
target.  The actual number of new dwellings constructed was 29,150, an increase of 400 over 
the 2006-7 figure of 28,737 and the highest figure in recent years.  The overall monitoring figure was however reduced by a net increase in the number of long term vacant properties of 951.  In each of the previous years there had been a net reduction in the number of vacant 
properties and this had boosted the figure - indeed in 2006-7 there were 2695 vacants 
returning to occupation. 19. 
Private sector house prices had a significant drop during 2008 with reports varying between 12-
20% falls in value and predictions of further falls through 2009 and an associated drastic reduction in the number of property sales.  

## Progress Against The London Plan'S Six Objectives Objective 1 To Accommodate London'S Growth Within Its Boundaries Without Encroaching On Open Spaces.

20. 
The London Plan is clear that development should make the most efficient use of land, be 
focused on already used land and should not encroach upon parks, Green Belt, designated open 
spaces and other environmental assets such as rivers and canals.   
21. 
The London Development Database figures demonstrate that of the housing development 
permitted in 2007/8, the vast majority, 96% of all units, were permitted on previously 
developed land.  Data on residential completions also shows 96% of units being completed on previously developed land.  Whilst this was achieving the target, it was a drop from 98% in the previous year.  This was reflected in the losses of protected open space and sites of nature conservation value, both of which hit high levels this year.  The majority of these losses were 
accounted for by the Slade Green Rail Freight depot in Bexley, which was granted permission by 
the Secretary of State.  These figures do maintain London ahead of all other UK regions and well above the national 60% target (see Tables 7 & 8 in Appendix 1 for more detailed breakdown). 22. 
Densities for residential planning approvals across London increased slightly in 2007/8 to 145 
dwellings/hectare.  The figure for completions remained broadly similar at 121 dwellings/hectare.   There appears to have been a levelling off from the considerable increases in residential densities over the past few years.  As may be expected there was a general trend of lower densities in outer London boroughs and higher densities in inner and central London - see 
Table 9 in Appendix 1. 23. 
The Mayor has expressed a concern over the internal space standards of some of the new 
dwellings being built.  This issue will be examined as part of the review of the London Plan. 
 
Objective 2 
To make London a better city for people to live in. 24. 
The provision of an adequate supply of new homes, particularly affordable homes, is critical to 
the delivery of a sustainable London.  The Housing Capacity Study 2004 led to the upward revision of the original London Plan homes target from 23,000 to 30,500, with effect from April 
2007.  This is the first year of officially measuring progress against this target, although AMR4 did compare 2006/7 performance against the new target.  The delivery of 28,199 homes in 
2007/8 represents 92.4% of the target 30,500.  Whilst it was disappointing to miss the target, 
there is positive news amongst the figures.   The number of newly built dwellings was actually up on the previous year, 29,150 compared to 28,737, (including both conventional dwellings and non self contained units).  This represents the highest level of new homes construction in recent years and certainly since the creation of the Greater London Authority.  Overall delivery was down due to an increased number of long term (i.e. more than 6 months) vacant properties. During 2007/8 an additional 951 properties became vacant.  This went against the trend of recent years which has shown a steady decrease - typically around 1000 less vacant properties per year.  2006/7 was a particularly high year for vacants returning to use - with 2695.  During 2009, the GLA will be working with the boroughs to determine future housing capacity in London through the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). 25. 
Looking forward it does seem clear that delivery for the year 2008/9 will be markedly down due 
to economic circumstances.  Anecdotal evidence indicates a number of significant housing 
developments have ceased construction and others with planning permission have not been commenced.  The scale of this downturn in delivery cannot be fully reported until AMR6 but the NHBC produced national figures in January which indicate a reduction of 31% in the number of dwellings under construction, a 37% reduction in completions and a 65% reduction in the number of new starts.  The NHBC analysis for London appears to show a similar picture to the national situation.  

 26. 
An examination of planning permissions provides some mixed messages.  In 2007/8 there were 
over 80,000 dwellings approved (gross) - this is significantly up from recent years which have typical levels of 50-60,000.  This may in part be due to a small number of very large schemes given outline approval, for example a total of 10,800 at Barking Riverside and several other schemes of several thousand units.  A more recent indication is the number of planning approvals granted during April - September 2008.  The average over recent years (2004-2007) for this period is 34,154 dwellings whereas the figure for 2008 is 23,052 dwellings, ie down by 
approximately one third.  This of course is only a figure for planning permissions, as noted above, anecdotal evidence indicates that many developers are not taking up new planning permissions. 27. 
The monitoring is suggesting that in general London Plan policy is working in increasing housing 
provision.  The economic factors are however beyond the direct control or influence of the Plan.  
The delivery of housing will need to remain the focus of attention in order to continue this level 
of provision and continue to meet the 30,500 target.  
 
28. 
Of the 27,569 conventional new homes constructed 10,394 units were affordable.  This is a 
slight increase on previous years and represents 37.7% of new build.  An additional 632 
affordable properties were delivered through the Home Buy scheme and 404 through the 
rehabilitation of properties for temporary accommodation, but these do not count towards the London Plan affordable housing delivery.  An additional 1581 non self contained units were also 
provided, these count toward the overall housing target but are not considered in terms of determining affordable proportion.  The Mayor has indicated that he intends to remove the London Plan policy of 50% affordable housing, this will be an important aspect of the review of the London Plan.   The updating of the affordability thresholds for social and intermediate housing is given in Appendix 7. 29. 
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was established in 2008 and will give added focus 
to affordable housing delivery. The HCA will deliver the bulk of the 50,000 affordable homes 
expected to be delivered in London between 2008 and 2011, a significant increase over recent years. It should be noted that this figure includes non-new build delivery such as acquisitions as 
well as completions of new homes.  Whilst it is a little early to say, it may be that the economic 
downturn can actually assist with this provision as land and indeed properties becomes available 
for purchase and, importantly, the construction labour market has capacity available to work on such projects. 30. 
The GLA Act 2007 gives the Mayor responsibility for producing the London Housing Strategy.  
He published his Assembly draft in November 2008, see the weblink: 
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/housing/strategy/docs/strategy.pdf .  The draft Strategy 
sets out the Mayor's vision for housing in London, to raise aspirations and promote opportunity, improve homes and transform neighbourhoods, to maximize delivery and optimize value for money.  In particular the Mayor intends to scrap the 50% affordable target and replace it with borough based targets.  The Mayor also wishes to promote more family sized accommodation 
and improve housing design in London.  The Mayor will work with the Homes and Communities Agency and London Boroughs to ensure the delivery of 50,000 additional affordable homes between 2008-2011.  

 31. 
Appendix 8 of this year's AMR contains the Housing Provision in London Annual Monitor, which 
prior to AMR4 was published as a separate document 
 
32. 
From April 2008 the LDD system has started recording the number of dwellings meeting 
Lifetime Homes and Wheelchair accessible homes standards.  These will be reported from AMR6 
in February 2010.  The figures for the period April 2008-Sept 2008 are 23,052 dwellings approved of which 6,419 are lifetime homes and 1,104 are wheelchair accessible. Objective 3 
To make London a more prosperous city. 33. 
In common with the rest of the country, and indeed most of the rest of the developed world, 
London has experienced a dramatic slow down in economic growth during 2008, indeed this has turned into a reduction in the size of the economy, ie a recession.  At the time of writing there is debate about the whether the recession will turn into a depression and various comparisons are being made to previous downturns.  Whilst this is currently speculation, what is clear is that the decline has come about abruptly.  Even in quarter 3 of 2007 AMR4 reported London's economy growing at 4.6% compared to the national economy growing at 3.2%. 34. 
The London Plan must continue to promote economic growth and to plan for a better London as 
and when the economic outlook improves.  The Mayor has made clear his intention to give a 
particular focus on Outer London and has set up the Outer London Commission, see para 76.  
Ensuring that outer London makes a full contribution to London's economy will not only bring 
benefits to Outer London itself, but also offer opportunities for more varied employment in outer areas and a more dispersed and potentially more sustainable travel patterns. 

## Objective 4 To Promote Social Inclusion And Tackle Deprivation And Discrimination

35. 
An important aspect of the London Plan is its broad focus on issues wider than land use.  The 
Key Performance Indicators under this objective aim to ensure that the gap between disadvantaged groups and the rest of London is narrowed.  This is recognised as an extremely challenging aim.  The positive news is that the indicators, such as the proportion of single 
parents on income support and unemployment rates amongst BME communities, are improving.  
The disappointing news is that the gap, ie the inequality, is continuing or even widening.  This is 
because these rates are also improving in the baseline communities. 36. 
The London Plan 2008 introduced new targets to specifically report on education, childcare 
places and heart disease within the London Plan Areas for Regeneration.  These indicators 
replaced the broader "floor targets" indicator that was reported on in previous AMRs.  The Government still record data on the "floor targets" and are available via the following webpage 
http://www.fti.communities.gov.uk/fti/  .  The data for measuring the new targets is not readily 
available on a ward by ward basis so the monitoring has used the six boroughs that contain the majority (68%) of the Areas for Regeneration (Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets).  Table 20 in Appendix 1 demonstrates that in the six boroughs male life expectancy is 1.5 years less than the London average, for females the gap is 0.8 years. 37. 
In terms of childcare places Islington is notable in that it is significantly above the national 
average, while the other 5 boroughs are considerably below the national average, with Newham having only half the national average number of places per 1000 children under 5.  A comparison with 2004 shows that although the absolute number of childcare places in London has increased significantly, London has fallen further behind the England average as there has been greater increases elsewhere in the country.  London as a whole has 77% of the national average number of childcare places, see Table 28 in Appendix 1 38. 
A similar pattern emerges in the educational attainment of students in the Regeneration areas.  
In most areas the achievement of 5 or more A*- C grade GCSE passes is below the borough average and in some cases there are particularly low levels of attainment.  See table 29 in Appendix 1.   

## Objective 5 To Improve London'S Accessibility.

39. 
The Mayor has reviewed priorities in transport projects.  There has been a continued trend of 
increased use of public transport both in absolute terms and in relation to use of the private car. In particular there has been a continued fall in the number of vehicles on the London's roads. Since 2001 there has been a drop of 9.5% in private vehicle use against a 22% increase in public transport across London.   Progress on the major transport projects in London is set out below. 40. 
Crossrail - Following the Government's go ahead for the project in 2007, The Crossrail Bill 
received Royal Assent in 2008.  The delivery of Crossrail is fundamental to the delivery of the London Plan strategy of accommodating growth.  It provides an increase of 10% of total London public transport capacity by providing capacity for 78 000 passengers per hour.  The 
Mayor has consulted on an Alteration to the London Plan to deliver £200m through S106 towards the funding of this £16bn project.  Site acquisition for permanent Crossrail developments and for temporary construction sites is underway.  Construction work is expected to begin in 2010 and be completed in 2017.  See Crossrail website for further details: 
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/ 41. 
East London Line - Construction work has continued on the first phase from Dalston Junction 
via a short connection at New Cross Gate to Crystal Palace and West Croydon.  Important milestones include the construction of the bridge over Shoreditch High Street which was put in place early in 2008.  The project is on target for completion in June 2010 with the further 
extension of services to Highbury and Islington to be commenced in February 2011.  Phase two 
was given the go-ahead in January 2009 and will extend the line west to Clapham Junction via a new connection from Surrey Quays to Queens Road Peckham.  The line will form part of the London Overground network and will provide the capability of inner London orbital rail travel. 42. 
Work has also continued on the programme of **tube upgrades**.  In March 2008 the Piccadilly 
Line extension to Heathrow Terminal 5 opened. By the end of 2009, there will be a 33% 
increase in capacity on the Jubilee Line coupled with a 20% reduction in journey times.  By 2012 
there will be an additional 20% capacity on the Northern and Victoria Lines, again with reductions in journey times.  Between 2014 - 2018 there will be capacity increases of up to 50% on Piccadilly, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle and District lines with new trains incorporating air conditioning on the sub surface lines.  By 2020 the Bakerloo Line will also receive a 40% increase in capacity. 
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/10127.aspx  
43. 
DLR extensions - The Woolwich extension was opened by the Mayor in January 2009 ahead of 
schedule and has already proved very popular.  The extension of the DLR to Stratford International station is on course for completion in mid 2010. This scheme involves the 
conversion of the former North London Line branch south east of Stratford and will deliver four new stations at Star Lane, Abbey Road, Stratford High Street and Stratford International.  
Progress is continuing on a number of station and junction improvements on the DLR network 
and the enabling of 3 car operation. 44. 
A decision on the potential extension to Dagenham Dock has been postponed.  Discussions are 
pending with Government on potential sources of funding for the project. 45. 
The **Channel Tunnel Rail Link** was opened on time in November 2007.  The renovation and 
extension of St Pancras station has been very well received and all Eurostar International services now use this station.  The project, including the rail infrastructure and renovation and extension 
of St Pancras won the 2008 Mayor's Award for Planning Excellence at the London Planning 
Awards and won the Silver Jubilee Cup for 2008 at the RTPI national planning awards.  The 
domestic services using the route to access North Kent will commence later in 2009.  Services are planned to be altered during the Olympic and Paralympic Games to provide extra capacity to 
Stratford, this will be known as the Javelin service. 46. 
Thameslink– Funding for the Thameslink project was announced in summer 2007 work has 
begun on a number of sections.  The Farringdon - Moorgate Branch has now closed and construction work has begun at Blackfriars, Farrringdon and Borough Market Viaduct.  The major re-modelling of the tracks to the east of London Bridge will commence in late 2012.  The scheme will be complete by 2015 but in the interim will offer 50% capacity increases prior to the 2012 Olympics.   
 
47. 
East London River Crossings - The Mayor supports the principle of the need for additional 
river crossings east of Tower Bridge.  The DLR Woolwich Extension has opened, the enhanced East London line will re-open in 2010 and Crossrail is making real progress.  The Mayor was concerned at the balance of traffic and environmental impacts compared to regeneration benefits of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge.  Work on the bridge project has therefore 
ceased pending a review of crossing options by TfL. 48. 
Tram and light transit schemes - Construction work has begun on East London Transit with 
the project scheduled to be operational in early 2010 between Ilford and Dagenham Dock. Planning work has continued on the Greenwich Waterfront Transit scheme which is proposed to be operational from 2011 between North Greenwich and Abbey Wood.   TfL are carrying out 
transport studies along the general routes of the West London Tram and Cross River Tram corridors. 49. 
Roads - 
The Mayor has announced his intention to remove the Western Extension to the 
Congestion Charge Zone.  This is will be consulted on in the Mayor's Transport Strategy during 
2009.  The Mayor has also commenced a trial period of allowing motorcycles in Bus Lanes from January 2009.  This is expected to deliver safety improvements for motorcyclists and pedal cyclists. 
 

## Objective 6 To Make London A More Attractive, Well-Designed And Green City

50. 
The London Plan contains policies to ensure that London's development is sustainable.  These 
include promoting excellence in urban design, protection of biodiversity and open spaces, improving air quality, minimising noise and other pollution, promoting sustainable waste management and minimising the use of resources. 51. 
Following the Government's announcement of the go ahead for the Thames Tideway Sewer 
project in March 2007, Thames Water applied for planning permission for the first phase of the project (Lee Valley - Beckton) in 2008.  Following detailed discussions about impacts a planning decision is expected in Spring 2009 with an anticipated completion date of 2014.  The second 
phase of this £2bn project (Chiswick/Hammersmith - Beckton) is undergoing detailed engineering design with a planning application expected in 2010-2011 and completion of the 
final project is programmed for 2020. 52. 
The Low Emission Zone was introduced in February 2008.  It covers virtually all of London and 
affects commercial vehicles.  Further details can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk/lezlondon .  The 
third phase of the LEZ, which would have brought in restrictions on smaller commercial vehicles in 2010 has been suspended.  The fleet of hybrid buses will increase by 56 buses from February 2009 and further to 300 by 2011, after which all new buses are expected to be hybrids. Prototype low carbon taxis will be constructed later in 2009 for use on the roads from March 
2010. 
 
53. 
The Mayor is preparing a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy which will be a first for a world 
city.  It sets out to address the inevitable impacts that Climate Change will have on London and policies and actions to ensure that London can continue to successfully function.  It will be published for public consultation in the spring of 2009. 54. 
In 2008 the Mayor launched the Help a London Park programme.  47 parks across London were 
selected in 5 sub regions of London.  The ten parks (2 in each sub region) that receive the most 
votes will receive up to £400.000 for enhancements.  The voting was open to the public and over 100 000 votes were cast.  The winners will be announced in March 2009. 
http://www.london.gov.uk/parksvote/ 55. 
January 2009 saw the launch of the London River Restoration Action Plan, a web based tool to 
aid the restoration of London's tributary rivers and work towards delivering the London Plan target of restoring 15km of river by 2016.   The interactive website, managed by the national River Restoration Centre enables Londoners to suggest restoration projects in their neighbourhood.  http://www.therrc.co.uk/lrap.php  

## Progress On The Sub Regional Implementation Frameworks (Srif)

 56. 
The Mayor has expressed his intention to review the sub regional boundaries in the London Plan 
2008.  Given this and the imminent review of the London Plan, work on producing SRIFs has been cancelled.  The review of the London Plan will specifically address implementation mechanisms. Progress on Supplementary Planning Guidance, Best Practice Guidance and other Mayoral 
Strategies. 57. 
Following the publication of the London Plan, there has been a series of Supplementary 
Planning Guidance (Table 2) and Best Practice Guidance (Table 3) produced to inform the implementation of strategic policy.  The Mayor has also produced a number of other Strategies which cover important themes for London's future, see Table 4 below, several of these will be reviewed or replaced to reflect the policy changes of Mayor Johnson.  The consultation on Planning for a Better London revealed a concern amongst some respondents about the amount of SPG and BPG.  This will be taken into account in future work programmes. 
 
Progress of London Plan Supplementary Planning Guidance 

| Supplementary Planning Guidance Title                   | Consultation    |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| draft                                                   |                 |
| Accessible London: achieving an inclusive environment   | July 03         |
| Housing Provision (inc Affordable Housing)              |                 |
| Revised                                                 |                 |
| Sustainable Design and Construction                     |                 |
| Revised                                                 |                 |
| Land for Transport Functions                            | May 06          |
| View Management Framework                               |                 |
| Revised                                                 |                 |
| Planning for Equality and Diversity in London           | Dec 06          |
| East London Green Grid Framework                        | Nov 06, Aug 07  |
| Providing for Children & Young People's Play            | Oct 06          |
| Industrial Capacity                                     | Oct 07          |
| Renewable Energy                                        | Summer 08       |
| Use of Planning Obligations in the funding of Crossrail | Spring 09       |
| Town Centres, Retail and Leisure                        | Autumn 09       |
| Central Activities Zone                                 | Autumn 09       |

Note specific months indicate definite publication dates, generic dates indicate anticipated publication dates. 

Progress of London Plan Best Practice Guidance 
Best Practice Guidance Title 
Guide to preparing Open Space Strategies Revised Safeguarded Wharves on the River Thames Implementation Report Development Plan Policies for biodiversity 
Oct 04 
Nov 05 
Tomorrow's Suburbs  
Feb 05 
June 06 
Control of dust & emission from construction/demolition  
Nov 06 
Managing the night time economy 
June 06 
March 07 
Health issues in Planning  
June 06 
June 07 
Wheelchair Accessible Housing 
 
Sept 07 
Improving Access to Nature Implementation Report 
Mar 07 
Feb 08 
London's Foundations (Protecting Geodiversity) 
July 2008 
Spring 09 
Regional Sports Facilities 
Under review 

Note specific months indicate definite publication dates, generic dates indicate anticipated publication dates. 

Final Document 
Dec 04 Spring 09 
Nov 05 Late 09 
March 05 Summer 09 
May 06 2010 
April 05 Spring 09 
July 07 Winter 09/10 
Final Document 
Consultation draft June 03 Sept 08 
March 04 Spring 09 
 
Jan 05 
Progress of Mayoral Strategies 
| Final Document                                      | Mayoral Strategies    |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Title                                               |                       |
| Rough Sleepers                                      |                       |
| - From Street to Stability                          | March 01              |
| July 01                                             |                       |
| 2010                                                |                       |
| Transport                                           |                       |
| - Mayor's Transport Strategy                        |                       |
| Replacement Mayor's Transport Strategy              |                       |
| July 01                                             |                       |
| Jan 05                                              |                       |
| 2010                                                |                       |
| Economic                                            |                       |
| - Success Through Diversity                         |                       |
| 1                                                   |                       |
| st                                                  |                       |
| Review - Sustaining Success                         |                       |
| Replacement Economic Development Strategy           |                       |
| Nov 01                                              |                       |
| Nov 05                                              |                       |
| Domestic Violence                                   |                       |
| - 1 in 4                                            |                       |
| 2                                                   |                       |
| nd                                                  |                       |
| London Domestic Violence Strategy                   |                       |
|                                                     |                       |
| Alcohol/Drugs                                       |                       |
| - Alcohol and Drugs in London                       | Jan 02                |
| Biodiversity                                        |                       |
| - Connecting with London's Nature                   | July 02               |
| Sept 02                                             |                       |
| Autumn 2009                                         |                       |
| Air Quality                                         |                       |
| - Cleaning London's Air                             |                       |
| Replacement Air Quality Strategy (draft)            |                       |
|                                                     |                       |
| Aug 03                                              |                       |
| 2009                                                |                       |
| Municipal Waste                                     |                       |
| - Rethinking Rubbish in London                      |                       |
| Review of Municipal Waste Strategy - (draft)        |                       |
|                                                     |                       |
| Childcare                                           |                       |
| - Towards Affordable Good Quality Childcare For All | Nov 03                |
| Jan 04                                              |                       |
| Children and Young People                           |                       |
| - Making London Better for all Children             |                       |
| and Young People                                    |                       |
| Feb 04                                              |                       |
| Feb 08                                              |                       |
| 2011/12                                             |                       |
| Spatial Development                                 |                       |
| - The London Plan                                   |                       |
| Altered London Plan                                 |                       |
| Reviewed London Plan                                |                       |
| Feb 04                                              |                       |
| Autumn 2009                                         |                       |
| Energy                                              |                       |
| - Green Light to Clean Power                        |                       |
| Climate Change Mitigation & Energy Strategy (Draft) |                       |
|                                                     |                       |
| Ambient Noise                                       |                       |
| - Sounder City                                      | March 04              |
| Culture                                             |                       |
| - London Cultural Capital                           | April 04              |
| Food Strategy                                       |                       |
| Healthy and Sustainable Food for London             |                       |
|                                                     |                       |
| May 06                                              |                       |
| London Tourism Vision                               |                       |
| May 06                                              |                       |
| Sept 06                                             |                       |
| Sept 07                                             |                       |
| Older People's Strategy  -                          |                       |
| Valuing Older People                                |                       |
| Annual Report & Action Plan                         |                       |
| Business Waste Management Strategy (draft)          |                       |
| Under review                                        |                       |
| Climate Change Adaptation Strategy                  |                       |
| Spring 2009                                         |                       |
| Water Strategy (draft)                              |                       |
| Spring 2009                                         |                       |
| Housing Strategy (draft)                            |                       |
| Spring 2009                                         |                       |
| Regular updates can be viewed on                    | www.london.gov.uk     |

## Progress On Major Developments

 58. 
Appendix 4 contains a summary of progress on implementing development for each of the 
Opportunity Areas and Areas for Intensification identified in the London Plan.  In many cases 
development has progressed, with existing planning permissions being implemented.  In some cases existing masterplans or frameworks are being re-visited in light of the London Plan policies and sites are being examined to determine if they can be used more effectively. In a minority of cases, area development frameworks are yet to begin in earnest.  Some of these larger sites appear to be progressing through the planning stages much as expected despite the economic downturn.  The reason for this is normally that these large and complex sites will take several years to gain planning approval and further years to be constructed, often in a series of phases.  
Therefore, there is a reasonable expectation that the development will be constructed or completed during a time of improved economic outlook.   

 59. 
An exception is the development to deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Games, see the Olympic 
Delivery Authority website for more details: http://www.london2012.com/en/.  Here the finite 
timescale in which the sporting and ancillary infrastructure must be delivered has meant that progress has continued apace.  2008 has seen the emergence of the main Stadium from the ground.  Construction began on the permanent lower bowl of seating in mid 2008 and recently the  first phases of the 55,000 temporary, demountable upper seating sections were installed.  
At the Aquatics Centre the foundations and roof supports have been installed and it is on course for completion date of June 2011.  The ground is being prepared for construction to start in earnest on the Velodrome.  The first of the 62 separate buildings for the Olympic Village are also 
emerging from the ground and on course for completion. 60. 
Progress has continued on development in the Thames Gateway.  The Minoco Wharf scheme 
received planning approval in 2008 for a mixed use development incorporating a marina and river passenger pier.  In Barking, progress has been made on the Creative Industries Quarter Planning application and outline permission was granted for 10,800 units at Barking Riverside, albeit only a small proportion will be built in the near future.  The London Thames Gateway 
Development Corporation has worked up proposals for the Lea River Park to connect the 
Olympic Park to the River Thames and has commissioned landscape architects to carry out 
detailed design. 

## Summary Of Mayoral Planning Activity

 61. 
The Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 came into force on 6 April 2008 
and requires local planning authorities to refer strategic planning applications to the Mayor (the Order defines what is strategic). The Order requires the Mayor to provide a statement whether he considers the application to conform with the London Plan and the reasons within six weeks 
of receipt of the referral. The Mayor has the power to direct a borough to refuse planning permission, he does not have the power to direct a borough to grant planning permission.  On certain applications, which meet criteria set out in the Order, he can direct a borough that he will become the local planning authority and determine the application himself. 62. 
The new Order applies to applications submitted on or after the 6 April 2008. The Town and 
Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000 still applies to those applications submitted 
before the 6 April 2008. 63. 
Table 5 below shows that the number of strategic planning referrals in 2008 remained at a 
similar level to 2007, which was the highest level recorded by some margin.  In some cases 
several decisions may be made in relation to one particular site.  The reasons for this include resubmission of a planning application, duplicate planning applications, applications covering 
more than one borough or applications that return to the Mayor for his final decision.    

Borough 
2000 -
2005 
2006 
2007 
2008 
Total 
2004 
City 
57 
15 
16 
20 
5 
113 
Barking & Dagenham 
33 
3 
4 
11 
8 
59 
Barnet 
15 
4 
1 
8 
10 
38 
Bexley 
14 
7 
6 
8 
6 
41 
Brent 
28 
3 
3 
3 
8 
45 
Bromley  
48 
6 
6 
3 
5 
68 
Camden 
11 
4 
6 
7 
3 
31 
Croydon 
40 
9 
6 
13 
9 
77 
Ealing 
45 
6 
2 
8 
7 
68 
Enfield 
26 
6 
3 
4 
1 
40 
Greenwich 
39 
13 
12 
28 
13 
105 
Hackney 
34 
4 
10 
7 
7 
62 
Hammersmith & Fulham 
35 
4 
7 
8 
9 
63 
Haringey 
7 
6 
3 
4 
3 
23 
Harrow 
8 
4 
4 
5 
10 
31 
Havering 
28 
10 
7 
2 
5 
52 
Hillingdon 
59 
13 
12 
15 
23 
122 
Hounslow 
28 
7 
7 
7 
11 
60 
Islington 
16 
5 
5 
13 
5 
44 
Kensington & Chelsea 
9 
1 
2 
6 
10 
28 
Kingston upon Thames 
16 
3 
0 
4 
5 
28 
Lambeth 
35 
9 
13 
7 
13 
77 
Lewisham 
16 
10 
4 
9 
7 
46 
Merton 
27 
5 
3 
3 
13 
51 
Newham 
47 
27 
19 
28 
20 
141 
Redbridge 
10 
0 
4 
1 
1 
16 
Richmond uponThames 
19 
5 
3 
4 
6 
37 
Southwark 
71 
11 
21 
13 
20 
136 
Sutton 
9 
2 
3 
7 
7 
28 
Tower Hamlets 
92 
37 
36 
41 
47 
253 
Waltham Forest 
12 
3 
4 
0 
3 
22 
Wandsworth 
25 
9 
14 
11 
8 
67 
Westminster 
45 
14 
15 
33 
26 
133 
Totals 
1004 
265 
261 
341 
334 
2205 

Note: shading is only to ease reading across the table Source GLA Planning Decisions Unit 

 64. 
Following the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 all local authorities are required to 
produce a Local Development Framework (LDF).  The LDF is a portfolio of development plans comprising Core Strategies, Area Action Plans (AAPs), other Local Development Documents (LDDs) and Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). 65. 
Borough Local Development Schemes (LDS) are the local planning authority's work plan for the 
production of LDDs that will collectively form the LDF for each of the boroughs. Every London borough produced an original LDS by April 2005, which set out the range of Local Development 
Documents that would make up the boroughs' LDF and a timescale for producing these.  They have been revised at different periods since 2005.  

 66. 
In June 2008 a new power for the Mayor over borough LDSs was introduced. The GLA Act 2007 
amended the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act to the effect that the Mayor may direct that amendments be made to the LDS if it is necessary to ensure that key policies of the London Plan are reflected in the LDS work programme. The Mayor may also direct a local planning 
authority to prepare a revision to their LDS. The Mayor has 28 days within which to issue a 
direction.  In 2008, the Mayor approved 5 LDSs and did not direct amendments to any of them. 67. 
All London borough local development documents are required to be in general conformity with 
the London Plan in accordance with Section 24(1)(b) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.  Boroughs are required to consult the Mayor at each statutory stage in the process of preparation of Local Development Documents.  They are also required to formally request the 
Mayor's opinion on general conformity at the same time as the document is submitted to the 
Secretary of State for examination. 68. 
Boroughs are also required to consult the Mayor on Supplementary Planning Documents to the 
extent that the council thinks he is affected by the document.  The Mayor has indicated to boroughs the types of documents he wishes to be consulted on (affordable housing, transport, 
planning obligations, sustainable development, environmental protection and climate change, waste and planning briefs for sites which could result in referable applications).  During 2008 the Mayor responded to 27 SPD consultations. 69. 
In order to achieve general conformity of local development documents the Mayor has worked 
proactively with the boroughs, commenting on and holding meetings to discuss informal drafts of documents and meetings to discuss the Mayor's response to consultation.  Appendix 6 lists all 
the development plan related consultations that the Mayor has responded to in 2008. 70. 
In 2008 the Mayor responded to 50 consultations on development plan documents. This 
involved fifteen issues and options documents (including eight core strategies) and fourteen preferred options consultations (including seven core strategies).  GLA officers have also responded to informal drafts of documents in a number of instances.  The Mayor gave an opinion of general conformity on five DPDs from five boroughs, Barnet (Mill Hill East AAP), 
Wandsworth, Sutton, Havering (Romford AAP) and Richmond.  All of these DPDs were found not to be in general conformity with the London Plan.  He also made a number of other representations based on the other tests of soundness. However ongoing negotiations before and during EIPs resulted in a number of changes to bring the documents into general conformity with the London Plan. 
 

## Table 6 - Progress With Core Strategy Development Plan Documents

| Borough                              | Core Strategy Stage     | No. of    |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|
| boroughs                             |                         |           |
| Core Strategy Issues and Options yet |                         |           |
| to be published                      |                         |           |
| 3                                    | Bromley                 |           |
| Croydon                              |                         |           |
| Kingston upon Thames                 |                         |           |
| Have published Core Strategy Issues  |                         |           |
| and Options                          |                         |           |
| 12                                   | Barnet                  |           |
| Bexley                               |                         |           |
| Ealing                               |                         |           |
| Greenwich                            |                         |           |
| Haringey                             |                         |           |
| Harrow                               |                         |           |
| Hounslow                             |                         |           |
| Islington                            |                         |           |
| Newham                               |                         |           |
| Southwark                            |                         |           |
| Tower Hamlets                        |                         |           |
| Waltham Forest                       |                         |           |
| Have                                 | published               | Core      |
| Preferred Options                    |                         |           |
| 10                                   | Camden                  |           |
| Corporation of London                |                         |           |
| Enfield                              |                         |           |
| Hackney                              |                         |           |
| Hammersmith & Fulham                 |                         |           |
| Hillingdon                           |                         |           |
| Kensington and Chelsea               |                         |           |
| Lewisham                             |                         |           |
| Merton                               |                         |           |
| Westminster                          |                         |           |
| Core Strategy Submitted to           |                         |           |
| Secretary of State                   |                         |           |
| 6                                    | Barking and Dagenham    |           |
| Brent                                |                         |           |
| Lambeth                              |                         |           |
| Richmond upon Thames                 |                         |           |
| Sutton                               |                         |           |
| Wandsworth                           |                         |           |
| Core strategy adopted                | 2                       | Havering  |
| Redbridge                            |                         |           |

Note:. Many boroughs are progressing other DPDs at the same time as their Core Strategy or adopted DPDs in advance of it, for example Kingston Upon Thames's Kingston Town Centre AAP and Hounslow's Employment DPD. 

## London Development Database

 71. 
The London Development Database is the key data source for monitoring planning approvals 
and completions in London.  Data is entered by each of the 33 local planning authorities and the 
GLA provides a co-ordinating, consistency and quality management role.  The database monitors 
each planning approval from approval through to completion or expiry.  Its strength lies in the ability to manipulate data in order to produce various specific reports.  The data can also be exported to GIS systems to give a further level of spatial analysis.   
72. 
The London Boroughs each produce their Annual Monitoring Reports by December.  In many 
cases borough AMRs use the same data as the London Plan AMR.  However some differences in 
the data do occur as the LDD database is a live system which is continually updated and adjusted.  This year the boroughs agreed a common date in November 2008 to run the AMR reports.  There are some relatively minor differences in the data used in this AMR compared to the data generated in November as some cases have been updated since then.  

## London Planning Awards 2008

73. 
The Mayor, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute and London Councils run the 
annual London Planning Awards to showcase good planning practice in London.  2008 was the sixth year that the Awards have been run and introduced two new categories; Design to Protect Communities and Best Built Project 5 Years On.   There was a record number of entries which maintained the high standards of previous years.  The list of the winners is given in Appendix 3. Entry forms for the 2009 London Planning Awards will be available around June 2009 with a deadline for submissions of around the middle of August 2009.  

## Update On Inter Regional Issues

74. 
The Advisory Forum on Regional Planning for London, the South East and the East of England 
(the Inter-Regional Forum) meets three times a year to consider significant cross regional issues. Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor, was Forum Chair for the February 2008 meeting.  Following the GLA election, Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor, was appointed Forum Chair for the June and November 2008 meetings.  In 2008 the Forum looked at sub-regional approaches to growth across the three regions, environmental infrastructure to support growth, the future of regional 
planning, and regional aviation policy.  In 2009, the South East will be chairing the Forum and 
providing its secretariat. 75. 
The London Plan (February 2008) underscores the importance of London's links to other parts 
of the UK and particularly to the two adjoining regions of East of England and South East England.  In *Planning for a Better London* (July 2008), the Mayor has called for closer working 
on cross regional issues. 

## Outer London Commission 76. The Mayor Has Set Up The Outer London Commission.  The Commission'S Objectives Are To:

- find out the extent to which Outer London has potential to contribute to the economic 
success of London as a whole, 
- identify the factors which are holding it back from making that contribution, and - make recommendations on policies and mechanisms which will enable it to do so. 
 
77. 
The Commission is chaired by William McKee CBE and it had it's inaugural meeting in February 
2009.  The Commission will make an interim report to the Mayor in June 2009, in time to input 
to the review of the London Plan.  More specifically the Commission has been asked to explore how its objectives can be achieved by: 
 
- identifying the scope to 'grow' the Outer London economy on a sustainable basis, through 
encouragement of competitive, established sectors and attracting new ones, 
- encouraging the development a few large 'super-hubs' eg Stratford, Croydon, Brent Cross and 
the Heathrow area, together with wider rejuvenation of Outer London's town centres and other business locations, 
- enhancing the 'quality of life' in outer London in terms of the business and residential 
environments and examining the relationship between demographic, housing and economic growth,  
- fostering initiatives which make the most of Outer London's distinct townscapes, including the 
potential of some locations to accommodate tall buildings, 
- improving infrastructure, especially the balance to be struck between different types of provision 
for orbital and radial movement both strategically and locally,    
- extending and deepening the skills base of outer London and addressing barriers to employment 
to meet existing and future business needs, 
- identifying and enhancing the linkages with other parts of London and the wider South East 
which will support the broader objectives, 
- suggesting how existing funding arrangements can be made more effective and pointing to new 
priorities for the future, and 
- suggesting how relevant institutional arrangements can be refined to meet existing and future 
economic needs. 78. 
The Commission's Progress will be reported on its website: 
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/olc/  . 
Changes to the London Plan 79. 
A further set of Alterations to the London Plan has been consulted on.  The Use of Planning 
Obligation in the Funding of Crossrail is a very specific set of alterations aimed at raising £200m towards the funding of the £16bn Crossrail project.  The Assembly/Functional Bodies 
consultation period finished on 6th February 2009.  There will be a public consultation in Spring 
2009 and an EIP will be held in Autumn 2009 leading to the publication of the final Alteration in 2010.  This will be the last alteration prior to a full review of the London Plan. 80. 
The Mayor has set out his intention to fully review the London Plan prior to the next Mayoral 
election in 2012.  It is the Mayor's intention that the new London Plan will be a shorter, clearer document with more focus on Londoner's quality of life, promoting the opportunities in Outer London and stronger links with boroughs and to the neighbouring East of England and South East Regions.  Some policy areas of the Plan can be expected to remain similar, whilst others will change markedly.  The Mayor has already expressed a number of areas of potential change and he will consult on a Statement of Intent for the review in Spring 2009.  This will indicate the 
main policy directions the Mayor intends to take and the likely form and structure of the Plan. An indicative timetable is set out below: 
 

| Statement of Intent (Assembly Consultation)    | Spring 2009    |
|------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Draft London Plan for Public consultation      | Autumn 2009    |
| Examination in Public                          | Summer 2010    |
| Publication                                    | Winter 2011/12 |

 
Mayoral Powers 
81. 
The GLA Act 2007 was published in October 2007 and gives the Mayor additional powers, 
principally in relation to planning, housing, health and climate change.  With regard to planning, 
the key change is that the Mayor (from 6th April 2008) has the power to take over the role of the 
planning authority for strategic planning applications, ie he can determine applications positively in addition to his current power of directing refusal. 82. 
As stated in paragraph 32, the Mayor now has a duty to publish the London Housing Strategy.  
This is a powerful tool as it has a direct influence on the spending of the Homes and Communities Agency within London.  The Assembly and Functional Bodies consultation took place between November 2008 - February 2009.  The public consultation draft will be published in May 2009 and the Strategy is expected to be published in its final, statutory form in late 2009/early 2010. 
 
Looking to the Future 83. 
Future projections are more difficult this year than in previous years.  Trends reported in this 
Report indicate that development is generally following a similar pattern to that shown in the previous AMRs. However it is becoming increasingly clear that the economic downturn, is radically changing the patterns of recent years.  This means that we can expect the trends to be reported in AMR6 in February 2010 to be somewhat different, showing a significant reduction in 
housing and other development delivery.  At present most analysts see this as a blip, albeit a difficult and painful one, in a long term trend, as opposed to a more fundamental change in the 
economy. 84. 
It will be important to remember the long term trend as planning and investment decisions will 
still need to be made throughout the economic downturn.  The London Plan continues to provide an authoritative strategic framework in which to coordinate the spatial development of London.  Furthermore, during a period when there is limited coverage of borough Development Plan Documents, the London Plan often provides the most up to date policy context for 
planning decisions.  The review of the London Plan will ensure that the Mayor's priorities are 
embedded into strategic policy and that the London Plan remains up to date and relevant to an ever changing London. 
 

## Annual Monitoring Report Appendix 1 - Key Performance Indicators The London Plan Sets Out 28 Key Performance Indicators.  These Are Intended To Enable Monitoring Of The Overall Thrust Of The London Plan'S Suite Of Policies Rather Than To Identify The Impact Of Single Policies.  The Key Performance Indicators Are Reported Below Under The Most Relevant Of The London Plan'S Six Objectives. Objective 1 To Accommodate London'S Growth Within Its Boundaries Without Encroaching On Open Spaces Key Performance Indicator 1 Increasing The Proportion Of Development Taking Place On Previously Developed Land. Target Maintain At Least 96% Of New Residential Development To Be On Previously Developed Land.

% of development completed on previously developed land within London Year 
% of development approved on previously developed land within London 
 
By site area 
By no. of units 
By site area 
By no. of units 
2000 
89%    ODPM 
2001 
90%    ODPM 
2002 
90%    ODPM - -                                - 
2003 
94%    ODPM 
2004/5 
96%    LDD  
2005/6 
95.8% LDD 
2006/7 
96.6% LDD 
98% 
95.4% 
96.9% 
2007/8 
94.4% LDD 
96.4% 
93.5% 
96% 

Sources: 
ODPM  - all completed development London Development Database - residential planning permissions granted / completed during the financial year for which a site area could be calculated. The target changed for this indicator in the London Plan 2008 to reflect that London is already at a high level of brownfield development.  Performance in 2007/8 is slightly worse than the previous year however achievement of the target has been maintained (assessed by number of units).  Table 8 below gives more detailed analysis and shows that 21 boroughs achieved 100% of units on brownfield sites and a further 2 boroughs were over 99%. Of some concern are the 5 boroughs where under 80% of development was on brownfield sites.  Each of those boroughs have a much better level of approvals, indicating that 2007/8 may have been an exceptional year for Greenfield development.   

| Borough              | LDD figs %    |   ODPM  |
|----------------------|---------------|---------|
| figs %               |               |         |
| By site area         | By units      |         |
| 2001-                |               |         |
| 2004                 |               |         |
| 2004/                |               |         |
| 5                    |               |         |
| 2005/                |               |         |
| 6                    |               |         |
| Barking & Dagenham   | 80            |    52   |
| Barnet               | 91            |    99.6 |
| Bexley               | 82            |    79.9 |
| Brent                | 84            |    91.2 |
| Bromley              | 91            |    96.7 |
| Camden               | 92            |   100   |
| City of London       | 100           |   100   |
| Croydon              | 98            |    98.2 |
| Ealing               | 81            |   100   |
| Enfield              | 89            |   100   |
| Greenwich            | 92            |    99.4 |
| Hackney              | 99            |   100   |
| Ham & Fulham         | 99            |   100   |
| Haringey             | 100           |    99.1 |
| Harrow               | 83            |   100   |
| Havering             | 94            |    95.1 |
| Hillingdon           | 90            |   100   |
| Hounslow             | 90            |    99.7 |
| Islington            | 99            |   100   |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 96            |   100   |
| Kingston u Thames    | 93            |    96   |
| Lambeth              | 91            |   100   |
| Lewisham             | 98            |   100   |
| Merton               | 100           |    99.2 |
| Newham               | 75            |    99.9 |
| Redbridge            | 96            |    79.6 |
| Richmond u Thames    | 97            |    80.9 |
| Southwark            | 96            |   100   |
| Sutton               | 98            |    99.8 |
| Tower Hamlets        | 97            |    92.8 |
| Waltham Forest       | 89            |   100   |
| Wandsworth           | 100           |   100   |
| City of Westminster  | 100           |   100   |
| London               | 93            |    96   |

Sources:  
ODPM  - annual average of all development on previously developed land LDD  
- residential planning permissions granted on previously developed land during financial years. 

2006/ 7 
completed 
2006/ 7 
approved 
2007/ 8 
completed 
2007/ 8 
approved 

Key Performance Indicator 2 
Increasing the density of residential development  
Target Over 95 per cent of development to comply with the housing density location and SRQ matrix 
 
Density of Residential development by borough 

| Average density - dwellings per hectare    | Borough                     |
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Average                                    |                             |
| density                                    |                             |
| 1999-2002                                  |                             |
| Average                                    |                             |
| density                                    |                             |
| 2001-2004                                  |                             |
| Average                                    |                             |
| density                                    |                             |
| Approvals                                  |                             |
| 2004/5-                                    |                             |
| 2006/7                                     |                             |
| Barking & Dag 43                           | 70                          |
| Barnet                                     | 43                          |
| Bexley                                     | 30                          |
| Brent                                      | 47                          |
| Bromley                                    | 28                          |
| Camden                                     | 92                          |
| City                                       | 245                         |
| Croydon                                    | 41                          |
| Ealing                                     | 68                          |
| Enfield                                    | 41                          |
| Greenwich                                  | 43                          |
| Hackney                                    | 88                          |
| Ham & Fulham 68                            | 71                          |
| Haringey                                   | 72                          |
| Harrow                                     | 30                          |
| Havering                                   | 39                          |
| Hillingdon                                 | 37                          |
| Hounslow                                   | 53                          |
| Islington                                  | 99                          |
| Ken & Chelsea                              | 93                          |
| Kingston u Tham39                          | 54                          |
| Lambeth                                    | 82                          |
| Lewisham                                   | 55                          |
| Merton                                     | 51                          |
| Newham                                     | 64                          |
| Redbridge                                  | 30                          |
| Rich u Thames 48                           | 58                          |
| Southwark                                  | 88                          |
| Sutton                                     | 43                          |
| Tower Hamlets 113                          | 138                         |
| Waltham Forest 38                          | 44                          |
| Wandsworth                                 | 65                          |
| Westminster                                | 116                         |
| 59                                         | 64                          |
| ODPM Figs                                  |                             |
| 64                                         | 85                          |
| LDD Figs                                   |                             |
| Sources:                                   |                             |
|                                            | cols 2-3 ODPM, cols 4-8 LDD |
2006/7 Approvals 
2007/8 Approvals 
2006/7 Completions 
2007/8 Completions 

Note: Based on all residential approvals / completions with proposed residential units for which a site area could be calculated. Density is calculated by dividing the total number of units by the total residential site area.  LDD figures for 
1999-2002 and 2001-2004 apply to schemes with 10 or more units. Overall densities of housing completions have remained almost the stable whilst the density of approvals has increased again; as has been a consistent trend for the past 10 years.  This year we have introduced the new comparison of LDD data for the periods 1999-2002 and 2001-2004.  This indicates a similar trend as the ODPM figures but on a higher baseline. AMR5 noted 3 boroughs which had seen a decline in their permitted densities.  Of these only Havering has continued to show a decline, to the extent that the average approved density in Havering is now the lowest in London and the only one to be at a similar level to 10 years ago. In terms of the Key Performance Indicator 2 the London Plan is having the intended effect in encouraging more efficient use of land.  Analysis of 2007/8 planning approvals shows that 40% were within the relevant density ranges.  55% were above the range and only 5% were below the range. There is less of a distinction between larger and smaller developments than in the previous year.  
 
Table 10 
 

|                         |  % of units approvals    |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
| Financial Year          |                          |
| Within                  |                          |
| Range                   |                          |
| Above range Below Range |                          |
| 2004/05                 |                          |
|                         |                          |
| 31%                     | 62%                      |
| 2005/06                 |                          |
|                         |                          |
| 28%                     | 65%                      |
| 2006/7 over 15 units    |                          |
|                         |                          |
| 39%                     | 58%                      |
| 2006/7 all units        |                          |
|                         |                          |
| 50%                     | 32%                      |
| 2007/8 over 15 units    |                          |
| 36%                     | 63%                      |
| 2007/8 all units        |                          |
|                         |                          |
| 40%                     | 55%                      |

Source: London Development Database. 

Note: Figures don't total 100% due to rounding. 

 
Key Performance Indicator 3 
Protection of open space  
Target No net loss of open space designated for protection in UDPs due to new development. The figures shown in Table 11 below indicate that there has been a significant loss of open space due to completed development.  In previous years the losses of open space have tended to be compensated for by gains delivered by that development, with a caveat that in some cases the losses were of protected open space but the gains had not received the benefit of any protection.  This year however there is a 20 ha net loss.  This is disappointing and reflects the number of boroughs that have completed developments which are not on brownfield land. There is a similarly worrying pattern for the planning approvals in 2007/8 with a net loss of 78ha of open space.  The majority of this, 64ha is due to a single development.  That development was granted on appeal and is the Slade Green Rail Freight Depot in Bexley. Given both the evidence of the completions and the potential trend with the approvals, the protection of open space is an issue that the Mayor will investigate in the review of the London Plan and will continue to monitor in future AMRs. 

| Approvals            | Completions     |
|----------------------|-----------------|
| Borough              |                 |
| Existing             |                 |
| open                 |                 |
| space                |                 |
| (ha)                 |                 |
| Proposed             |                 |
| open                 |                 |
| space                |                 |
| (ha)*                |                 |
| Barking & Dagenham   | 33.048          |
| -1.831               |                 |
| 2.910                | 0.180           |
| -2.730               |                 |
| Barnet               | 1.250           |
| -1.250               |                 |
| 0.560                | 0               |
| -0.560               |                 |
| Bexley               | 63.799          |
| -63.799              |                 |
| 3.733                | 0               |
| -3.733               |                 |
| Brent                | 0.216           |
| 0.126                |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Bromley              | 17.386          |
| -16.476              |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Camden               | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| City of London       | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0.288           |
| 0.288                |                 |
| Croydon              | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0.383                | 1.640           |
| 1.257                |                 |
| Ealing               | 0.031           |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Enfield              | 2.315           |
| -1.918               |                 |
| 0.399                | 0               |
| -0.399               |                 |
| Greenwich            | 8.161           |
| 2.077                |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Hackney              | 0.012           |
| -0.012               |                 |
| 0                    | 0.195           |
| 0.195                |                 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 0.131           |
| -0.131               |                 |
| 0                    | 0.174           |
| 0.174                |                 |
| Haringey             | 0.140           |
| 1.643                |                 |
| 0.400                | 0.400           |
| 0                    |                 |
| Harrow               | 2.853           |
| -2.545               |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Havering             | 3.767           |
| -3.767               |                 |
| 0.080                | 0               |
| -0.080               |                 |
| Hillingdon           | 64.337          |
| -0.150               |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Hounslow             | 0.163           |
| -0.163               |                 |
| 5.942                | 0               |
| -5.942               |                 |
| Islington            | 1.599           |
| 0.079                |                 |
| 0.077                | 0               |
| -0.077               |                 |
| Kensington & Chelsea | 0.140           |
| 0.050                |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0.030           |
| 0.030                |                 |
| Lambeth              | 0.864           |
| 0.496                |                 |
| 0                    | 0.048           |
| 0.048                |                 |
| Lewisham             | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0.676                | 1.300           |
| 0.624                |                 |
| Merton               | 1.155           |
| -1.155               |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Newham               | 4.977           |
| 8.164                |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Redbridge            | 1.798           |
| -1.798               |                 |
| 1.794                | 0               |
| -1.794               |                 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Southwark            | 0.238           |
| 1.477                |                 |
| 0.251                | 0.273           |
| 0.022                |                 |
| Sutton               | 0.018           |
| -0.018               |                 |
| 8.020                | 0.506           |
| -7.514               |                 |
| Tower Hamlets        | 0.156           |
| 1.841                |                 |
| 0.743                | 0               |
| -0.743               |                 |
| Waltham Forest       | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| Wandsworth           | 0.114           |
| 0.326                |                 |
| 0.114                | 0.160           |
| 0.046                |                 |
| Westminster          | 0               |
| 0.279                |                 |
| 0                    | 0               |
| 0                    |                 |
| London               | 208.668 130.213 |

Source: London Development Database (LDD). Losses and gains of open space in planning permissions recorded on LDD. The open space typology is taken from PPG17 and excludes private residential gardens and other areas within the 

Net loss or gain (ha) 
Net loss or gain (ha) 
Existing open space (ha) 
Proposed open space (ha)* 

curtilage of previously developed sites. The exceptions are outdoor sports facilities and spaces designated for conservation, which are included even though they may be within the curtilage of a developed site. 

*It is not known how much of the additional open space is/will be designated as protected open space. 

It is important to note that there is no current method of consistently reporting on the un-protected areas of open space that are affected by development.  Under PPS17 boroughs are required to audit and assess their open spaces.  Table 12 below sets out Borough's progress with their open space audits as at May 2007 
 
Table 12 Borough Progress on Open Space Audits (as at May 2007) 

| Progress                | No.                    | Borough    | Date                 |
|-------------------------|------------------------|------------|----------------------|
| Completed an Open Space |                        |            |                      |
| Strategy                |                        |            |                      |
| 13                      | Barking & Dagenham     |            |                      |
| Brent                   |                        |            |                      |
| Camden                  |                        |            |                      |
| Croydon                 |                        |            |                      |
| Ealing                  |                        |            |                      |
| Haringey                |                        |            |                      |
| Lambeth                 |                        |            |                      |
| Lewisham                |                        |            |                      |
| Merton                  |                        |            |                      |
| Richmond upon Thames    |                        |            |                      |
| Southwark               |                        |            |                      |
| Tower Hamlets           |                        |            |                      |
| Westminster             |                        |            |                      |
| 2003                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2004                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2003                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2004                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2004                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| Open Space Strategy     |                        |            |                      |
| under Preparation       |                        |            |                      |
|                         |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
|                         |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 9                       | City                   |            |                      |
| Hackney                 |                        |            |                      |
| Harrow                  |                        |            |                      |
| Havering                |                        |            |                      |
| Newham                  |                        |            |                      |
| Redbridge               |                        |            |                      |
| Sutton                  |                        |            |                      |
| Waltham Forest          |                        |            |                      |
| Wandsworth              |                        |            |                      |
| Other strategy in place | 8                      | Barnet     |                      |
| Bexley                  |                        |            |                      |
| Bromley                 |                        |            |                      |
| Enfield                 |                        |            |                      |
| Greenwich               |                        |            |                      |
| Hillingdon              |                        |            |                      |
| Hounslow                |                        |            |                      |
| Kensington & Chelsea    |                        |            |                      |
| 2004                    |                        |            |                      |
| 1999                    |                        |            |                      |
| 1996                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2002                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2005                    |                        |            |                      |
| 2006                    |                        |            |                      |
|                         | No Open Space Strategy | 3          | Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Islington               |                        |            |                      |
| Kingston upon Thames    |                        |            |                      |

 

## Objective 2 To Make London A Better City For People To Live In Key Performance Indicator 4 An Increased Supply Of New Homes

| Target                 |                                                     |        |        |     | Completion of at least 30,500 new homes a year     |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-----|----------------------------------------------------|
|                        |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Table 13               | Number of net housing completions by borough 2007/8 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Borough                | Conventional Non self-                              |        |        |     |                                                    |
| contained              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Vacancies              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| returning              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| to use                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| TOTAL                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Target                 | Delivery                                            |        |        |     |                                                    |
| (% of                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Target)                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| Barnet                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,178                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -112                   | -55                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,011                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 2,055                                               | 49%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Camden                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 371                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 355                    | -69                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 657                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 595                                                 | 110%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Enfield                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 935                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 16                     | 281                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,232                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 395                                                 | 312%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Hackney                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,570                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -343                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,227                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,085                                               | 113%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Haringey               |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 538                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -7                                                  |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 531                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 680                                                 | 78%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Islington              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,669                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,165                  | 342                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 3,176                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,160                                               | 274%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Westminster            |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 757                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -178                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 579                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 680                                                 | 85%    |        |     |                                                    |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 7,018                  | 1,424                                               | -29    | 8,413  |     | 6,650                                              |
| Barking and Dagenham   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 815                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -79                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 736                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,190                                               | 62%    |        |     |                                                    |
| City of London         |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 95                     |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -13                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 82                     |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 90                                                  | 91%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Havering               |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 330                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 588                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 918                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 535                                                 | 172%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Newham                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 939                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -12                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 927                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 3,510                                               | 26%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Redbridge              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 625                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 306                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 931                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 905                                                 | 103%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Tower Hamlets          |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 2,063                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 380                    | -462                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,981                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 3,150                                               | 63%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Waltham Forest         |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 743                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -8                     | 237                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 972                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 665                                                 | 146%   |        |     |                                                    |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 5,610                  | 372                                                 | 565    | 6,547  |     | 10,045                                             |
| Bexley                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 262                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 333                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 595                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 345                                                 | 172%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Bromley                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 701                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -69                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 632                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 485                                                 | 130%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Greenwich              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 783                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -1,270                                              |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -487                   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 2,010                                               | -24%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Lewisham               |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 800                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -134                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 666                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 975                                                 | 68%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Southwark              |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,726                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -141                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,585                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,630                                               | 97%    |        |     |                                                    |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 4,272                  | 0                                                   | -1,281 | 2,991  |     | 5,445                                              |
| Croydon                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,455                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 12                     | -128                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,339                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,100                                               | 122%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Kingston upon Thames   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 290                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -8                     | -69                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 213                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 385                                                 | 55%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Lambeth                |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,207                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 28                     | 128                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,363                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,100                                               | 124%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Merton                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 557                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | -249                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 308                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 370                                                 | 83%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Richmond upon Thames   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 307                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 2                      | 47                                                  |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 356                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 270                                                 | 132%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Sutton                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 621                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 116                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 737                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 345                                                 | 214%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Wandsworth             |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,028                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -176                   | 135                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 987                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 745                                                 | 132%   |        |     |                                                    |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 5,465                  | -142                                                | -20    | 5,303  |     | 4,315                                              |
| Brent                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 791                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -32                    | -67                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 692                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 1,120                                               | 62%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Ealing                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,398                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -10                    | -347                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,041                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 915                                                 | 114%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 510                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -16                    | -105                                                |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 389                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 450                                                 | 86%    |        |     |                                                    |
| Harrow                 |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 373                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 120                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 493                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 400                                                 | 123%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Hillingdon             |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 398                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 8                                                   |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 406                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 365                                                 | 111%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Hounslow               |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,661                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 0                      | 141                                                 |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 1,802                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 445                                                 | 405%   |        |     |                                                    |
| Kensington and Chelsea |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 73                     |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| -15                    | 64                                                  |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 122                    |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
|                        | 350                                                 | 35%    |        |     |                                                    |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 5,204                  | -73                                                 | -186   | 4,945  |     | 4,045                                              |
| TOTAL                  |                                                     |        |        |     |                                                    |
| 27,569                 | 1,581                                               | -951   | 28,199 |     | 30,500                                             |

Note : vacants are private sector dwellings vacant in excess of 6 months. 

 
In 2007/8, 28,199 net additional homes were provided; 92% of the London Plan target.   The positive perspective is that a total of 29,150 net new homes were constructed.  This is up from last year, which was in itself a high point for recent years.  Unfortunately the total has been reduced by a net increase in the number of vacant properties of 951.  In previous years there has been a net reduction in the number of vacants and this has in turn given an increase in the number of additional dwellings available.  Of particular concern is the figure for Greenwich showing 1270 additional vacant properties but a small number of other boroughs are also showing significant increases in the number of vacant properties. Housing delivery was above target in West, North and South West sub regions but significantly below target in North East and South East sub regions. It is worth noting that the LDD counts units demolished as a negative upon completion of an individual planning consent, while the actual units built are counted each year during this period.   The LDD system is continually updated and corrected.  There have been a number of changes to the previous years totals.  In general these show an increase in housing delivery over that which has been reported as a number of schemes have been missed at the time of reporting.  This is estimated to be approximately 5,000 - 10,000 units in total over the past 6 years. 

 

| Year    | Total housing unit completions    |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2002    | 21,531                            |
| 2003/4  | 24,608                            |
| 2004/5  | 27,364                            |
| 2005/6  | 28,309                            |
| 2006/7  | 31,432                            |
| 2007/8  | 28,199                            |
| Total   | 139,912                           |

|            |        |        |        |        |        |               |        | 2000/1 2001/2 2002/3 2003/4 2004/5 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8     |
|------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| North      | 7,591  | 6,336  | 11,020 | 8,368  | 12,605 | 16,330        | 15,882 | 12,712                                                      |
| North East | 6,128  | 5,418  | 10,113 | 9,138  | 15,724 | 15,006        | 9,575  | 36,001                                                      |
| South East | 5,960  | 5,616  | 9,066  | 16,053 | 9,234  | 5,844         | 13,352 | 12,617                                                      |
| South West | 6,561  | 7,530  | 8,038  | 7,733  | 8,533  | 8.878         | 12,665 | 10,203                                                      |
| West       | 6,317  | 6,124  | 7,304  | 5,011  | 14,549 | 9,499         | 9,016  | 8,909                                                       |
| TOTAL      | 33,365 | 31,024 | 45,541 | 46,303 | 60,645 | 55,557 60,490 | 80,442 |                                                             |

Source: London Development Database (LDD). Net approvals of residential units plus student accommodation and hostel bedrooms. Differences with previously published data are due to the continuous updating of the LDD system.  
 
In 2007/8 a further 80,442 units were added to the pipeline of planning permissions.  This figure is boosted this year by a number of very large schemes, including the Barking Riverside scheme of 10,800 
units which are unlikely to come forward in the near future.  Significantly it is likely that a large  number of these permissions will not be built out in the next year due to the economic outlook.  It should also be noted that as well as some planning permissions not being built out, others are subsequently renewed or altered making this figure artificially high and not directly transferable into the number of dwellings that are completed. At the end of March 2008 there were 61,156 dwellings under construction and 111,485 not yet started. 

Lifetime Homes and Wheelchair Accessible Homes From April 2008 the LDD system has started recording the number of planning approvals meeting Lifetime Homes and Wheelchair accessible home standards.  These will be reported from AMR6 in February 2010.  The figures for the period April 2008-Sept 2008 are 23,052 dwellings approved of which 6,419 are lifetime homes and 1,104 are wheelchair accessible. Key Performance Indicator 5 
An increased supply of affordable homes  
Target Completion of 50 per cent of new homes as affordable homes each year 2004–2016. 2007/8 delivery of affordable housing has increased to 10,394 homes or 38% of all conventional completions. Table 16 shows individual borough performance in delivery of affordable housing.  There are differences when comparing previous years figures in previous Annual Monitoring Reports, as the LDD system is continually updated. In addition to affordable housing delivery through conventional completions an increased supply of affordable homes is being delivered by the activities of housing associations in purchase and rehabilitation of existing properties totaling 632 Open Market Homebuy and 404 rehabilitated temporary social dwellings  (Table 17).  While these are not counted towards the London Plan target they are important in delivering the Mayor's Housing Strategy. While there are still a range of affordable housing target figures most boroughs now reflect the strategic 50% target for affordable housing provision. A number of boroughs use the London Plan policy, which forms part of the development plan, if their own UDP policies were not saved beyond September 2007.  
The Mayor has stated his intention to review the 50% target as part of the review of the London Plan. 

 

Total net affordable conventional 
 Borough 
completions 
  
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 
Barnet 
224 
27 
185 
436 
23% 
7% 
16% 
17% 
Camden 
81 
228 
75 
384 
13% 
46% 
20% 
25% 
Enfield 
-459 
225 
444 
210 
-214% 
32% 
47% 
11% 
Hackney 
14 
468 
725 
1,207 
2% 
42% 
46% 
34% 
Haringey 
265 
312 
211 
788 
46% 
35% 
39% 
39% 
Islington 
232 
591 
907 
1,730 
28% 
33% 
54% 
41% 
Westminster 
66 
23 
374 
463 
6% 
4% 
49% 
19% 
 North Total 
423 
1,874 
2,921 
5,218 
8% 
31% 
42% 
29% 
Barking & Dagenham 
77 
135 
215 
427 
21% 
33% 
26% 
27% 
City of London 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0% 
0% 
0% 
0% 
Havering 
70 
178 
108 
356 
19% 
21% 
33% 
23% 
Newham 
274 
263 
378 
915 
30% 
36% 
40% 
35% 
Redbridge 
114 
310 
70 
494 
15% 
30% 
11% 
21% 
Tower Hamlets 
812 
823 
620 
2,255 
34% 
34% 
30% 
33% 
Waltham Forest 
84 
229 
234 
547 
16% 
33% 
31% 
28% 
North East Total 
1,431 
1,938 
1,625 
4,994 
27% 
31% 
29% 
29% 
Bexley 
35 
115 
127 
277 
25% 
48% 
48% 
43% 
Bromley 
106 
142 
267 
515 
16% 
16% 
38% 
23% 
Greenwich 
325 
516 
278 
1,119 
18% 
43% 
36% 
29% 
Lewisham 
275 
-81 
229 
423 
36% 
-22% 
29% 
22% 
Southwark 
63 
680 
995 
1,738 
5% 
36% 
58% 
36% 
South East Total 
804 
1,372 
1,896 
4,072 
18% 
30% 
44% 
30% 
Croydon 
221 
471 
625 
1,317 
33% 
46% 
43% 
42% 
Kingston u Thames 
22 
54 
102 
178 
6% 
17% 
35% 
18% 
Lambeth 
258 
233 
339 
830 
22% 
21% 
28% 
24% 
Merton 
89 
145 
161 
395 
13% 
36% 
29% 
24% 
Richmond u Thames 
247 
39 
105 
391 
28% 
16% 
34% 
27% 
Sutton 
97 
-118 
188 
167 
34% 
-43% 
30% 
14% 
Wandsworth 
135 
240 
307 
682 
12% 
17% 
30% 
19% 
South West Total 
1,069 
1,064 
1,827 
3,960 
21% 
22% 
33% 
26% 
Brent 
1,033 
637 
451 
2,121 
74% 
69% 
57% 
68% 
Ealing 
206 
620 
412 
1,238 
25% 
46% 
29% 
35% 
Hammersmith & Fulham 
397 
458 
237 
1,092 
64% 
74% 
46% 
62% 
Harrow 
160 
152 
116 
428 
28% 
25% 
31% 
27% 
Hillingdon 
212 
46 
117 
375 
43% 
24% 
29% 
35% 
Hounslow 
125 
604 
792 
1,521 
24% 
43% 
48% 
42% 
Kensington and Chelsea 
65 
64 
0 
129 
32% 
40% 
0% 
29% 
West Total  
2,198 
2,581 
2,125 
6,904 
48% 
49% 
41% 
46% 
London 
5,925 
8,829 
10,394 25,148 
24% 
33% 
38% 
32% 

Source: LDD - Note that previous AMRs used figures from Housing Corporation for the years up to 2005/6.  These have been replaced with LDD figures, this has resulted in some significant shifts in annual totals. 

Affordable as % of total net 
conventional completions (all tenures) 
3-year 
3-year 
total 
2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 
total 
New Affordable Housing Stock 
 
Other Affordable 
 Borough 
Existing Properties 
Housing 
  
Net New-Build (Conventional Supply) 
(purchase/rehab) 
 
Tempor
ary 
Social 
Housing 
(rehab) 
Open 
Market 
Homebuy 
  
Social 
Intermediate 
TOTAL 
Social 
Intermediate 
TOTAL  
Barnet 
91 
94 
185 
29 
0 
29 
 
21 
4 
Camden 
29 
46 
75 
21 
0 
21 
 
26 
3 
Enfield 
305 
139 
444 
53 
0 
53 
 
19 
21 
Hackney 
267 
458 
725 
44 
9 
53 
 
26 
8 
Haringey 
106 
105 
211 
65 
0 
65 
 
24 
15 
Islington 
366 
541 
907 
17 
3 
20 
 
23 
0 
Westminster 
353 
21 
374 
63 
3 
66 
 
26 
0 
 North Total 
1,517 
1,404 
2,921 
292 
15 
307 
 
165 
51 
Barking & Dagenham 
99 
116 
215 
47 
23 
70 
 
10 
0 
City of London 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
 
12 
0 
Havering 
83 
25 
108 
40 
29 
69 
 
8 
0 
Newham 
119 
259 
378 
611 
10 
621 
 
17 
0 
Redbridge 
18 
52 
70 
70 
11 
81 
 
13 
11 
Tower Hamlets 
526 
94 
620 
28 
5 
33 
 
26 
0 
Waltham Forest 
137 
97 
234 
18 
3 
21 
 
28 
17 
 North East Total 
982 
643 
1,625 
814 
81 
895 
 
114 
28 
Bexley 
90 
37 
127 
57 
49 
106 
 
13 
0 
Bromley 
127 
140 
267 
42 
0 
42 
 
20 
1 
Greenwich 
109 
169 
278 
72 
125 
197 
 
21 
60 
Lewisham* 
101 
128 
229 
14 
2 
16 
 
22 
65 
Southwark 
437 
558 
995 
8 
0 
8 
 
34 
87 
 South East Total 
864 
1,032 
1,896 
193 
176 
369 
 
110 
213 
Croydon 
355 
270 
625 
34 
0 
34 
 
21 
27 
Kingston u Thames 
73 
29 
102 
43 
25 
68 
 
8 
0 
Lambeth 
163 
176 
339 
51 
19 
70 
 
21 
34 
Merton 
56 
105 
161 
6 
0 
6 
 
12 
0 
Richmond u Thames 
70 
35 
105 
0 
0 
0 
 
9 
0 
Sutton* 
178 
10 
188 
19 
0 
19 
 
15 
50 
Wandsworth 
22 
285 
307 
0 
30 
30 
 
28 
0 
 South West Total 
917 
910 
1,827 
153 
74 
227 
 
114 
111 
Brent 
384 
67 
451 
10 
0 
10 
 
22 
1 
Ealing 
288 
124 
412 
20 
0 
20 
 
22 
0 
Hammersmith & Fulham 
40 
197 
237 
0 
0 
0 
 
13 
0 
Harrow 
41 
75 
116 
0 
0 
0 
 
19 
0 
Hillingdon 
61 
56 
117 
53 
0 
53 
 
23 
0 
Hounslow 
219 
573 
792 
10 
0 
10 
 
19 
0 
Kensington & Chelsea 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
 
11 
0 
 West Total 
1,033 
1,092 
2,125 
94 
0 
94 
 
129 
1 
 London Total 
5,313 
5,081 
10,394 
1,546 
346 
1,892 
 
632 
404 

 
 
Sources: Conventional Completions from London Development Database, existing properties and other affordable housing information from Housing Corporation. 'Existing Properties' refers to purchases of existing homes by housing associations, funded by the Housing Corporation. It includes a small number of units already owned by housing associations but being funded for repairs. 


Borough policy target 
as August 2008 
Borough 
Borough Policy Target (or practice) as at 2002 
Barking & Dagenham 
25% 
LP* 
27% 
Barnet 
30% 
50% 
17% 
Bexley 
25% 
35% 
43% 
Brent 
30-50% 
50% 
68% 
Bromley 
20% 
35% 
23% 
Camden 
50% proposed 
50% 
25% 
City 
None 
LP* 
0% 
Croydon 
40% 
40% (50% large sites) 
42% 
Ealing 
50% 
50% 
35% 
Enfield 
25% 
LP* 
11% 
Greenwich 
35% 
35% minimum (50% on 
greenfield or readily 
developable former 
employment sites) 
Hackney 
25% 
50% 
34% 
Hammersmith & Fulham 
65% proposed 
40% 
62% 
Haringey 
30% 
50% 
39% 
Harrow 
30% 
LP* 
27% 
Havering 
None 
50% 
23% 
Hillingdon 
25% 
LP* 
35% 
Hounslow 
50% 
LP* 
42% 
Islington 
25% 
50% (interim guidance note) 
41% 
Kensington & Chelsea 
33% 
LP* 
29% 
Kingston upon Thames 
50% 
30%-50% 
18% 
Lambeth 
35-50% 
40% (50% with grant) 
24% 
Lewisham 
30% 
35% 
22% 
Merton 
30% 
LP* 
24% 
Newham 
25% 
LP* 
35% 
Redbridge 
25% 
50% 
21% 
Richmond upon Thames 
40% 
40% 
27% 
Southwark 
25% 
35% (40% central) 
36% 
Sutton 
25% 
LP* 
14% 
Tower Hamlets 
25-33% 
50% 
33% 
Waltham Forest 
40% 
50% 
28% 
Wandsworth 
None 
50% 
19% 
Westminster 
 
50% (30% in CAZ) 
19% 
Out-turn 2005/6 to 2007/8 
29% 

Key Performance Indicator 5a Reducing Health Inequalities Target  
By 2026, reducing by at least 10% the gap between life expectancy at birth in Areas for Regeneration and the average in London. This is a new indicator as a result of the London Plan 2008.  It is now realized that the data to support this indicator are not directly available.  This indicator will therefore be reviewed as part of the review of the London Plan.  For this AMR however, proxy data has been used.  The proxy data takes ONS annual life expectancy for males and females on a borough by borough basis.  The regeneration wards have been approximated by weighting the borough life expectancies by the populations resident in regeneration wards in each borough. This means that the resulting indicators are strongly influenced by the life expectancies in the six boroughs with the highest populations in regeneration wards namely, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Islington, Southwark and Haringey.  These six boroughs account for 68% of the population within regeneration wards.  It is recognized that this approach will underestimate the gap as the regeneration wards are generally expected to demonstrate lower life expectancy. 

 
Table 20 Life expectancy at Birth (2005-2007) 
 
 
Males Females 

| 6 borough Average    | 76.39      | 81.58     |
|----------------------|------------|-----------|
| London Average       | 77.86      | 82.38     |
| Gap                  | 1.47 Years | 0.8 Years |
|                      |            |           |
|                      |            |           |

Key Performance Indicator 5b Reducing Health Inequalities Target  
By 2015, reducing by at least 10% the gap between the age standardized death rate from coronary heart disease per 100 000 population in Areas for Regeneration and the average in London. This is a new indicator as a result of the London Plan 2008.  It is now realized that the data to support this indicator is not directly available.  This indicator will therefore be reviewed as part of the review of the London Plan.  For this AMR however, the indicator has been altered to show the Standardised Mortality Ratio (SMR) - using Ischaemic deaths in London by age and gender as the basis of the calculation. The SMR compares actual total deaths to deaths expected if the death rates in the standard population (in this case London) apply to the population of the regeneration areas (disaggregated by 5- year age groups and gender). SMR is expressed as a percentage of the expected deaths.  The figures used for death rates relate to 2006 - the latest year for which information is available and the population is the GLA 2007 Round PLP Low populations for 2006. 

 
SMR (rate per 100,000 population) 

| Regeneration Areas Male              |   126  |
|--------------------------------------|--------|
| Regeneration Areas Female            |   107  |
| Regeneration Areas Male & Female 118 |        |
| London Male and Female               |   100  |
|                                      |        |
|                                      |        |

Objective 3 to make London a more prosperous city Key Performance Indicator 6 
Increasing sustainability and social inclusion by increasing the proportion of London residents working in jobs in London over the plan period. 

Target  
Net increase in the proportion of London residents working in London. Comprehensive statistics relating to this target are available through the census and are given in the table below. This data is only collected every 10 years.  It shows a small percentage increase in the proportion of London workers who live within London against absolute net increases in those working both within and outside London.  The information presented here is the same as AMR4 in Febraury 2008 as there has been no updated data since then. 

Total workers Living in London  

Living outside London 
% of workers living in London 
1991 
3,349,350 
2, 676,620 
672,730 
79.9% 
2001 
3,805,655 
3,083,116 
722,539 
81% 
Workers out commuting 
% change in out commuting 
1991 
149,820 
- 
2001 
236,018 
57.5% increase 
Source: 1991, 2001 Census 
Workers out commuting 
Yearly % change in out commuting 
2000 
257 000 
- 
2001 
254 000 
-1.5% 
2002 
264 000 
+4.0% 
2003 
285 000 
+8.0% 
2004 
275 000 
-3.6% 
2005 
281 000 
+2.5% 
2006 
331 000 
+17.5% 
2007 
321,000 
-3.0% 
Total change 2000-2007 
+24.7 

Source: Labour Force Survey - note this data is based on a sample survey rather than full census survey. (see London Travel Report 2007 table 7.2.2) 
 
Key Performance Indicator 7 
Ensure that there is sufficient development capacity in the office market. 

Target Stock of office planning permissions to be at least three times the average rate of starts over the previous three years.  The ratio of permissions to average three years starts at end 2008 was 7:1. The ratio has increased from 4.8:1 at end 2007, indicating that central London's office development capacity is increasing.  This is not unusual when the development cycle enters a downturn phase. Construction starts turn down sharply but developers continue to work up planning permissions on prospective sites.   

Year 
Ratio of planning permissions 
to three year average starts 
2003 
6.4:1 
2004 
12:1 
2005 
8:1 
2006 
8.4:1 
2007 
4.8:1 
2008 
7:1 

 The volume of starts in central London in 2008, at 0.44 million sq metres net in 72 schemes, was 50% of the level achieved in 2007.  It was the lowest since the three year downturn in office construction 2002-
2004.   
 

## Office Starts And Year-End Permissions, 1985-2008

 Of the 72 starts in 2008, 51% of schemes with 48% of floorspace (213,000 sq metres net) were in the City sub-market.  The largest was The Heron Tower, Bishopsgate, EC2, a speculative development close to Liverpool Street station.  33% of schemes and 36% of floorspace were located in the West End (including Paddington) with major starts at Merchant Square, Paddington, W2, The Quadrant, Regent Street, W1, and Park House, Park Street, Mayfair, W1. Changing economic circumstances have had a threefold impact on the London commercial office market. First, by the end of 2008 capital values in central London had fallen 38% from their summer 
2007 peak, with the rest of London not faring much better with a fall of 33% (IPD).  Secondly, the investment and development markets, which were highly-leveraged (debt-driven) during the 2005-2007 
boom, were increasingly starved of funds.  Third, the occupational market began to contract, initially in the first half of 2008 in sectors immediately affected by the credit squeeze (banking, financial services and property), and in the second half of 2008 in a wider range of sectors as the UK-wide recession developed. AMR6 will test current expectations that 2009 may be a recessionary year for central London offices, characterised by negative net absorption (a decline in the occupied office stock); a double-digit availability rate (the proportion of stock that is available for letting) and falling rents. Starts in 2009 are expected to be low.   
 
Key Performance Indicator 8 
Direction of economic and population growth to follow the indicative sub-regional allocations and fulfill the priority to east London Target Development in Opportunity Areas and Areas for Intensification for each sub-region measured against the Chapter 5 indicative figures in the London Plan. Significant progress has been made in progressing development at several of the London Plan Opportunity Areas.  Construction work has begun at Kings Cross and continued apace in connection with the Olympics.  There has been consultation on Action Area Plans in the Upper Lee Valley and outline planning permission is being sought for Brent Cross/Cricklewood. A summary of progress on each Opportunity Area and Area for Intensification is given in Appendix 4. Objective 4 to promote social inclusion and tackle deprivation and discrimination Key Performance Indicator 9 
Increased employment opportunities for those suffering from disadvantage in the employment market 
 
Target Age specific unemployment rates for black and minority ethnic groups to be no higher than for the white population by 2016, 50 per cent reduction of the difference by 2011. 


  
|                 | All persons    |          | White groups    |          | BAME groups    |          | Ratio    |
|-----------------|----------------|----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|----------|----------|
| Unemp-          | Unemp-         | Unemp-   | BAME            |          |                |          |          |
|                 | loyed          | Rate (%) | loyed           | Rate (%) | loyed          | Rate (%) | /White   |
| All working age | 261,000        | 6.9      | 122,000         | 4.8      | 138,000        | 11.3     |          |
| Age 16-24       | 94,000         | 18.4     |                 | 46,000   | 14.1           |          | 48,000   |
| Age 25-44       | 116,000        | 5.3      |                 | 48,000   | 3.3            |          | 68,000   |
| Age 45-59/64    | 50,000         | 4.8      |                 | 28,000   | 3.6            |          | 23,000   |

Source: Annual Population Survey 2007 Notes: The APS is a sample survey, so all estimates are subject to a degree of sampling variability. Londoners from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups are more than twice as likely as those from White groups to be unemployed.  The gap in rates persists within different age groups and data are not significantly different to rates in previous AMRs. The pattern of previous years generally continued this year.  Overall unemployment rates amongst both BAME and white groups reduced.  There was a very slight reduction in the overall ratio from 2.5 to 2.4.  
However, more significantly the absolute number and proportion of 16-24 year old BAME unemployed people rose.  Analysis of longer term trend data (1985-2007) suggests the gap in unemployment rates between White and BAME groups has persisted over time despite falls in the general level of unemployment. As the data are estimates, and subject to a considerable degree of sampling variability, it is difficult to come to firm conclusions about progress in the short term. Data will need to be monitored in the longer term in order to assess progress on this challenging indicator. While data presented here relate to aggregations of minority ethnic groups, it is fully recognised that within the BAME population there is huge variation in unemployment rates. 2001 Census data shows that rates ranged from 5.9 per cent for Indian Londoners up to 20.5 per cent among Bangladeshi Londoners. Rates were also high for Black Londoners (12.3-17.6 per cent). 

 

## Unemployment Rates By Ethnicity, Greater London 1985-2005

Key Performance Indicator 10 
Increased employment opportunities for those suffering from disadvantage in the employment market 
 
Target Percentage of lone parents dependant on income support to be no higher than the UK average by 2016, 50 per cent reduction of the difference by 2011. 

 
  

|                 | Greater London    | Great Britain    |         |
|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------|
| Difference in   |                   |                  |         |
| percentage      |                   |                  |         |
| Lone parents    | As %              | Lone parents     |         |
| points (London- |                   |                  |         |
| As % of lone    |                   |                  |         |
| families        | of lone parent    | Families         |         |
| GB)             |                   |                  |         |
| Quarter         | parent families   |                  |         |
| on IS           |                   |                  |         |
| families        |                   |                  |         |
| on IS           |                   |                  |         |
| May 2001        | 168,400           | 59.2             | 900,320 |
| May 2002        | 166,840           | 57.4             | 870,850 |
| May 2003        | 166,630           | 56.1             | 855,710 |
| May 2004        | 165,120           | 54.4             | 823,180 |
| May 2005        | 163,620           | 52.4             | 789,270 |
| May 2006        | 162,770           | 50.8             | 774,780 |
| May 2007        | 160,450           | 49.0             | 765,530 |
| May 2008        | 152,520           | 45.7             | 738,580 |

Sources: GLA calculations (from NOMIS with denominators based on CLG, GLA and GROS household projections of all lone parent families) based on data from Department of Work and Pensions; (Department of) Communities & Local Government and the General Register Office for Scotland. 

Note in AMR4 the table was wrongly calculated leading to some double counting of lone parents. Lone parent families in London are more likely to be dependant on Income Support relative to the national average. Since 2001, the proportion of lone parent families on Income Support has reduced in both London and GB (note GB has been used as there are not comparable data for the UK), but the gap between the two has remained wide.  The year to May 2008 saw a significant reduction in that gap and in the actual numbers on Income Support both in London and throughout the UK.  This indicator will be particular relevant as the economic downturn begins to bite. 

Key Performance Indicator 11a Improving the provision of social infrastructure and related services. 

Target  
An increase in the provision of childcare places per 1000 under fives, particularly in Areas of Regeneration. This is a new target as a result of the London Plan 2008 and replaces the previous Key Performance indicator 11 which assessed the 15 separate "floor targets" which the Government uses to assess how the most deprived local authorities in England are performing on fundamental quality of life factors.   
Th0se floor targets are still available at  http://www.fti.neighbourhood.gov.uk/page.asp?id=5 The published statistics on childcare are compiled by Ofsted and are only available at borough level.  
Therefore for this AMR proxy data has been used.  The regeneration wards have been approximated by using the six boroughs with the highest populations in regeneration wards namely, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Islington, Southwark and Haringey.  These six boroughs account for 68% of the population within regeneration wards.  There is variable provision amongst the 6 boroughs with Islington considerably above the London and national average and Newham at half the national average.  It is clear that London as a whole is below the national average with only 77% of the places per 1000 under 5s. 

 
There is a considerable amount of variation between boroughs, so three of the main regeneration boroughs are above average and three are well below. 

 

| Sept 2004      | August 2008    |        |
|----------------|----------------|--------|
| Number of      |                |        |
| places         |                |        |
| Number of      |                |        |
| places         |                |        |
| Places per     |                |        |
| 1000           |                |        |
| under 5s       |                |        |
| Hackney        | 2500           | 143    |
| Newham         | 2300           | 109    |
| Tower Hamlets  | 2000           | 120    |
| Islington      | 2700           | 233    |
| Southwark      | 3000           | 165    |
| Haringey       | 1300           | 80     |
| 13,800         | 136            | 16,700 |
| total          |                |        |
| Rest of London | 56,700         | 146    |
| London         | 70,500         | 144    |
| England        | 500,700        | 176    |

Sources: Registered childcare places from Ofsted Quarterly Childcare Statistics at 31 August 2008 and GLA calculations based on GLA 2007 Round of Demographic projections and 
 
England population from Office for National Statistics 2004-based Subnational Population Projections 

% Change 2004- 2008 Places per 1000 under 5s 
Places per 1000 under 5s 

Key Performance Indicator 11b Improving the provision of social infrastructure and related services. 

Target  
An improvement in the percentage of pupils obtaining five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C in areas of Regeneration relative to the LEA as a whole. This is a new target as a result of the London Plan 2008 and replaces the previous Key Performance indicator 11 which assessed the 15 separate "floor targets" which the Government uses to assess how the most deprived local authorities in England are performing on fundamental quality of life factors.   
Those floor targets are still available at  http://www.fti.neighbourhood.gov.uk/page.asp?id=5  
 

| Area                                      |   % passing 5+  |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| A*-C Grades                               |                 |
| Barking and Dagenham                      |            56.7 |
| Barking and Dagenham Regeneration Wards   |            48.7 |
| Brent                                     |            61   |
| Brent Regeneration Wards                  |            48.4 |
| Camden                                    |            52.4 |
| Camden Regeneration Wards                 |            49.9 |
| Croydon                                   |            56.9 |
| Croydon Regeneration Wards                |            41.8 |
| Enfield                                   |            55.8 |
| Enfield Regeneration Wards                |            38.6 |
| Greenwich                                 |            50.7 |
| Greenwich Regeneration Wards              |            42.5 |
| Hackney                                   |            51.6 |
| Hackney Regeneration Wards                |            51.6 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham                    |            54.3 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham Regeneration Wards |            54.8 |
| Haringey                                  |            55.2 |
| Haringey Regeneration Wards               |            52.2 |
| Islington                                 |            51.6 |
| Islington Regeneration Wards              |            50.9 |
| Kensington and Chelsea                    |            55.5 |
| Kensington and Chelsea Regeneration Wards |            47   |
| Lambeth                                   |            51.4 |
| Lambeth Regeneration Wards                |            51   |
| Lewisham                                  |            55   |
| Lewisham Regeneration Wards               |            56.1 |
| Newham                                    |            54.9 |
| Newham Regeneration Wards                 |            54.6 |
| Southwark                                 |            52.3 |
| Southwark Regeneration Wards              |            49.9 |
| Tower Hamlets                             |            56   |
| Tower Hamlets Regeneration Wards          |            56.6 |
| Waltham Forest                            |            56   |
| Waltham Forest Regeneration Wards         |            42.9 |
| Westminster                               |            52.7 |
| Westminster Regeneration Wards            |            47.1 |
| Inner London                              |            54   |
| Outer London                              |            62   |
| Greater London                            |            59.4 |
| Regeneration Wards                        |            51.1 |
| England                                   |            59.4 |

Source DMAG Education, 2007 English National Pupil Dataset Notes:  
1) Data are for pupils on roll in maintained mainstream and special schools (i.e. pupils attending independent schools or Pupil Referral Units are not included) 2) Data are for pupils aged 15 at the start of the school year and who were on roll in January 2007. These pupils would have reached the end of compulsory schooling in summer 2007. 3) Examination results are for all pupils. National Performance Tables exclude pupils who are recent arrivals 4) Pupils are grouped by their home ward, that is figures are for locallyresident pupils regardless of where they attend school. 

In 2007 a total of 16,497 pupils sat GCSEs within the 20% most deprived wards in London (ie the Areas for Regeneration).  Of these 8434 passes five or more at grades A*- C giving a percentage of 51.1%.  
This compares to the London wide rate of 59.4%.  In some boroughs the difference between the attainment within the Regeneration Wards and the borough as a whole is market, for example Enfield, Croydon and Waltham Forest.  This often highlights the fact that these boroughs have a small (1-3) 
number of regeneration wards.  In other boroughs the distinct is less clear cut and in 3 boroughs the attainment in the regeneration wards is actually above that of the borough as a whole. Attainment in Inner London is generally below that of outer London but the combination puts London at the same pass rate as England as a whole.  It is noticeable that in some boroughs the educational performance in the regeneration areas is actually above the borough wide performance. 

Objective 5 to improve London's accessibility Key Performance Indicator 12 
Achieve a reduced reliance on the private car and a more sustainable modal split for journeys Target Use of public transport per head grows faster than use of the private car per head. 

|   Year  |   Public Transport index  |   Private Transport Index  |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|   2001  |                     100   |                      100   |
|   2002  |                     103.2 |                       97.7 |
|   2003  |                     108.9 |                       95.2 |
|   2004  |                     114.5 |                       92.3 |
|   2005  |                     113.3 |                       93.4 |
|   2006  |                     116.5 |                       92.2 |
|   2007  |                     122.4 |                       90.5 |

Note: figures adjusted from previous AMRs due to revisions to population data but the overall picture remains similar.  The private transport index, derived from the traffic series for car and motorcycle movements in London, has been adjusted to take account of TfL's revisions to the series published by DfT See Note under KPI13 
Source: Transport for London The indices are derived from the time series of numbers of journey stages per head compiled for the 
2008 London Travel Report.  This includes all travel to, from or within Greater London, including travel by commuters and visitors.  For consistency the population estimates include in-commuters and visitors 
(derived from the Labour Force Survey and the International Passenger Survey, respectively). The results show a 22% increase in public transport journey stages per head between 2001 and 2007, compared with a 9% decrease in car journeys per head.  2007 saw a continuing drop in the use of the car and an increase in the use of public transport, which has increased steadily apart from a dip in 2005 that has been put down to the impact of the London bombings in July 2005. 

Key Performance Indicator 13 
Achieve a reduced reliance on the private car and a more sustainable modal split for journeys. 

Target    From 2001-2011, 15 per cent reduction in traffic in the congestion charging zone, zero traffic growth in inner London, and traffic growth in outer London reduced to no more than 5 per cent. London Plan Policy 3C.16 - 'Tackling congestion and reducing traffic' –sets out targets for reductions in weekday traffic growth for different areas of London.  Monitoring by Transport for London within the area of the Congestion Charging Zone has shown that levels of traffic (for vehicles of four or more wheels) fell by 15 per cent between 2002 and 2003 and continued to decline to a level of up to 20% below 2002 by 2005. Available indicators of traffic circulating within the charging zone suggest broadly stable or slightly declining traffic levels in 2006 compared with the previous year and a further reduction of 2% in 2007. No change was observed between 2006 and 2007 in traffic entering the zone during charging hours, which remained as a level of 21% below its pre-charging level in 2002. Estimates by TfL using London data from DfT's traffic counts for the National Road Traffic Estimates indicate that in inner London (outside Central London) annual traffic on major roads declined by 1% between 2006 and 2007 after increasing by 3% in the previous year. Traffic was 3% lower in 2007 than in 2001.  In outer London, traffic on major roads also declined by 3% between 2001 and 2007. Overall, when minor roads are included, traffic declined steadily between 2001 and 2004 before levelling off and in 2007 remains 1% lower in 2001 in both inner London (outside Central London) and outer London. 

Note: Transport for London (TfL) needs accurate and robust traffic estimates to meet a wide range of requirements for its modelling, planning, and other work. It relies heavily on official statistics published by the Department for Transport (DfT) to meet those requirements.  DfT's primary purpose is to provide robust estimates for Great Britain as a whole. Estimates broken down by local area and by road type are less robust. In this context DfT are undertaking a programme of work implementing recommendations from the National Statistics Quality Review of Road Traffic Estimates which highlighted minor roads as an area for improvement.  TfL has reservations that DfT's current methodology for estimating minor roads traffic has not reflected minor roads traffic trends in London, with sufficient accuracy, to be fit for TfL's purposes. Therefore TfL have produced an alternative set of estimates, for each calendar year from 1999 to 2006, which are much closer to the trends indicated by TfL's own data. DfT are content for TfL to use these estimates for its own purposes. TfL welcomes DfT's steps to improve its minor roads' traffic estimates, and the two organisations have identified opportunities to share traffic data between them. Taken together, these steps are expected to lead to a substantially improved understanding of traffic trends in London.  
 
Key Performance Indicator 14 
Achieve a reduced reliance on the private car and a more sustainable modal split for journeys Target A five per cent increase in passengers and freight transported on the Blue Ribbon Network from 2001-2011. 

Year 
Number of Passengers1  
% increase on previous year 
April 2000 - March 2001 
1 573 830 
- 
April 2001 - March 2002 
2 011 736 
28% 
April 2002 - March 2003 
2 030 385 
1% 
April 2003 - March 2004 
2 123 820 
4.6% 
April 2004 - March 2005 
2,343,280 
10.3% 
April 2005 - March 2006 
2,373,350 
1% 
April 2006 - March 2007 
2,746,700 
15.7% 
April 2007 - March 2008 
3,078,300     
12.1% 

Source: 
 
TfL London River Services Note 1 Figures are for passenger journeys on boat operators using TfL London River Services Piers and the Thames Clippers Savoy (London Eye from November 2007) to Woolwich Arsenal service.  This excludes a number of other services working from independent piers.  Figures also include passengers on charter boats.  Ticket sales count both single and return tickets as one journey on all services except Thames Clippers which are passenger journeys. The table shows that the number of passengers on the Thames is steadily increasing over the baseline situation in 2001.   The overall picture is of almost doubling river passengers since 2001 - a 96% 
increase).  Following the events of 7 July 2005, passenger numbers on tourist services fell significantly, but have now recovered to previous levels. Passenger numbers on the riverbus services have shown significant growth since July 2005. In November 2007, Thames Clippers riverbus service was expanded to run between Waterloo (BA London Eye) and the O2 at a 20 minute frequency throughout the day and every 30 minutes in the late evening. It is anticipated that the number of passengers carried on the Thames will continue to show strong growth. Table 32 
Cargo trade on the River Thames 

|   Year  | Tonnes of Cargo     | % increase on previous year    |
|---------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|   2001  | 10 757 000          | -                              |
|   2002  | 9 806 000           | 9% decrease                    |
|   2003  | 9 236 000           | 6% decrease                    |
|   2004  | 8 743 000           | 5% decrease                    |
|   2005  | 9,288,000           | 6% increase                    |
|   2006  | 9,337,000           | 0.5% increase                  |
|   2007  | 8,642,000           | 7% decrease                    |

Source: Port of London Authority. The Table shows a 7% decrease in the amount of cargo handled within the London part of the Port of London during 2007.  This still means that there has been a net decrease of nearly 20% overall from the baseline year of 2001.  The main changes were due to a reduction in aggregates shipment to West India Dock, the closure of Arcelor Wharf in Barking and a reduction in scrap metal shipment.  Looking forward the Port of London Authority remains positive that cargo volumes will increase due to general trade forecasts and the fact that a number of major construction project intend to use the river including Crossrail, Thames Tideway Sewer and continued Olympics and Stratford City related development. The Mayor will review the forecasts and the overall scale and distribution of wharves required to serve this market during 2009 and 2010. 

## Key Performance Indicator 15 Increase In Public Transport Capacity Target 50 Per Cent Increase In Public Transport Capacity Between 2001 - 2021, With Interim Increases To Reflect Table 6A.2.

 
In AMR4 it was stated that the target 5% increase in capacity between 2001 and 2006 had been met with a 6% increase in capacity.  Since then the Piccadilly line has been extended to Terminal 5 and the capacity of the bus system has been further increased.  Crossrail was granted Royal Assent in July 2008, clearing the way for the project to proceed.  The DLR has been extended with a new branch to Woolwich Arsenal which opened in January 2009 and the new branch to Stratford International will open by 2010.  There will be a further 33% increase in capacity in the Jubilee line in 2009, followed by 20% more capacity on the Northern line and 19% on the Victoria line by 2012. TfL published its 2009/10 - 2017/18 Business Plan in November 2008.  Compared to 2007/8, the TfL Business Plan will deliver nearly 30 % extra public transport capacity.  The Business Plan includes the following expansions to public transport capacity: 
  
- Upgrades to London's Underground providing a 25 per cent increase in Underground capacity by 
2018 and over 30 per cent when complete in 2022. 

- Three-car trains on the Docklands Light Railway, providing a 50 per cent increase in capacity - Enhancing the London Overground network - which includes the East London line and North 
London line - with improved reliability and a doubling of capacity 
- Crossrail, providing a 10 per cent increase in London's rail-based public transport capacity - 8 %  increase in bus capacity between 2007/8 and 2017/18 - Completion of the first phases of the East London Transit and Greenwich Waterfront Transit 
schemes 
 TfL supported the development of the Department for Transport's High Level Output Statement (HLOS), providing more trains, more carriages and longer platforms.  HLOS forms the basis of Network Rail's Control Period 4 planned investments covering the period to 2013/14.  Beyond 2013/14, TfL is working with the Department for Transport to assess the longer-term options to improve further both the passenger and freight rail network in London.  In the case of the East London line extension to Clapham Junction, discussions are taking place with the Department for Transport on funding. Therefore progress on this Indicator appears to be on target. 

Key Performance Indicator 16 
Increase in public transport capacity Target  
Regular assessment of the adequacy of transport capacity to support development in opportunity and intensification areas. An initial assessment of the adequacy of public transport capacity at each of the Opportunity Areas and Areas for Intensification was carried out to inform the sub-regional development frameworks (SRDFs), published in 2005. Summary details of infrastructure provision for the opportunity and intensification areas can be found in Annex 2 of the relevant final SRDF, published in May 2006.  In the Mayor's Planning  for a Better London, published in July 2008, it was stated that the current model of subregional working will be reviewed, and in view of this work on the Sub Regional Implementation Frameworks has been suspended.  TfL announced in 2008 that they wish to work with London Boroughs and sub-regional partnerships to take forward a sub-regional approach to transport analysis. TfL are developing improved transport models to support sub-regional transport planning, which, when completed in 2010, will also support assessment of the adequacy of transport provision at opportunity and intensification areas. Key Performance Indicator 17 
Increase in the number of jobs located in areas with high PTAL values Target Maintain at least 50% of B1 development in PTAL zones 5-6 and at least 90% of B2 and B8 development in Zones 0-2. This target has been revised in London Plan 2008 and now formally represents the proxy data that was used in previous AMRs.  The table indicates that the target has been met. Using land use classes as a rough proxy for employment densities, the London Development Database has been used in combination with a GIS system to generate a matrix of types of employment development permitted within three groupings of public transport accessibility. The results are shown in the table below.  B1 uses, which include office development are heavily focused within the more accessible areas (PTAL zones 5 and 6) whereas B2 and B8 uses are much less prevalent in such locations.  This is in line with the general trend of providing such uses in the more appropriate and sustainable locations. Likewise, the majority of B2 and B8 uses are being provided in the locations with the lowest public transport accessibility (PTAL zones 0 and 2).  This is because a key requirement for such developments is often access to the national motorway network and/or strategic rail/port freight facilities.  It is notable that some 17% of B1 uses are located in the lowest PTAL zones but it must be remembered that B1 uses also include light industry and research/development uses which may well seek edge or out of centre locations. 


## 2007/8 Approvals

Employment floorspace by land use class 2007/8 
Accessibility (PTAL Group) 
B1 m2
B1 % 
B2m2
B2 % 
B8 m2
B8% 
Low (0 to 2) 
335,283 
11.7 
192,528 
91.1 
225,653 
89.1 
Medium (3 to 4) 
556,621 
19.3 
18.864 
8.9 
23,299 
9.2 
High (5 to 6) 
1,988,124 
69 
0 
0 
4,183 
1.7 
Totals 
2,880,028 
100 
211,392 
100 
253,135 
100 

 
Source: London Development Database - B1, B2 and B8 approvals. Only permissions with 1,000m2 or more in a 
particular use class are recorded on LDD. PTAL is measured from the location of the site marker, which is generally 
located in the center of the site. This means that for large sites, such as the Stratford City development, a low PTAL rating 
will be given despite parts of the site having a much higher rating. 
 
2006/7 data 

Employment floorspace by land use class 2006/7 
Accessibility (PTAL Group) 
B1 m2
B1 % 
B2m2
B2 % 
B8 m2
B8% 
Low (0 to 2) 
114,519 
17.3% 
51,378 
79.8% 
97,459 
78.4% 
Medium (3 to 4) 
57,936 
8.7% 
6,906 
10.7% 
18,960 
15.2% 
High (5 to 6) 
488,498 
73.9% 
6,068 
9.4% 
7,827 
6.3% 
Totals 
660,953 
100% 
63,352 
100% 
124,246 
100% 

## 2005/6 Data

Employment floorspace by land use class 2005/6 
Accessibility (PTAL Group) 
B1 m2
B1 % 
B2m2
B2 % 
B8 m2
B8% 
Low (0 to 2) 
221,231 
15.6 
179,073 
92.8 
322,280 
86.1 
Medium (3 to 4) 
99,669 
7.0 
10,700 
5.5 
23,193 
6.2 
High (5 to 6) 
1,098,795 
77.4 
3,179 
1.6 
28,852 
7.7 
Totals 
1,419,695 
100 
192,952 
100 
374,325 
100 2004/5 data 
Employment floorspace by land use class 2004/5 
Accessibility (PTAL Group) 
B1 m2
B1 % 
B2 m2
B2 % 
B8 m2
B8 % 
Low (0-2) 
829 402 
39.55 
168 283 
88.83 
208 938 
90.44 
Med (3-4) 
183 336 
8.74 
17 828 
9.41 
16 335 
7.07 
High (5-6) 
1 084 480 
51.71 
3325 
1.76 
5760 
2.49 
Totals 
2 097 218 
100% 
189 436 
100% 
231 033 
100% 

Source LDD 
Notes 
PTAL - Public Transport Accessibility Level B1  - Offices, light industry, research and development uses. B2 - General Industrial uses B8 - Storage and distribution uses including warehouses. The table relates to total permissions including new build, extensions and change of use. 
 

## Objective 6 To Make London A More Attractive, Well-Designed And Green City Key Performance Indicator 18 Protection Of Biodiversity Habitat Target No Net Loss Of Designated Sites Of Importance For Nature Conservation Over The Plan Period.

| Comment                                     | Net Change    |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------|
| (ha)                                        |               |
| Borough                                     | Protected     |
| area                                        |               |
| affected                                    |               |
| by dev                                      |               |
| (ha)                                        |               |
| Barnet                                      | 1.220         |
| redevelopment on parkland of Local          |               |
| Importance. Other phases will include new   |               |
| open space on other parts of the site.      |               |
| Bexley                                      | 15.811        |
| Borough Grade 2. Granted by Secretary of    |               |
| State.                                      |               |
| Enfield                                     | 0.240         |
| allotment site adjacent to the New River    |               |
| SSSI. Following an ecological assessment,   |               |
| the designation as a Site of Local          |               |
| Importance was successfully challenged      |               |
| by the applicant.                           |               |
| Hillingdon                                  | 0.107         |
| school.                                     |               |
| Islington                                   | 0.305         |
| covering over of railway embankment         |               |
| designated SINC Borough Grade 1.            |               |
| Proposal includes an enclosed nature        |               |
| garden to replace lost habitat.             |               |
| Islington                                   | 0.061         |
| onto railway embankment classified SINC     |               |
| Borough Grade 1. Area lost described as     |               |
| "incorrectly designated".                   |               |
| Merton                                      | 0.029         |
| encroaching onto adjacent park land of      |               |
| SINC Borough Grade 2.                       |               |
| Newham                                      | 3.900         |
| part of SINC Borough Grade 1. The           |               |
| scheme will create a net gain of accessible |               |
| open space.                                 |               |
| Redbridge                                   | 0.793         |
| site of local importance.                   |               |
| Total                                       | 22.466        |
| 1                                           |               |
|                                             |               |
| 8.216                                       |               |
| Source                                      |               |
| : London Development Database               |               |
-1.220 -15.811 -0.240 0 -0.062 -0.061 -0.029 Not known -0.793 

This year has seen a worrying increase in the loss of nature conservation sites.  One development, the Slade Green Rail Freight depot accounts for the majority of the loss, however, there remains over 2ha of other losses which compares poorly to the previous years where losses have been around 1 ha and poorly to the target which seeks no net loss. The current London Plan policy is clear on the need to protect these sites, therefore there is little change expected through the review of London Plan policy.  However, it may be appropriate to focus on the implementation of this policy and investigate the reasons for some of the losses.   
 
Key Performance Indicator 19 
Increase in municipal waste recycled or composted Target At least 35 per cent by 2010. At least 45 per cent by 2015. The targets for this indicator changed from April 2007 as a result of the publication of the London Plan Early Alterations in December 2006.  The relevant policy and hence the target have changed from household waste to Municipal waste This is the first year of monitoring against the revised target. London's household recycling rate for 2007/8 was 25.5%.  This represents a continuation of the increase that has been seen over the past few years.  It appears unlikely that the 35% target by 2010 will be met, however, it gives some scope for being close to that target.  However, the target is a considerable way below the 25% target for 2005 and as Table 38 shows London now has a lower recycling rate than any other English Region. This is particularly disappointing as London was close to the average rate only a few years ago and more worrying is the fact that the gap to the England average rate has increased. On a positive note, the total amount of municipal waste has continued its slight decrease trend.  This represents a change in trends up to recent years when the volume of waste was steadily growing. In 2007/8 some 8 boroughs were missing their Best Value targets, this represents an improvement on the situation in 2006/7 where 13 London Boroughs were still missing their targets for 2005.  In particular recycling rates remain lower in Tower hamlets and Newham. 

 

| Year      |   Household Recycling Rate (%)  |
|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 1996/97   |                             6.1 |
| 1997/98   |                             7   |
| 1998/99   |                             7.6 |
| 1999/2000 |                             9   |
| 2000/1    |                             9   |
| 2001/2    |                             9.4 |
| 2002/3    |                            10.9 |
| 2003/4    |                            13.3 |
| 2004/5    |                            17.6 |
| 2005/6    |                            20.7 |
| 2006/7    |                            22.9 |
| 2007/8    |                            25.5 |
| Waste authority      |   2002-3  |
|----------------------|-----------|
| (%)                  |           |
| 2003-4               |           |
| (%)                  |           |
| Barking & Dagenham   |       2.2 |
| Barnet               |      12.1 |
| Bexley               |      22   |
| Brent                |       6.6 |
| Bromley              |      15.4 |
| Camden               |      16.1 |
| City of London       |      14.5 |
| Croydon              |      13.1 |
| Ealing               |      10.6 |
| Enfield              |      11.7 |
| Greenwich            |       9.4 |
| Hackney              |       2.6 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham |       8.5 |
| Haringey             |       4.4 |
| Harrow               |       9.4 |
| Havering             |       6.7 |
| Hillingdon           |      19.5 |
| Hounslow             |      15.1 |
| Islington            |       5.8 |
| Kensington & Chelsea |       7.9 |
| Kingston-u-Thames    |      19.1 |
| Lambeth              |      10.9 |
| Lewisham             |       7.3 |
| Merton               |      15   |
| Newham               |       4.2 |
| Redbridge            |      10   |
| Richmond-u-Thames    |      20.5 |
| Southwark            |       4.7 |
| Sutton               |      19.3 |
| Tower Hamlets        |       3.4 |
| Waltham Forest       |      10.2 |
| Wandsworth           |      10.5 |
| Westminster          |      11.5 |
| East London Waste    |           |
| Authority            |           |
| 6.1                  |       8   |
| North London Waste   |           |
| Disposal Authority   |           |
| 9.6                  |           |
|                      |           |
| 12.7                 |           |
| West London Waste    |           |
| Authority            |           |
| 13.9                 |      17   |
| Western Riverside    |           |
| Waste Authority      |           |
| 11.5                 |      14.8 |
| 2007-8    |   2004-5  |
|-----------|-----------|
| (%)       |           |
| 2005-6    |           |
| (%)       |           |
| 2006-7    |           |
| (%)       |           |
| 2007-     |           |
| Best      |           |
| 8         |           |
| Value     |           |
| (%)       |           |
| Target*   |           |
|           |           |
| 18.3      |           |
| 20.89     |     23.09 |

Notes: Shading indicates boroughs missing the 2007/8 Best Value Monitoring Target Source: Defra http://www.capitalwastefacts.com/LondonData/Targetsandperformance/tabid/59/Default.aspx
 

| Year    |   Municipal Recycling Rate (%)  |
|---------|---------------------------------|
| 2005/6  |                             18  |
| 2006/7  |                             20  |
| 2007/8  |                             22  |

Source: DEFRA http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/archive/mwb200708.xls 

| Region                                                                       | 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|                                                                              |                                           |
| 2005/06 2006/7 2007/8                                                        |                                           |
| North East                                                                   | 4.1                                       |
| North West                                                                   | 7.5                                       |
| Yorkshire & Humber                                                           | 7.3                                       |
| East Midlands                                                                | 13.1                                      |
| West Midlands                                                                | 9.1                                       |
| East                                                                         | 15.2                                      |
| London                                                                       | 9.0                                       |
| South East                                                                   | 16.4                                      |
| South West                                                                   | 14.9                                      |
| England                                                                      | 11.2                                      |
| Source                                                                       |                                           |
| :                                                                            | DEFRA See website                         |
|                                                                              |                                           |
| Table 39                                                                     | Total Municipal Waste in London           |
| Waste from:                                                                  | 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04                   |
| r                                                                            |                                           |
| 2005/06                                                                      | 2006/07 2007/08                           |
| Regular household collection                                                 | 2,262                                     |
| Other household sources                                                      | 310                                       |
| Civic amenity sites                                                          | 519                                       |
| Household recycling                                                          | 317                                       |
| Total household                                                              | 3,408                                     |
| 3,390                                                                        | 3,342                                     |
| Non household sources (excl. recycling) 996                                  | 1,024                                     |
| Non household recycling                                                      | 33                                        |
| Total municipal waste                                                        | 4,438                                     |
|                                                                              |                                           |
|                                                                              |                                           |
| Source                                                                       |                                           |
| Defra see website:                                                           |                                           |
|                                                                              |                                           |
| http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/archive/mwb200708.xls |                                           |

Key Performance Indicator 20 
Increase in household waste recycled or composted Target Achievement of quantified requirement for waste treatment facilities Following the publication of the Planning Policy Statement 10: Planning for sustainable waste management, the London Plan was reviewed and each London borough was apportioned an amount of waste for which significant land must be identified for the management of that waste.  The sum total of waste for all boroughs equates to 85% self sufficiency for London. Previous AMRs had indicated that locations for land to manage this waste would be identified through the Sub Regional Implementation Frameworks.  Work on these has been suspended as the Mayor is reviewing the nature of sub regional working in London and this aspect of implementation will need to be investigated through other means. 

 

Key Performance Indicator 21 
Increased regional self-sufficiency for waste Target 
75% (16 million tonnes) of London's waste treated or disposed of within London by 2010 The most recent GLA estimates suggest that just over 60 per cent of London's waste is currently managed in London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) Act 2007 enabled the establishment of the London Waste and Recycling Board. The board's objectives are to promote and encourage;  

1. the production of less waste, 2. an increase in the proportion of waste reused and recycled, 3. the use of methods of collection, treatment and disposal that are more beneficial to the 
environment 
 The board has an investment fund of up to £84 million over four years and it is envisaged that this money will stimulate an increase in waste management capacity within London, leading to an increase in the amount of London's waste that is managed in London. 

 
Key Performance Indicator 22 
Reduce carbon dioxide emissions  
Target  
Reduce emissions to: 15% below 1990 levels by 2010. 20% below 1990 levels by 2015 25% below 1990 levels by 2020 30% below 1990 levels by 2025 There have been different methods of calculating emissions over recent years.  These all tend to show that we are currently reducing emissions by 1-2% per year.  This indicates a change from the trend in the late 1980s - early 1990s where annual increases were about 1-2%. 

 
Previous monitoring had shown that overall CO2 emissions in 2003 were down by 9%, representing a positive policy direction. However within this there were varying trends.  Population has increased by 8.5%.  This has reduced the impact of total savings that have been achieved.  The tonnes/resident figure shows a good level of reduction, broadly in line with the 2016 target.  Within that reduction transport and commercial/industrial uses have decreased the most.  The most worrying aspect of this target is that domestic energy use has increased by 30% between 1990 and 2003.  This has only resulted in a 4% increase in CO2 emissions due to the switch to cleaner energy production methods, notably gas. In 2004 and 2005 the LEGGI (London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory) has recorded a similar picture with a reduction from 46,984,820 tonnes CO2 equivalent to 45,868,290 in 2005.  Giving an annual reduction of 1.1m tonnes CO2 equivalent or 2.3%.  It should be noted that CO2 makes up approximately 99% of the greenhouse gases.  The results from the London Energy Study in 1991 and London Energy and CO2 Inventory in 2003 are not directly comparable with the LEGGI results for 2004-
5.  Work to back-cast these figures will be undertaken in 2009 so that a longer times series comparison is possible; this will be reported in AMR6. 

 

|                       | 1990*    | 1991*    | 2003*    |
|-----------------------|----------|----------|----------|
| Domestic              | 15 817   | 16 949   | 16 445   |
| +4%                   |          |          |          |
| Commercial/industrial | 19 715   | 19 932   | 17679    |
| -10%                  |          |          |          |
| Transport             | 12 585   | 12 280   | 9 541    |
| -24%                  |          |          |          |
| Total                 | 48 117   | 49 160   | 43 665   |
| -9%                   |          |          |          |
|                       |          |          |          |
|                       |          |          |          |
|                       |          |          |          |
| Tonnes/resident       |          |          |          |
| 7.08                  | 7.2      |          |          |
| -17%                  |          |          |          |
| 5.91                  |          |          |          |

*Figures in 000s tones In addition the London Climate Change Action Plan shows a reduction from a different 1990 baseline figure of 45,100, 000 to 44,303, 000 in 2006 -  a reduction of 1.5% 
 
Sources: 
2003 Figures from London Energy and CO2 Emissions Inventory 
1991 Figures from London Energy Study 1990 Figures back casted from 1991 figures Select a London Area: (All)

## 2005 Emissions From Leggi Report



Key Performance Indicator 23 
Increase in energy generated from renewable sources Target Production of 945GWh of energy from renewable sources by 2010 including at least six large wind turbines. The baseline position at 2001 was that London had capacity for 460Gwh of renewable energy generation. This comprised; 414 GWh electricity generation and 46 GWh heat generation.  More recent figures for 2007, see Table 42 below indicate 500 GWh electricity and 50 GWh of heat generation. Whilst there are a number of schemes under development at present, it seems clear that the target of 945GWh by 2010 will be missed. 

Key Performance Indicator 24 
Ensure a sustainable approach to flood management. 

Target No net loss of functional flood plain within referable applications. The Environment Agency has confirmed that it is not aware of any development that has resulted in a net loss of functional floodplain (as defined by PPS25) over the past year (April 2007 to March 2008). Functional floodplain is defined in PPS25 as Zone 3b. This is land where water has to flow or be stored in times of flood and would flood with an annual probability of 1 in 20 (5%) or greater in any year, or is designed to flood in an extreme (0.1%) flood, or at another probability to be agreed between the Local Planning Authority (LPA) and the Environment Agency.  However, as the majority of London is defended, only a very small area of functional floodplain exists within London.  This is mainly associated with fluvial flood risk on the tributaries of the River Thames.  In addition, PPS25 limits development in this zone to water-compatible uses and some essential infrastructure so loss of functional floodplain is unlikely. The Environment Agency publish details of applications where it has objected on flood risk grounds every month. More information can be found by clicking below: 
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33698.aspx This target will be reviewed as part of the review of the London Plan as it is recognised not to be a useful indicator. The Environment Agency will consult on its Thames Estuary 2100 project in Spring 2009.  This project examines the options for tidal flood risk management on the Thames up to 2100. 

## Table 43 Progress Of Boroughs Preparing Strategic Flood Risk Appraisals (August 2008)

| Borough                      | Status                                           |
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Barking and Dagenham         | Level 2 first draft                              |
| Barnet                       | Level 1 completed                                |
| Bexley                       | Final draft level 1. Level 2 not started         |
| Brent                        | Level 1 and 2 completed                          |
| Bromley                      | Completed                                        |
| Camden                       | Level 1 completed                                |
| City of London               | Level 1 final draft                              |
| Croydon                      | Level 1 complete. Started level 2                |
| Ealing                       | Level 1 completed, not sure if level 2 needed    |
| Enfield                      | Level 1 completed. Level 2 just started          |
| Greenwich                    | First draft                                      |
| Hackney                      | Level 1 completed                                |
| Hammersmith and Fulham       | Final draft                                      |
| Haringey                     | Level 1 completed                                |
| Harrow                       | Second draft Level 1 due in February 2009        |
| Havering                     | Level 1 and 2 completed                          |
| Hillingdon                   | Level 1 complete, unclear if level 2 needed      |
| Hounslow                     | Level 1 and 2 completed                          |
| Islington                    | Level 1 completed                                |
| Kensington and Chelsea       | Final draft                                      |
| Kingston upon Thames         | Completed                                        |
| Lambeth                      | Completed                                        |
| Lewisham                     | Final draft                                      |
| Merton                       | Level 1 complete. Started level 2                |
| Newham                       | Just started                                     |
| Redbridge                    | Level 1 and 2 first draft completed October 2008 |
| Richmond upon Thames         | Level 1 complete                                 |
| Southwark                    | Completed level 1 and 2                          |
| Sutton                       | Level 1 complete. Started level 2                |
| Tower Hamlets                | Final Draft                                      |
| Waltham Forest               | Level 1 Complete                                 |
| Wandsworth                   | Level 1 complete. Started level 2                |
| Westminster                  | Advanced progress on levels 1 and  2             |
| Greater London Authority     | (Regional Flood Risk Appraisal) Draft June 2007  |
| to be finalised during 2009. |                                                  |

Key Performance Indicator 25 
Protecting and improving London's heritage and public realm 
Target 
Reduction in the proportion of buildings at risk as a percentage of the total number of listed buildings 
in London. 
 
 Table 44 Proportion of Listed Building entries at Risk in London 
 
2004 
2005 
2006 
2007 
2008 
18 274 
18 316 
18 3482 
18 390 
18,461 
Total No. of Listed Buildings entries  
563 
556 
532 
516 
487 
No of Listed Buildings at Risk (entries) Proportion at Risk 
3.08% 
3.03% 
2.89% 
2.80% 
2.63% 

Source: English Heritage Note 1 The No. of Listed Building entries and at risk excludes Scheduled Ancient Monuments and cemeteries and churchyards. 

The table indicates a continuing positive trend of a reduction in both total number and proportion of listed buildings at risk. 

English Heritage has published a Register of Buildings at Risk in Greater London annually since 1991, containing information on all listed buildings known to be at risk from neglect, decay, under-use or redundancy.  The number of entries on the Register is less than that of the individual items at risk because some entries relate to a group of listed buildings (e.g. terrace of houses).   
In 2008, English Heritage launched its Heritage at Risk (HAR) initiative developing the Buildings at Risk Register to incorporate a wider range of historic assets, with the aim of covering all historic sites in the longer term. For London, this now includes scheduled monuments, historic landscapes, parks and gardens, and conservation areas. English Heritage's HAR 2008 provides summary information for the majority of the above assets. Detailed figures, comparable to the BAR time line, will be developed over the next few years for these new asset types, to demonstrate progress or otherwise to protect our historic environment.   
  
The Heritage at Risk which includes details on the Register of Buildings at Risk is available on: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19074 Annual Monitoring Report Appendix 2 - Contextual Indicators Chapter 6 of the London Plan indicated a number of contextual indicators relating to London's development, economy, environment, social and health status.  The main part of the Annual Monitoring Report sets the overall context for London.  There is also a huge amount of data available from both the GLA and other sources.  The list of links below should enable anyone researching these subjects access to the most up to date data. 

 
Regular Briefings from the GLA Data Management and Analysis Group 

 
2008 -01  
Census Information Note 
Eileen Howes 
2008- 02  
Pay Check 2007 
Lovedeep Vaid 
2008- 03  
GLA 2007 Round Ward Ethnic Group Population Projections  
Baljit Bains 
2008- 04  
Council Tax Analysis  
Elizabeth Williams 
2008- 05  
A Profile of Londoners by Country of Birth 
Lorna Spence 
2008- 06  
Claimant Count Model 2008: Technical 
Note Lorna Spence 
2008- 07  
GLA 2007 Round Demographic Projections  
John Hollis 
2008- 08  
Greater London Authority Constituency Profiles  
Elizabeth Williams 
2008- 09  
Family Resources Survey 2005/06: Results for London  
Lovedeep Vaid 
2008- 10  
London Borough Migrations 2001-06  
John Hollis 
2008- 11  
Social Exclusion Data Team Workplan 
John Hollis 
2008- 12  
Demography Team Workplan 2008/09  
John Hollis 
2008- 13  
Education Team Workplan 2008/09  
David Ewens 
2008- 14  
Census Team Workplan 2008/09  
Eileen Howes 
2008- 15  
2001 Census Profiles: Black Caribbeans in London 
Richard Cameron 
2008- 16  
GIS Team Workplan 2008/09 
Gareth Baker 
2008- 17  
Lone Parents on Income Support by Ethnic Group  
Lovedeep Vaid 
2008- 20  
SASPAC Workplan 2008/09  
Alan Lewis 
2008- 21  
Indices of Deprivation 2007: A London perspective 
Rachel Leeser 
Rachel Leeser 
2008- 22 
London Ward Level Summary Measures for the Indices of 
Deprivation 2007 
2008- 23 
General Statistics Team Workplan 2008/09 
Gareth Piggott 
2008- 24  
2001 Census: Ethnic Group Migration Structures (as used in 
Model) 
Baljit Bains/Ed Klodawski 
2008- 25 
Census Information Note 2008-2 
Eileen Howes  
2008-26 
London Council By-Election Results, May 2006 to July 2008 
Gareth Piggott 
2008-27 
Social Selection, Social Sorting & Education; "Missing" Children  David Ewens 
2008-28 
Summary of Social Trends 2008 
Elizabeth Williams 
2008-29 
Children in Benefit Families 2007 
Lovedeep Vaid 
2008-30 
Londoners and the Labour Market: Key Facts 
Lorna Spence 
2008-31 
Child Poverty In London: 2008 Update 
Social Exclusion Data 
Team  
2008-32 
Census Information Note 2008-3 
Eileen Howes 
2008-33 
Paycheck 2008 
Lovedeep Vaid 
2008-34 
Background Poverty Profiles 
Lovedeep Vaid 

 
 
A full list of DMAG Briefings is available to via the GLA's website at: http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/publications/factsandfigures.jsp For more information on the London Development database either email Paul.Bowdage@london.gov.uk or phone 0207 983 4650. 

 
 
GLA Economics reports: 
These are all available on the website http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/economic_unit/glaepublications.jsp or via www.london.gov.uk London Sustainable Development Commission Full details can be seen on the website www.london.gov.uk under the Sustainability menu. 

London Energy Partnership Full details can be found on the website http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/energy/partnership-steeringgroup/energypartnership.jsp Other data sources Municipal Waste Management Survey produced annually by DEFRA covering the previous Financial year.  More up to date London specific data is available on: www.capitalwastefacts.com  
 
Transport data Various transport data can be found at the following sites: http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/transport/facts-and-figures.jsp http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nscl.asp?ID=8036 http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/investorrelations/4481.aspx Department for Education and Skills  
Various data and studies on education and skills can be found at the following site: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/trends/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.showIndicator&cid=5&iid=36 
Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs Various data and studies on the environment can be found at the following sites http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/opengov/accessinfo.htm Department for Communities and Local Government http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_planning/documents/sectionhomepage/odpm_plan ning_page.hcsp Contains details of land use change and national planning statistics. http://www.fti.neighbourhood.gov.uk/page.asp?id=5 Contains details of National Neighbourhood Renewal Floor Targets and links to other Government websites where these will be implemented and monitored. 

 

## Appendix 3

London Planning Awards 2008 
Winner:  More London   
Best Built Project  
Sponsored by CB Richard Ellis 
Submitted by LB Southwark & More London Developments 
Best Built Project - Community Scale 
Sponsored by Land Securities 
Commendation: Lee Valley Athletics Centre  
Submitted by LB Enfield & Lee Valley 
Regional Park Winner: Grassroots Centre, Newham  
Submitted by Eger Architects 
Best Conceptual Project  
Sponsored by Berwin Leighton Paisner 
Commendation: City of London Information 
Centre Submitted by City of London 
Winner: Aldgate Masterplan  
Submitted by LB Tower Hamlets 
Best New Public Space  
Sponsored by Lovells 
Commendation: Inclusive Design Strategy 
and Standards Submitted by Olympic Delivery Authority 
Winner: Cornmill Gardens, Lewisham 
submitted by LB Lewisham and BDP 
Commendation - Swallow & Vine Street 
Improvements Submitted by The Crown Estate 
Winner: Adelaide Wharf submitted by First 
Base 
Best New Place to Live  
Sponsored by National House Building Council 
Best Project to Protect Communities  
Sponsored by Arup 
Winner: The Cut - from through route to 
destination  
Submitted by London Boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth and Cross River 
Partnership 
Best Built Project Five Years On  
Sponsored by GVA Grimley 
Winner: Paternoster Square  
Submitted by Stanhope PLC 
Winner: High Speed 1 Rail Link  
Submitted by High Speed One (HS1) 
Mayor's Award for Planning Excellence 

## Appendix 4 Schedule Of Progress On Opportunity Areas And Areas For Intensification Name Of Location Progress At Feb 2009

North London 
King's Cross   
Planning permission has been granted within both LB Camden and Islington. St Pancras Station redevelopment was part of the 
winning entry for the Mayor's Planning Award 2008.  
Paddington  
Mostly developed although Hammersmith & City Line upgrade 
dependent on further development. Queen Mary hospital redevelopment not now progressing. 
Euston 
LB Camden produced a draft planning brief. A Steering group has 
been set up by Transport for London and includes discussions 
with Network Rail. 
Tottenham Court Road 
An Urban Design Framework has been produced. The Boroughs 
are not keen to do a joint planning framework. 
Victoria 
Westminster City Council has resolved to grant planning 
application but on going discussions about a Crossrail contribution to TfL. 
Upper Lee Valley including 
Tottenham Hale 
GLA, LDA and 3 boroughs and NLSA in partnership to progress an area wide framework for discussion between the boroughs in April 
2009. The boroughs are seeking funding for an area wide 
transport capacity study. 
Cricklewood/Brent Cross 
Specific chapter in the Barnet UDP, agreed by Mayor, will form 
the Opportunity Area Framework. Planning application has been submitted in November 2008 and will go to Barnet committee in 
April 2009.   
Colindale 
LB Barnet progressing an Action Area Plan, needs to link to 
development opportunities in Brent. The preferred options will be issued in April 2009. 
Arsenal/Holloway 
Last stages of Lough Road and Highbury Stadium conversion 
being built out. Planning application submitted for last phase of 
residential development.   
Mill Hill East 
Action Area Plan has been published by LB Barnet. 
Haringey Heartlands/Wood Green 
Spine road has been completed. Planning application for development across the remainder of the site expected mid 2009. 
West Hampstead interchange 
No planning Framework in place.  Substantial technical issues development over rail lands and with rail franchise holders. 
Holborn 
See Tottenham Court Road 
Farringdon/Smithfield 
LDA and Design for London are in the process of producing an 
Urban Design Framework with Islington, City of London and Camden. 
Name of Location 
Progress at Feb 2009 
North East London 
Isle of Dogs  
Tower Hamlets has restored their LDF Core Strategy that includes 
a detailed framework for development on the Isle of Dogs. Tower 
Hamlets not currently progressing a separate Opportunity Area Planning Framework. 
City Fringe  
Opportunity Area Planning Framework Public consultation 
undertaken in February 2008. Looking to report a revised document to the Mayor in April 2009. 
Lower Lea Valley, inc Stratford 
LDA Legacy Masterplan Framework undergoing consultation February to March 2009. Funding received from the LDA to 
produce an Olympic Legacy Planning Framework. Work due to start in March 2009.  
Royal Docks  
Minoco Wharf development permitted in 2008 including a new 
river passenger pier.  
London Riverside  
Funding from LDA to do a joint Opportunity Area Planning 
Framework with the Thames Gateway UDC. To begin in April 2009 
and finish in June 2010. 
Ilford  
Revised Action Area Plan produced in 2006.  Crossrail project now 
confirmed.  Joint ventures to redevelop old Town Hall and Kenneth Moore Theatre. 
South East London 
London Bridge 
Demolition to enable the Shard of Glass development is now 
complete. New planning applications submitted for three tall 
buildings to the east of the site.  
Elephant and Castle  
Opportunity Area Framework adopted as SPG by LB Southwark.  
TfL undertaking traffic modeling for gyratory.  There are now 4 consented major redevelopment schemes in the area and some are under construction. 
Deptford Creek/ Greenwich Riverside  
LB Lewisham and LB Greenwich did not agree to work on a joint strategy. Design for London have produced a design framework which LB Lewisham is generally supporting. 
Lewisham- Catford - New Cross 
LB Lewisham using the North Lewisham Framework as the basis for the AAP. Catford Dog Track scheme permitted. Cornmills Gardens won London Planning Awards for the best new public 
space 2008. 
Greenwich Peninsula & Charlton Riverside West  
Planning permission granted 2003. Implementation now underway with regular applications for variations to the outline scheme. 
Woolwich, Thamesmead & Charlton Riverside East 
Greenwich has been minded to grant permission for 3000 units 
scheme, which includes provision of Crossrail Woolwich Station. 
There are some energy and sustainability issues to resolve on the housing scheme. DLR extension to Woolwich is now open. 
Bexley Riverside   
Borough leading Opportunity Area Framework with involvement 
from GLA, LDA and TfL although little in progress so far. Name of Location 
Progress at Feb 2009 
Canada Water/Surrey Quays 
LB Southwark Masterplan in place and a series of development proposals coming through on that basis. 
Kidbrooke 
An outline planning application has been submitted for 
redevelopment of Kidbrooke. Likely to be determined towards end of 2009. 
South West London 
Waterloo   
Opportunity Area Framework published in September  2007 and 
endorsed by LB Lambeth.  Lambeth now drafting an Action Area Plan.  
Vauxhall/Nine Elms/ Battersea  
Opportunity Area Framework being progressed by GLA and LB Lambeth and Wandsworth. First draft completed February 2009. Transport Capacity Study to conclude in April 2009.  
Croydon  
LB Croydon have suggested doing a joint Opportunity Planning 
Framework for Croydon Town Centre in 2009-2010. Details yet to 
be finalised.  
South Wimbledon/ Colliers Wood 
LB Merton have commissioned a study of the area's potential. Report completed. LDA funding towards an Opportunity Area Framework. Plan to progress mid 2009 with GLA taking the lead.  
West London 
Heathrow (including Hayes, West Drayton, Southall, Feltham, Bedfont Lakes and Hounslow) Park Royal/Willesden Junction 
Joint Opportunity Area Framework between LB Brent, LB Ealing, LB H&F, Park Royal Partnership, GLA, LDA and TfL approved by the Mayor in Feb 2008.   Final published version to be issued in April 2009. 
Wembley 
Opportunity Area Framework adopted by LB Brent as SPG and 
endorsed by Mayor. Stadium complete and first housing phases underway. Revised masterplans being completed by developers. Likely to be subject to a planning application late 2009. 
White City 
Joint borough, developer, GLA framework adopted as SPG by 
LBHF and endorsed by Mayor.  LB H&F extending the scope to 
the White City Estate. Funding secured for a revised Planning Framework from property owners, that includes transport capacity study. To begin in March 2009 and finish in March 2010. 

Appendix 5 National Regional Planning Guidance Indicators. The DCLG had previously published a set of Core Output Indicators.  The list below set these out and 
how the London Plan AMR addresses each of them.  However, the latest version of the Regional Spatial Strategy Monitoring Best Practice Guidance identifies that the various PPSs set out these requirements. The London Plan Key Performance indicators cover these various requirements.  These will be reviewed again as part of the review of the London Plan now under way. 
 
No. 
National Indicator
London Plan Approach 
Business Development 
1a. 
Amount of land developed for employment by 
type: by local authority area. 
1b. 
Amount of land developed for employment by type, which is in development and/or regeneration areas defined in the Regional Spatial Strategy 
(RSS). 
1c. 
Percentages of 1a by type, which is on previously 
developed land: by local authority area. 
1d. 
Employment land supply by type: by local authority 
area. 
Housing 
2a 
Housing trajectory showing: (i) net additional dwellings over the previous five year period or since the start of the RSS period, whichever is the longer; (ii) net additional dwellings for the current year; (iii) projected net additional dwellings up to the end of the RSS period or over a ten year period from its publication, whichever is the longer; (iv) the annual net additional dwelling requirement; and (v) annual average number of net additional dwellings needed to meet overall housing requirements, having regard to previous years' 
performances. 
2b 
Percentage of new and converted dwellings on 
previously developed land. 
2c 
Percentage of new dwellings completed at: (i) less than 30 dwellings per hectare; (ii) between 30 and 50 dwellings per hectare; and (iii) above 50 dwellings per hectare: by local 
authority area. 
2d 
Affordable housing completions: by local authority 
area. 
Transport 
3 
Percentage of completed non-residential development complying with the car-parking standards set out in the Regional Transport 
Strategy (RTS): by local authority area. 
Regional Services 
4a 
Amount of completed retail, office and leisure 
development respectively: by local authority area. 
4b 
Percentage of completed retail, office and leisure See borough AMRs 
See borough AMRs See borough AMRs See borough AMRs See borough AMRs KPI 4 KPI1 See borough AMRs KPI5 See borough AMRs See borough AMRs 
development respectively in town centres. 
See borough AMRs 
Minerals 
5a 
The production of primary land won aggregates 
(tonnes): by minerals planning authority. 
See borough AMRs 
5b 
The production of secondary/recycled aggregates 
(tonnes): by minerals planning authority 
Data not held 
Waste 
6a 
Capacity of new waste management facilities by 
type: by waste planning authority. 
KPI 19 
6b 
Amount of municipal waste arising and managed by management type and the percentage each management type represents of the total waste 
managed: by waste planning authority. 
See borough AMRs 
Flood Protection and Water Quality 
7 
Number of planning permissions, by local authority 
area, granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on grounds of flood defence 
or water quality. 
KPI 18 
Biodiversity 
8 
Change in areas and populations of biodiversity importance, including: (i) priority habitats and species (by type); and (ii) areas designated for their intrinsic environmental value including sites of international, national, regional or sub-regional significance. 
 
KPI 23 
Renewable Energy 
9 
Renewable energy capacity (MW) installed by type: 
by local authority area. 

## Appendix 6 Mayoral Activity On Development Plans 2008

| DPDs                                                    |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Bexley                                                  |
| SPD: Council Planning Obligations - consultation draft  |
| Barking & Dagenham                                      |
| Core Strategy, Borough Wide DC - Proposals Map          |
| Site Allocations - Issues and Options                   |
| Barking Town Centre Area Action Plan - Preferred        |
| Options                                                 |
| Bromley                                                 |
| SPD: Orpington Town Centre Masterplan - consultation    |
| draft                                                   |
| Camden                                                  |
| SPD: Hawley Wharf - Consultation Draft                  |
| Croydon                                                 |
| SPD: Housing Space Standards and Requirements -         |
| Draft consultation                                      |
| Barnet                                                  |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                      |
| Colindale Area Action Plan - Issues and Options         |
| Colindale Area Action Plan - Preferred Options          |
| Mill Hill East Area Action Plan - Submission Stage      |
| Mill Hill East Area Action Plan - Statement of Common   |
| Ground for the Examination in Public                    |
| Haringey                                                |
| SPD: Housing - consultation draft                       |
| SPD: Wood Green Town Centre SPD - consultation          |
| Hillingdon                                              |
| SPD: Future use & development of RAF Uxbridge -         |
| consultation draft                                      |
| Bexley                                                  |
| Development Scheme - Submission stage                   |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options Emerging Directions   |
| Paper Local                                             |
| Brent                                                   |
| revised Core Strategy and new site specific allocations |
| DPD - Informal consultation                             |
| Bromley                                                 |
| Town Centre Area Action Plan - Preferred Options        |
| Camden                                                  |
| Core Strategy and Development policies - Preferred      |
| options                                                 |
| Site Allocations - Issues and Options                   |
| Kensington & Chelsea                                    |
| SPD: Transportation SPD - consultation draft            |
| SPD: Wornington Estate Planning Brief - consultation    |
| draft                                                   |
| SPD: Noise SPD - Consultation Draft                     |
| SPD: Air Quality SPD - Consultation Draft               |
| SPD: Subterranean development SPD - Consultation        |
| Draft                                                   |
| SPD Commonwealth Institute planning brief -             |
| Consultation Draft                                      |
| Croydon                                                 |
| Metropolitan Centre Area Action Plan - Issues and       |
| Options                                                 |
| Lambeth                                                 |
| SPD: Draft Sustainable Design and Construction -        |
| consultation draft                                      |
| SPD: Section 106 Planning Obligations - consultation    |
| draft                                                   |
| Enfield                                                 |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options                       |
| North Circular Area Action Plan - Preferred Options     |
| North East Enfield Area Action Plan - Issue and Options |
| Newham                                                  |
| SPD: Canning Town and Custom House SPD -                |
| consultation draft                                      |
| SPD: Canning Town and Custom House                      |
| Redbridge                                               |
| SPD: Affordable Housing - consultation draft            |
| Enfield, Haringey & Waltham Forest                      |
| Central Leeside Joint Area Action Plan - Issues and     |
| Options                                                 |
| Greenwich                                               |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                      |
| Richmond                                                |
| SPD: Richmond College Planning Brief - consultation     |
| draft                                                   |
| Hackney                                                 |
|                                                         |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options                       |
| Southwark                                               |
| SPD: Transport Planning for Sustainable Development -   |
| consultation draft                                      |
| SPD: Elephant Castle Enterprise Quarter - consultation  |
| draft                                                   |
| SPD: Walworth Road - consultation draft                 |
| SPD: Affordable House - consultation draft              |
| DPDs cont'd                                            | SPDs cont'd    |
|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Hammersmith & Fulham                                   |                |
| Local Development Scheme                               |                |
| Haringey                                               |                |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                     |                |
| Harrow                                                 |                |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options                      |                |
| Havering                                               |                |
| Romford Area Action Plan - Submission                  |                |
| Romford Area Action Plan - Statement of Common         |                |
| Ground                                                 |                |
| Islington                                              |                |
| Local Development Scheme                               |                |
| Core Strategy - issues and options                     |                |
| Kensington & Chelsea                                   |                |
| Core Strategy - Towards Preferred Options North        |                |
| Kensington Area Action Plan -Issues and Options        |                |
| Newham                                                 |                |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                     |                |
| Redbridge                                              |                |
| Core Planning Strategy and Site Development Policies - |                |
| interim response                                       |                |
| Gants Hill District Centre Area Action Plan            |                |
| Richmond                                               |                |
| Core Strategy - Statement of Conformity with the       |                |
| London Plan                                            |                |
| Southwark                                              |                |
| Peckham Area Action Plan - vision document             |                |
| Aylesbury Area Action Plan - Preferred Options         |                |
| Aylesbury Area Action Plan - revised preferred options |                |
| Sutton                                                 |                |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options                      |                |
| Core Strategy - Preferred Options                      |                |
| Core Strategy - submission stage                       |                |
| Site Development Policies - Issues and Options         |                |
| Tower Hamlets                                          |                |
| Core Strategy - Options and Alternatives               |                |
| Wandsworth                                             |                |
|                                                        |                |
| Core Strategy - Submission Stage                       |                |
| Waltham Forest                                         |                |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                     |                |
| Core Strategy - Issues and Options                     |                |
| Westminster                                            |                |
| Core Strategy - preferred options consultations        |                |
| Local Development Scheme                               |                |
| City Management - Issues and Options                   |                |
| North London                                           |                |
| Waste Development Plan Document -                      |                |
| Issues and Options                                     |                |
| East London                                            |                |
| Joint Waste Development Plan                           |                |
| Document - Preferred Options                           |                |
 
Tower Hamlets  
SPD: Bromley-by-Bow - consultation draft 
Waltham Forest  
SPD: Planning Obligations & Dwelling Conversions Interim Planning Policy - consultation drafts 
Westminster  
SPD: Paddington station and environs - consultation draft SPD: Metropolitan Views - consultation draft 

## Appendix 7 Affordability Thresholds For Social And Intermediate Housing This Appendix Relates To Policy 3A.8 Of The London Plan Consolidated With Alterations Since 2004 (Paragraph 3.37) And Updates The Affordability Thresholds As At February 2009 Social Housing There Are Three Criteria In The Definition Of Social Housing:

- 
Housing is affordable in that rents are no greater than target rents as set by Government for local authority and housing association and co-operative tenants. Service charges should not be so 
great as to make a tenancy unaffordable for a household with an income of less than £18,100 on the basis of rents and service charges not exceeding 30% of net household income. 
- 
Social housing should be accessed on the basis of housing need. 
- 
Social housing should be available as such on a long-term basis 
 It follows that privately rented housing could be considered as social housing where these criteria are met. This would normally only be the case where such provision operated under an accreditation or licensing scheme where nominations of tenants were either made by the local authority or under a framework of priorities agreed with the local authority. Rented accommodation, which is let on the basis of short-term lets (tenancies or licences of under 5 years) should not be treated as social housing.  Rented housing which is not available on the basis of housing need, and is allocated on the basis of other criteria, for example criteria related to the employment function of members of the household, should not be considered as social housing. 

Housing which is provided on a temporary basis should not be considered as social housing. 

 
Intermediate Housing Intermediate provision is sub-market housing, where costs, including service charges, are above target rents for social housing, but where costs, including service charges, are affordable by households on incomes of less than £61,400 This figure has been up-dated from the London Plan (2008) figure of £52,500 on the basis of the latest data (as of February 2009) on lower quartile house prices in London. 

In his draft London Housing Strategy published for consultation with the London Assembly and functional bodies in November 2008, the Mayor set out his intention to raise the intermediate housing income threshold to £72,000. Further detail on the proposed change will be set out  later in 2009, in both the draft London Housing Strategy for public consultation and the draft London Plan Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance. This category can include shared ownership, sub-market rent provision and market provision , including key worker provision, where this affordability criterion is met and where provision is appropriate to meeting identified requirements. For the criterion that provision is affordable to be met, the purchase price must be no greater than 3.5 
times the household income limit specified above (i.e. no greater than £215,000), or the annual housing costs, including rent and service charge, should be no greater than 40% of net household income. (This is to reflect a different level of disposable income, relative to lower income households dependent on social housing). In the case of two or multiple income households, lenders will generally lend at lower multipliers in relation to incomes of household members other than the highest income earner, and consequently market access will generally be more restricted for such households. Local Planning Authorities should seek to ensure that intermediate provision provides for households with a range of incomes below the upper limit, and provides a range of dwelling types in terms of a mix of unit sizes (measured by number of bedrooms), and that average housing costs, including service charges, to households for whom intermediate housing is provided are affordable by households on annual incomes of £39,750 pa (i.e. the midpoint of the £18,100- £61,400 range). On this basis, average housing costs, including service charges, would be about £925 a month or £215 a week (housing costs at 40% of net income, net income being assumed to be 70% of gross income). This figure could be used for monitoring purposes. 

 

## Appendix 8        Housing Provision In London 2007/8: Annual Monitor 1. **Introduction**

1.1.  
The 2004 London Plan set a target of at least 23,000 homes to be provided in London each 
year. Early Alterations to the London Plan, published in December 2006, increased the target to 30,500 homes each year. In February 2008, the London Plan (Consolidated with alterations since 2004) confirmed the housing provision target of a minimum 30,500 new homes per year from 2007/8 to 2016. The data in this Monitor are assessed against the new target.   
1.2.  
The plan also sets out a commitment to monitor achievement of these targets. This Housing 
Provision Monitor is one of a series addressing this commitment and complements the London Plan Annual Monitoring Report. It is based largely on borough returns to the London Development Database (LDD). This was established with government support and is widely regarded as the most authoritative source of information on housing provision in London. Further details of the monitoring process and its results are set out in more detail in Section 3 below, and tables and figures are included at Section 4.  

## 2. **Summary Of Results** 2.1. How Many New Homes, What Type And Where?

2.1.1 In net terms, 28,2001 homes were completed in London in 2007/8. The discrepancy with the 
London Plan target of 30,500 is explained largely by an increase number of homes falling into 
long-term vacancy. Taking out the vacant homes returning to use component, the total supply of new homes is very close to the London Plan target. (See Table HPM5 at Section 4).  
2.1.2 The net total of completions in 2007/8 is comprised of 27,600 self-contained ('conventional') 
dwellings and 1,600 non-self contained units (for example hostels and student accommodation) with an increase of nearly 1,000 private sector homes standing long-term vacant. .  
2.1.3 The net completions figures take into account demolitions. The gross number of new 
conventional homes actually built in London in 2007/8 was 31,900. 
2.1.4 In 2000, the year the GLA was established, only 19,500 net self-contained dwellings were 
completed. Since the Mayor's London Plan was formally published in 2004, net output has 
increased from 21,000 in 2003/4 to 22,900 in 2004/5, 24,900 in 2005/6 and 26,900 in 2006/7. The current figure (27,600) is the highest level of self-contained completions since 1988.  Figure HPM2 (Section 4) shows total conventional completions against conventional supply targets in housing capacity studies over the last sixteen years. It also shows significant increases in planning approvals for new homes.  
2.1.5  In 2007/8 38% of new provision was affordable housing (10,400 units), 51% of which is social 
rented. In addition to these new units almost 2,900 additional affordable homes were provided through conversion of market to affordable housing. Information on development proposals and starts suggests that the social rented housing delivery is likely to increase compared to intermediate, with 12,900 and 10,300 approvals respectively in 2007/8. While smaller dwellings 
continue to dominate overall new provision (28% studio/1 bed, 47% 2 bed - of total completions), more larger units are being developed in the social rented sector (29% 3 or more bedrooms). 

2.1.6  All sub-regions exceeded their targets set out in the consolidated London Plan (2008), except 
the North-East London. On average over the last three years Tower Hamlets (2,300 dwellings) and Southwark (1,600) have made the largest individual contributions to London-wide 
provision2, followed by Islington (1419), Greenwich (1274), and Hounslow (1199). Together 
these five boroughs account for around a third of new provision. Cumulatively, the smaller 
contributions of other boroughs are therefore critical to achievement of the London wide target.  

## 2.2. What'S Going To Happen In The Future?

2.2.1  As a short-term indicator of potential future total completions, the 2007/8 figure for net 'starts' 
(40,400) is above that in previous years (2006/7: 32,700; 2005/6: 29,100; 2004/5: 29,900). For the longer term, the 2007/8 level of planning approvals (78,700) is significantly higher than 
previous years (2006/7: 59,400; 2005/6: 51,100; 2004/5: 51,500). This has contributed to the generous overall pipeline of approvals for homes not yet started, which stood at 111,900 
dwellings on 19th January 2009.    

## 3. **Detailed Results** 3.1. Detailed Results: Introduction

3.1.1.  Information on housing permissions, starts and completions is taken from the London 
Development Database system. As the LDD system covers all planning consents, the figures in 
this report are based on recorded schemes rather than on aggregate data. They are more accurate than data published in previous years, and than CLG (Communities and Local Government) data, which relies on quarterly borough returns, which are sometimes incomplete. 
Data used in this report relate to data input by boroughs onto the LDD system as at 19th January 
2009. It therefore excludes any units subsequently reported by boroughs.  
3.1.2. The London Plan housing target adopted in February 2008 of 30,500 homes a year relates to 
net additions to housing supply from all sources. This includes net gain from new build, conversion of existing residential premises and change of use of non-residential premises. It also includes output from non self-contained accommodation and a component of supply from longterm private vacant properties returning to use. 
3.1.3. LDD separately records output of self-contained and non self-contained accommodation 
(student and hostel accommodation) and these data are used in this report. However, data on 
long term private sector vacants returning to use is not monitored through LDD and is therefore 
sourced separately. It is recognised that monitoring of long term private sector vacants returning to use can be problematic. The data for this source is from returns provided by boroughs to CLG 
through the annual Housing Strategy Statistical Annex return (HSSA)3. This monitor uses data 
for 2007/8 compared to 2006/7 from Section A of the HSSA, which counts private sector units 
vacant for six months or more (which are not vacant for regeneration purposes). The draft 
Housing Strategy states that the Mayor will investigate the accuracy of the method of reporting 
changes in the number of vacant homes. 

3.1.4.   The LDD data for completions includes all units within a scheme completed in this financial year. 
However, demolitions of existing units are counted upon full completion of the whole 
scheme/planning permission. In the case of large developments, particularly large Estate Renewal schemes, this can cause statistical anomalies in single-year net figures, although the LDD records accurate net completions over the life of the scheme (i.e. where completions have 
been counted over a number of years, but where existing units demolished are counted in a single, final, year). Significant anomalies to single year data are noted within this Monitor. The GLA will continue to keep under review the most appropriate way of monitoring completed units. 

## 3.2. Residential Planning Approvals (Table Hpm1 & Table Hpm9)

3.2.1.  Net residential planning approvals in 2007/8 included 78,651 self contained homes, higher than 
previous years figures of 58,115 (2006/7) and 51,115 (2005/6). This represents an increase in residential planning approvals in London over the last few years, and is more than three times the figure of 25,883 achieved in 2001. In addition there were approvals for 1,791 net non selfcontained bedspaces (student and hostel accommodation) in London in 2007/8.  
3.2.2.  Monitoring of permissions is net of units lost from redevelopment or conversion.  Gross 
residential permissions in 2007/8 were 85,894 self-contained units and 4,532 non selfcontained bedspaces - a total of 90,426 units, an increase of 17,042 units on the gross approvals in 2006/7.  

## 3.3. Completions (Table Hpm2) 3.3.1 Self Contained Completions (Table Hpm3 & Table Hpm5)

3.3.1.1 Net self-contained residential completions in 2007/8 comprised 27,569 homes, an increase on 
previous years (27,516 in 2006/7; 24,009 in 2005/6; 22,885 in 2004/5). This represents 115% of the conventional supply (self contained homes) component of the housing target of 27,596 
homes4

## 3.3.2 Non Self-Contained Completions (Table Hpm2)

3.3.2.1 Net non self-contained completions (student and hostel accommodation) in 2007/8 created 
1,581 bedspaces (compared to 1,447 in 2006/7, 466 in 2005/6, 3,440 in 2004/5).  This is 
above the component of the consolidated London Plan (2008) target5. 

## 3.3.3 Vacant Properties Returning To Use

3.3.3.1 Local authority returns to CLG6 show an overall Londonwide enlargement in long term private 
sector voids in the financial year 2007/8 of 951 units, shown in Table HPM2, far below the 
current target7. However the figures for boroughs vary widely, with some boroughs showing significant decreases in vacants and others showing significant increases. It is probable that some borough returns are based on inadequate monitoring or indicate a change of data source or methodology. This concern as to the unreliability of data is shared by the Government and the Mayor. The draft Housing Strategy recognises this and states that, with partners, the Mayor will investigate the accuracy of the method of reporting figures for the number of empty homes8.  

## 3.4 Housing Starts  (Table Hpm4)

3.4.1  The LDD shows net starts in 2007/8 of 40,440 self-contained units (compared with (2006/7: 
32,709 and 2005/6: 29,064). This gives an average of 34,071starts per year over the three 
years, which is 23% above this component of the London Plan target9. This is a positive 
indicator that the new target will be delivered. However, housing starts in particular are susceptible to changes in the housing market. This may impact on the number of starts in future years. 

## 3.5 Borough Completions Relative To Targets: 3.5.1. Conventional Supply (Table Hpm5)

3.5.1.1 Table HPM5 compares 2007/8 conventional completions with the conventional component of 
the borough targets. Londonwide, output was 100% of the conventional component of the target.  Performance was best in West London at 149% of target. South West and North 
achieved 138% and 122% respectively. South East and North East achieved 91% and 58% 
respectively.  
3.5.1.2 Output varies between years. Table HPM6 therefore gives 3 year averages for the last 3 years 
2005/6 to 2007/8 with Londonwide output at 120% of target. This is a sounder basis for 
comparing borough and sub-regional performance against target.  On this basis, West and South West London have performed best on conventional output - at 163% and 134% of the conventional component of the target. South East and North achieved 119% and 116% of target component respectively and North East London achieved 94%. Individual borough performance, however, has varied widely with Kensington and Chelsea achieving just 34% of 
target while Hounslow achieved 296% of its target. 

## 3.5.2 Total Supply  (Table Hpm2)

3.5.2.1 The London Plan total supply targets include components relating to non-conventional supply 
and long term private sector vacants (see paragraph 3.1.2 above). Output fluctuates widely 
between years. Data on non self-contained output comes from the LDD and is reliable, however data on long term private sector vacants is less reliable.  
3.5.2.2 Table HPM2 shows sub-regional and borough performance in relation to London Plan targets in 
2007/8. Output overall was 92% of the 30,500 target. Performance in all sub-regions exceeded 
targets, except North East and South East London. In some boroughs performance has been affected by significant increases in long term private sector vacant properties, reducing supply gains from conventional and non self-contained completions. Such fluctuations in vacancies can often be attributed to difficulties in monitoring.  

## 3.6. Supply From New Build, Conversions And Change Of Use

3.6.1.  The components of conventional supply are summarised as follows:  

  
Gross completions  Pre-existing units  **Net completions**  
New Building  
24,021 
1,464 
22,557 
Conversions  
4,999 
2,665 
2,334 
Change of Use  
2,829  
151 
2,678 
Total  
31,849 
4,280 
27,569  

 3.6.2.  Table HPM3 shows that the majority of conventional completions are new-build (82%). In 
2007/8 less than 8% of overall completions were from conversions of existing homes. 10% of net completions were from change of use.  

## 3.7. Tenure, Mix And Bedroom Size

3.7.1. In net terms, 19% of units completed were recorded as social housing, 18% as intermediate and 
62% as market provision. 10,394 affordable units (social rented and intermediate) were completed in 2007/8. This includes those units identified on the LDD as affordable, but excludes additional properties, which have been transferred or purchased for social or intermediate use separately. Further detail on overall affordable supply is set out in Table HPM7.  
3.7.2. In gross terms, a greater proportion of social rented (6,242 units, 20%) than intermediate (5,089 
units, 16%) were completed as new or replacement provision in 2007/8. Overall gross conventional completions provided 31,849 units (see Table HPM8). 
3.7.3. An additional 2,928 affordable units were also provided through purchase and rehabilitation of 
existing properties, the open market Homebuy scheme and rehabilitation of properties for 
temporary social housing. While these do not contribute towards the London Plan monitoring 
target they are an important element of additional supply. 
3.7.4 Table HPM6 shows that over the three years 2005/6-7/8 the delivery of affordable housing has 
increased. West London delivered the highest number of affordable housing units (6,904) with 
the greatest percentage of new supply (46%).   
3.7.5 Table HPM9 shows that a greater proportion of affordable housing approved in 2007/8 is likely 
to be social rented than intermediate. Of  78,651 net approvals, 12,936 (16%) were for social rented homes and 10,267 (13%) for intermediate homes. However while this results in a lower 
proportion of affordable housing as a result of the higher level of total approvals, the proportion 
in individual schemes may be amended before completion.  
Table HPM10 shows that the majority of units completed in 2007/8 were two bedroom units. The greatest need for larger units is in the social rented sector. The proportion of social rented units that had three bedrooms (20% of social rented completions) or more (9% 4+ bedrooms) was greater than the proportion of market or intermediate units. Most intermediate and market units had one or two bedrooms. 

 

## 4. Tables And Charts

 

## Table Hpm1: 2007/8 Conventional Planning Approvals

| All                    | New Build   | Conversions   | Change of Use   |
|------------------------|-------------|---------------|-----------------|
| Borough                |             |               |                 |
| New                    | Existing    | Net           | New             |
| Barnet                 |             |               |                 |
| 2,076                  | 146         | 1,930         | 433             |
| Camden                 |             |               |                 |
| 331                    | 20          | 311           | 292             |
| Enfield                |             |               |                 |
| 1,054                  | 58          | 996           | 336             |
| Hackney                |             |               |                 |
| 1,265                  | 4           | 1,261         | 317             |
| Haringey               |             |               |                 |
| 1,530                  | 150         | 1,380         | 369             |
| Islington              |             |               |                 |
| 2,125                  | 573         | 1,552         | 390             |
| Westminster            |             |               |                 |
| 1,571                  | 63          | 1,508         | 213             |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |             |               |                 |
| 9,952                  | 1,014       | 8,938         | 2,350           |
| Barking and Dagenham   |             |               |                 |
| 11,570                 | 51          | 11,519        | 68              |
| City of London         |             |               |                 |
| 285                    | 14          | 271           | 1               |
| Havering               |             |               |                 |
| 634                    | 47          | 587           | 65              |
| Newham                 |             |               |                 |
| 11,876                 | 89          | 11,787        | 129             |
| Redbridge              |             |               |                 |
| 550                    | 21          | 529           | 149             |
| Tower Hamlets          |             |               |                 |
| 9,196                  | 200         | 8,996         | 164             |
| Waltham Forest         |             |               |                 |
| 739                    | 10          | 729           | 450             |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |             |               |                 |
| 34,850                 | 432         | 34,418        | 1,026           |
| Bexley                 |             |               |                 |
| 669                    | 37          | 632           | 58              |
| Bromley                |             |               |                 |
| 2,342                  | 158         | 2,184         | 143             |
| Greenwich              |             |               |                 |
| 4,722                  | 139         | 4,583         | 112             |
| Lewisham               |             |               |                 |
| 1,563                  | 10          | 1,553         | 336             |
| Southwark              |             |               |                 |
| 2,966                  | 66          | 2,900         | 179             |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |             |               |                 |
| 12,262                 | 410         | 11,852        | 828             |
| Croydon                |             |               |                 |
| 2,857                  | 101         | 2,756         | 489             |
| Kingston upon Thames   |             |               |                 |
| 314                    | 52          | 262           | 140             |
| Lambeth                |             |               |                 |
| 2,183                  | 288         | 1,895         | 746             |
| Merton                 |             |               |                 |
| 712                    | 36          | 676           | 113             |
| Richmond upon Thames   |             |               |                 |
| 426                    | 73          | 353           | 190             |
| Sutton                 |             |               |                 |
| 546                    | 42          | 504           | 168             |
| Wandsworth             |             |               |                 |
| 1,839                  | 45          | 1,794         | 510             |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |             |               |                 |
| 8,877                  | 637         | 8,240         | 2,356           |
| Brent                  |             |               |                 |
| 1,242                  | 68          | 1,174         | 175             |
| Ealing                 |             |               |                 |
| 579                    | 19          | 560           | 291             |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |             |               |                 |
| 1,226                  | 8           | 1,218         | 193             |
| Harrow                 |             |               |                 |
| 1,388                  | 222         | 1,166         | 166             |
| Hillingdon             |             |               |                 |
| 2,496                  | 76          | 2,420         | 69              |
| Hounslow               |             |               |                 |
| 589                    | 15          | 574           | 71              |
| Kensington and Chelsea |             |               |                 |
| 203                    | 19          | 184           | 183             |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |             |               |                 |
| 7,723                  | 427         | 7,296         | 1,148           |
| TOTAL                  |             |               |                 |
| 73,664                 | 2,920       | 70,744        | 7,708           |
| % of Total             |             |               |                 |
| 90%                    | 5%          | 5%            | 100%            |
| 2008 London Plan       | Conventional completions (net)   |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Borough                |                                  |
| Market                 | Interm.                          |
| Total                  |                                  |
| Target                 | Supply                           |
| Barnet                 |                                  |
| 993                    | 94                               |
| 1,178                  |                                  |
| -112                   |                                  |
| -55                    |                                  |
| 1,011                  |                                  |
| 2,055                  | 49%                              |
| Camden                 |                                  |
| 296                    | 46                               |
| 371                    |                                  |
| 355                    |                                  |
| -69                    |                                  |
| 657                    |                                  |
| 595                    | 110%                             |
| Enfield                |                                  |
| 491                    | 139                              |
| 935                    |                                  |
| 16                     |                                  |
| 281                    |                                  |
| 1,232                  |                                  |
| 395                    | 312%                             |
| Hackney                |                                  |
| 845                    | 458                              |
| 1,570                  |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -343                   |                                  |
| 1,227                  |                                  |
| 1,085                  | 113%                             |
| Haringey               |                                  |
| 327                    | 105                              |
| 538                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -7                     |                                  |
| 531                    |                                  |
| 680                    | 78%                              |
| Islington              |                                  |
| 762                    | 541                              |
| 1,669                  |                                  |
| 1,165                  |                                  |
| 342                    |                                  |
| 3,176                  |                                  |
| 1,160                  | 274%                             |
| Westminster            |                                  |
| 383                    | 21                               |
| 757                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -178                   |                                  |
| 579                    |                                  |
| 680                    | 85%                              |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |                                  |
| 4,097                  | 1,404                            |
| -29                    | 8,413                            |
| 6,650                  |                                  |
| 127%                   |                                  |
| Barking and Dagenham   |                                  |
| 600                    | 116                              |
| 815                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -79                    |                                  |
| 736                    |                                  |
| 1,190                  | 62%                              |
| City of London         |                                  |
| 95                     | 0                                |
| 95                     |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -13                    |                                  |
| 82                     |                                  |
| 90                     | 91%                              |
| Havering               |                                  |
| 222                    | 25                               |
| 330                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 588                    |                                  |
| 918                    |                                  |
| 535                    | 172%                             |
| Newham                 |                                  |
| 561                    | 259                              |
| 939                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -12                    |                                  |
| 927                    |                                  |
| 3,510                  | 26%                              |
| Redbridge              |                                  |
| 555                    | 52                               |
| 625                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 306                    |                                  |
| 931                    |                                  |
| 905                    | 103%                             |
| Tower Hamlets          |                                  |
| 1,443                  | 94                               |
| 2,063                  |                                  |
| 380                    |                                  |
| -462                   |                                  |
| 1,981                  |                                  |
| 3,150                  | 63%                              |
| Waltham Forest         |                                  |
| 509                    | 97                               |
| 743                    |                                  |
| -8                     |                                  |
| 237                    |                                  |
| 972                    |                                  |
| 665                    | 146%                             |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                                  |
| 3,985                  | 643                              |
| 565                    | 6,547                            |
| 10,045                 |                                  |
| 65%                    |                                  |
| Bexley                 |                                  |
| 135                    | 37                               |
| 262                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 333                    |                                  |
| 595                    |                                  |
| 345                    | 172%                             |
| Bromley                |                                  |
| 434                    | 140                              |
| 701                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -69                    |                                  |
| 632                    |                                  |
| 485                    | 130%                             |
| Greenwich              |                                  |
| 505                    | 169                              |
| 783                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -1,270                 |                                  |
| -487                   |                                  |
| 2,010                  | -24%                             |
| Lewisham               |                                  |
| 571                    | 128                              |
| 800                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -134                   |                                  |
| 666                    |                                  |
| 975                    | 68%                              |
| Southwark              |                                  |
| 731                    | 558                              |
| 1,726                  |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -141                   |                                  |
| 1,585                  |                                  |
| 1,630                  | 97%                              |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                                  |
| 2,376                  | 1,032                            |
| -1,281                 | 2,991                            |
| 5,445                  |                                  |
| 55%                    |                                  |
| Croydon                |                                  |
| 830                    | 270                              |
| 1,455                  |                                  |
| 12                     |                                  |
| -128                   |                                  |
| 1,339                  |                                  |
| 1,100                  | 122%                             |
| Kingston upon Thames   |                                  |
| 188                    | 29                               |
| 290                    |                                  |
| -8                     |                                  |
| -69                    |                                  |
| 213                    |                                  |
| 385                    | 55%                              |
| Lambeth                |                                  |
| 868                    | 176                              |
| 1,207                  |                                  |
| 28                     |                                  |
| 128                    |                                  |
| 1,363                  |                                  |
| 1,100                  | 124%                             |
| Merton                 |                                  |
| 396                    | 105                              |
| 557                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| -249                   |                                  |
| 308                    |                                  |
| 370                    | 83%                              |
| Richmond upon Thames   |                                  |
| 202                    | 35                               |
| 307                    |                                  |
| 2                      |                                  |
| 47                     |                                  |
| 356                    |                                  |
| 270                    | 132%                             |
| Sutton                 |                                  |
| 433                    | 10                               |
| 621                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 116                    |                                  |
| 737                    |                                  |
| 345                    | 214%                             |
| Wandsworth             |                                  |
| 721                    | 285                              |
| 1,028                  |                                  |
| -176                   |                                  |
| 135                    |                                  |
| 987                    |                                  |
| 745                    | 132%                             |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |                                  |
| 3,638                  | 910                              |
| -20                    | 5,303                            |
| 4,315                  |                                  |
| 123%                   |                                  |
| Brent                  |                                  |
| 340                    | 67                               |
| 791                    |                                  |
| -32                    |                                  |
| -67                    |                                  |
| 692                    |                                  |
| 1,120                  | 62%                              |
| Ealing                 |                                  |
| 986                    | 124                              |
| 1,398                  |                                  |
| -10                    |                                  |
| -347                   |                                  |
| 1,041                  |                                  |
| 915                    | 114%                             |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |                                  |
| 273                    | 197                              |
| 510                    |                                  |
| -16                    |                                  |
| -105                   |                                  |
| 389                    |                                  |
| 450                    | 86%                              |
| Harrow                 |                                  |
| 257                    | 75                               |
| 373                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 120                    |                                  |
| 493                    |                                  |
| 400                    | 123%                             |
| Hillingdon             |                                  |
| 281                    | 56                               |
| 398                    |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 8                      |                                  |
| 406                    |                                  |
| 365                    | 111%                             |
| Hounslow               |                                  |
| 869                    | 573                              |
| 1,661                  |                                  |
| 0                      |                                  |
| 141                    |                                  |
| 1,802                  |                                  |
| 445                    | 405%                             |
| Kensington and Chelsea |                                  |
| 73                     | 0                                |
| 73                     |                                  |
| -15                    |                                  |
| 64                     |                                  |
| 122                    |                                  |
| 350                    | 35%                              |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |                                  |
| 3,079                  | 1,092                            |
| -186                   | 4,945                            |
| TOTAL                  |                                  |
| 17,175                 | 5,081                            |
| % of Total             |                                  |
| 98%                    | 6%                               |
| -3%                    | 100%                             |

Vacant 
properties 
returing to 
occupation 
Non Selfcontained 
completions 
(net)
Total 
housing 
provision 
2007/8 
(net)

| New Build              | Conversions   | Change of Use   | All    |
|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------|
| Borough                |               |                 |        |
| New                    | Existing      | Net             | New    |
| Barnet                 |               |                 |        |
| 1,198                  | 86            | 1,112           | 155    |
| Camden                 |               |                 |        |
| 213                    | 10            | 203             | 264    |
| Enfield                |               |                 |        |
| 858                    | 58            | 800             | 195    |
| Hackney                |               |                 |        |
| 1,492                  | 146           | 1,346           | 103    |
| Haringey               |               |                 |        |
| 327                    | 4             | 323             | 307    |
| Islington              |               |                 |        |
| 1,272                  | 20            | 1,252           | 261    |
| Westminster            |               |                 |        |
| 591                    | 32            | 559             | 359    |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |               |                 |        |
| 5,951                  | 356           | 5,595           | 1,644  |
| Barking and Dagenham   |               |                 |        |
| 808                    | 5             | 803             | 31     |
| City of London         |               |                 |        |
| 1                      | 0             | 1               | 0      |
| Havering               |               |                 |        |
| 340                    | 29            | 311             | 28     |
| Newham                 |               |                 |        |
| 877                    | 2             | 875             | 93     |
| Redbridge              |               |                 |        |
| 530                    | 10            | 520             | 19     |
| Tower Hamlets          |               |                 |        |
| 1,982                  | 47            | 1,935           | 60     |
| Waltham Forest         |               |                 |        |
| 539                    | 4             | 535             | 274    |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 5,077                  | 97            | 4,980           | 505    |
| Bexley                 |               |                 |        |
| 248                    | 14            | 234             | 18     |
| Bromley                |               |                 |        |
| 679                    | 59            | 620             | 55     |
| Greenwich              |               |                 |        |
| 532                    | 106           | 426             | 75     |
| Lewisham               |               |                 |        |
| 778                    | 181           | 597             | 232    |
| Southwark              |               |                 |        |
| 1,599                  | 15            | 1,584           | 90     |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 3,836                  | 375           | 3,461           | 470    |
| Croydon                |               |                 |        |
| 1,123                  | 60            | 1,063           | 437    |
| Kingston upon Thames   |               |                 |        |
| 168                    | 13            | 155             | 109    |
| Lambeth                |               |                 |        |
| 697                    | 68            | 629             | 634    |
| Merton                 |               |                 |        |
| 455                    | 22            | 433             | 149    |
| Richmond upon Thames   |               |                 |        |
| 285                    | 15            | 270             | 84     |
| Sutton                 |               |                 |        |
| 645                    | 58            | 587             | 37     |
| Wandsworth             |               |                 |        |
| 831                    | 42            | 789             | 342    |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 4,204                  | 278           | 3,926           | 1,792  |
| Brent                  |               |                 |        |
| 736                    | 4             | 732             | 23     |
| Ealing                 |               |                 |        |
| 1,167                  | 10            | 1,157           | 202    |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |               |                 |        |
| 631                    | 247           | 384             | 88     |
| Harrow                 |               |                 |        |
| 286                    | 17            | 269             | 183    |
| Hillingdon             |               |                 |        |
| 415                    | 65            | 350             | 31     |
| Hounslow               |               |                 |        |
| 1,653                  | 11            | 1,642           | 16     |
| Kensington and Chelsea |               |                 |        |
| 65                     | 4             | 61              | 45     |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |               |                 |        |
| 4,953                  | 358           | 4,595           | 588    |
| TOTAL                  | 24,021        | 1,464           | 22,557 |
| % of Total             | 82%           | 8%              | 10%    |
| New Build              | Conversions   | Change of Use   | All    |
|------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--------|
| Borough                |               |                 |        |
| New                    | Existing      | Net             | New    |
| Barnet                 |               |                 |        |
| 703                    | 197           | 506             | 63     |
| Camden                 |               |                 |        |
| 2,861                  | 218           | 2,643           | 354    |
| Enfield                |               |                 |        |
| 468                    | 20            | 448             | 213    |
| Hackney                |               |                 |        |
| 2,122                  | 61            | 2,061           | 106    |
| Haringey               |               |                 |        |
| 316                    | 4             | 312             | 316    |
| Islington              |               |                 |        |
| 1,046                  | 106           | 940             | 377    |
| Westminster            |               |                 |        |
| 1,159                  | 44            | 1,115           | 78     |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |               |                 |        |
| 8,675                  | 650           | 8,025           | 1,507  |
| Barking and Dagenham   |               |                 |        |
| 485                    | 5             | 480             | 37     |
| City of London         |               |                 |        |
| 8                      | 0             | 8               | 1      |
| Havering               |               |                 |        |
| 535                    | 34            | 501             | 25     |
| Newham                 |               |                 |        |
| 618                    | 92            | 526             | 87     |
| Redbridge              |               |                 |        |
| 889                    | 27            | 862             | 12     |
| Tower Hamlets          |               |                 |        |
| 8,994                  | 141           | 8,853           | 103    |
| Waltham Forest         |               |                 |        |
| 382                    | 3             | 379             | 285    |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 11,911                 | 302           | 11,609          | 550    |
| Bexley                 |               |                 |        |
| 152                    | 5             | 147             | 30     |
| Bromley                |               |                 |        |
| 740                    | 119           | 621             | 77     |
| Greenwich              |               |                 |        |
| 2,441                  | 138           | 2,303           | 74     |
| Lewisham               |               |                 |        |
| 740                    | 27            | 713             | 277    |
| Southwark              |               |                 |        |
| 2,463                  | 40            | 2,423           | 81     |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 6,536                  | 329           | 6,207           | 539    |
| Croydon                |               |                 |        |
| 1,181                  | 42            | 1,139           | 298    |
| Kingston upon Thames   |               |                 |        |
| 301                    | 33            | 268             | 66     |
| Lambeth                |               |                 |        |
| 844                    | 6             | 838             | 588    |
| Merton                 |               |                 |        |
| 173                    | 22            | 151             | 88     |
| Richmond upon Thames   |               |                 |        |
| 256                    | 32            | 224             | 129    |
| Sutton                 |               |                 |        |
| 608                    | 208           | 400             | 110    |
| Wandsworth             |               |                 |        |
| 1,923                  | 15            | 1,908           | 365    |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |               |                 |        |
| 5,286                  | 358           | 4,928           | 1,644  |
| Brent                  |               |                 |        |
| 563                    | 4             | 559             | 19     |
| Ealing                 |               |                 |        |
| 303                    | 20            | 283             | 174    |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |               |                 |        |
| 21                     | 0             | 21              | 85     |
| Harrow                 |               |                 |        |
| 456                    | 53            | 403             | 182    |
| Hillingdon             |               |                 |        |
| 1,202                  | 52            | 1,150           | 51     |
| Hounslow               |               |                 |        |
| 925                    | 47            | 878             | 31     |
| Kensington and Chelsea |               |                 |        |
| 8                      | 4             | 4               | 13     |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |               |                 |        |
| 3,478                  | 180           | 3,298           | 555    |
| TOTAL                  | 35,886        | 1,819           | 34,067 |
| % of Total             | 84%           | 6%              | 10%    |

 

| Borough                | Conventional   | 2008 London Plan Target   |
|------------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
| Market                 |                |                           |
| Intermedi              |                |                           |
| ate                    |                |                           |
| Social                 |                |                           |
| rented                 |                |                           |
| Total                  |                |                           |
| Conv                   |                |                           |
| Component              |                |                           |
| Delivery (%            |                |                           |
| of target)             |                |                           |
| Barnet                 |                |                           |
| 993                    | 94             | 91                        |
| 1,178                  |                |                           |
| 1,886                  |                |                           |
| 62%                    |                |                           |
| Camden                 |                |                           |
| 296                    | 46             | 29                        |
| 371                    |                |                           |
| 437                    |                |                           |
| 85%                    |                |                           |
| Enfield                |                |                           |
| 491                    | 139            | 305                       |
| 935                    |                |                           |
| 367                    |                |                           |
| 255%                   |                |                           |
| Hackney                |                |                           |
| 845                    | 458            | 267                       |
| 1,570                  |                |                           |
| 926                    |                |                           |
| 170%                   |                |                           |
| Haringey               |                |                           |
| 327                    | 105            | 106                       |
| 538                    |                |                           |
| 595                    |                |                           |
| 90%                    |                |                           |
| Islington              |                |                           |
| 762                    | 541            | 366                       |
| 1,669                  |                |                           |
| 992                    |                |                           |
| 168%                   |                |                           |
| Westminster            |                |                           |
| 383                    | 21             | 353                       |
| 757                    |                |                           |
| 560                    |                |                           |
| 135%                   |                |                           |
| NORTH SUB-TOTAL        |                |                           |
| 4,097                  | 1,404          | 1,517                     |
| 5,763                  | 122%           |                           |
| Barking and Dagenham   |                |                           |
| 600                    | 116            | 99                        |
| 815                    |                |                           |
| 1,191                  |                |                           |
| 68%                    |                |                           |
| Corporation of London  |                |                           |
| 95                     | 0              | 0                         |
| 95                     |                |                           |
| 85                     |                |                           |
| 112%                   |                |                           |
| Havering               |                |                           |
| 222                    | 25             | 83                        |
| 330                    |                |                           |
| 510                    |                |                           |
| 65%                    |                |                           |
| Newham                 |                |                           |
| 561                    | 259            | 119                       |
| 939                    |                |                           |
| 3,467                  |                |                           |
| 27%                    |                |                           |
| Redbridge              |                |                           |
| 555                    | 52             | 18                        |
| 625                    |                |                           |
| 901                    |                |                           |
| 69%                    |                |                           |
| Tower Hamlets          |                |                           |
| 1,443                  | 94             | 526                       |
| 2,063                  |                |                           |
| 2,999                  |                |                           |
| 69%                    |                |                           |
| Waltham Forest         |                |                           |
| 509                    | 97             | 137                       |
| 743                    |                |                           |
| 544                    |                |                           |
| 137%                   |                |                           |
| NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                |                           |
| 3,985                  | 643            | 982                       |
| 9,697                  | 58%            |                           |
| Bexley                 |                |                           |
| 135                    | 37             | 90                        |
| 262                    |                |                           |
| 338                    |                |                           |
| 78%                    |                |                           |
| Bromley                |                |                           |
| 434                    | 140            | 127                       |
| 701                    |                |                           |
| 480                    |                |                           |
| 146%                   |                |                           |
| Greenwich              |                |                           |
| 505                    | 169            | 109                       |
| 783                    |                |                           |
| 1,920                  |                |                           |
| 41%                    |                |                           |
| Lewisham               |                |                           |
| 571                    | 128            | 101                       |
| 800                    |                |                           |
| 859                    |                |                           |
| 93%                    |                |                           |
| Southwark              |                |                           |
| 731                    | 558            | 437                       |
| 1,726                  |                |                           |
| 1,103                  |                |                           |
| 156%                   |                |                           |
| SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL   |                |                           |
| 2,376                  | 1,032          | 864                       |
| 4,700                  | 91%            |                           |
| Croydon                |                |                           |
| 830                    | 270            | 355                       |
| 1,455                  |                |                           |
| 903                    |                |                           |
| 161%                   |                |                           |
| Kingston upon Thames   |                |                           |
| 188                    | 29             | 73                        |
| 290                    |                |                           |
| 349                    |                |                           |
| 83%                    |                |                           |
| Lambeth                |                |                           |
| 868                    | 176            | 163                       |
| 1,207                  |                |                           |
| 1,039                  |                |                           |
| 116%                   |                |                           |
| Merton                 |                |                           |
| 396                    | 105            | 56                        |
| 557                    |                |                           |
| 352                    |                |                           |
| 158%                   |                |                           |
| Richmond upon Thames   |                |                           |
| 202                    | 35             | 70                        |
| 307                    |                |                           |
| 266                    |                |                           |
| 115%                   |                |                           |
| Sutton                 |                |                           |
| 433                    | 10             | 178                       |
| 621                    |                |                           |
| 346                    |                |                           |
| 179%                   |                |                           |
| Wandsworth             |                |                           |
| 721                    | 285            | 22                        |
| 1,028                  |                |                           |
| 692                    |                |                           |
| 149%                   |                |                           |
| SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL   |                |                           |
| 3,638                  | 910            | 917                       |
| 3,947                  | 138%           |                           |
| Brent                  |                |                           |
| 340                    | 67             | 384                       |
| 791                    |                |                           |
| 915                    |                |                           |
| 86%                    |                |                           |
| Ealing                 |                |                           |
| 986                    | 124            | 288                       |
| 1,398                  |                |                           |
| 833                    |                |                           |
| 168%                   |                |                           |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |                |                           |
| 273                    | 197            | 40                        |
| 510                    |                |                           |
| 393                    |                |                           |
| 130%                   |                |                           |
| Harrow                 |                |                           |
| 257                    | 75             | 41                        |
| 373                    |                |                           |
| 360                    |                |                           |
| 104%                   |                |                           |
| Hillingdon             |                |                           |
| 281                    | 56             | 61                        |
| 398                    |                |                           |
| 317                    |                |                           |
| 126%                   |                |                           |
| Hounslow               |                |                           |
| 869                    | 573            | 219                       |
| 1,661                  |                |                           |
| 434                    |                |                           |
| 383%                   |                |                           |
| Kensington and Chelsea |                |                           |
| 73                     | 0              | 0                         |
| 73                     |                |                           |
| 237                    |                |                           |
| 31%                    |                |                           |
| WEST SUB-TOTAL         |                |                           |
| 3,079                  | 1,092          | 1,033                     |
| 3,489                  | 149%           |                           |
| TOTAL                  |                |                           |
| 17,175                 | 5,081          | 5,313                     |
| 27,596                 | 100%           |                           |
| 62%                    | 18%            | 19%                       |

## Table Hpm6: Net Total And Affordable Conventional Completions In London, 2005/06 To 2007/08

Note some figures for previous years data have changed from previous AMRs.  This is due to the continual updating of the LDD system.

New Affordable Housing Stock
Other Affordable Housing
Net New-Build (Conventional Supply)
Existing Properties 
(purchase/rehab)
Social
Intermediate
TOTAL
Social
Intermediate
TOTAL
Temporary 
Social 
Housing 
(rehab)
Barnet
91
94
185
29
0
29
21
4
Camden
29
46
75
21
0
21
26
3
Enfield
305
139
444
53
0
53
19
21
Hackney
267
458
725
44
9
53
26
8
Haringey
106
105
211
65
0
65
24
15
Islington
366
541
907
17
3
20
23
0
Westminster
353
21
374
63
3
66
26
0
NORTH SUB-TOTAL 
1,517
1,404
2,921
292
15
307
165
51
Barking and Dagenham
99
116
215
47
23
70
10
0
City of London
0
0
0
0
0
0
12
0
Havering
83
25
108
40
29
69
8
0
Newham
119
259
378
611
10
621
17
0
Redbridge
18
52
70
70
11
81
13
11
Tower Hamlets
526
94
620
28
5
33
26
0
Waltham Forest
137
97
234
18
3
21
28
17
NORTH-EAST SUB- TOTAL 
982
643
1,625
814
81
895
114
28
Bexley
90
37
127
57
49
106
13
0
Bromley
127
140
267
42
0
42
20
1
Greenwich
109
169
278
72
125
197
21
60
Lewisham
101
128
229
14
2
16
22
65
Southwark
437
558
995
8
0
8
34
87
SOUTH-EAST SUB- TOTAL 
864
1,032
1,896
193
176
369
110
213
Croydon
355
270
625
34
0
34
21
27
Kingston upon Thames
73
29
102
43
25
68
8
0
Lambeth
163
176
339
51
19
70
21
34
Merton
56
105
161
6
0
6
12
0
Richmond upon Thames
70
35
105
0
0
0
9
0
Sutton
178
10
188
19
0
19
15
50
Wandsworth
22
285
307
0
30
30
28
0
SOUTH-WEST SUB- TOTAL
917
910
1,827
153
74
227
114
111
Brent
384
67
451
10
0
10
22
1
Ealing
288
124
412
20
0
20
22
0
Hammersmith and Fulham
40
197
237
0
0
0
13
0
Harrow
41
75
116
0
0
0
19
0
Hillingdon
61
56
117
53
0
53
23
0
Hounslow
219
573
792
10
0
10
19
0
Kensington and Chelsea
0
0
0
1
0
1
11
0
WEST SUB-TOTAL
1,033
1,092
2,125
94
0
94
129
1
London Total 
5,313
5,081
10,394
1,546
346
1,892
632
404
% of total 
51%
49%
100%
82%
18%
100%
Open 
Market 
Homebuy
Borough
Market
Intermediate
Social
Total
Intermediate 
(% of total)
Social (% 
of total)
All 
Affordable 
(% of total)
Barnet
1,110
94
174
1,378
7%
13%
19%
Camden
521
46
89
656
7%
14%
21%
Enfield
638
139
305
1,082
13%
28%
41%
Hackney
918
458
392
1,768
26%
22%
48%
Haringey
449
105
106
660
16%
16%
32%
Islington
878
543
366
1,787
30%
20%
51%
Westminster
765
21
354
1,140
2%
31%
33%
NORTH SUB-TOTAL
5,279
1,406
1,786
8,471
17%
21%
38%
Barking and Dagenham
616
119
113
848
14%
13%
27%
City of London
96
0
0
96
0%
0%
0%
Havering
265
25
83
373
7%
22%
29%
Newham
607
259
119
985
26%
12%
38%
Redbridge
575
52
18
645
8%
3%
11%
Tower Hamlets
1,516
94
532
2,142
4%
25%
29%
Waltham Forest
636
97
142
875
11%
16%
27%
NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL
4,311
646
1,007
5,964
11%
17%
28%
Bexley
156
37
90
283
13%
32%
45%
Bromley
516
140
127
783
18%
16%
34%
Greenwich
540
169
202
911
19%
22%
41%
Lewisham
673
128
279
1,080
12%
26%
38%
Southwark
809
559
438
1,806
31%
24%
55%
SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL
2,694
1,033
1,136
4,863
21%
23%
45%
Croydon
1,067
270
355
1,692
16%
21%
37%
Kingston upon Thames
266
29
73
368
8%
20%
28%
Lambeth
1,163
176
222
1,561
11%
14%
25%
Merton
494
105
56
655
16%
9%
25%
Richmond upon Thames
285
35
70
390
9%
18%
27%
Sutton
516
10
178
704
1%
25%
27%
Wandsworth
954
287
40
1,281
22%
3%
26%
SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL
4,745
912
994
6,651
14%
15%
29%
Brent
365
67
392
824
8%
48%
56%
Ealing
1,096
124
288
1,508
8%
19%
27%
Hammersmith and Fulham
316
197
285
798
25%
36%
60%
Harrow
363
75
41
479
16%
9%
24%
Hillingdon
327
56
94
477
12%
20%
31%
Hounslow
900
573
219
1,692
34%
13%
47%
Kensington and Chelsea
122
0
0
122
0%
0%
0%
WEST SUB-TOTAL
3,489
1,092
1,319
5,900
19%
22%
41%
TOTAL
20,518
5,089
6,242
31,849
16%
20%
36%
Conventional Approvals (net)
Borough
Market
Intermedi
ate
Social 
rented
Total
Barnet
1,702
122
387
2,211
-89
7
Camden
422
33
122
577
-468
135
Enfield
999
211
128
1,338
-1
16
Hackney
1,110
142
274
1,526
865
877
Haringey
1,630
50
-27
1,653
687
687
Islington
1,656
215
308
2,179
430
959
Westminster
1,377
34
454
1,865
-61
0
NORTH SUB-TOTAL
8,896
773
1,646
11,349
1,363
2,681
Barking and Dagenham
6,985
2,322
2,262
11,569
0
0
City of London
335
0
0
335
0
0
Havering
496
42
122
660
0
0
Newham
8,378
1,502
2,069
11,949
-96
0
Redbridge
574
2
59
635
16
16
Tower Hamlets
6,196
1,114
1,918
9,228
604
782
Waltham Forest
800
124
186
1,110
-10
7
NORTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL
23,764
5,106
6,616
35,486
514
805
Bexley
503
8
196
707
-7
0
Bromley
1,727
249
379
2,355
-114
0
Greenwich
3,422
796
685
4,903
-82
41
Lewisham
1,593
122
216
1,931
-89
47
Southwark
2,044
496
473
3,013
0
0
SOUTH-EAST SUB-TOTAL
9,289
1,671
1,949
12,909
-292
88
Croydon
2,375
399
593
3,367
0
0
Kingston upon Thames
304
18
71
393
-46
0
Lambeth
1,635
428
454
2,517
14
57
Merton
540
97
100
737
0
0
Richmond upon Thames
390
34
60
484
49
49
Sutton
616
58
104
778
0
0
Wandsworth
1,555
456
37
2,048
-137
0
SOUTH-WEST SUB-TOTAL
7,415
1,490
1,419
10,324
-120
106
Brent
1,075
56
211
1,342
619
747
Ealing
602
99
112
813
-93
4
Hammersmith and Fulham
757
504
132
1,393
-83
0
Harrow
1,006
152
151
1,309
-20
0
Hillingdon
1,898
269
501
2,668
-70
0
Hounslow
420
147
117
684
75
96
Kensington and Chelsea
292
0
82
374
-102
5
WEST SUB-TOTAL
6,050
1,227
1,306
8,583
326
852
TOTAL
55,414
10,267
12,936
78,651
1,791
4,532
% of total conventional
70%
13%
16%
100%
Non selfcontained 
Approvals (net)
Non selfcontained 
Approvals (Gross)
London 
1 Bed 
2 Bed 
3 Bed 
4+ Bed 
Total 
Social 
1,787
2,657
1,232
566
6,242
Intermediate
2,297
2,591
164
37
5,089
Market 
7,984
9,590
1,934
1,010
20,518
Total 
12,068
14,838
3,330
1,613
31,849
% 
1 Bed 
2 Bed 
3 Bed 
4+ Bed 
Total 
Social 
29%
43%
20%
9%
100%
Intermediate
45%
51%
3%
1%
100%
Market 
39%
47%
9%
5%
100%
Total 
38%
47%
10%
5%
100%

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