page_title: London Plan
section_title: Sub-regions
hierarchical_section_title: London Plan / Policies / Sub-regions
caption_attribution_description: English: A simulated-colour satellite image of west London taken on NASA's Landsat 7 satellite.
context_page_description: The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area in the United Kingdom that is written by the Mayor of London and published by the Greater London Authority.
  The regional planning document was first published in final form on 10 February 2004. In addition to minor alterations, it was substantially revised and republished in February 2008 and again in July 2011. In October 2013, minor alterations were made to the plan to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes in national policy.
  The current London Plan of March 2016 was published, and amended, in January 2017. The current plan has a formal end-date of 2036.
context_section_description: For the purposes of the plan, London is divided into five sub-regions. From 2004 to 2008 the sub-regions were initially the same as the Learning and Skills Council areas established in 1999. Within this scheme there was a separate Central sub-region and four others around it. The London part of the Thames Gateway zone was entirely contained within the East London sub-region. The 2004–08 sub-regions each had a Sub-Regional Development Framework.
  The sub-regions were revised in February 2008 as part of the Further Alterations to the London Plan. These sub-regions each radiated from the centre to combine inner and outer London boroughs. The 2008–11 sub-regions, each had its own Sub Regional Implementation Framework.
  In 2011 the sub-regions were revised again. A smaller Central sub-region was reintroduced, the South sub-region was reintroduced, and all boroughs in the Thames Gateway were returned to the East sub-region. The 2011 sub-regions are maintained in the 2016 London Plan.
  Throughout these revisions has been a separately defined Central Activities Zone which includes areas with a very high concentration of metropolitan activities.
caption: Development must not encroach on green spaces
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