Status of London Plan Guidance

Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 16 December 2021.

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Photo of Sakina Sheikh Sakina Sheikh Labour

Could you update me on the status of all the London Plan Guidance documents? Could you ensure this is clear on the GLA Website? The webpage was recently changed so the LPGs are listed by chapter of the London Plan, as opposed to their status as was previously the case.

Photo of Sadiq Khan Sadiq Khan Mayor of London

The status of each London Plan Guidance (LPG) document is set out in the attached document.

For documents published before 2020, the term Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) was used rather than London Plan Guidance (LPG). A number of SPGs were retained when the London Plan 2021 was published, as they remain relevant to it. Over time, they will be updated and replaced by LPG. LPG has the same ‘weight’ in decision-making as SPG; the change in name reflects the more focussed approach being taken with new LPGs, and emphasises the specific relationship between the guidance and the London Plan.

The webpage for the guidance will be reviewed in order to ensure the status of each piece of guidance is clear.