Looking ahead to the Mayor Sadiq Khan’s speech regarding the green belt later today, and accompanying launch of the London Plan review, Muniya Barua, Deputy Chief Executive at BusinessLDN, said: “The Mayor’s commitment to actively explore releasing poor quality parts of the capital’s green belt close to transport links is a very welcome step forward to tackling the city’s housing crisis – an approach we have long championed.
“The upcoming review of the London Plan, the Mayor’s spatial strategy, is a crucial opportunity to create a slimmer, strategic blueprint that helps the city to deliver the homes, commercial spaces and other infrastructure it needs.
“Crucially, the planning reforms being introduced by both the Government and City Hall will require backing with hard cash during next month’s Spending Review. This will be vital to unlock additional private investment that can support a step-change in delivery of affordable homes, as well as major transport and infrastructure projects required to boost growth.”