vii Mayor of London The London Plar The London Plan enables a strategic approach to be taken to the key issues facing London.It: provides a clear framework within which all of the stakeholders in London's future can plan their own activities to best effect enables Londoners to participate in shaping the future of their city mostly at the sub-regional level ensures that policies are coherent and integrated.across issues and between places sends a strong message to the world that London has a vibrant and confident view of its future The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004,section 38,bestows development plan status on the London Plan.Under the plan-led system, this means that the determination of planning applications must be made in accordance with the London Plan and the relevant Development Plan Documents(DPDs)unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The role of the London Plan The Mayor is required by law to produce other strategies for London Each must be nsistent with the othe and the london plar acts asth integrating ork for all.Ea ach must take e on boar national policie and international obligations.These strategies are Agenda for Action on Alcohol,Air Quality",Alcohol and Drugs,Ambient Noise,Animal Welfare,Anti-social Behaviour,Biodiversity,Business Waste,Childcare,Children and Young People,Climate Change Adaptation Strategy,Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy*,Cocaine, Culture*.Domestic Violence,Economic Development*,E-government, Energy,Food,Health Inequalities,Housing,Municipal Waste*Older People.Refuo Skills Tou ism Tra Wate and a Framework (thos e strategies marked are statutory requirements) The London Plan is required to take account of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP)and other EU directives".The ESDP sets a framework for the planning system to operate in the wider European context and supports the principle of sustainable development and the creation of balanced urban systems. astatutory requirement that atertions to theond Pan appraisal.The Mayo also has a statutory duty to pr opp ortunity in Londo and will e e th the propos and policies in the London Plan are implemented with due regard to theviii Mayor of London The London Plan The London Plan enables a strategic approach to be taken to the key issues facing London. It: • provides a clear framework within which all of the stakeholders in London’s future can plan their own activities to best effect • enables Londoners to participate in shaping the future of their city – mostly at the sub-regional level • ensures that policies are coherent and integrated, across issues and between places • sends a strong message to the world that London has a vibrant and confident view of its future. The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, section 38, bestows development plan status on the London Plan. Under the plan-led system, this means that the determination of planning applications must be made in accordance with the London Plan and the relevant Development Plan Documents (DPDs) unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The role of the London Plan The Mayor is required by law to produce other strategies for London. Each must be consistent with the others and the London Plan acts as the integrating framework for all. Each must take on board national policies and international obligations. These strategies are: Agenda for Action on Alcohol, Air Quality*, Alcohol and Drugs, Ambient Noise*, Animal Welfare, Anti-social Behaviour, Biodiversity*, Business Waste, Childcare, Children and Young People, Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Strategy*, Cocaine, Culture*, Domestic Violence, Economic Development*, E-government, Energy, Food, Health Inequalities, Housing, Municipal Waste*, Older People, Refugees, Rough Sleepers, Skills, Tourism, Transport*, Water and a Tree & Woodland Framework (those strategies marked * are statutory requirements). The London Plan is required to take account of the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP) and other EU directivesiii. The ESDP sets a framework for the planning system to operate in the wider European context and supports the principle of sustainable development and the creation of balanced urban systems. It is a statutory requirement that alterations to the London Plan undergo a ‘sustainability appraisal’. The Mayor also has a statutory duty to promote equality of opportunity in London and will ensure that the proposals and policies in the London Plan are implemented with due regard to the