Brownfield lands are areas of previously developed land available for residential and mixed-use developments. All local planning authorities are required to publish a Brownfield Land Register to encourage delivery of housing and investment in the area. Brownfield sites that are below 0.25 hectares may not be shown on the map. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the...

Strategic Industrial Locations (SILs) are London’s main reservoirs of industrial and related capacity. There are two types of SILs: Preferred Industrial Locations (PIL) and Industrial Business Parks (IBP). Development proposals within or adjacent to SILs should not compromise the integrity or effectiveness of these locations in accommodating industrial type activities. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the...

A Site Allocation means that the site is allocation for a particular type of development or use, such as housing, employment and leisure, within a development plan. Allocated sites provide guidelines for planning decisions, help to diversify use of land and promote development at borough level. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the relevant London Borough to...

Locally Significant Industrial (LSIS) Sites are sites that have particular local importance for industrial and related functions, which complement provision in SILs. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the relevant London Borough to confirm accuracy. NOTE: The boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'.Contains OS data...

Conservation Areas are areas where extra planning controls apply due to their special architectural and historic interest. The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the relevant London Borough to confirm accuracy. NOTE: The boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance Survey's 'presumption to publish'.Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database...

Opportunity Areas (OAs) are London’s major source of brownfield land which have significant capacity for development. Development proposals within OAs should conform with strategic directions for the OA(s). The GIS files show the indicative boundaries, please contact the relevant London Borough to confirm accuracy. NOTE: The boundaries are based on Ordnance Survey mapping and the data is published under Ordnance...

Town centres provide a range of commercial, cultural and civic activities, including shopping, leisure, employment, entertainment, culture, and social and community facilities. Their vitality and viability should be promoted to ensure they retain their importance. There are five broad types of town centres according to their scales and roles: International centres, Metropolitan centres, Major centres, District centres and Neighbourhood and...

Boundaries of High Streets as developed by the Regeneration team at the Greater London Authority. NOTE: these boundaries will be used when sharing data about High Street spend and footfall. They reflect the wider uses of High Streets including community, public and cultural, in addition to concentrations of retail units.

To support the next London Plan, we have produced strategic summaries for London’s Opportunity Areas (‘Opportunity Area Pen Portraits’). We collected a series of data on delivery of homes, jobs, town centres and high streets, transport, land use and industrial land to assess local change at a strategic level, to better understand places in the OAs, and evaluate how they are...