A Business Improvement District (BID) is a defined area within which local businesses are required to pay an additional levy. The collected tax will be invested locally to fund projects within the district's boundaries. The BID is often funded primarily through the levy but can also draw on other public and private funding streams. There are currently 70 London BIDs with new ones being developed every year. Note: The dataset was created...

Dataset last updated: 17th November 2023 This dataset provides indicative areas of biodiversity hotspots in Greater London, identified by research and data analysis using methods derived from the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) “Planning for Biodiversity?” report (2016). The dataset has been created by Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC (GiGL). GiGL mobilises, curates and shares data that underpin our knowledge of London’s ...

CLEVER Cities is an EU funded international project which aims to regenerate cities with the strategic planning approach called "Nature-Based-Solutions (NBS)." It focuses on three main front-runner cities; London, Hamburg, and Milan, to learn from their hands-on experiences and local knowledge in implementing NBS approach. As part of the CLEVER Cities project, regenerations and improvements have been made and planned for South Thamesmea...

Area of Designated Green Belt Land (hectares). Only london boroughs with some greenbelt land shown. A GIS of this land for all of England has now been made available by DCLG. Download the GIS Zip file (27MB) External link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-belt-statistics

Planning decisions by: type of development, speed of decision, type and speed, major or minor and enforcement actions. Regional figures are rounded and do not necessarily sum to the independently rounded national figures. Speed of Decision: Figures exclude 'county matters' decisions. The percentages do not relate directly to the total number of decisions taken, as some applications (eg. an application for a determination as to whether...

Opportunity Areas are London’s major source of brownfield land with significant capacity for new housing, commercial and other development linked to existing or potential improvements to public transport accessibility. Typically they can accommodate at least 5,000 jobs or 2,500 new homes or a combination of the two, along with other supporting facilities and infrastructure. The Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks report sets out the b...

The London Development Database (LDD) has been replaced by the Planning London Datahub (PLD) and the data on this page is no longer being updated. The LDD recorded significant planning permissions in London. The data was entered by London's planning authorities, and checked by the GLA to ensure consistency across London. The LDD recorded any planning consent that permits one or more of the following: any new build residential units any...

Documents for the public hearing on the application for development at 9, 11 and 19 Osiers Road, GLA case reference 4558. More details can be found at https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-and-decisions/public-hearings/9-11-and-19-osiers-road-public-hearing.

This page contains the spatial boundaries from the Mayor's Community Infrastructure Levy 2019 (known as MCIL 2), which replaces MCIL 1 on 1st April 2019. The following can be downloaded:: Image files of Central London and Isle of Dogs charging areas and the MCIL 2 charging bands MCIL 2 Central London charging area shape file for use in ArcMap or other GIS software MCIL 2 Isle of Dogs charging area shape file for use in ArcMap or other ...

The London Plan Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) 14 covers the period from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017. It provides information about progress being made in implementing the policies and addressing the objectives of the London Plan 2016 by showing how London is performing against the 24 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) identified in Chapter 8 of the Plan. Chapter 3 of the AMR provides additional performance measures and statistics....