London: Creating a liveable city for a changing population

• The Team• Title• London• Issues• Objectives

The Team

• Our team are from a range of backgrounds working for the National and Local Government (public sector), Developers (private sector), consultants and students.

• Backgrounds in planning, urban design, economics, transport.• Andrea Kitzberger• Charlotte Morphett• Darren McCreery• Don Messenger• Esther Howe• Harry Manley

• John Manns

• James Mackness• Jonathan Douglas-Green• Rachel Ferguson (Co-ordinator)• Phillip Bentley• Zoe Green

Creating a liveable city for a changing population

• Looking at:– Housing the changing population;– Balancing resources spent on houses with others

e.g. transport, open space;– Distributing and working together across London –

at different scales.

Territory: London

• Capital of England and United Kingdom

• Home of 12.5% of UK Population on 0.6% of land area: – 7.75 million live in 3.3

million households;– 4,900 persons per square

kilometre

• Distinct areas:Territory: London

London Planning Context• National Government – Department for Communities and Local

Government (DCLG)• Greater London Authority – Regional – elected Mayor;• 32 London Boroughs - elected Members;• Civil Servants / Planning Officers work at both

Issues

• Growing Population;• Distribution of Population;• Changing Population;

• HOW TO HOUSE EVERYONE

Growing Population• Grown every year since 1988;• 2009 – 7.75 million:• 3.06 Inner London• 4.67 million outer London

Population Distribution

Changing Population

• Younger than anywhere else in the UK;• Over 65 year olds:– will increase by 34% to reach 1.17

million by 2031;• 10% disability and impairment;• More households – especially one

person;• Poverty and disadvantage.

Housing delivery challenges3 key Issues:• Quantum – building enough housing for a growing population• Affordability – building housing that is within the reach of all• Quality – building housing that allows its occupiers a good quality

of life

Other pressures:

• Competing land uses• Finance• Infrastructure/transport funding

requirements• Sustainability• Policy

These three key issues impact on each other in a multitude of ways (e.g. a failure to deliver the required quantum can result in decreased affordability or a drive for affordability might result in lower quality)

Objectives to Explore• What implications do planning policy interventions and development

economics have for emerging patterns of (residential) development in London?

• How can the 3 key issues be balanced to achieve adequate housing for Londoners?

• Should/can one of these issues be prioritised over the other two? What role can the built environment professions play in negotiation and mediation?

• How is the market responding to the challenges of housing delivery? Is regularisation necessary in helping to solve these problems?

• How have policy-makers responded to these challenges?• What more can be done? Are there possible changes outside of spatial

planning? Are there any interventions that can take place outside of London’s administrative boundaries?

• What are the impacts of the challenges faced in London(’s housing market) on its ability achieve inclusive and sustainable growth?