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The London Plan July 2011 – RTF version Economic Sectors and Workspaces POLICY 4.2 OFFICES Strategic A The Mayor will and boroughs and other stakeholders should: a support the management and mixed use development and redevelopment of office provision to improve London’s competitiveness and to address the wider objectives of this Plan, including enhancing its varied attractions for businesses of different types and sizes including small and medium sized enterprises b recognise and address strategic as well as local differences in implementing this policy to: – meet the distinct needs of the central London office market, including the north of the Isle of Dogs, by sustaining and developing its unique and dynamic clusters of ‘world city’ and other specialist functions and business environments, and – consolidate and extend the strengths of the diverse office markets elsewhere in the capital by promoting their competitive advantages, focusing new development on viable locations with good public transport, enhancing the business environment including through mixed use redevelopment, and supporting managed conversion of surplus capacity to more viable, complementary uses c encourage renewal and modernisation of the existing office stock in viable locations to improve its quality and flexibility d seek increases in the current stock where there is authoritative, strategic and local evidence of sustained demand for office-based activities in the context of policies 2.7, 2.9, 2.13 and 2.15–2.17. LDF preparation B LDFs should: a enhance the environment and offer of London’s office locations in terms of physical attractiveness, amenities, ancillary and supporting activities as well as services, accessibility, safety and security b provide the basis for work with the GLA Group, investors, developers, land owners and potential occupiers to bring forward and renew development capacity as efficiently as possible, co-ordinating their activities and interests to avoid planning delays and facilitating site assembly, if necessary, through the compulsory purchase process and especially beyond the central London office market c work with sub-regional partners to develop co-ordinated, phased strategies to manage long term, structural changes in the office market, focusing new capacity where there is strategic as well as local evidence of demand, encouraging renewal and modernisation in viable locations and supporting changes of surplus office space to other uses d examine the scope for re-use of otherwise surplus large office spaces for smaller units. 4.10 In recent decades London’s economy has been increasingly service-based, and this is likely to continue. As a result, ensuring there is enough office space of the right kind in the right places is a key task for the London planning Page 110 of 310
The London Plan July 2011 – RTF version system. 4.11 Results from the 2009 London Office Policy Review 71 indicate that office based employment may grow by some 303,000 between 2011 and 2031. On the basis of this; a central assumption for office employment density of 12 sq.m per worker; net:gross development ratios of 75% - 85%; and a frictional vacancy rate of eight per cent, London might need an additional 3.9 million sq m (net) or 4.6 - 5.2 million sq.m (gross) office floorspace by 2031 (see Table 4.1). However, particularly beyond central London, historic performance has shown that employment growth has not translated into office floorspace demand 72 . The Mayor is concerned that the planning process should not compromise potential growth, so 3.9 million sq.m (net) provides a broad, employment based, monitoring benchmark and will be set among others addressing development trends, density, rents, take-up and vacancy. Table 4.1 Demand for office based employment and floorspace, 2011– 2031 Location Outer London Inner London* CAZ and the north of the Isle of Dogs London total Office based employment growth Total % of total growt h Demand for office floorspace (million sqm) Net floorspace Gross floorspace (75% ratio) Gross floorspace (85% ratio) 59,000 20 0.77 1.03 0.91 67,000 22 0.86 1.15 1.01 177,000 58 2.30 3.07 2.71 303,000 100 3.93 5.24 4.62 * Excluding CAZ and north of Isle of Dogs Source: GLA; derived from London Office Policy Review 2009 4.12 Informed by the recommendations of the Outer London Commission (OLC) 73 , the Mayor encourages the renewal and modernisation of the office stock in viable locations in outer and inner London and urges boroughs to manage changes of surplus office space to other uses, providing overall capacity is sustained to meet London’s long-term office needs. The findings of the OLC and the London Office Review Panel (LORP) indicate that the most viable locations for the renewal and modernisation of the office stock in 71 Ramidus Consulting Limited, Roger Tym & Partners. London Office Policy Review 2009. GLA, 2009 72 Ramidus Consulting Limited 2009, op cit 73 Mayor of London. The Mayor’s Outer London Commission Report, GLA 2010 Page 111 of 310
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