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and other appropriate stakeholders. Regeneration proposals should take
account of stakeholder aspirations for the neighbourhoods concerned, and for
the wider area affected. Options that maximise new opportunities for those
concerned to participate in the delivery of programmes and initiatives
shaping neighbourhoods will be encouraged. Consultation and involvement
activities should also seek to empower communities and neighbourhoods, and
support development of wider skills.
2.65 Relevant plans should include a programme for implementation of policies
and proposals designed to minimise disruption of the communities and
businesses affected.
2.66 The boroughs and local strategic partnerships must be the key agencies in this
but the GLA Group can provide essential strategic support, through coordinated
action by the GLA, TfL, LFEPA and Metropolitan Police, integrated
with borough and central Government initiatives. The main delivery vehicles
will be community strategies, neighbourhood plans and other locally-based
policy and delivery mechanisms prepared in partnership with the local
communities so regeneration is ‘owned’ at the grassroots level. Policies and
initiatives in these areas should take account of the fact that regeneration of
relatively small areas of deprivation may require intervention at a more strategic
(and in some cases, inter-borough) level - to improve local town centres,
transport links or other services and facilities, for example.
2.67 Some of the areas identified in Map 2.5 fall within opportunity or intensification
areas designated in this Plan; where this is the case regeneration action should
be co-ordinated with development frameworks and other policies for the area
concerned.
2.68 LDFs should make complementary provision for necessary development, for
example, recognising under-served market areas and securing capacity for new
shops, identifying local centres as the foci for wider neighbourhood renewal
and, where necessary, protecting industrial land to provide capacity for
relatively affordable workspace.
Town Centres
POLICY 2.15 TOWN CENTRES
Strategic
A The Mayor will, and boroughs and other stakeholder should, co-ordinate
the development of London’s network of town centres in the context of
Map 2.6 and Annex 2 so they provide:
a the main foci beyond the Central Activities Zone for commercial
development and intensification, including residential development
b the structure for sustaining and improving a competitive choice of
goods and services conveniently accessible to all Londoners,
particularly by public transport, cycling and walking
c together with local neighbourhoods, the main foci for most
Londoners’ sense of place and local identity within the capital.
B Changes to the network including designation of new centres or extension
of existing ones where appropriate, should be co-ordinated strategically
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