London Mayor Proposes Lower Threshold for Fast-Track Homes Planning
The plan also keeps 12 central boroughs at a 35% affordable housing requirement and sets 25% and 20% thresholds for other areas.
- On Thursday, July 16, 2026, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan published the new draft London Plan, setting a 10-year target to deliver 558,000 new homes by 2037 to address the capital's housing crisis.
- City Hall introduced a new tiered system for affordable housing requirements, replacing the previous city-wide threshold with borough-specific goals to reflect local viability and land values.
- Under the new framework, developments in 12 central boroughs must include 35% affordable housing, while eight boroughs face a 25% requirement and the remaining 13 boroughs operate at 20%.
- Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman claimed the announcement "demonstrates the impact of our legal challenge," though he argued the new proposals "does not go far enough."
- Londoners can participate in public consultations regarding the plan until October 15, 2026, which includes potential green belt land release to support the long-term housing targets.
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London mayor proposes lower threshold for fast-track homes planning
The Mayor of London has proposed lower affordable housing requirements for some developments seeking a faster route through planning. The draft plan kept the Mayor’s wider aim for half of new homes across London to be affordable. However, individual schemes could qualify for fast-track approval… The post London mayor proposes lower threshold for fast-track homes planning appeared first on Construction News.
London Plan: Mayor unveils tiered affordable homes quotas and green belt drive
The Architects’ Journal Mayor unveils tiered affordable homes quotas and green belt housing policy A tiered system for affordable homes quotas and targets for homes to be built on green belt land are among the measures unveiled in the new Draft London Plan to tackle the housing crisis The post Mayor unveils tiered affordable homes quotas and green belt housing policy appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Josh Butler
Enfield Dispatch
New London Plan includes housing target lower than government's own aim for the capital
City Hall’s draft spatial development strategy also sets a lower affordable housing target of 20% for Enfield borough, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter London and (inset, credit LDRS) Jules Pipe at the launch of the new draft London Plan City Hall will aim far lower than the government’s housing targets for London over the next decade, a new spatial development strategy has indicated. The draft London Plan – published for the firs…
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