Visualising planning policies
Yatwan Hui BSc Architecture MSc Urban Design MSA
Project:
The Draft London Plan
Draft published December 2017
Client:
Mayor of London
Role:
Strategic urban designer to illustrate and clarify the Mayor's policies on development in London.
These reflect reflect the strategies in the OAPFs and also take into account the development
capacities modelled in the OAPF.
The diagram below sets out the Mayor's strategy to build on industrial land. Industrial uses can be
T H Ean
D Rappropriate
A F T L O N D O buffer
N P L A Nuse
D E created
C E M B E R so
2 0 1that
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2 5 1 be released for residential use.
densified and
land can
Figure 6.3 - Simplified illustrations of approaches to SIL/LSIS
consolidation
Before/Existing
An industrial land with a
typically large yard space
B1c
Section A-A
Before / Existing
Commercial
A
B8
A
B8 yard
Residential
SIL/LSIS
B8
SIL Strategic Industrial Location
LSIS Locally Significant Industrial
Land
B8 yard space
Residential
SIL/LSIS
Transition
B1c
Section B-B
Transition
B8
B
New
B8
SIL/LSIS
Residential
Commercial
Ramp
access
New B8
multistorey
B8
Residential
B
A new multistorey industrial
building is constructed in the
yard. This building is taller and
has a smaller footprint than
the existing industrial building.
SIL/LSIS
After intensification
B1c
Section C-C
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C
New resi
Commercial
Residential
New
B8
New commercial/resi
New B1c/resi
New B1c
New commercial
SIL/LSIS released
C
SIL/LSIS retained
SIL/LSIS released
New B8
multistorey
SIL/LSIS retained
Ramp
access
The existing industrial building
is replaced with a new
residential building.
A lighter industrial use (B8) on
the ground floor acts as a
buffer to the new industrial and
residential development.