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Oooh, maps. A treat.

Industry isn't only making things. It's also mending, recycling, storing and distributing things.

Malcolm | 18.12.19 - 9:59 a.m. | #

Thanks DG for the maps. I like maps.

Cornish Monkey | 18.12.19 - 10:31 a.m. | #

Really interesting maps. The new housing in the 1st one shows the pressure that will build on the rail services in East London along the Thames unless serious upgrades are implemented, and the need for additional rail AND road crossings...

Mikey C | 18.12.19 - 12:07 p.m. | #

Before I read the text, my assumption was that the blue bit on the first map was the area at risk of flooding.

Alan | 18.12.19 - 12:29 p.m. | #

Yes, so the new development in East London definitely won't all be on flood plane then.

Adrian | 18.12.19 - 4:18 p.m. | #

I managed to read it all, very good. As with all versions of the London Plan, I would like to add my own thoughts.

I don't know why the GLA doesn't seek an (ever so slightly) expanded Greater London boundary.

This would be minimal, in order to protect green and other open spaces, but it would mean any brownfield sites just outside Greater London could be moved just inside--and potentially GLA Land (or whatever it's called these days) or a private housebuilding company could buy any derelict brownfield public sector or privately owned land.

This would allow the construction of houses and flats--and also ensuring that after construction, the properties were blended into the green belt surroundings sensitively enough.

Jonathan | 18.12.19 - 8:48 p.m. | #

Alternatively, all this investment and development in London should be redirected to the Midlands and the north of England to rebalance a few things. London already sucks in huge amounts of infrastructure investment, though I guess that's justified by the huge contribution London makes to the country's GDP.

Which leads me to think that if London were a separate 'nation' we could demand independence from the rest of the UK and stay in the EU. If Scotland can do it then so can we!

ActonMan | 19.12.19 - 12:42 a.m. | #











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