London Property Alliance has responded to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s (MHCLG) consultation on the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system.
If the Government is to achieve its aim of unlocking economic growth, it must reverse the worrying fall in major office planning applications over the past decade in central London. The Alliance has therefore called for major planning reform to extend to offices to ensure that businesses in the country’s successful services sectors can continue to thrive.
In the response, Charles Begley, Chief Executive, writes:
“We propose that office space be specifically referred to in the adjusted wording at the new paragraph 84(b), given its importance to London and the nation’s economy, which is predominately a service economy, and its capacity to support high value, productive, knowledge-based jobs. This would secure the long-term sustainability of London, and the wider UK, as a destination of choice for global employers bringing highly skilled jobs.”
Read the full response here (17 pages)
