The Mayor’s new London Plan, published on 22 July, contains few references to the natural environment or wildlife, and clearly comes from the same hymn-sheet as the draft Planning Policy Framework.
In this strategic document, Boris Johnson is keen to stress he is very ‘hands-off’, leaving the real work to London’s Borough Councils, and, once again, economics takes precedence over other concerns.
The Mayor’s additional published strategies, covering housing, transport, economic development and air quality, as well as ‘Leading to a Greener London’, are designed to work in tandem.
http://www.london.gov.uk/publication/londonplan
