After more than 20 in-person events, four webinars and our Big Local Plan Community Assembly, the public consultation on our draft Local Plan closed on Sunday 8 February.
Since it opened on 15 December, we have over a thousand responses from a variety of audiences from residents to developers, community groups to local businesses.
We’ve asked for feedback about how Royal Greenwich should grow, what types of homes and jobs we need, what is needed across our different neighbourhoods, and how we protect and enhance our environment.
All views put forward will be considered as we look to shape the blueprint for Royal Greenwich’s bold and ambitious vision for the future.
Councillor Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “The past two months have been incredibly busy as we’ve worked to gather as much feedback as possible to help shape our blueprint for the future of the borough.
“From webinars to in-person events, to our engagement portal to last Saturday’s Big Local Plan Community Assembly at Woolwich Works, we wanted to make it easy for people to get involved – and thank you to those who made that all happen.
“Thank you also to those who had their say as your feedback will go a long way to helping us get our final Local Plan right which residents will be consulted on.”
Our vision for the future
Greenwich is one of the fastest growing boroughs in London, a place that is home to people from all over the world. We have a rich naval and military history, along with a UNESCO World Heritage Site - but this is also a borough which has high levels of income and health inequality and areas that suffer from a lack of public transport options.
At the heart of our proposed Local Plan is a clear long-term vision focused on growth that is sustainable and healthy, that not only strengthens our economy and supports our communities but also protects our environment and unique heritage.
We want to build nearly 45,000 new homes – a mix of quality, genuinely affordable and family-sized homes that prioritise the diverse needs of our residents while also acting on a desire to warn off bad development.
We want to create thousands of jobs and unlock the untapped economic potential along our riverside.
Our Plan is divided into eight themes: Places, Housing, Economy, Town Centres, Design and Heritage, Environment, Climate Emergency and Transport. Residents can look back at the consultation on our engagement portal.
What happens next
The production of a Local Plan involves multiple stages – from evidence gathering to public consultation with communities and stakeholders, examination, and adoption.
The council ran a first phase of public consultation during August and September 2023. Now that this last phase of consultation has ended, all the feedback will be used to shape a final Local Plan which will be subject to a further consultation before it is submitted to the government’s Planning Inspectorate for independent examination which will determine whether the Plan can be adopted.