The Local Plan

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The Local Plan

Every local authority in England must prepare a Local Plan. It’s a statutory document required by national planning law that sets out how an area will grow and change over the next 15 to 20 years.

The Local Plan sets the strategic framework for development in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. 

It helps us decide where new homes, jobs, shops, schools, community facilities and infrastructure should go, and how we protect what makes the borough unique.

The Local Plan is made up of:

  • core strategy
  • policies map

Core strategy

The Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies is the key strategic planning document for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. 

It is used to help shape development and determine planning applications.

It was adopted on 30 July 2014.

Download our Core Strategy with detailed policies:

Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with detailed policies (main document)
PDF - 2.67 MB
Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with detailed policies (appendices)
PDF - 2.25 MB

Policies map

The policies map sets out the policies and site allocations in Royal Greenwich. This includes areas for protection such as:

  • open space
  • conservation areas
  • town centre boundaries
  • sites identified for particular land uses.

It used to be called the proposals map.

View the interactive map of the core strategy policies in full browser window

There are also detailed inset maps of Woolwich, Eltham and Greenwich town centres.

The policies map was adopted in 2014.

Download the Borough policies map and Town centre inset maps:

Core Strategy town centre inset maps
PDF - 2.51 MB
Core Strategy borough policies map
PDF - 12.58 MB

Local Plan is supported by supplementary planning documents and other guidance, including our evidence base.