Policy information sourced from The London Plan 2021

E5 Strategic Industrial Locations (SIL)

  1. Strategic Industrial Locations (identified in Figure 6.1 and Table 6.2) should be managed proactively through a plan-led process to sustain them as London’s largest concentrations of industrial, logistics and related capacity for uses that support the functioning of London’s economy.
  2. Boroughs, in their Development Plans, should:
    • define the detailed boundary of SILs in policies maps having regard to the scope for intensification, co-location and substitution (set out in Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution)
    • develop local policies to protect and intensify the function of SILs and enhance their attractiveness and competitiveness (including improvements to access, public transport, digital connectivity and other related infrastructure) for the functions set out in Part A of Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function
    • explore opportunities to intensify and make more efficient use of land in SILs in Development Plan reviews and through Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks in collaboration with the GLA and other planning authorities within and outside London (Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution).
    • strategically coordinate Development Plans to identify opportunities to substitute industrial capacity and function of Strategic Industrial Locations where evidence that alternative, more suitable, locations exist. This release must be carried out through a planning framework or Development Plan Document review process and adopted as policy in a Development Plan. All Boroughs are encouraged to evaluate viable opportunities to provide additional industrial land in new locations to support this process. This policy should be applied in the context of Policy E7 Industrial intensification, co-location and substitution.
  3. Development proposals in SILs should be supported where the uses proposed fall within the industrial-type activities set out in Part A of Policy E4 Land for industry, logistics and services to support London’s economic function
  4. Development proposals within or adjacent to SILs should not compromise the integrity or effectiveness of these locations in accommodating industrial-type activities and their ability to operate on a 24-hour basis. Residential development adjacent to SILs should be designed to ensure that existing or potential industrial activities in SIL are not compromised or curtailed. Particular attention should be given to layouts, access, orientation, servicing, public realm, air quality, soundproofing and other design mitigation in the residential development.

For more information please see The London Plan 2021