Special Report: Havering Under Siege- How the Mayor of London’s Housing Targets Are Changing Our Streets.

Havering residents angry at blocks of flats springing up on every spare patch of land should know exactly where the pressure comes from. Housing targets for London boroughs are set by the Mayor of London through the London Plan, the capital’s strategic spatial plan produced by the Greater London Authority. The London Plan establishes ten-year minimum targets for each borough and is the starting point for what local councils must plan to deliver.

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Build Build Build-Community Anger Versus Housing Targets, What Next For Local Councils?

Across London and beyond, local councils are finding themselves squeezed between government housing demands and the realities of stretched infrastructure. Communities are left asking — where will the schools, GP surgeries, and transport links come from to match the surge in new homes?

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