A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Housing required to meet the projected population growth is rapidly swallowing up London’s industrial land. London Plan projections suggest that manufacturing and industry is in decline, so industrial land will soon not be of much use to the city and can be gradually developed in a process of ‘managed release’. But it may be that the destruction of London’s infrastructure of employment land will have a detrimental and unpredictable impact on London’s present status as a world-leading business hub and have unexpected negative implications for Londoners who live and work in the city. The paper draws on a review of existing literature and research, as well as evidence presented from grassroots organisations in response to the Further Alterations to the London Plan. It argues that manufacturing is changing, but it is not dead. Smaller manufacturers whose work cannot easily be replicated overseas are flourishing and the UK remains the 6th largest exporter on the planet. Industrial land also accommodates diverse industrial activities and infrastructure aside from manufacturing, as well as small creative and service sector businesses, voluntary and community organisations, who benefit from the relative affordability and flexibility of premises on industrial land, which are increasingly difficult to find elsewhere given London’s rampant property market. Together these activities provide vital support to London’s economy and residents, and contribute to London’s diversity, vibrancy and overall status as a World City – as London continues to grow, it will need more (not less) of these goods and services. The evidence presented demonstrates that on-going loss of industrial land is being driven largely by real estate speculation rather than deindustrialisation. However, evidence for the actual state of industrial land - who does business there, how those businesses are linked together and embedded in the places they occupy - is thin on the ground. This lack of information means the impact of this loss of industrial land is ...
Housing required to meet the projected population growth is rapidly swallowing up London’s industrial land. London Plan projections suggest that manufacturing and industry is in decline, so industrial land will soon not be of much use to the city and can be gradually developed in a process of ‘managed release’. But it may be that the destruction of London’s infrastructure of employment land will have a detrimental and unpredictable impact on London’s present status as a world-leading business hub and have unexpected negative implications for Londoners who live and work in the city. The paper draws on a review of existing literature and research, as well as evidence presented from grassroots organisations in response to the Further Alterations to the London Plan. It argues that manufacturing is changing, but it is not dead. Smaller manufacturers whose work cannot easily be replicated overseas are flourishing and the UK remains the 6th largest exporter on the planet. Industrial land also accommodates diverse industrial activities and infrastructure aside from manufacturing, as well as small creative and service sector businesses, voluntary and community organisations, who benefit from the relative affordability and flexibility of premises on industrial land, which are increasingly difficult to find elsewhere given London’s rampant property market. Together these activities provide vital support to London’s economy and residents, and contribute to London’s diversity, vibrancy and overall status as a World City – as London continues to grow, it will need more (not less) of these goods and services. The evidence presented demonstrates that on-going loss of industrial land is being driven largely by real estate speculation rather than deindustrialisation. However, evidence for the actual state of industrial land - who does business there, how those businesses are linked together and embedded in the places they occupy - is thin on the ground. This lack of information means the impact of this loss of industrial land is ...
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