The London Planning Advisory Committee (LPAC) was an ad hoc Londonwide joint committee responsible for strategic planning from the abolition of the

Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...

in 1986 to the creation of the

Greater London Authority The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym "City Hall", is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London. It consists of two political branches: the executive Mayoralty (currently led by Sadiq Khan) and the ...

in 2000. The leader was

Sally Hamwee Sally Rachel Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee (born 12 January 1947) is a Liberal Democrat politician and their Lead Home Affairs Spokesperson in the House of Lords. She is a Life Peer and former chair of the London Assembly. Biography Hamwee was ed ...

from 1986 and

Nicky Gavron Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron (born November 1941) is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London to Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Lab ...

from 1994.

Statutory basis

The

Local Government Act 1985 The Local Government Act 1985 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Its main effect was to abolish the six county councils of the metropolitan counties that had been set up in 1974, 11 years earlier, by the Local Government Act 1972, ...

required the London borough councils to set up a "joint planning committee for Greater London". The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Section 3 (2) detailed the functions of the joint planning committee as: *advise the local planning authorities (the London borough councils and the City of London Corporation); *inform the Secretary of State of their views; and *inform the local planning authorities for areas near Greater London and other relevant bodies. The London Planning Advisory Committee was serviced by

Havering London Borough Council Havering London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Havering in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Havering is divided into 18 wards, each elect ...

.J.N. Berry, W.S. McGreal (2003), European Cities, Planning Systems and Property Markets The joint planning committee for Greater London was abolished by Section 349 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

Publications

*Advice on strategic planning guidance for London, 1994 *Dwellings over and in shops in London, 1998 *Good practice guide to community planning and development, 1995 *Strategic planning advice on high buildings and strategic views in London, 1999 *Sustainable residential quality: new approaches to urban living, 1998 *Urban regeneration for the 1990s, 1992

References

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