London’s infrastructure is critical to the city’s growth ambitions. Growth increasingly happens in hubs outside the city centre as well as within it, creating new needs for infrastructure in new places.
Find out how the capital’s housing and infrastructure is set to change by 2035, from extending public transport to underserved parts of the city to improving internet access to support productivity and unlocking new homes.
Why it matters
London is in a housing crisis. We need to build new, genuinely affordable homes to raise productivity and reduce poverty. This means rapidly reversing the post-pandemic decline in house building, driven by high interest rates and inflation.
London has some world-class infrastructure. But some of it is not ready for growth – particularly the power grid. We need transport, logistics, low-carbon energy, clean water, waste and digital connectivity infrastructure that is designed for the future.
London will not achieve its climate goals without investment in resilient infrastructure and upgrading existing buildings. London will need to build, retrofit, electrify, install, plant and clean like never before. That will need a huge workforce, electric grid capacity and massive amounts of building materials, equipment and technology.
10-year plan
- Set a long-term framework and plan for London’s infrastructure.
- Rapidly build more homes, prioritising genuinely affordable homes.
- Develop and implement a new London Plan which prioritises housing and growth.
- Stabilise funding for London’s world-class public transport network.
- Extend and upgrade the public transport network, prioritising projects to unlock new homes and growth.
- Extend internet and digital connectivity.
- Explore new potential energy sources to power London’s growth.
- Grow international travel connections.
Getting started: one-year actions
- Publish a London Infrastructure Framework.
- Publish Towards a London Plan[114].
- Launch the first wave of rent-controlled Key Worker Living Rent Homes.
- Work to reduce the time taken for planning applications.
- Speed up electricity grid connections for major projects.
- Warmer Homes London to start funding work to retrofit homes for vulnerable Londoners.
- Work across private and public sectors to understand the long-term logistics needs of London’s economy and identify opportunities for innovation.
- Support housing viability in the short term through further steps within the current London Plan[116] and Affordable Homes Programme[117] frameworks.
Opportunities to drive growth
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Take a look at London’s priority infrastructure and housebuilding opportunities on our interactive map.
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Sources:
114. Process for developing the new London Plan is shared by the Greater London Authority.
116. See the London Plan.
117. See Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021-2026.