London Consumer Expenditure and Comparison Goods Retail Floorspace Need

Transport for London are on behalf of the GLA who are looking to appoint a Consultant to produce a study that will assess the scale and nature of consumer expenditure in London for comparison goods, convenience goods, and other expenditure including leisure to the year 2041. It will focus on strategic requirements for comparison goods retail floorspace need in London, distributed to boroughs and individual town centres. It will take into account strategic retail developments in the planning pipeline and assess future scenarios for the distribution of assessed need in the context of the London Plan town centre network. The study will inform the full review of the London Plan Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) on Town Centres and will complement research into other town centre uses such as offices, hotel supply and demand, housing capacity and the London Town Centre Health Check. The study will be framed within the wider policy context of the London Plan and the Government’s National Planning Policy Framework which recognise town centres as a key spatial priority.