GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS NIGHT TIME STRATEGY GUIDANCE
The strategy document aims to inspire a new wave of night time planning across the capital
Launched on 17 March 2021, the three-part Night Time strategy, which Publica was commissioned to develop by the Greater London Authority, The Mayor of London and the city’s Night Czar Amy Lamé, offers guidance to local authorities on how they can play a role in managing night time.
Night time offers unique opportunities to enrich and diversify the experience of a borough. By developing a night time strategy, local authorities can address such diverse goals as combating loneliness, improving feelings of safety at night, celebrating a wide range of cultures, increasing the wellbeing of night workers, and nurturing the next generation of creative workers, among many more.
Developing night time strategies that are specific to each borough and its communities will enrich and diversify London at night, enhancing our city’s status as a global centre for innovation, culture, and inclusion.
A majority of Londoners are active at night. After 6pm is when many Londoners eat out, socialise with friends and family, play sport, exercise, practice cultural traditions, and run errands. It is also when many Londoners meet new people, dance and play, get inspired by art and culture, learn new skills and nurture social, cultural and creative networks.
1.6 million Londoners also work during the evening and night time. They create internationally renowned art, and perform for, serve, transport, look after, protect and nurse locals and visitors. They sort and deliver goods and help clean, maintain and prepare spaces and infrastructures, ready for the next day.
While some work, others sleep. Good quality sleep is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing, and protecting Londoners’ rights to good quality sleep is a fundamental driver of sustainable planning and management of night time activities.
Holistic planning for London’s communities between 6pm and 6am is critical to the economic, social and cultural vitality of the city. If we do not protect and nurture London’s vitality at night we put at risk the reasons that social, curious, creative and talented people are drawn to our city and feel proud to call London their home.
Policies that influence the character and use of town centres after 6pm affect everyone. Developing a night time strategy requires a balanced and holistic view. As such, this document has been compiled with the knowledge that people have different experiences of the city at night, and some face barriers to participation. Achieving the ambitions set out in this guidance will require boroughs to understand and deal with safety concerns at night.
Planning for a culturally rich, sustainable and responsible borough at night means planning for a wide range of people. The diversity of people who feel comfortable participating in the public life of a borough at night, regardless of their gender, sex, socioeconomic circumstance, age, ethnicity or disability, will be a key indicator of a night time strategy’s success. Strategies should address barriers to enjoying a diverse range of evening and night time activities.
Projects ⋅ March 2021
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GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS NIGHT TIME STRATEGY GUIDANCE
The strategy document aims to inspire a new wave of night time planning across the capital
Launched on 17 March 2021, the three-part Night Time strategy, which Publica was commissioned to develop by the Greater London Authority, The Mayor of London and the city’s Night Czar Amy Lamé, offers guidance to local authorities on how they can play a role in managing night time.
Night time offers unique opportunities to enrich and diversify the experience of a borough. By developing a night time strategy, local authorities can address such diverse goals as combating loneliness, improving feelings of safety at night, celebrating a wide range of cultures, increasing the wellbeing of night workers, and nurturing the next generation of creative workers, among many more.
Developing night time strategies that are specific to each borough and its communities will enrich and diversify London at night, enhancing our city’s status as a global centre for innovation, culture, and inclusion.
A majority of Londoners are active at night. After 6pm is when many Londoners eat out, socialise with friends and family, play sport, exercise, practice cultural traditions, and run errands. It is also when many Londoners meet new people, dance and play, get inspired by art and culture, learn new skills and nurture social, cultural and creative networks.
1.6 million Londoners also work during the evening and night time. They create internationally renowned art, and perform for, serve, transport, look after, protect and nurse locals and visitors. They sort and deliver goods and help clean, maintain and prepare spaces and infrastructures, ready for the next day.
While some work, others sleep. Good quality sleep is critical to our mental and physical wellbeing, and protecting Londoners’ rights to good quality sleep is a fundamental driver of sustainable planning and management of night time activities.
Holistic planning for London’s communities between 6pm and 6am is critical to the economic, social and cultural vitality of the city. If we do not protect and nurture London’s vitality at night we put at risk the reasons that social, curious, creative and talented people are drawn to our city and feel proud to call London their home.
Policies that influence the character and use of town centres after 6pm affect everyone. Developing a night time strategy requires a balanced and holistic view. As such, this document has been compiled with the knowledge that people have different experiences of the city at night, and some face barriers to participation. Achieving the ambitions set out in this guidance will require boroughs to understand and deal with safety concerns at night.
Planning for a culturally rich, sustainable and responsible borough at night means planning for a wide range of people. The diversity of people who feel comfortable participating in the public life of a borough at night, regardless of their gender, sex, socioeconomic circumstance, age, ethnicity or disability, will be a key indicator of a night time strategy’s success. Strategies should address barriers to enjoying a diverse range of evening and night time activities.
Projects ⋅ March 2021
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