Agenda and minutes
Planning Committee - Thursday 16 July 2015 2.00 pm

1.1   There were no apologies for absence.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact:  John Johnson; email: [email protected]; telephone: 020 7983 4926

The Committee is recommended to:

a)  That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests;

b)  That the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s) be noted; and

c)  That the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s) be noted.

2.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out on the table at Item 2 on the agenda, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on 16 June 2015 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2015 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  John Johnson; [email protected]; 020 7983 4926 

The Committee is recommended to note the outstanding action arising from a previous meeting of the Committee as set out in the report.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding action arising from a previous meeting of the Committee, as set out in the report, be noted.

4.3  In accordance with Standing Order 2.2D, the Chair took the remaining items of business in a different order than that set out on the agenda.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Paul Watling; [email protected]; 0207 983 4393

The Committee is recommended to note the response to the Mayor’s consultation as set out in Appendix 1 to this report.

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

5.2  Resolved:

That the response to the Mayor’s consultation on Minor Alterations to the London Plan be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Paul Watling; [email protected]; 0207 983 4393

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report and agree that officers work up a proposal for a rapporteurship to investigate the potential of a Land Value Tax for London; and

(b)  Agree to consider a detailed scoping paper for formal approval at its meeting on 17 September 2015.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Members sought clarification about the status and subject matter of the proposed rapporteurship.  The Committee noted that a formal proposal to appoint Tom Copley AM as rapporteur would be considered by the Committee and GLA Oversight Committee in September 2015, and that the potential land value tax had been recommended by the London Finance Commission. 

6.3  It was noted that the London Finance Commission recommendations also included changes to Compulsory Purchase Orders, but it was agreed not to expand the scope of the proposed rapporteurship beyond a potential land value tax.

6.4  Resolved:

That the report be noted and that officers work up a proposal for a rapporteurship to investigate the potential of a Land Value Tax for London, for which a detailed scoping paper for formal approval would be considered at the Committee’s next meeting.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Paul Watling; [email protected]; 0207 983 4393

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note this report which sets out the priorities and identified future topics for developing the Committee’s work programme;

(b)  Note the priorities set out in paragraph 3.4 when opportunities for revising the work programme arise in the coming year; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the scope and terms of reference for an investigation into estate regeneration which will form the main agenda item for the next Committee meeting on 17 September 2015.

7.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

7.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the report which sets out the priorities and identified future topics for developing the Committee’s work programme be noted;

(b)  That the priorities when opportunities for revising the work programme arise in the coming year, set out in paragraph 3.4 of the report, be noted; and

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman, to agree the scope and terms of reference for an investigation into estate regeneration, to form the main agenda item for the next Committee meeting on 17 September 2015.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday 17 September 2015 at 10am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  The next meeting was scheduled for Thursday 17 September 2015 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

9.1  There was no other business.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Paul Watling; [email protected]; 0207 983 4393

The Committee is recommended to note the report as background to the discussion with invited experts on various aspects of the Mayor’s proposals to revise the Housing SPG, and to use information resulting from the meeting in the Committee’s response to the Mayor’s consultation.

10.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on the Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance consultation to the following invited guests:

·  Jennifer Peters, Senior Strategic Planner, London Plan Team, Greater London Authority (GLA);

·  Alan Benson, Senior Manager - Strategy, Housing and Land, GLA;

·  Alisdair Chant, Berkeley Partnership Homes, Westminster Property Association;

·  Oliver Wainwright, architecture and design critic, The Guardian;

·  Pat Hayes, Executive Director Regeneration and Housing, London Borough of Ealing;

·  Professor Patrick McAllister, Professor in Real Estate, University College London; and

·  Stephen Hill, Director, C20 Future Planners.

10.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

10.3  Resolved:

(a)  That the report and discussion be noted; and

(b)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chairman, to agree the Committee’s final response to the consultation on the Minor Alterations to the London Plan by 22 June 2015; and the Draft Interim Housing SPG by 7 August 2015.

11.1  The meeting ended at 4.15pm.