Agenda and minutes
Planning Committee - Thursday 25 April 2019 2.00 pm

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Tony Devenish AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; email: [email protected]; 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to:

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

(b)  Note 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); and

(c)  Note 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).

2.1  Resolved:

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.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Planning Committee held on Tuesday 9 October 2018 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 9 October 2018 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; [email protected] 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to note the ongoing and completed actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report.

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

4.2  Resolved:

That the ongoing and completed actions arising from the previous meetings of the Committee, as listed in the report, be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker; [email protected]; 020 7084 2825

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Agree in principle to additional expenditure of up to £6,650 on consultancy work by Joanna Chambers MRTPI to support the work of the Assembly during the Examination in Public;

(b)  Recommend the proposed additional expenditure to the GLA Oversight Committee for formal approval; and

(c)  Note that the Executive Director of the Secretariat, in consultation with the Chair of the Planning Committee, will award the additional expenditure, subject to the GLA Oversight Committee’s approval.

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

5.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the additional expenditure of up to £6,650 on consultancy work by Joanna Chambers MRTPI to support the work of the Assembly during the EiP be agreed in principle.

(b)  That the proposed additional expenditure be recommended to the GLA Oversight Committee for formal approval.

(c)  That it be noted that the Executive Director of the Secretariat, in consultation with the Chair of the Planning Committee, will award the additional expenditure, subject to the GLA Oversight Committee’s approval.

5.3  Following the conclusion of this item, in accordance with Standing Order 2.2D, the Chair took Agenda Items 7, 8 and 9, followed by Agenda Item 6.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the summary of work completed during 2018/19 Assembly year;

(b)  Note the provisional schedule of meetings for the 2019/20 Assembly year, which is subject to agreement at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019;

(c)  Note the topic agreed by the GLA Oversight Committee on 8 April 2019 for the Committee’s meeting in June 2019; and

(d)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree;

(i)  Any further outputs relating to the Committee’s investigations in the 2018/19 Assembly year; and

(ii)  Arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting.

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

6.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the summary of work completed during 2018/19 Assembly year be noted

(b)  That the provisional schedule of meetings for the 2019/20 Assembly year, which is subject to agreement at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019 be noted

(c)  That the topic agreed by the GLA Oversight Committee on 8 April 2019 for the Committee’s meeting in June 2019 be noted.

(d)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair to agree;

(i)  Any further outputs relating to the Committee’s investigations in the 2018/19 Assembly Year; and

(ii)  Arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting.

Subject to confirmation of the London Assembly’s calendar of meetings at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019, the next meeting of the Planning Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, 26 June 2019 at 10am in the Committee Room 5, City Hall.

7.1  Subject to confirmation of the London Assembly’s calendar of meetings at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019, the date of the next meeting was scheduled for 26 June 2019 at 10.00 am in Committee Room 5, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

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

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to invited external experts on a range of issues relating to the implementation of neighbourhood planning in London; and

(b)  Delegate to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree any outputs from the discussion.

9.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to invited guests on Neighbourhood Planning and London’s Communities.

9.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting: 

·  Henry Peterson, Chair, St Helens Residents Association and the St Quintin and Woodlands Neighbourhood Forum;

·  Tony Burton, Convenor, Neighbourhood Planners London;

·  Sharon Hayward, Co-ordinator, London Tenants Federation;

·  Emma Brunskill-Powell, Strategic Planning and Implementation Manager, London Borough of Camden;

9.3  In addition the Committee also heard from the following representatives from Neighbourhood Forums;

·  Roger Winfield, Chair, Kentish Town Neighbourhood Planning Forum;

·  Leao Neto, Chair, Harlesden Neighbourhood Forum;

·  Janiz Murray, Joint Secretary, Greater Carpenters Neighbourhood Forum;

·  Stephen Kenny, Chair, Grove Park Neighbourhood Forum;

·  Andrea Carey Fuller, Secretary/Co-ordinator, Deptford Neighbourhood Action; and

·  Jane Briginshaw, Co-Chair, Tooting Bec and Broadway Neighbourhood Forum.

9.4  A transcript of the discussion during the first session is attached at Appendix 1.

9.5  During the course of the discussion, the Chair invited the guests in attendance, in particular those from neighbourhood forums, to submit any further information that they feel would be relevant to the investigation.

9.6  At the conclusion of the discussion, the Chair thanked the guests for  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

10.1  The meeting ended at 4:35pm.