Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Paul Watling; [email protected]; 020 7983 4393.

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the action taken under delegated by the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree the areas for consideration as set out in paragraph 4.4 of the report, and to hold an informal briefing on the Mayor’s planning decision powers;

(b)  Note the report as background to putting questions to the Deputy Mayor of Planning and invited external experts on a range of issues relating to the process for implementing the Mayor’s planning decisions powers; and

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair, to agree any output from the discussion.

8.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions to invited guests on mayoral planning decisions powers.

8.2  The Chair welcomed the following guests to the meeting: 

Panel 1:

·  Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills; and

·  Juliemma McLoughlin, Assistant Director, Planning, Greater London Authority.

  Panel 2:

·  Nicholas Boys Smith, Founding Director of Create Streets;

·  Michael Bach, Chair of the Planning, Environment and Transport Committee, London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies;

·  Dr Edward Denison, Associate Professor, Architectural History and Theory, University College London; and

·  Peter Eversden MBE, Chairman, London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies.

8.3  A transcript of the first panel discussion is attached at Appendix 1, and the transcript of the second panel discussion is attached at Appendix 2.

8.4  During the course of the discussion, the Committee requested the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills provide a summary of the changes made to planning applications during the call-in process for those applications called-in under the current Mayor.

8.5  At the conclusion of the discussion, the Chair thanked the guests for their attendance and contributions to the meeting.

8.6  Resolved:

(a)  That the report and the discussion with invited guests be noted; and

(b)  That the Committee delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with the Deputy Chair to agree any outputs from the meeting.