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Future of the ATLAS London Programme

  • Reference: 2025/2867
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
Can you provide more details on this programme? What outcomes or metrics will be used to assess the success of the ATLAS London pilot, and is the Mayor considering scaling up the programme if the pilot proves successful?

Planning Department Staffing Benchmarks

  • Reference: 2025/2866
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
Has the GLA developed any benchmarks or minimum staffing thresholds for borough planning departments, and if so, how do current borough resourcing levels compare to these benchmarks?

Incorporating Unmapped Constraints in Housing Targets

  • Reference: 2025/2865
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What assessment options are officers considering to incorporate currently unmapped constraints (see question and answer 2025/2665) such as utilities, transport capacity and land ownership, into borough-level housing targets for the new London Plan?

Air Conditioning in Newly Built Office Developments

  • Reference: 2025/2864
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How many office buildings completed in London since 2020 have been designed with full mechanical air-conditioning systems, and what proportion of these incorporate low-carbon or passive cooling measures?

Strengthening Legal Safeguards for Affordable Housing

  • Reference: 2025/2863
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How is City Hall working with boroughs and registered providers to reduce the risk of affordable housing being lost to the open market through mortgage exclusion clauses or other contractual loopholes in section 106 agreements?

Affordable Housing Protections in Section 106 Agreements

  • Reference: 2025/2862
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
In light of a recent High Court judgement against Westminster City Council on mortgagee protection clauses in section 106 agreements, what steps is the Mayor taking to ensure that affordable housing secured through planning obligations in London remains protected in perpetuity wherever possible?

Aarhus Convention and Housing Delivery

  • Reference: 2025/2861
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
Given some concerns in the development sector about delays to housing and infrastructure caused by legal challenges under the Aarhus Convention, what assessment has the Mayor made of the Convention’s impact on housing delivery in London?

Unblocking Delays from the Building Safety Regulator

  • Reference: 2025/2860
  • Question by: James Small-Edwards
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What are you doing to help speed up the Building Safety Regulator approvals process, so that urgently needed new homes are not delayed unnecessarily?

Affordable Housing Delivery (3)

  • Reference: 2025/2859
  • Question by: Sem Moema
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
How are you working with partners across the housing sector to design the next Affordable Homes Programme in a way which most effectively mitigates against the significant challenges facing the sector?

Affordable Housing Delivery (2)

  • Reference: 2025/2858
  • Question by: Sem Moema
  • Meeting date: 11 September 2025
What steps are you taking with GLA delivery partners to boost housing completion rates for the remainder of this year?
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