• Reference: 2023/3595
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

In the Transport for London (TfL) press release for the consultation on cycling services through the Silvertown Road Tunnel, it is claimed that these services will support a growth in cycling. The Director of Investment and Delivery Planning at TfL is quoted as saying: “These cross-river cycling proposals are a key part of our commitment to ensuring that the Silvertown Tunnel supports growth in cross-river cycling use.” What growth in cycling are you expecting from these services, and what is the baseline you are going to measure any growth from?

• Reference: 2023/3594
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The planning team at Transport for London (TfL) maintains the WebCAT online planning tool which gives Public Transport Access Level (PTAL) and Time mapping (TIM) for the Greater London area. However, all relevant data ceases at the GLA boundary making it unfit for purpose at the edges of London. Could this tool be expanded to show PTAL and TIM results beyond the GLA boundary?

• Reference: 2023/3593
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

The April 2022 report, Planning for Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaics in London, commissioned by the GLA from Land Use Consultants (LUC), contained a number of recommendations to national government, the GLA, Historic England and London boroughs. Could you update me on the response you have received from all these bodies?

• Reference: 2023/3592
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

What support could you provide through your Culture and Community Spaces at Risk programme to the artists in Omega Works Warehouses in Haringey, who are facing eviction due to proposed redevelopment?

• Reference: 2023/3591
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

A constituent has contacted me via the London Assembly website to suggest the following question: “Noting the 2021 London Plan commitment to Green infrastructure (Policy G1) – ‘London’s network of green and open spaces, and green features in the built environment, should be protected and enhanced.’ – could you set out your expectation to London boroughs to reflect policies in the London Plan, so that land designated as local open green space should not be approved for housing development, and should be explicitly protected from housing development in Local Plans?”

• Reference: 2023/3590
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Could you tell me how many enquiries Transport for London (TfL) has received about increasing provision of bus services into London for housing developments located close to London and outside the boundary of the enlarged ULEZ, and from which areas?

• Reference: 2023/3589
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2021/4054. Could you update me on what work you have done since then to assess the problem of rent arrears in London, and to support tenants who find themselves facing eviction because of them?

• Reference: 2023/3588
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Following the announcement on the Long Term Plan for Housing by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 24 July 2023, which included the statement: “Confirming the intention to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings above 18m, following confirmation from expert bodies that they support this threshold,” could you confirm whether the redevelopment of Holloway Prison will be affected and, if so, to what extent?

• Reference: 2023/3587
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Following the announcement on the Long Term Plan for Housing by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 24 July 2023, which included the statement: “Confirming the intention to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings above 18m, following confirmation from expert bodies that they support this threshold,” could you provide me with a list of: a) schemes that have passed the Stage 2 referral process and are being redesigned include a second staircase, and b) schemes which have either been referred to you at Stage 1 or have received a resolution to...

• Reference: 2023/3586
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 September 2023

Following the announcement on the Long Term Plan for Housing by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 24 July 2023, which included the statement: “Confirming the intention to mandate second staircases in new residential buildings above 18m, following confirmation from expert bodies that they support this threshold,” could you tell me how many developments with proposed buildings more than 18 metres in height, in applications that are referrable to you, are being or will need to be redesigned to include a second staircase?