• Reference: 2021/3492
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Can you update me on how successful the Public Practice programme has been to date?

• Reference: 2021/3491
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Are you optimistic that the Government’s Back-office Planning Systems (BoPS) will makes planning applications more accessible to both local authorities and Londoners?

• Reference: 2021/3490
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Are you optimistic that the Government’s Reducing Invalid Planning Applications (RIPA) scheme will improve the process of submitting planning applications to local authorities?

• Reference: 2021/3489
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

What is your programme for revising the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic which has affected London’s housing market?

• Reference: 2021/3488
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

What is your programme for revising the Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic which has affected London’s housing market?

• Reference: 2021/3487
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

How have you been lobbying central government not to limit the use of Article 4 Directions, which are vital to protecting our high streets from Permitted Development Rights?

• Reference: 2021/3486
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

What steps are you taking to encourage councils to report on the number of prior approvals they grant for Permitted Development Rights. Perhaps on a quarterly basis?

• Reference: 2021/3485
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Will you continue with hybrid Stage 3 Call In meetings so that they are more accessible and encourage more participation from Londoners?

• Reference: 2021/3484
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Would you encourage councils to lobby for the return of hybrid planning committee meetings to encourage more online participation so more Londoners are aware of the developments in their local area?

• Reference: 2021/3483
• Question by: Sakina Sheikh
• Meeting date: 09 September 2021

Since the 2016 Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance, can you tell me how many planning applications referred to the GLA did not meet the BRE’s standards on sunlight and daylight?