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Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission

  • Reference: 2020/0595
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
How will you be responding to the “Living in Beauty” report from the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission that was published at the end of January?

Planning reform report

  • Reference: 2020/0594
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
Do you agree with the recommendations in the recent Policy Exchange report, “Rethinking the Planning System for the 21st Century”, that local elected officials should be removed from their decision-making role in the planning system?

Cash In lieu affordable housing contributions

  • Reference: 2020/0593
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
Does the GLA collect data on cases where applicants make “cash in lieu” contributions to affordable housing, instead of or in addition to on-site provision? If so, can you provide a breakdown of contributions made and the number of cases by borough in each of the past three years. If not, is this something you will be measuring as part of the updated London Development Database?

Current land use

  • Reference: 2020/0592
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
Does the GLA hold any data on, or have an estimate for, the amount of land in London currently taken up by a) retail parks and/or b) surface level car parks?

Recent Residential Density

  • Reference: 2020/0591
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
Could you provide the density of completed residential buildings in London by borough in the past three years expressed in each of the following measures where possible: bedspaces per hectare; bedrooms per hectare; units per hectare.

Developable land

  • Reference: 2020/0590
  • Question by: Nicky Gavron
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
What is the total amount of land included in Opportunity Areas, Housing Zones and previously identified brownfield sites in London (excluding overlapping areas), that is not in the Green Belt or Metropolitan Open Land, also broken down by borough where possible?

Impact of Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund

  • Reference: 2020/0589
  • Question by: Florence Eshalomi MP
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
What has been the impact of organisation/schemes that have been funded through the Mayor’s Young Londoners Fund, specifically in the Lambeth & Southwark area? If the Mayor believes the impact has been positive, is this something he will commit to being rolled out, should he be re-elected?

Silvertown Tunnel

  • Reference: 2020/0588
  • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
If you were minded to cease with developing the Silvertown Tunnel, what compensation would need to be paid to contractors associated with the construction of the tunnel, and what would the cost of that be?

London Fire Brigade training contract

  • Reference: 2020/0587
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
Has the Met built in safeguards to its new contract with Babcock International given the failings identified by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) in Babcock’s delivery of its training contract for the London Fire Brigade?

Enabling the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and HMICFRS report recommendations

  • Reference: 2020/0586
  • Question by: Andrew Dismore
  • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
How will the £7.7m increase in London Fire Brigade’s budget help implement the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase one report, and the Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report, both of which set out urgent and wide-ranging reforms?
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