• Reference: 2025/4780
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What is the frequency of step-free entrance closures across the London Underground network due to staff shortages, and how does this compare specifically to Knightsbridge station?

• Reference: 2025/4779
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Since its opening, how many times has the Hooper Court entrance at Knightsbridge station been closed due to staff shortages?

• Reference: 2025/4778
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

How does the Mayor expect the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’s streamlining of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects to affect major infrastructure delivery in London, and what safeguards are needed to ensure London’s communities benefit from these accelerated schemes?

• Reference: 2025/4777
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Since 80% of major residential appeals on grey belt land have been approved in the UK following the updated NPPF, how many such appeals have taken place in London, and what implications does the Mayor see for the capital’s strategic planning?

• Reference: 2025/4776
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

Given OBR forecasts that reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework could increase annual housebuilding by 30%, what assessment has the Mayor made of how these NPPF changes will affect housing delivery trajectories in London?

• Reference: 2025/4775
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What assessment has the Mayor made of the Government’s proposed default ‘yes’ to development around train stations, and how will City Hall ensure that such developments in London still meet local design, affordable housing, and infrastructure standards?

• Reference: 2025/4774
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

With London boroughs reporting significant shortages in specialist planning skills, particularly sustainability and digital expertise, how will the Planning Careers Hub announced in the Autumn Budget support London’s efforts to rebuild planning capacity?

• Reference: 2025/4773
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

How many additional planners would need to be allocated in London to meaningfully address the capital’s planning capacity deficit, and has the Mayor made this case to Ministers?

• Reference: 2025/4772
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

What assessment has the Mayor made of how the Government’s £48 million investment in planning capacity and the recruitment of 350 additional planners will benefit London boroughs specifically, and how many of these posts does he expect to be allocated in London?

• Reference: 2025/4771
• Question by: James Small-Edwards
• Meeting date: 18 December 2025

I was fortunate enough to visit the Clamart Panorama development near Paris recently. It is widely cited as a successful example of beautiful, affordable mid-rise neighbourhood design. What assessment has the Mayor made of comparable opportunities for human-scaled, five- to seven-storey regeneration in London?