• Reference: 2024/3663
• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

What level of affordable homes funding for London did you request from the Government in advance of the October 2024 Budget?

• Reference: 2024/3662
• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How much has the Government confirmed that London will be receiving from the £500m top-up to the Affordable Homes Programme, recently announced at the October 2024 Budget? How many homes will this deliver?

• Reference: 2024/3661
• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

At the October 2024 Mayor’s Question Time meeting, you said that the London Housing Delivery Taskforce had specified a revised figure of £4bn/year additional government funds that would be needed for affordable housing in London, compared to the previous request for £4.9bn per year. Could you please advise where this figure is published and how it has been calculated?

• Reference: 2024/3660
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How are you acting on the findings of the London Plan expert review, published in February 2024, and how will these findings impact on the development of the next London Plan?

• Reference: 2024/3659
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

What will be the process and timetable for allocating new London Plan housing targets to London boroughs? What engagement is proposed with boroughs, housebuilders and London-wide community organisations, such as Just Space, London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies, and tenants' and landlords' associations?

• Reference: 2024/3658
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

It has been estimated by the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies that over 100,000 homes are tied up in "indefinite" planning consents in London. Will you review how to unblock delivery of these homes, identifying the scale of this phenomenon, the degree to which this prevents delivery and the lack of affordable housing?

• Reference: 2024/3657
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

What quantity of infrastructure investment will be needed within the 48 London Plan Opportunity Areas within the next five years?

• Reference: 2024/3656
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How many homes within the 48 London Plan Opportunity Areas have planning consent but are not yet in development?

• Reference: 2024/3655
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

How many homes were delivered in the 48 London Plan Opportunity Areas up to March 2024?

• Reference: 2024/3654
• Question by: Andrew Boff
• Meeting date: 21 November 2024

Could you please provide a list of the chairs and vice chairs of London borough planning committees that the London Plan team has met with in relation to Planning for London since the program started?