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Affordable Housing supply in London 2011-15 (1)

  • Reference: 2011/2562
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
Please provide further details of the proposed Affordable Housing supply in London for 2011-15, broken down by financial year and by tenure (Social rent, Affordable Rent, First Steps).

Earl's Court Opportunity Area

  • Reference: 2011/2561
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
What percentage of affordable rented housing, or number of affordable units, do you expect to be provided by Hammersmith and Fulham and by Kensington and Chelsea in the redevelopment of Earl's Court Opportunity Area? After the reprovision of existing Social Rented homes, how will these be split between Social, Affordable and First Steps tenures?

London Card

  • Reference: 2011/2560
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
What discussions have taken place with London & Partners regarding The London Card which aims to bring together a number of different services for Londoners onto one platform, e.g. transport, culture offer, access to borough-level services? When might Londoners see an Oystercard which integrates a range of these functions?

London Film Day

  • Reference: 2011/2559
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
When and why was it decided to cancel London Film Day 2011? How much money was spent on it before cancellation, and will it be revived in future years?

London Enterprise Partnership

  • Reference: 2011/2558
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
Further to Mayoral Decision 842 which proposed the appointment of Harvey McGrath as Interim Co-Chair of the Shadow LEP Board, when will other members of the shadow Board be recruited and when will the Shadow LEP Board meet?

London Housing and Property Company

  • Reference: 2011/2557
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
Mayoral Decision 841 outlines the transfer to the GLA of the £740,000 of LDA funding which had been set aside for the development of the London Housing and Property Company. However papers for the GLA's Investment & Performance Board on 2 September 2011 state that this project is 'in abeyance'. How and when will this funding be used, and what outcomes can we expect to see in 2011/12 and 2012/13?

Institutional investment in rented housing

  • Reference: 2011/2556
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
What steps will you take to unlock 'innovative forms of investment for housing' including the much talked about 'institutional investment in rented housing' which is referred to in your Initial Proposals for a revised London Housing Strategy?

Publishing planning decisions online

  • Reference: 2011/2555
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
In answer to MQ0610/2009 you stated that you intended to adopt the Planning Protocol recommended by the Standards Committee in January 2009, which requires planning decisions to be published on the Authority's web site 'as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within ten working days of ... ... any decision, letter or direction from the Mayor'. As of 2 September 2011, the latest decisions on the GLA website date from 16 June 2011. What steps will you take to ensure the Protocol is followed?

Public agendas for planning decisions meetings

  • Reference: 2011/2554
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
Will you commit to making public the agendas for your planning decisions meetings, so that it is easier for the public to find out when you will be taking decisions on key planning applications?

Menta development, Croydon

  • Reference: 2011/2553
  • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
  • Meeting date: 14 September 2011
Why did you not call in, or refuse the Stage II planning application for the Cherry Orchard Road (Menta) development in Croydon, given the significant concerns about it, including: a)The development only having 10% affordable housing (50% affordable rent and 50% shared ownership), reduced from 18%; b)The development exceeding the London Plan density matrix (which suggests an appropriate residential density for Central areas of up to 405 units per hectare or 1,100 habitable rooms - this development is 2,074 habitable rooms per hectare for the tower and 1,879 for the smaller Cherry Orchard Gardens block); c) Your own planning report...
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