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• Reference: 2005/0324-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

As you know, relocating a business isn't as simple as just moving your fixtures and fittings. You need to obtain planning consent, waste consent, and often more specialised permits, as well as remedial work. Will the LDA be helping companies with this, for example in providing fast track planning assistance? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0325-1
• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What are your plans for upgrading the North London Line by 2012 so that people living in Richmond, Brent, Camden, Islington and Hackney can easily reach Stratford ? How many trains per hour will reach Stratford if we subtract trains coming from Beckton, Upminster and Shenfield?

• Reference: 2005/0326-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

The London Olympics Bill section 4(2)(b) gives the ODA the power to "dispose of land for a consideration less than that which might be expected in a commercial transaction". What is the purpose of this clause? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0327-1
• Question by: Geoff Pope
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Is it likely that Thameslink passengers from South London will be able to use new station platforms ("the Thameslink Box")adjacent to the CTRL shuttle to Stratford by 2012 rather than having the 500m walk from the King's Cross Thameslink station in Pentonville Road ?

• Reference: 2005/0328-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

At the time when the IOC were in London, three organizations published reviews of the LDA's approach to the bid, the results of which were favourable to the LDA and were subsequently used by Lord Coe to deflect criticism of the bid. The three organisations were Gateway to London, which is part funded by the LDA, the East London Business Alliance, which has received a £30,000 grant from the LDA, and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, which last year organised a trip to Beijing to 'advance and strengthen' the London bid, which included representatives from the LDA. Do you...

• Reference: 2005/0330-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

If, after the Games, the ODA sells off land that it has compulsorily purchased to housing developers, will part of the profits be given to the people who have been forcibly relocated? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0331-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

How much of the Olympic site will be built on greenfield land? What proportion of the total site does this represent?

• Reference: 2005/0332-1
• Question by: Damian Hockney
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Do you think there is a potential conflict of interest with the same estate agent valuing the Marshgate Lane properties on behalf of the LDA while at the same time selling relocation sites to the Marshgate Lane companies on behalf of the LDA? (Mary Reilly/Tony Winterbottom)

• Reference: 2005/0334-1
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

Will there be onsite public and commercial collection points for recyclable materials?

• Reference: 2005/0336-1
• Question by: John Biggs
• Meeting date: 08 September 2005

What is the role, if any, of Leaside Regeneration in ensuring that the Olympics 'join up' with local communities?