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• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

Will the review also include assessments for the value of brownfield sites for biodiversity, flood management and community and recreational use as well as just development use, because one of points we made in our scrutiny report was that actually brownfield sites sometimes have far more amenity value and environmental value than greenfield sites?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

At the moment how does the LDA ensure that the community value and the environmental value of brownfield land is taken into account in development decisions currently?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

OK. Our research a year ago showed that around 11 per cent of brownfield land in London had no planning permission on it at all, so that is an area around the size of Hyde Park that at the moment no-one has got a clue what to do with. Is that figure still roughly the same according to your information?

• Reference: 2006/0129-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 11 October 2006

In response to the Environment Committee's Dereliction of Duty? report on brownfield development, the LDA committed to 'review of information on brownfield sites in London to establish the length of time sites have remained vacant and their potential for future use'. Can you update me on progress on this review?

• Reference: 2002/0231-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Is the Mayor's waste strategy strong enough to avoid the need for new incinerators in London? .

• Reference: 2002/0234-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Are the Mayor's advisors committed to a strong policy for waste minimisation and reduction? .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 13 November 2002

Just quickly on the wheelie bins. Is it not the question of how large or small the wheelie bins are and that local authorities have tended to invest in wheelie bins that have turned out to be far too big, that people can shove everything in. If instead they had gone for smaller bins it would have created a lot less problems. When they look at replacing bins, as part of the general replacement programme, they need to look at the smaller size in place of the big ones.

• Reference: 2001/0237-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

Are you aware that the Thermoselect HTR (High Temperature Recycling) flagship Plant at Karlsruhe, (quoted in the Draft Waste Strategy as having `emissions of less than 10% of those permitted by the German Regulations') was closed down in October 2000 for at least seven months because of a breach of German emission regulations? How will this affect the Waste Strategy's stance on new combustion technologies? .

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So other changes will be made during the public consultation stage, not during the Assembly consultation stage? You'll really just be noting the London Waste Action stakeholder dialogue comments at the moment, you won't be making any changes on those until they go to public consultation?

• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 14 November 2001

So you think there's generally no problem then? It's the sort of plant that you'd like to see research in for getting in to London then?