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• Reference: 2004/0303-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

With Crystal Palace Sports Centre, London has existing sports facilities that could be refurbished and brought up to modern standards in much the same way as Barcelona did with their main stadium that was built in the 1920s, and which would be significantly cheaper to undertake than building new stadia. Please advise what potential you can see for Crystal Palace to be used as part of the London 2012 Olympic Bid?

• Reference: 2004/0348-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Croydon receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Croydon householders?

• Reference: 2004/0349-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 13 October 2004

What tangible benefits will the residents of Sutton receive from a London Olympics in 2012? What will be the precept increase on each Council tax band for Sutton householders?

• Reference: 2001/0098-1
• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

What support and service do you feel that you and your unit will be able to give to Outer London Boroughs seeking to re-invigorate district centres and develop key derelict sites? Specifically in South London what kind of action do you feel could be pursued to boost district centres like Norbury, Coulsdon, Purley, Worcester Park and Wallington that sit astride key FtL roads full of heavy traffic and to get development off the ground at key sites like the Croydon Gateway site at East Croydon? .

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

I think you share the Mayor's view of the efficacy of tall buildings particularly in the key transport nodal points. Obviously there is great sensitivity for those developments in Central London. What role to you think some outer London venues have in terms of acting as host to those type of tall buildings? I represent a constituency in South London where virtually the amount of development has been very limited during the 1990s but there is a great deal of space for that type of development. What role would you see perhaps for South London in fulfilling that Mayoral desire...

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

I suppose it will be an argument for sustainable development if you can get people to commute out in the morning and in the evening to some of these key suburban office sites. I represent Croydon which as you say perhaps has a false pride in terms of its tall buildings, desire for tall buildings, but it is perhaps in many ways a good opportunity to put some of the tall buildings that might fit in within a Manhattan style skyline in Croydon which might not suit necessarily next to St Paul's Cathedral.