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• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning, Lyn. Good morning, Lord Hendy. If I could ask you, Lyn, how can the return of the planning powers to local boroughs be used as an opportunity to change the way that local residents can be engaged in planning earlier in the process?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 11 November 2021

Unmesh Desai AM: To you formally, Sir Peter, but maybe Lyn [Garner] might be able to answer this question. The Panel has already been asked questions about community engagement, but I have still got to put this to you. How far does LLDC engage with the local community to ensure that they are benefitting from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the Olympic legacy?

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 05 September 2019

Unmesh Desai AM: Good morning. If I could ask you, Ms Garner, a straightforward question. Is convergence still central to your long-term plans? Let me tell you why I ask you this question. As I said, it seems a straightforward, simple question. The last annual update of your performance measures and convergence targets that were reported were in your quarterly performance report in January to March 2016/17.

• Question by: Unmesh Desai
• Meeting date: 06 September 2018

Unmesh Desai AM: I want to ask you about local community engagement, very specifically in terms of three areas. How does the LLDC communicate and consult on its plans with residents? Is there a residents’ forum, for instance, is it resourced, how do you try to get residents to come to meetings? Secondly, residents’ groups, like the Save Hackney Campaign. I know there has been some history of disappointment and frustration on their part that you were not engaging with them and not listening to them. Has that improved? Thirdly, businesses in the Park, specifically West Ham United Football Club...