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• 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? .

• Reference: 2001/0072-1
• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

As a member of a private architecture practice with interests in London, you may have a conflict of interest in developing policies which could benefit your private business. Do you agree ? Do you understand why some of us might have a concern about this? .

• Reference: 2001/0075-1
• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Can you make a commitment to the principle of protecting views of St Paul's Cathedral when considering new tall buildings in and around the City? .

• 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.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

Lord Rogers, I was interested in your comments about the strategic views and about some sympathy with perhaps including some more modern views. My concern is I represent Islington and Hackney, and particularly from Islington you get very good views thanks to the protected view of St Paul's Cathedral. For many local residents, especially as you can imagine living on the 12th storey of a tower block, this view is very important. Perhaps going back I think to Angie Bray's point, do you think that - and picking up on John's point - do you think that a modern well...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

I am thinking more generally really of the desire to see well designed tall buildings, a cluster of Manhattan type skyscrapers, a Chicago skyline in London. Now for the south of Islington, where lack of green space is a big issue, lack of amenity space is an issue, the view of St Paul's is a very important factor in the quality of life of many of those Londoners, many of the people I represent, and a beautiful skyscraper designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership may also be a wonderful view, but for many I fear that would not be acceptable...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 11 July 2001