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  • Hackney Wick Conservation area

    • Reference: 2013/4698
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Will you consider extending the conservation area in Hackney Wick as a way of protecting, nurturing and developing the existing character of the area, as has been done at Creekside in Deptford?

  • Housing Strategy 1

    • Reference: 2013/4783
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Your draft Housing Strategy proposes the creation of 'Housing Zones' and notes that one of the "measures" for these designated areas could be "effective land assembly." What role would the GLA play in the land assembly process within these zones?

  • Housing Strategy 2

    • Reference: 2013/4784
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Your draft Housing Strategy proposes the creation of 'Housing Zones' and notes that you have "asked the government to work jointly on developing options." When did you first approach the Government about this proposal?

  • Housing Strategy 3

    • Reference: 2013/4785
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Your draft Housing Strategy says you are likely to support "any proposals which restrict or reduce the ability of developers to extend the life of existing, unimplemented, planning permissions." Does this include use it or lose it planning permissions?

  • Earls Court

    • Reference: 2013/4786
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Did you actively consider whether to delegate your planning function on the Earls Court application? If so, what actions were taken in this regard?

  • London Planning Statement

    • Reference: 2013/4787
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Consultation on the draft London Planning Statement, which was published in December 2012, closed in February 2013. When will you publish the final version?

  • Basement development

    • Reference: 2013/4788
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Do you support the proposed Bill (Permitted Development (Basements) Bill 2013-14) to give powers greater councils to regulate construction of new basements and basement extensions?

  • Betting shops

    • Reference: 2013/4789
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    Planning minister Nick Boles wrote a private letter to Ladbrokes promising to make it easier to open more betting shops, noting provisions in the Growth and Infrastructure Act. Do you agree with the minister that local authorities' attempts to stem the proliferation of betting shops is a "significant problem"?

  • Hate crimes against sex workers

    • Reference: 2013/4701
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    I have heard reports that police are dismissing sex workers after they experience attacks and try to report the offence. Will you take a stand and also recommend to the Commissioner that crimes against sex workers are treated as hate crimes, or an equivalent escalated crime type, to ensure no officers treat sex workers in this way, putting them at heightened risk?

  • Three women in South London (1)

    • Reference: 2013/4702
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    The recent 'slave house' case in South London revealed how trafficking can be unorganised. Will you be encouraging the MPS Trafficking Unit to recognise the need to proactively seek trafficking that isn't taking place within international criminal networks?