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• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Nicky Gavron AM: Sir Edward, thank you very much for that introduction. The big headline out of this Plan is that the Mayor’s target is not high enough to meet the housing that London needs. It does not even take the target that is given in his own evidence. We have a housing crisis. Why are you content to move forward with a Plan that does not meet London’s housing need?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Tom Copley AM: I want to move on to talk about affordable housing. Would a London-wide percentage target for affordable housing be more effective at delivering the homes that Londoners need the most?

• Question by: Navin Shah
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Navin Shah AM: Good morning, Sir Edward. In your introduction, you made a reference to the long-term future. Can we look at that in the context of safeguarding London’s skyline? Can you tell me, please, what policies in the altered London Plan could be used to ensure that in the short and long term we do not end up with out-of-character buildings like 1 Merchant Square popping up across London?

• Question by: Richard Tracey
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Richard Tracey AM: Thank you, Chairman. Could I just pursue you a little further on the line of questioning you were receiving from Steve O’Connell about parking in outer London? Are you specifically delineating what is ‘outer London’ and what is ‘inner London’? What bothers me is that sometimes it seems that TfL, when commenting on planning applications, tries to impose the rather stricter inner London format on outer London boroughs. As you said, we do definitely need more scope for residential parking in outer London.

• Question by: Murad Qureshi
• Meeting date: 06 February 2015

Murad Qureshi AM: Sir Edward, can I bring up the particular issue of subterranean basement developments? Last night I heard from residents of Bayswater that they have had 15 of these developments in the last 18 months. It has caused sinkholes, flooding and structural damage to properties. It is a problem not only in the City of Westminster but in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in Hammersmith and Fulham and I understand in other boroughs in north London as well. We also unanimously passed a motion in March proposing that some limits should be made on these excessive...

• Reference: 2001/0195-1
• Question by: Louise Bloom
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Towards a London Plan is a notoriously central London-centric strategy. The economic development strategy, on the other hand, has the foresight to look to develop London's subregions and town centres. Does this mean that the two strategies will be working against each other? .

• Reference: 2001/0202-1
• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

Do you share the Labour group's view that the LDA's ability to deliver the best result for London depends on, and cannot be separated from, its accountability to its delivery partners and the general public? .

• Reference: 2001/0209-1
• Question by: Darren Johnson
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What role will the LDA play in the public consultation on the proposed River Crossings? How will those campaigning against the proposed river crossings be involved in the consultation process? Will the consultation look at any alternative transport packages to regenerate the area? .

• Reference: 2001/0216-1
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

The public sessions of the LDA board concentrate mainly upon incidental discussions about strategies of the LDA and other GLA family members. With the LDA responsible for spending over a quarter of a billion pounds of public money why is it that the Board meets mainly in private? What do you have to hide? .

• Reference: 2001/0217-1
• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 10 October 2001

What properties were handed over to the LDA at the time of the creation of the GLA and what has happened to them since then? .