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• Reference: 2017/4949
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Local residents have raised concerns about a planning application at Old Tidemill School Garden, which will reduce public green spaces and social housing. They have asked that you review the planning application. Are you willing to do so?

• Reference: 2017/4953
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Barnet and Brent residents are extremely concerned about plans to install a large waste transfer station near Dollis Hill. They stress that the local area will not be able to cope with the significant increase in HGV traffic that the site will cause, and state that the siting is poorly thought out, being in close proximity to an infants' school. Will you commit to reviewing this application?

• Reference: 2017/4956
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Across London, how many applicants for temporary accommodation are referred to a housing unit outside of their borough? How many applicants are referred out-of-borough in each London borough?

• Reference: 2017/4978
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Could you provide an update to your response to my question 2017/3029 on this matter?

• Reference: 2017/4981
• Question by: Caroline Russell
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

The current London Plan policy says: "Boroughs may in their LDFs introduce a presumption against development on back gardens or other private residential gardens…". Why does your draft London Plan not include an equivalent presumption to prevent 'garden grabbing' from inappropriate extensions and development?

• Reference: 2017/4992
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

The Homes and Communities Agency is now giving grants for shared ownership to unregistered bodies, such as community-led housing organisations. Have you considered providing grants for this and other non-rental products like resale price covenants?

• Reference: 2017/4993
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

I am pleased to see more flexibility in grants being given to registered providers in your new housing programme. At the Assembly Housing Committee on 8 November 2017, it was suggested that this flexibility may be extended to organisations who are not registered providers, as long as grants are not made conditional on the provision of sub-market rental homes. Does this mean that grants without conditions might be made available to organisations whose constituted aims are to provide more affordable homes, such as many community-led housing organisations?

• Reference: 2017/4994
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

At the national Community-Led Housing Conference on 27 November 2017, Housing Minister Alok Sharma confirmed the Government's commitment to spend £60 million on community-led housing nationally per year. Have you, or are you planning to speak to the Minister about how that fund can be best used in London?

• Reference: 2017/4995
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Your draft Housing Strategy reiterates your manifesto pledge to create a 'London Charter' to standardise approaches to leasehold service charges. When will this charter be completed and published?

• Reference: 2017/4996
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2017

Thank you for your response to my question 2017/4343. Disappointingly, there isn't much detail of the 'first dibs' policy in the housing section of the draft London Plan. However, you do mention (in paragraph 4.1.6) that you will be discussing measures to ensure more new homes are available first to Londoners with major housebuilders. How will you include Londoners in need of affordable housing in your discussions about these proposals?