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  • Equalities duty and local planning

    • Reference: 2019/21018
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 December 2019
    What support have you provided to local authorities in London to ensure that their local plans and the work of their planning departments properly discharge the public sector equality duty?

  • Permanent Sites for Gypsies and Travellers

    • Reference: 2019/20644
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    80% of London’s Gypsies and Travellers live in bricks and mortar housing. Most of them would like to live on a permanent site, but there is a crisis in provision of these sites. What have you done to ensure that new permanent sites are being identified and provided?

  • Bartrip Street South and the London Legacy Development Plan

    • Reference: 2019/20645
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    How is your office supporting Transport for London, Hackney Council and the London Legacy Development Corporation to ensure that the Bartrip Street Site in Hackney is able to become a designated travellers site (as per the London Legacy Development Plan) and secure LLDC funding?

  • Ensuring Bartrip Street South becomes a Designated Travellers Site

    • Reference: 2019/20646
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    How will you ensure that the Bartrip Street South site becomes a designated travellers site before LLDC funding runs out in May 2020?

  • Provision of Sites for Gypsies and Travellers Across London

    • Reference: 2019/20647
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    A recent report from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission 1 found that after the government change in the definition of Gypsies and Travellers, local planning authorities’ assessments of how many pitches would be needed fell by almost 75%. How are you ensuring that in spite of this huge drop there are enough sites for gypsies and travellers across London? 1 https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/news/disabled-elderly-a…

  • Definition of Gypsies and Travellers in the London Plan

    • Reference: 2019/20648
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    The definition of Gypsies and Travellers in the Draft London Plan Policy H16 is a very positive step forward. Will you give a commitment to keep this definition in the adopted London Plan?

  • Local Authority Implementation of London Plan Definition of Gypsies and Travellers

    • Reference: 2019/20649
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    How will you work together with local authorities in London to ensure the draft London Plan definition of Gypsies and Travellers is implemented without delay?

  • Social Integration Lab Progress Update

    • Reference: 2019/20651
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Please provide an update on the status of the projects that were successful in gaining social integration lab backing in March 2019.

  • LLDC Planning Powers

    • Reference: 2019/17551
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    Along with many of my constituents, I welcome the Mayor’s recognition that the LLDC is a sunset organisation and the work he is doing to press them for a transition plan. Could I urge the Mayor to require the LLDC to work towards adopting a plan that would see planning powers return to the ‘Olympic’ Boroughs by 2022?

  • Inclusive Public Seating

    • Reference: 2019/3801
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 25 February 2019
    Many older people and others with back problems need to use seating with a back. Backless public seating excludes these Londoners from enjoying public spaces. Will this be considered in future developments funded or part-funded by the Mayor?