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• Reference: 2005/2290
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

What is your reply to any Borough who may be considering stalling planned investments in solid waste management and recycling in their Borough because they believe that the SWA will take the responsibility off their capital programmes shortly? Are we in danger of progress being blighted in this crucial area whilst institutional changes are being made?

• Reference: 2005/2310
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

A constituent has complained to me about the P13 and 201 buses. She regularly tries to use these buses, alighting at the West Dulwich stop travelling towards Streatham, at about 3.45/4pm Monday - Friday. Her average wait, with a small child, is 30 minutes. Often it is longer and on occasion, after a 30 - 40 minute wait, they are unable to get on the bus because it's full. This route serves 3 primary schools and two secondary schools, further along the route is another primary school. Why was the service recently cut (the P13 used to be every 15...

• Reference: 2005/2411
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Can you confirm that your suggested pooling system of section 106 agreements could mean that you could use money allocated to one borough and spend in another?

• Reference: 2005/2298
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

From your consideration of this planning application can you please tell me A) How much Tesco paid for buying the Ice Rink and other landholdings? B) How much they are planning to contribute to the development of a new Ice Rink and leisure centre? C) What is the latest estimate of the total costs of the redevelopment of the Ice Rink/Leisure centre? D) How is Lambeth Council planning to fund this gap?

• Reference: 2005/2309
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

I can see from your initial comments on the Clapham Park regeneration outline planning application that you and your planning advisers are very positive about the planning and design of the proposed redevelopment of the estate. However I am confused as to why - against the advice of Tell, Lambeth Council are apparently insisting on fundamental redesigning at this late stage to impose a two wide straight roads through the estate, creating a large cross roads in the middle? Do you agree that this is very old style planning thinking, which will cause car traffic problems, a danger of speeding...

• Reference: 2005/2316
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Do you think that the existence of Permitted Development Regulations which have allowed Southern Railways to build a large industrial scale development overlooking the houses on Sternhold Avenue without any planning application process or environmental impact assessment, are consistent with the Mayors ability to enforce the London Plan? Should these regulations, which are abused by Southern Railways, be removed, forcing large-scale developments to apply through the normal planning application process?

• Reference: 2005/2317
• Question by: Valerie Shawcross
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

Will the LDA be supporting the Destination Brixton promotion of the cultural industries in Brixton as part of its Cultural industries programme?

• Reference: 2005/2473
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

How many additional staff would the GLA require should the new powers you would like be granted?

• Reference: 2005/2410
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your submission to the government on planning powers you suggested that: "The Mayor should have the power to call in applications for his decision (enabling him to grant planning permission as well as directing refusal), in those cases which meet the criteria for his involvement". However, in the consultation document it states under your proposals: "encourage a rethink of Government's role in the planning of London (but the Mayor does not propose that Ministers' current powers of call-in and direction should be removed)." Can you please clarify your position on this, do you wish to have call in powers?

• Reference: 2005/2412
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2005

In your submission to the Government for additional powers, you state: "The Mayor seeks to be a statutory consultee on strategic planning applications outside London where there are implications for the capital". How far outside London do you wish to be a statutory consultee for?