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  • Right to manage

    • Reference: 2013/4717
    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    I was delighted to see that your Housing Strategy includes a commitment to lobby the Government to improve the rights of leaseholders to take control of the buildings where they live, as recommended in my report 'Highly Charged'. How will you be taking this forward?

  • Croydon Regeneration

    • Reference: 2013/4720
    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What in your view will be the main benefits to Croydon and the wider London economy of the £1 billion regeneration scheme from Croydon Partnership that you recently approved?

  • 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"?

  • Planning Protection for Pubs

    • Reference: 2013/4719
    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 18 December 2013
    What plans do you have to improve protections for pubs in next year's alterations to the London Plan, and in any Supplementary Planning Guidance in the meantime?