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• Reference: 2019/0400
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

DEFRA are consulting on whether small sites, brownfield sites or permitted developments should be excluded from biodiversity net gain requirements. What is your view of such exemptions?

• Reference: 2019/0401
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

Professor Tony Travers in his ‘Building Trust’ report says “As government steps back from paying for housing, roads, railways, streetscape and even health facilities, dependence on development will increase. Ministers in particular, need to make clear that this is explicit policy.” Do you agree, and do you think that this will build trust in the planning system?

• Reference: 2019/0402
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

A report , Out of Thin Air – One Year On, by WSP suggests that 280,000 homes could be built in London above railway and tube lines. Has TfL investigated this and what conclusions, if any, did they come to?

• Reference: 2019/0403
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

Can you confirm the GLA Group operates a 30%-price-to-70%-quality weighting for any contracts it is putting out to tender?

• Reference: 2019/0404
• Question by: Nicky Gavron
• Meeting date: 17 January 2019

In your tender contracts, what process do you use to determine quality? What weighting do you give to design?