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• Reference: 2016/4544
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

How will your Housing Strategy respond to Lord Harris' recommendations to you in his independent review of London's preparedness for major incidents and help more emergency service workers live inside London?

• Reference: 2016/4796
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

According to the latest Homelessness statistics from DCLG (April to June 2016), London has experienced a 7% increase in the number of applicant households with children. At least 44,000 families with children in London will spend Christmas homeless. The vast majority of these will be placed in temporary accommodation, the costs of which have risen by 43% for boroughs over the last five years. How can the GLA assist boroughs in exploring alternative models for temporary accommodation in the face of unsustainable cost and growing demand, as the London Borough of Lewisham have at PLACE/Ladywell?

• Reference: 2016/4748
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What progress is being made in establishing Homes for Londoners?

• Reference: 2016/4756
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

What steps are you taking to protect London's 'pocket parks' such as Old Farm Park in Sidcup from being offloaded by local authorities to developers, to replace them with blocks of flats?

• Reference: 2016/4742
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

The Manhattan Loft Gardens development in Stratford is encroaching on the protected strategic view of St Paul’s Cathedral from King Henry’s Mound in Richmond Park. Will you investigate the GLA planning team to find out how this could have occurred and what can be done to resolve the situation?

• Reference: 2016/4743
• Question by: Tony Arbour
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

Will you review the London View Management Framework, and seek amendments to the Secretary of State directions, to widen the number of boroughs that must refer applications within this viewing corridor, up to and including the London Borough of Newham?

• Reference: 2016/4751
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

OPDC is the largest regeneration project in the UK and Europe. How many homes on OPDC does the Mayor expect to have broken ground on by end of the first quarter of 2020?

• Reference: 2016/4772
• Question by: Peter Whittle
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

St Paul's Cathedral is an iconic image that is recognised around the world, yet the 42-storey Manhattan Loft Gardens tower in Stratford will mar a centuries-old view of St Paul's. Will the mayor halt construction of this tower, before the iconic view of St Paul's is lost forever? http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/st-pauls-cathedral-in-row-with-de…

• Reference: 2016/4834
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

Further to your response to 2016/3873, please detail the tenure blend agreed at all Stage I and II applications you have handled since your election. Please also provide the tenure blend across all approvals in the previous financial year.

• Reference: 2016/4835
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 December 2016

The London Borough of Croydon's development company, Brick by Brick, has recently submitted the first batch of planning applications for housing on Croydon's small sites, which aim to deliver 1,000 homes. How can the GLA support this model of borough-led development to maximise delivery on infill sites across London?