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• Reference: 2023/1253
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Could you tell us the final outturn as of 31 March 2023 for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, broken down by tenure, money allocated and total number of homes for each of: a) new build, b) demolition then rebuild, and c) acquisitions?

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Chair. My question is to Lyn to begin with. I want to ask about the issue with changing the housing tenures in planning applications. One of the residents has raised concerns with me about developers applying to change the planning permission they have for residential development into student accommodation. It is plot N16 in East Village. It is Get Living. They plan to replace 188 homes with 520 student beds. Included in those 188 homes in the existing planning application, we would lose 31 three-bedroom family homes. Also, you have loads of student...

• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 16 March 2023

Siân Berry AM: Thank you very much, Chair, and my question is to David. I am sorry to say that I have witnessed from you what I think is quite a poor attitude to community engagement. I have been copied in to this letter, also to you, from Professor Jennifer Robinson, who is Professor of Human Geography at University College London (UCL) and I agree with a lot of what it says. The professor raises concerns about the approach by OPDC to community engagement and says there is a need for the organisation to “repair relations” with community groups, including...

• Reference: 2023/0653
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

In your answer to question 2022/2110, you said: “My forthcoming update to affordable housing London Plan Guidance (LPG) will cover a range of matters, including key worker priority access to intermediate affordable housing through the planning system. We expect to publish updated guidance for public consultation later in 2022 (as noted in Mayor’s question 2022/0517).” As it is now 2023, could you tell me when you expect to publish this planned LPG?

• Reference: 2023/0654
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

In your answer to question 2022/1504, you said: “My key worker list is intended to help local authorities give key workers priority access to intermediate housing – and to do that in a way that’s consistent and transparent. Local authorities might use my list by incorporating it into any intermediate housing allocations policy. As the GLA isn’t a statutory consultee for the former, I won’t necessarily be aware of councils using the list in this way.” Since then, what action have you taken to ascertain which councils have adopted and approved more key worker housing, and, could you tell me...

• Reference: 2023/0655
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

While prioritising key workers for intermediate housing in London is a welcome development, the London Tenants Federation (LTF) says: “The Mayor knows very well that large numbers of the key workers who have been most at risk during the pandemic are the front-line working-class workers who, by and large, are not able to afford, nor are eligible for, intermediate housing. These include: construction and transport workers, security guards, caretakers, carers, cleaners, shop-workers and nurses, many of whom are in insecure employment.” What analysis have you done on the affordability of intermediate housing to key workers on lower wages?

• Reference: 2023/0656
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Could you update me on the programme of consultations on London Plan Guidance (LPG) as the 2021 programme is now complete?

• Reference: 2023/0657
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0322. However, I have been made aware of several other incinerators all built close to the Barking Riverside development. These include the Cory Riverside Recovery site, just across the River Thames (2 km south east), the Thames Gateway Energy Generation Facility (1.5 km south), the Thames Water Sewage Sludge Incinerator at Beckton (1 km west), and the SELCHP incinerator at Lewisham, (9 km south west). Could you tell me, do the Environment Agency, local planning authorities or developers assess the combined effect of individual incinerators, where they have been permitted in a...

• Reference: 2023/0658
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0323. Could you me provide me with any details of how dioxin pollution is monitored in the environment around the new homes and developments in Barking Riverside and Thamesmead, since these chemicals are a common by-product of incineration?

• Reference: 2023/0659
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/0317, in which you say: “Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, Jules Pipe, is close to finalising his review of the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC) which is due to be published shortly.” You have been promising a review of the FEC at the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) since your answer to my question 2021/3564 in September 2021. Will this review be published in time for the London Assembly Plenary meeting on 16 March 2023 focussing on both Mayoral Development Corporations?