Government Ministers have used their response to Boris Johnson’s Draft London Plan, to make their strongest attack yet on the Mayor’s policies for meeting the housing needs of Londoners.
Boris and Labour clash over affordable housing claims
Labour have accused Boris Johnson of claiming credit for delivering homes initiated before he took office. The accusation was made after the Mayor visited a new housing development in Charlton on Thursday morning.
Darren Johnson announces 2010 Worst Planning Decision shortlist
Four of Mayor Boris Johnson’s most controversial planning decisions are in the running for London Assembly Member Darren Johnson’s annual “worst planning decision” award. The Green Party AM gives the award, an inscribed breeze-block, for the planning decision he considers to be the most damaging, in parallel to the Mayor’s London Planning Awards.
Assembly Members accuse Johnson of “recycling announcements”
Boris Johnson has been accused of “recycling announcements” after his office today released a statement claiming he has “asked for an audit of land owned across the GLA family” to identify potential sites for new homes. Appearing before the London Assembly in July, Johnson told Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Mike Tuffrey that an audit of […]
Mayor should ‘make clear’ stance on local planning decisons
Boris Johnson should ‘make clear’ when he’ll declare a planning application “strategically important enough” to overrule local councillors according to Green Party AM Jenny Jones.