Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 16 December 2021.
Are you satisfied that the applicant has demonstrated that the development does not impact on the neighbouring listed estate and adjacent conservation area and will not cause harm to their setting and character, further to the professional advice received by the GLA as set out in the heritage documentation revealed in the Freedom of Information request MGLA240820-1964?
I do not have any powers to comment or intervene on any application that does not meet the criteria for referral to me under the Mayor of London Order (2008). In this instance, responsibility for the decision on the planning application rested with Lewisham Council as local planning authority. The scheme was approved by Lewisham planning committee on 29 June and in reaching its decision the local planning authority would have had to consider the scheme against both the planning policies in their local plan and in my London Plan.