(By email) Our Ref: MGLA090620-4119 29 June 2020 Dear Thank you for your request for information which the Greater London Authority (GLA) received on 8 June 2020. Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 You asked for: 1) A copy of all email/postal correspondence between the office of the Mayor of London/GLA and Tower Hamlets Council regarding the planning applications for City Pride & Island Point, Isle of Dogs between 1 January 2013 and 1 November 2013, and; 2) A copy of all email/postal correspondence between the office of the Mayor of London/GLA and Chalegrove Properties Ltd regarding the planning applications for City Pride & Island Point, Isle of Dogs between 1 January 2013 and 1 November 2013. Our response to your request is as follows: Please find attached the information the GLA holds within scope of your request. Please note that some names of members of staff are exempt from disclosure under s.40 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act. This information could potentially identify specific employees and as such constitutes as personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact me, quoting the reference at the top of this letter. Yours sincerely Information Governance Officer If you are unhappy with the way the GLA has handled your request, you may complain using the GLA’s FOI complaints and internal review procedure, available at: https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/governance-and-spending/sharing-our- information/freedom-information GREATERLONDONAUTHORITY Development and Environment Directorate City Hall The Queen’s Walk More London London SE1 2AA Switchboard: 020 7983 4000 Minicom: 020 7983 4458 Tower Hamlets Council www.london.gov.uk Town Hall Mulberry Place Our ref: PDU 2187b 5 Clove Crescent Your ref: PA/12/03248 E14 2BG Date: 4 February 2013 Dear Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Act 1999 & 2007; Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008. City Pride Public House, 15 Westferry Road, London, E14 8JH PA/12/03248 Thank you for consulting the Mayor of London in respect of the above application of potential strategic importance, which your Council validated on 22 January 2013. Under Article 4(2) of the above Order the Mayor has six weeks from the date of receipt to provide a statement setting out whether he considers the application complies with his London Plan and his reasons for taking that view. I hereby give notice that your letter was received on 25 January 2013 and therefore the six- week period will terminate on 7 March 2013. The application has been allocated to who can be reached on 020 7983 or @london.gov.uk. A copy of this letter has been forwarded to the agent for information. Yours sincerely, Planning Decisions Greater London Authority cc GVA Grimley, 10 Stratton Street, London, W1J 8JR Direct telephone: 020 7983 4000 Fax: 020 7983 4706 Email: [email protected] - 2 - Development & Environment Directorate City Hall The Queen’s Walk More London London SE1 2AA Switchboard: 020 7983 4000 Minicom: 020 7983 4458 Web: www.london.gov.uk Tower Hamlets Council Our ref: 2187b&2188bEW01 Town Hall Your ref: PA/12/03248 & Mulberry Place PA/12/03247 Date: 21 March 2013 5 Clove Crescent E14 2BG Dear , Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007; Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 City Pride Public House, 15 Westferry Road, London, E14 8JH PA/12/03248 Island Point, Site at 443 to 451, Westferry Road, London Local Planning Authority Reference: PA/12/03247 I refer to the copy of the above planning applications, which were received from you on 25 January 2013 together with amended documents which were received on 22 February 2013. On 21 March 2013 Sir Edward Lister, Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff, acting under delegated authority, considered a report on these proposals, reference PDU/2187b&2188b/01. A copy of the report is attached, in full. This letter comprises the statement that the Mayor is required to provide under Article 4(2) of the Order. The Deputy Mayor considers that the application is generally acceptable in strategic planning terms however further discussion is needed, together with some consequent changes, on the issues set out in paragraph 118. At the meeting the Deputy Mayor expressed his concern regarding the lack of affordable rented housing. The application represents EIA development for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011. The environmental information made available to date has been taken into consideration in formulating these comments. Direct telephone: 020 7983 6590 Fax: 020 7983 4706 Email: @london.gov.uk If your Council subsequently resolves to make a draft decision on the applications, it must consult the Mayor again under Article 5 of the Order and allow him fourteen days to decide whether to allow the draft decisions to proceed unchanged, or direct the Council under Article 6 to refuse the applications, or issue a direction under Article 7 that he is to act as the local planning authority for the purpose of determining the applications and any connected applications. You should therefore send me a copy of any representations made in respect of the applications, and a copy of any officer’s reports, together with a statement of the decision your authority proposes to make, and (if it proposed to grant permission) a statement of any conditions the authority proposes to impose and a draft of any planning obligation it proposes to enter into and details of any proposed planning contribution. Please note that the Transport for London case officer for this application is telephone 020 3054 Yours sincerely, Senior Manager– Planning Decisions cc John Biggs, London Assembly Constituency Member Nicky Gavron, Chair of London Assembly Planning Committee National Planning Casework Unit, DCLG Alex Williams, TfL Daniel Massie, GVA, 10 Stratton Street, London, W1J 8JR - 2 - planning report PDU/2187b & 2188b 21 March 2013 City Pride & Island Point, Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets planning application no. PA/12/03248 & PA/12/03247 Strategic planning application stage 1 referral (new powers) Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended); Greater London Authority Acts 1999 and 2007; Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 The proposal City Pride- Erection of residential led mixed use 75 storey tower (239m AOD) comprising 822 residential units and 162 serviced apartments and associated amenity floors, roof terrace, basement car parking, cycle storage, plant and an amenity pavilion including retail. Island Point- erection of buildings ranging in height from 3-5 storeys with rooftop pavilions rising to 6 storeys, providing 173 residential units with underground parking, open space, plant and associated community building. The applicant Is Charlegrove Property Ltd and the architect is Squires and Partners. Strategic issues The development of these residential schemes is welcomed and is broadly in line with London Plan policy. The land use principle is accepted and the height of the buildings have an acceptable impact on strategic views. Further discussion is needed on residential quality, affordable housing, inclusive design, sustainable development and transport. Recommendation That Tower Hamlets Council be advised that the application is generally acceptable in strategic planning terms however further discussion is needed on the issues set out in paragraph 116. Context 1 On 25 January 2013 the Mayor of London received documents from Tower Hamlets Council notifying him of planning applications of potential strategic importance to develop the above site for the above uses, and on 22 February 2013 amended documents were received. Under the provisions of The Town & Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 the Mayor has until 4 April 2013 to provide the Council with a statement setting out whether he considers that the applications comply with the London Plan, and his reasons for taking that view. The Mayor may also provide other comments. This report sets out information for the Mayor’s use in deciding what decision to make. page 1 2 The City Pride application is referable under Category 1A, 1B and 1C of the Schedule to the Order 2008: Category 1A of the Schedule to the Order 2008: ”Development which comprises or includes the provision of more than 150 houses, flats or houses and flats.” Category 1B “Development (other than development which only comprises the provision of houses, flats or houses and flats) which comprises or includes the erection of a building or buildings in Central London (other than the City of London) with a total floorspace of more than 20,000 sq.m” Category 1C “Development which comprises or includes the erection of a building of one or more of the following descriptions, the building is more than 30 metres high and is outside of the City of London” 3 The Island Point application is referable under Category 1A of the Schedule to the Order 2008. 4 Once Tower Hamlets Council has resolved to determine the applications, it is required to refer them back to the Mayor for his decision as to whether to direct refusal; take them over for his own determination; or allow the Council to determine them itself.