1967/2013 ‑ Free schools permitted development rights Andrew Dismore Do you support the recent relaxation of planning controls for free schools? Boris Johnson (Mayor of London): Yes, I do think free schools are excellent, Andrew. It is a great thing that London has now done more. I think now something like 38% of all the free schools in the […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has today published the response he has received from Government free schools minister Lord Nash, (attached). Mr Dismore said: I suggested to the Council, the Mayor of London and the Government, they should make available to Avanti part of the soon to be vacated land on the MOPAC owned […]
Read moreAt today’s (Wednesday) Mayor’s Question Time at City Hall, Boris Johnson described residents who are objecting to Avanti Free School’s plans as being “Nimbys” and “people who disliked school children”. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, Andrew Dismore AM was questioning Mayor Boris Johnson about the Government’s relaxation of planning rules which allow free schools to develop without […]
Read moreAvanti School and planning rules As you may have heard, the planning rules for free schools have just been relaxed, so I thought you would like a briefing about the general law changes and what I think this means for the Avanti permanent (Broadfields) and temporary (Fairway) proposed sites. The existing guidance from before the relaxation of the rules: The […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, today met the head teacher of Avanti House School to object to the school’s proposals for a permanent site at Broadfields and a temporary site in the Fairway. Mr Dismore said: “I made it absolutely clear to the school that both proposals were unacceptable to local residents and […]
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