Social Value Ideas for Greater London Authority (London Assembly)
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Greater London Authority (London Assembly) in London across 46 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Affordable thresholds now tiered
The draft plan moves from a single affordable housing threshold to three location-based bands, justified as a viability-led approach. The GLA said the thresholds are designed to increase affordable ho…
“Speaker 10: It is entirely viability led. There's no link at all between the need and and what they're set up. No one's saying that out of London shou…”
Social housing priority retained
The GLA confirmed that the overall strategic target remains 50% affordable housing, with a large proportion intended to be social rent, although boroughs can go above the minimum where evidence suppor…
“Speaker 8: Could I just add a couple of points to that? So we have tried again to strike a balance between the kind of really challenging context curr…”
Draft plan sets lower deliverable housing target
The GLA is proposing a housing target of 558,000 homes over ten years, substantially below the government’s assessed need figure, because it considers that only this level is feasibly deliverable give…
“We now move on to our main item of business, a discussion on the draft London plan. I'd like to welcome our panel of guests for today's meeting. In th…”
Green belt growth strategy
The Draft London Plan moves to a more selective approach to green belt release, focusing on 10 broad locations for growth near strong public transport links and expecting brownfield land to come forwa…
“I think the policies make clear that the expectation is to bring forward improved green space and accessibility at the same time. So it isn't about de…”
Licensing and registration regime
Trading standards witnesses strongly supported the forthcoming retail licensing and product registration regime. They said it will create an identifiable responsible person for businesses, improve sup…
“And then I think also and this isn't too much of a problem now, which is the point I'll make, is that there was it was too easy for these products to …”
Trading standards resource strain
Trading standards teams reported major capacity and funding pressures, with London boroughs varying widely in staffing levels and enforcement capability. Nationally, services have been cut heavily ove…
“So if I give you a national perspective and then that can be translated to the London perspective. So the headlines for this are that trading standard…”
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