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    To: [Greater London Authority request email]
    Subject: Freedom of Information request - Information on the
affordable housing proposed for Biscuit Factory development, Bermondsey
SE16

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Dear Mr Flynn

Please find attached response in relation to your request for information.

Yours sincerely

Information Governance team

Dear Greater London Authority,

I am asking for information, under the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004, about the affordable housing proposed for the Biscuit
Factory development, in Bermondsey SE16 (Southwark Council ref 17/AP/4088;
GLA ref 3776a),

1 Will the Discounted Market Rent (DMR) homes, including the social rent
equivalent, be let as Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs)? The Affordable
Housing Statement says that the 1,066 homes to be owned and managed by the
developer, Grosvenor, will be on ASTs (4.8-4.13), but it is not clear
whether the same is true of the 482 DMR homes to be managed by the
Registered Provider (4.14- 4.20).

2 If the DMR/social rent equivalent homes are on ASTs, what would their
length be?

3 If the DMR/social rent equivalent homes are on ASTs, would the tenants
have an automatic right of renewal at the end of the AST?s term?

4 If DMR/social rent equivalent homes are on ASTs, would the tenants be
means-tested for continued eligibility at the end of the AST?s term?

5 Will the DMR/social rent equivalent homes remain as affordable housing
in perpetuity?

6 What are the likely service charges to be added to the rents quoted for
the social rent equivalent units (4.24)?

Yours faithfully,

Jerry Flynn
35% Campaign

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    From: [FOI #624310 email]
    To: [Greater London Authority request email]
    Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request -
Information on the affordable housing proposed for Biscuit Factory
development, Bermondsey SE16

Thank you for contacting us about the work of the Mayor and/or City Hall.

We aim to respond to written communication as quickly as possible and
within 20 working days.

However, please note that we may not reply to correspondence we consider:

• Is addressed to another party and where the Mayor has been copied-in for
information only.
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• Is trying to sell or market a product.
• To be vexatious or contains abusive or discriminatory language.

In addition, we will not respond where we specifically state that we are
unable to enter into correspondence (for example, when inviting responses
to consultation documents).

If you have written to request the release of information under the
Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) or Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR), please take this message as confirmation your request has been
received. We will aim to provide a response within the statutory 20
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Dear Mr Flynn, 
Please find attached our response to your Internal Review. 
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Team
Dear Mayor of London
I request a review of the decision not to provide the information
requested by FOI request MGLA291119-8133 ie information on the Discounted
Market Rent housing proposed for the former Biscuit Factory and Bermondsey
Campus site (GLA ref: GLA/3776A/03; Southwark Council ref: 17/AP/4088).

The GLA response of 16 Dec 2019 said that the information was not held,
but also said that it was in draft form and 'subject to change'. Clearly
therefore, the information was held and should have been provided. A
proviso could have been added, saying that it was subject to change.

This is important information about affordable housing on a large,
strategic housing site. By not releasing it on request and in a timely
manner, proper consultation and consideration of the merits of the
development is being undermined.

Yours sincerely,

Jerry Flynn

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