Decision details

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Health, Well-Being & Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the

Mayor agreed that:

(1) the scope of Lewisham’s Strategic Outline Case for devolution be

approved and officers instructed to develop the business case for submission

in December 2016.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Community Services,

in consultation with the Executive Director for Regeneration and the Head

of Law, to negotiate the devolution asks; to develop new working

arrangements with phased implementation of activities within current

powers and to implement devolved arrangements from April 2018; and

(3) the interdependencies between the devolution pilot and key

strategic programmes and activities be noted.