135 New Bermondsey - Surrey Canal Inquiry PDF 345 KB
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Minutes:
The Chair of the New Bermondsey/Surrey Canal Inquiry Committee,
Councillor Chris Barnham, moved that the recommendations be approved and
this was seconded by Councillor Bill Brown. Following a debate to which
Councillors Coughlin, Hilton and Hall and the Mayor contributed, there was a
formally agreed request to receive, subsequent to the meeting, a transcript of
the comments of Councillor Coughlin in order to check for possible factual
inaccuracies. Thereafter there was a reply by Councillor Barnham and it was:
RESOLVED that
(1) Lord Dyson’s Report on the New Bermondsey/Surrey Canal Independent
Inquiry, acknowledging its authority and independence be received;
(2 the report’s findings be welcomed, in particular that
“there was no impropriety, lack of due diligence or breach of a code of practice on the part of any Council officer or member in relation to:
(i) the decisions to make a Compulsory Purchase Order and the
appraisal of the financial viability of Renewal’s scheme and its
ability to deliver it
(ii) the grant of Outline Planning Permission
(iii) the decision to enter into a conditional contract of sale of the
Millwall Land to Renewal
(iv) the decision of the Mayor and Cabinet to pledge £500,000 to
Surrey Canal Sports Foundation
(v) the Council’s support for Renewal’s Housing Zone bid”
noting also that Lord Dyson concluded that “(a) the Council was not misled by
any misrepresentation, misinformation or withholding of information in relation
to the decision to make the pledge of £500,000; and (b) there was no
inadequacy in the Council’s inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the
production of the Lambert Smith Hampton brochure.”
(3) thanks be recorded to Lord Dyson for the thoroughness and timeliness of
his report; and
(4) the detail of Lord Dyson’s report be used to inform continuous
improvement and learning.