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Declaration of interests  PDF 33 KB
Decision:
The Mayor declared a personal registerable interest in Items 15 and 18 as a
member of a charitable organisation involved in sports development
in the Surrey Canal area.
Minutes:
The Mayor declared a personal registerable interest in Items 15 and 18 as a
member of a
charitable organisation involved in sports development in the
Surrey Canal area and he withdrew from the
meeting during consideration of
those items.
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Minutes PDF 20 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED that the minutes
of the meeting held on July 10 2013 be confirmed as a correct
record.
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held
on July 10 2013 be
confirmed as a correct record.
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Outstanding Scrutiny Matters PDF 20 KB
Decision:
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the report be noted.
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Matters raised by Scrutiny PDF 22 KB
Decision:
RESOLVED that the Head of
Strategy be asked to respond to the Overview & Scrutiny
Business Panel on the points raised in respect of the Works and
Skills Strategy.
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the Head of Strategy be asked to
respond to the Overview &
Scrutiny Business Panel on the points raised
in respect of the Works and
Skills Strategy.
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5. |
Increasing Permanent Places in Primary Schools PDF 61 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer
report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Helen
Klier, the Mayor agreed that
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(i) the
outcome of the bids be noted;
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(ii) there be consultation on a proposal
to enlarge John Ball Primary School from 2 to 3 forms of entry with
effect from September 2015; and
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(iii) there be consultation on a
proposal to enlarge Holbeach Primary
School from 2 to 3 forms of entry with effect from September
2015.
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Minutes:
Having
considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet
Member
for Children & Young People, Councillor Helen Klier, the Mayor
RESOLVED
that
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(i) the
outcome of the bids be noted;
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(ii) there be consultation on a proposal
to enlarge John Ball Primary School from 2
to 3 forms of entry with effect from
September 2015; and
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(iii) there be consultation on a proposal to enlarge
Holbeach Primary School from
2
to 3 forms of entry with effect from September 2015.
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Council Tax Reduction Scheme PDF 64 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having
considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet
Member
for Customer Services, the Mayor agreed that:
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(i) the impact of the scheme to date
be noted;
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(ii) Council Tax payers be consulted on a Council Tax Reduction
Scheme which remains the same for 2014/15 as it is in
2013/14.
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Minutes:
Having
considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet
Member
for Customer Services, Councillor Susan Wise, the Mayor:
RESOLVED
that:
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(i) the impact of the scheme to date
be noted;
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(ii) Council Tax payers be consulted on a Council Tax Reduction
Scheme which remains the same for 2014/15 as it is in
2013/14.
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Generation Playclub Proposals PDF 60 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Helen
Klier the Mayor, agreed
that:
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(i) the
outcome of the process to seek to grant leases of the Deptford
Park, Forster Park, Friendly Gardens, Telegraph Hill, Bellingham
and Grove Park Generation Playclub
sites be noted;
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(ii) in principle to approve the terms of
the grant of the leases set out below, subject in each case to the
proposals being advertised in accordance with the requirements of
Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 and any objections
to the proposals being considered:
(a)
a lease for Forster Park site to Downderry Primary School by way of the grant of up
to a 2 year term full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease for the
building at peppercorn rent on the terms set out;
(b)
a lease for Telegraph Hill site to St Catherine’s Church
Parochial Church Council by way of the grant of up to a 3 year term
full repairing and insuring lease for the building at peppercorn
rent on the terms set out;
(c)
a lease for Deptford Park site to Clyde Early Childhood Centre by
way of the grant of up to a 2 year term full repairing and insuring
lease for the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set
out;
(d)
a lease for Bellingham Green site to Eco Computers subject to any
objections through advertising the disposal of land by way of the
grant of up to a 3 year term full repairing and insuring lease for
the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set out;
(e)
a lease for Grove Park site to Grove Park Community Group by way of
the grant of up to a 3 year term full repairing and insuring lease
for the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set out
;
(f)
a lease for Friendly Gardens Generation Playclub site to a Community Interest Company
Limited by Guarantee (CLBG) established by two current Generation
Playclub staff members by way of the
grant of up to a 3 year term full repairing and insuring lease for
the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set out ;
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(iii) the maintenance costs to be
allocated out of the current maintenance budget by the Council this
financial year prior to the grant of the leases;
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(iv) authority be delegated to the
Executive Director for Children and Young People and Director of
Regeneration and Asset Management to consider any objections to the
proposals received in response to the notices published in
accordance with Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972
and to decide whether or not to proceed with the grant of the
relevant lease(s);
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(v) authority to negotiate and finalise
the terms of the leases and all associated documentation be
delegated to the Executive Director for Children and Young People
and Director of Regeneration and Asset Management, on the advice of
the Head of Corporate Asset Services and the Head ...
view the full decision text for item 7.
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Minutes:
The
Mayor accepted an update from the Executive Director for Children
and
Young People’s representative that the maintenance costs
indicated in
paragraph 7.5 of the report were likely to be slightly higher
than the stipulated
£15,000 but not more than £20,000. The Mayor thanked
the officers involved
in
a complicated process undertaken on a site by site basis and
expressed
delight that a series of positive outcomes had been
achieved.
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet
Member for Children & Young People, Councillor Helen
Klier, the Mayor
RESOLVED that:
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(i) the outcome of the process to
seek to grant leases of the Deptford Park,
Forster Park, Friendly Gardens, Telegraph
Hill, Bellingham and Grove Park
Generation Playclub sites be
noted;
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(ii) in principle to approve the terms of the grant of the
leases set out below,
subject in each case to the proposals being advertised in
accordance with the
requirements of Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972
and any
objections to the proposals being considered:
(a)
a lease for Forster Park site to Downderry Primary School by way of the
grant
of
up to a 2 year term full repairing and insuring (FRI) lease for the
building at
peppercorn rent on the terms set out;
(b)
a lease for Telegraph Hill site to St Catherine’s Church
Parochial Church
Council by way of the grant of up to a 3 year term full
repairing and insuring lease
for
the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set out;
(c)
a lease for Deptford Park site to Clyde Early Childhood Centre by
way of the
grant of up to a 2 year term full repairing and insuring lease
for the building at
peppercorn rent on the terms set out;
(d)
a lease for Bellingham Green site to Eco Computers subject to any
objections
through advertising the disposal of land by way of the grant of
up to a 3 year term
full repairing and insuring lease for the building at peppercorn
rent on the terms
set
out;
(e)
a lease for Grove Park site to Grove Park Community Group by way of
the
grant of up to a 3 year term full repairing and insuring lease
for the building at
peppercorn rent on the terms set out ;
(f)
a lease for Friendly Gardens Generation Playclub site to a Community Interest
Company Limited by Guarantee (CLBG) established by two current
Generation
Playclub staff
members by way of the grant of up to a 3 year term full
repairing
and
insuring lease for the building at peppercorn rent on the terms set
out ;
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(iii) the maintenance costs to be allocated out of the current
maintenance budget
by
the Council this financial year prior to the grant of the
leases;
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(iv) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for
Children and Young
People and Director of Regeneration and Asset Management to
consider any
objections to the proposals received in response to the
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view the full minutes text for item 7.
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Armed Forces Community Covenant PDF 63 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
This item was deferred to a future
meeting.
Minutes:
This item was deferred to a future
meeting.
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Community assets changes PDF 46 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer
report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet Member for Community Services, the Mayor agreed
that
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(i) the
following six community assets be closed:
o Bellingham North
Community Centre, from 1 March 2014
o Sydenham Hill Community Hall, from 1
November 2013
o Hillcrest clubroom, from 1 October
2013
o Slaithwaite community flat, from 1
October 2013
o Sector J club room, from 1 October
2013
o Trinity Tenants Hall, already
closed
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(ii) the following change in use of a
community asset be noted:
o82
Tanner’s Hill.
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Minutes:
The Mayor received an update
from the Executive Director for Community
Services representative
indicating that the Bellingham North Community
Centre would close prior to
March 2014 and that Lewisham Homes were now
asking the TRA to take on the
Tanner’s Hill lease.
Having considered an officer
report, and a presentation by the Cabinet
Member for Community Services
& Older People, Councillor Chris Best, the
Mayor:
RESOLVED that
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(i) the
following six community assets be closed:
o Bellingham North
Community Centre, from 1 March 2014
o Sydenham Hill Community Hall, from 1
November 2013
o Hillcrest clubroom, from 1 October
2013
o Slaithwaite community flat, from 1
October 2013
o Sector J club room, from 1 October
2013
o Trinity Tenants Hall, already
closed
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(ii) the following change in use of a
community asset be noted:
o 82 Tanner’s Hill.
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Deptford Southern Housing Sites Project PDF 63 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer report,
and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Customer Services,
Councillor Susan Wise, the Mayor agreed that
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(i) the
comments made by secure tenants in response to the statutory
consultation undertaken in accordance with Section 105 of
the
Housing Act 1985 be noted;
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(ii) comments made by leaseholders and
other local residents regarding the proposed redevelopment of the
Deptford Southern Housing sites be noted;
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(iii) the responses provided by the
project team and the proposals for ongoing consultation activity be
noted;
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(iv) the Equalities Analysis Assessment
completed for the project be noted;
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(v) the
Deptford Southern Housing project be proceeded
with.
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Minutes:
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Cabinet
Member for Customer Services, Councillor Susan Wise, the
Mayor:
RESOLVED that
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(i) the
comments made by secure tenants in response to the
statutory
consultation undertaken in accordance with Section 105 of
the
Housing Act 1985 be noted;
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(ii) comments made by leaseholders and
other local residents regarding the
proposed redevelopment of the Deptford Southern Housing sites be
noted;
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(iii) the responses provided by the
project team and the proposals for ongoing
consultation activity be noted;
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(iv) the Equalities Analysis Assessment
completed for the project be noted;
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(v) the
Deptford Southern Housing project be proceeded
with.
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Myatt Garden Instrument of Government PDF 61 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer report and a
presentation by the Cabinet Member for
Children & Young People, the Mayor agreed
that
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(i) the
Instrument of Government for Myatt Garden Primary School be made by
Local Authority order dated 11 September 2013; and
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(ii) the nomination of Robert Barker as a Local Authority
governor be approved for appointment by the governing
body.
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Minutes:
Having considered an officer report and a
presentation by the Cabinet Member for
Children & Young People, Councillor Helen
Klier, the Mayor agreed that
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(i) the
Instrument of Government for Myatt Garden Primary School be made
by
Local Authority order dated 11 September 2013; and
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(ii) the nomination of Robert Barker as a Local Authority
governor be approved for
appointment by the governing body.
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Response to PAC - Managing Contracts PDF 84 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered an officer
report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Resources, the
Mayor agreed that the proposed response be approved for submission
to the Public Accounts Select Committee.
Minutes:
Having considered an officer report, and a
presentation by the Cabinet
Member for Resources, the Mayor
RESOLVED that the proposed response be approved for
submission to the
Public Accounts Select
Committee.
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Matters referred by the Sustainable Development Select Committee: Building the Lenox PDF 24 KB
Decision:
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Chair of the Sustainable Development Committee, Councillor Liam
Curran and a member of the Build the Lenox Group, the Mayor agreed
that the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration be asked
to accept and act immediately on the Sustainable Development Select
Committee’s recommendations.
Minutes:
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the
Chair of the
Sustainable Development Committee, Councillor Liam Curran and Mr
Julian
Kingston of the Build the Lenox Group, the
Mayor:
RESOLVED that the Executive Director for Resources and
Regeneration be
asked to accept and act immediately on the Sustainable
Development Select
Committee’s recommendations.
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Matters referred by the Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee: transforming rehabilitation PDF 25 KB
Decision:
Having considered an officer report, the Mayor agreed that the
Executive Director for Community Services be asked to prepare a
response on the Safer Stronger CommunitiesSelect Committee’s
recommendations.
Minutes:
Having considered an officer report, the Mayor:
RESOLVED that the Executive Director for Community Services be
asked to
prepare a response on the Safer Stronger CommunitiesSelect
Committee’s
recommendations.
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Surrey Canal Triangle Land Agreement PDF 124 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
Having considered both an open and a confidential officer
report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor, the Cabinet in the
absence of the Mayor agreed that
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(i) a Conditional Land Sale
Agreement be entered into with Renewal Group Limited on the basis
of the Heads of Terms outlined the exempt report;
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(ii) a Compulsory Purchase Indemnity
Agreement be entered into with Renewal Group Limited prior to the
Conditional Land Sale Agreement being completed; and
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(iii) authority be delegated to the
Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration, in consultation
with the Director of Regeneration and Asset Management and Head of
Law, to finalise the terms of the Conditional Land Sale Agreement
and any associated legal documentation and to enter into the
Conditional Land Sale Agreement.
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Minutes:
The
Cabinet accepted this as a late item as the report was not
available for
the original
dispatch because it was not possible to negotiate and agree
all
the elements of
this complex project in time to meet the prescribed
final
submission date
for the report. The report was urgent and could not wait
until
the next
meeting of Mayor & Cabinet on 2nd October 2013 because
that
would have
delayed progress on the assembly of the land required to
deliver
the Surrey
Canal Triangle regeneration scheme.
Having considered both an open and a confidential officer
report, and a
presentation by
the Deputy Mayor, the Cabinet in the absence of the
Mayor
RESOLVED that
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(i) a Conditional Land Sale
Agreement be entered into with Renewal Group
Limited on the basis of the Heads of Terms outlined the exempt
report;
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(ii) a Compulsory Purchase Indemnity
Agreement be entered into with Renewal
Group Limited prior to the Conditional Land Sale Agreement being
completed;
and
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(iii) authority be delegated to the
Executive Director for Resources and
Regeneration, in consultation with the Director of Regeneration
and Asset
Management and Head of Law, to finalise the terms of the
Conditional Land Sale
Agreement and any associated legal documentation and to enter
into the
Conditional Land Sale
Agreement.
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Exclusion of Press and Public PDF 21 KB
Decision:
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RESOLVED
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that under Section 100(A)(4) of
the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded
from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds
that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as
defined in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the
Act, as amended by the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)
(Access to information) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2006 and
the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the
public interest in disclosing the information:
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Minutes:
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RESOLVED
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that under Section 100(A)(4) of
the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded
from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds
that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as
defined in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) of the
Act, as amended by the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements)
(Access to information) (Amendments) (England) Regulations 2006 and
the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the
public interest in disclosing the information:
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Lewisham Gateway Land Appropiation
Decision:
Having considered a confidential officer report, and a
presentation by the
Deputy Mayor, the Cabinet in the absence of the Mayor agreed
that
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(i) the
proposed amendments to the Development Agreement contained in the
draft Heads of Terms be noted;
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(ii) authority be delegated to the
Executive Director for Resources & Regeneration, in
consultation with the Director of Regeneration & Asset
Management and the Head of Law, to negotiate and agree the final
Heads of Terms and the terms of the amendments to the Development
Agreement and Landowners Agreement that may be necessary to secure
the delivery of the Lewisham Gateway Development Scheme, including
authority to agree to any necessary extension of the existing long
stop date of 31 December 2013;
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(iii) the acquisition for planning
purposes under Section 227 of the Town and Country Planning Act
1990 of the land owned by the Greater London Authority/GLA Land and
Property Limited shown, on a freehold basis, be approved;
and
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(iv) the
acquisition for planning purposes under Section 227
of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 of any of the other land
owned by the Greater London Authority/GLA Land and Property Limited
shown, required for infrastructure areas on a leasehold basis, be
approved.
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Minutes:
The
Cabinet accepted this as a late and urgent item as the report was
not
available for the original dispatch because negotiations with the parties to the
Development Agreement have been on-going on the proposed
variations
outlined in the report and key information relating to the
report had only just
been received. The report was urgent and could not wait until
the next
meeting of Mayor & Cabinet on 2 October 2013 because the
Homes and
Community Agency (HCA) were making a decision on 13 September
2013
whether to provide further funding in the region of
£17-£20m to the Scheme
from their Get Britain Building Fund. The programme required a
start on site in
November 2013, a key milestone to the achievement of which is
Mayor &
Cabinet approval being obtained to
the matters outlined in the report.
Having considered a confidential officer report, and a
presentation by the
Deputy Mayor, the Cabinet in the absence of the
Mayor:
RESOLVED that
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(i) the proposed amendments to the
Development Agreement contained in the
draft Heads of Terms be noted;
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(ii) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for
Resources &
Regeneration, in consultation with the Director of Regeneration
& Asset
Management and the Head of Law, to negotiate and agree the final
Heads of
Terms and the terms of the amendments to the Development
Agreement and
Landowners Agreement that may be necessary to secure the
delivery of the
Lewisham Gateway Development Scheme, including authority to
agree to any
necessary extension of the existing long stop date of 31
December 2013;
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(iii) the acquisition for planning purposes under Section 227 of
the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 of the land owned by the Greater
London
Authority/GLA Land and Property Limited shown, on a freehold
basis, be
approved; and
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(iv) the acquisition for planning purposes under Section 227 of
the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 of any of the other land owned by the
Greater London
Authority/GLA Land and Property Limited shown, required for
infrastructure areas
on
a leasehold basis, be approved.
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Surrey Canal Triangle Land Agreement
Decision:
Having considered both an open and a confidential officer
report, and a
presentation by the Deputy Mayor, the Cabinet in the absence of
the Mayor
agreed that
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(i) a Conditional Land Sale
Agreement be entered into with Renewal Group Limited on the basis
of the Heads of Terms outlined the exempt report;
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(ii) a Compulsory Purchase Indemnity
Agreement be entered into with Renewal Group Limited prior to the
Conditional Land Sale Agreement being completed; and
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(iii) authority be delegated to the
Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration, in consultation
with the Director of Regeneration and Asset Management and Head of
Law, to finalise the terms of the Conditional Land Sale Agreement
and any associated legal documentation and to enter into the
Conditional Land Sale Agreement.
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Minutes:
The
legal and financial advice contained in this report was considered
prior to
a
decision being taken on the report with the same title consideredin the open
part of the agenda.
RESOLVED that the report be considered prior to any
decisions being taken
on the same item in the open part of the
agenda.
The meeting ended at 7.03pm
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