Agenda, decisions and minutes

None were made.

None were made.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on February 11 2015 be

confirmed and signed as a correct record.

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on February 11 2015 be

confirmed and signed as a correct record.

No matters were raised.

No matters were raised.

The report was noted.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

Having considered both an open and a confidential officer report, and a

presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan,

the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the work carried out on the Church Grove site to engage with residents and

community groups and to establish the site constraints and value be noted;

(ii) the potential routes for the self-build project to be taken forward, including

their property and financial implications, be noted;

(iii) an EU-compliant competitive dialogue process to select a not-for-profit

community led consortium or organisation to act as an enabling development

partner to deliver community-led self build or custom build housing on the

Church Grove site be initiated;

(iv) the Church Grove site as shown on the plan at appendix A be declared

surplus to the Council’s requirements;

(v) the information provided in the confidential report be considered in

conjunction with the open report; and

(vi) the budget requirement set out in the confidential report be approved.

Having considered both an open and a confidential officer report, and a

presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan,

the Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(i) the work carried out on the Church Grove site to engage with residents and

community groups and to establish the site constraints and value be noted;

(ii) the potential routes for the self-build project to be taken forward, including

their property and financial implications, be noted;

(iii) an EU-compliant competitive dialogue process to select a not-for-profit

community led consortium or organisation to act as an enabling development

partner to deliver community-led self build or custom build housing on the

Church Grove site be initiated;

(iv) the Church Grove site as shown on the plan at appendix A be declared

surplus to the Council’s requirements;

(v) the information provided in the confidential report be considered in

conjunction with the open report; and

(vi) the budget requirement set out in the confidential report be approved.

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

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) a Compulsory Purchase Order be made in accordance with Section 17 of

Part II of the Housing Act 1985 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, for the

compulsory acquisition of all interests in the land and buildings known as

Excalibur Phase 3, the site of which is shown by a thick black verge on the

plan attached as Appendix 1,other than those interests already in the

ownership of the Council;

(ii) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources &

Regeneration, in consultation with the Head of Law, to determine the

final extent of the land to be included within the CPO provided that the

CPO shall not include any additional land outside the area shown

verged in black on the plan attached as Appendix 1;

(iii) the appropriate Chief Officers be authorised to take such other action as

may be necessary to make, obtain confirmation and effect the Compulsory

Purchase Order and to acquire all interests under it; and

(iv) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources &

Regeneration (in the event that the Secretary of State notifies the

Council that it has been given the power to confirm the Compulsory

Purchase Order) to confirm the Compulsory Purchase Order if the

Executive Director is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so.

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

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor, for the reasons set

out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(i) a Compulsory Purchase Order be made in accordance with Section 17 of

Part II of the Housing Act 1985 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, for the

compulsory acquisition of all interests in the land and buildings known as

Excalibur Phase 3, the site of which is shown by a thick black verge on the

plan attached as Appendix 1,other than those interests already in the

ownership of the Council;

(ii) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources &

Regeneration, in consultation with the Head of Law, to determine the final

extent of the land to be included within the CPO provided that the CPO shall

not include any additional land outside the area shownverged in black on the

plan attached as Appendix 1;

(iii) the appropriate Chief Officers be authorised to take such other action as

may be necessary to make, obtain confirmation and effect the Compulsory

Purchase Order and to acquire all interests under it; and

(iv) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources &

Regeneration (in the event that the Secretary of State notifies the Council that

it has been given the power to confirm the Compulsory Purchase Order) to

confirm the Compulsory Purchase Order if the Executive Director is satisfied

that it is appropriate to do so.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor agreed that

(i)  the revised content and timetable of the Local Development Scheme be

approved and the Council be recommended to formally adopt the revised

Local Development Scheme; and

(ii) the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration be authorised to

make any minor changes to the text and format of the documents prior to

consideration by Council.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that

(i)  the revised content and timetable of the Local Development Scheme be

approved and the Council be recommended to formally adopt the revised

Local Development Scheme; and

(ii) the Executive Director for Resources and Regeneration be authorised to

make any minor changes to the text and format of the documents prior to

consideration by Council.

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

member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor agreed that the

Pay Policy Statement be approved.

The Head of Human Resources confirmed the report had been considered by

the Council’s independent executive remuneration panel which had endorsed

the pay arrangements that were in place. Given this assurance, the Mayor

confirmed he was content to endorse the report for consideration by the

Council.

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

Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor, for the reasons

set out in the report:

RESOLVED that the Pay Policy Statement be approved.

This item was withdrawn from the agenda.

This item was withdrawn from the agenda.

Having considered an officer report, and presentations by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, and the Vice-Chair of the Public Accounts Select

Committee, Councillor Mark Ingleby, the Mayor agreed that the Council’s

Strategic Asset Management Plan 2015-2020 be approved subject to an

amendment adding text on the Lewisham Compact.

Councillor Mark Ingleby, Vice-Chair of the Public Accounts Select Committee

confirmed the Plan had been debated by the Select Committee and while no

written referral had been produced owing to pressure of business, he had

been authorised to present their conclusions. The Select Committee had

largely welcomed the Plan and had urged a commitment to transparent

decision making with positive engagement with the public and Ward

Assemblies.

Councillor Joan Millbank reported she had discussed the community aspects

with Scrutiny colleagues and suggested section 4.5 of the Plan be amended

to add the Lewisham Compact as one of the key strategic supporting

documents.

The Mayor made reference to the Chancellor’s announcement of the London

Land Commission and expressed the belief that the Strategic Asset

Management Plan would aid efforts to identify land for house building.

Having considered an officer report, and presentations by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, and the Vice-Chair of the Public Accounts Select

Committee, Councillor Mark Ingleby, the Mayor for the reasons set out:

RESOLVED that the Council’s Strategic Asset Management Plan 2015-2020

be approved subject to an amendment adding text on the Lewisham

Compact.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor agreed that:

(i) the functions delegated to the London Councils' Transport and Environment

Committee (TEC) joint committee to enter into the existing arrangement with

the British Parking Association were and continue to be delivered pursuant to

section 1 of the Localism Act 2011; and

(ii) 2.2 the exercise of section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 be delegated to the

TEC joint committee for the sole purpose of providing an appeals service for

parking on private land for the British Parking Association under contract.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy Mayor,

Councillor Alan Smith, the Mayor for the reasons set out:

RESOLVED that:

(i) the functions delegated to the London Councils' Transport and Environment

Committee (TEC) joint committee to enter into the existing arrangement with

the British Parking Association were and continue to be delivered pursuant to

section 1 of the Localism Act 2011; and

(ii) 2.2 the exercise of section 1 of the Localism Act 2011 be delegated to the

TEC joint committee for the sole purpose of providing an appeals service for

parking on private land for the British Parking Association under contract.

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

Member for Policy and Performance, Councillor Joe Dromey, the Mayor

agreed that the report be noted.

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

Member for Policy and Performance, Councillor Joe Dromey, the Mayor:

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

This was agreed.

RESOLVED 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:-

14.       Church Grove Community Housing Development Part 2

The content of this report and its recommendations were considered in

conjunction with the open report on the same item.

The content of this report which were related to the commercially confidential

financial aspects of the proposals and its recommendations were considered

in conjunction with the open report on the same item.

The Deputy Mayor mentioned the third reading in the House of Lords of a Bill

to correct anomalies for self and custom build projects and asked if it would

have any impact on the proposals. The Executive Director for Customer

Services representative responded by saying this was a stand alone disposal

and it was not expected that any new Act would affect it.

The meeting closed at 6.47pm