Having considered an open and a confidential officer report and presentations
by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, and by three
representatives of Lewisham Citizens, the Mayor agreed that:
(1) the work carried out by officers, the London Community Land Trust and
Lewisham Citizens to develop plans for the site be noted and applauded;
(2) having considered the responses to the further statutory Section 105
consultation, the garage site on the Brasted Close estate shown by heavy
outline on an attached plan be declared surplus to the Council’s requirements;
(3) having considered the confidential information a long-term lease of not
less than 125 years be entered into with the London Community Land Trust
for the site;
(4) the financial arrangements detailed in the confidential report be approved;
(5) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Resources and
Regeneration, in consultation with the Executive Director for Customer
Services and the Head of Law, to negotiate and agree the final terms of the
lease and all other associated legal agreements with the London Community
Land Trust; and
(6) the information contained in relation to the DCLG Community Housing
Fund be noted and officers consider options for using this grant to enable the
two current community-led developments in Lewisham, at Brasted
Close and at Church Grove with RUSS.