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The Committee resolved to advise Mayor and Cabinet of the following:

·         The Committee recommends that Mayor and Cabinet ensures that all options be explored for the consultation on the new Local Plan. The Committee acknowledges that the plan has to be technically sound and legally robust. However, it asks that options be considered for the production of a simplified version of the plan for consultation with as broad a group of residents and stakeholders as possible. The Committee recognises that the Planning Department may need support from other Council teams to achieve this aim.

·         The Committee recommends that options be considered for the engagement of all councillors in the production of the new plan, the Committee believes that specific focus should be placed on the role of ward councillors in engaging local groups and in identifying local opportunities and challenges.

·         The Committee recommends that the new plan be used to promote the inclusion of renewable energy production in new developments.

·         The Committee believes that further consideration should be given to how best areas of public realm (that are delivered as part of new developments) can be maintained in the long term.

The Committee recommends that options should be considered for the retention and expansion of community spaces. It believes that this might best be achieved through the protection and development of the spaces categorised in the D1 planning class. The Committee would welcome the development of a new community space strategy.

Resolved: that the update be noted

Resolved: that the Committee’s comments under item five be referred to Mayor and Cabinet.

Resolved: that further updates on the Local Plan and the Catford town centre regeneration be considered at the meeting on 29 October as well as- reports on the local implementation plan & transport strategy as well as the savings programme. It was agreed that the update on pubs would move to the Committee’s meeting on 12 December.

1.1      Resolved: that the minutes of the meeting held on 18 July 2018 be agreed as an accurate record.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the jobshare

Cabinet Member for Finance, Skills and Jobs, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the

Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the current financial forecasts for the year ending 31 March 2019 and the

action being taken by the Executive Directors to manage down the forecasted

year-end overspend be noted;

(2) the remaining £1.7m of the 2018/19 unallocated risks and other budget

pressures be applied to Children’s Social Care services;

(3) £4.3m from reserves be applied immediately to Children’s Social Care

services in advance of a proposed commitment of £4.3m risks and pressures

of the available £6.5m in the 2019/20 budget;

(4) the use of provisions and reserves in 2018/19, as set out in section 10 be

approved and a further review of the annual use of provisions and reserves be

undertaken as part of preparing the 2019/20 budget; and

(5) the revised capital programme budget, as set out in section 13, with further

details attached at appendices 1 and 2, be noted.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the voting jobshare

Cabinet Member for Parks, Neighbourhood & Transport, Councillor Sophie

McGeevor, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) a new annual Greening Fund of up to £250,000 be established for the

duration of the current administration which will be used to undertake

environmental improvements in the borough’s parks and open spaces.

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer Services

and the Executive Director for Resources & Regeneration to design an

administrative process to ensure the fund is distributed effectively in line with

the legal requirements set out; and

(3) the service led administrative and governance arrangements as set out be

approved.

Agreed.

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

Councillor Chris Best, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the officer response to the referral by the Overview and Scrutiny

Committee be approved and be forwarded to the Committee;

(2) the integration and transformation activity taking place date within

Lewisham which will inform any future developments towards an integrated

care system be noted; and

(3) any proposals to integrate local health and care arrangements more

formally will require the prior approval of each sovereign body and any options

should include the benefits and risks of any proposed arrangements.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for School Performance, Councillor Chris Barnham, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that the Fostering Statement of Purpose be approved.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Democracy, Refugees and Accountability, Councillor Kevin

Bonavia, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that the strong progress made in

delivering the Commission’s recommendations be noted.

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for School Performance, Councillor Chris Barnham, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that the persons set out below be nominated as local authority

governors:

Miss Martha Holder             Sir Francis Drake

Mr. Phillip Ratcliff                St Stephens C of E

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for School Performance, Councillor Chris Barnham, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that the Adoption Statement of Purpose be approved.

Having considered an officer report, Mayor and Cabinet noted the

Committee’s comments as set out and asked the Executive Director for

Children & Young People to provide a response.

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

Member for Parks, Neighbourhood & Transport, Councillor Sophie McGeevor,

the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1)  the commencement of the single stage open procurement process for the

organic waste disposal contract be approved; and

(2) the extension, of the current contract which was previously awarded under

a Single Tender Action (STA), of not more than 6 months, be approved.

Having considered an officer report, Mayor and Cabinet noted the

Committee’s comments as set out and asked the Head of Organisational

Development and Human Resources to prepare a response on behalf of the

Executive Director for Resources & Regeneration.

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the proposals for how Estate Regeneration Resident Ballots will

ill be implemented in Lewisham and how they will work with the Residents’

Charter as set out in section 5 and 6 be approved;

(2) the proposed principles set out for the draft Residents’ Charter in

section 7 be approved;

(3) the consultation approach for the Residents’ Charter set out in section 9

be approved, starting from Monday 5 November, and running for six weeks

until Sunday 16 December; and

(4) once the consultation is completed the results be presented to Mayor and

Cabinet so that a final version of the Residents’ Charter can be adopted.

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

Member for Housing, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the success of the Council’s Expression of Interest to the GLA Innovation

Fund and the Council’s submission to the Building Council Homes for

Londoners Fund be noted and that a further Mayor and Cabinet report

detailing commitment to invest be presented for approval in the future;

(2) authority be delegated for the negotiation and signing of funding terms and

conditions with the GLA to the Executive Director for Resources and

Regeneration on advice of the Head of Law;

(3) progress made towards the development of 3 new Precision Manufactured

Housing (PMH) schemes, including the soft market testing/intelligence

gathering exercises carried out to inform the Council’s strategy be noted;

(4) the Precision Manufactured Housing (PMH) procurement strategy set out

be approved;

(5) authority for the finalisation of the detail of the procurement process

(including the detailed approach, the shortlisting of bidders, etc) be delegated

to the Executive Director for Customer Services;

Having considered an officer report, Mayor and Cabinet noted the

Committee’s comments as set out and asked the Interim Head of Planning to

provide a response on behalf of the Executive Director for Resources &

Regeneration.

Noted

None raised.

Approved.

None.