Decision details

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

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

(1) the Draft Catford Town Centre Framework be endorsed for consultation;

(2) the release of the Draft Catford Town Centre Framework for broadly-based

public consultation be approved and reported back to Mayor and Cabinet in

Spring 2021;

(3) the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm, be

authorised in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning,

to undertake all steps to progress the public consultation and to progress the

related workstreams set out in this report; 

(4) the Phase 1 delivery projects be noted as early and positive investment

projects and consider specific recommendations to advance these as set out

in a separate report on this Mayor and Cabinet agenda;

(5) the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm, in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Services and with the

Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning, be authorised to undertake all

steps to progress work needed to report back to Mayor and Cabinet on

potential delivery mechanisms – including potential partnership approaches

and approaches to funding and phasing;

(6) the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm, in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Services and with the

Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning, be authorised to undertake all

steps to progress work needed to report back to Mayor and Cabinet on a

strategy for Civic Accommodation/the Catford Campus;

(7) the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm, in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Services and with

relevant Cabinet Members be authorised to continue to bid for external

funding opportunities where they arise to support essential investment in

Catford and enable the aims of the draft Framework (within the current

delegation framework); and

(8) the continued development of the scheme be authorised to re-align the

A205 in order to enable the Draft Catford Framework, including working with

TfL to reach agreement on matters of technical detail and with TfL and DfT in

relation to funding