Decision details

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

Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet

agreed that:

(1) the review underway of parking arrangements on Council owned Housing

Estates be noted, and the introduction of TMO’s (Traffic Management Orders)

for the purpose of managing and enforcing parking on housing land, including

existing Housing Estate parking sites and additional new sites where new

build developments are being constructed by Lewisham Homes be approved

in principle; and

(2) authority be delegated to the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration

and the Public Realm to agree the draft scheme designs as set out;

(3) statutory consultation be carried out with secure tenants under Section

105 of the Housing Act 1985 and non-statutory consultation with leaseholders

regarding the proposed changes, with the results of that consultation be

reported back to Mayor & Cabinet for consideration prior to a final decision on

the introduction of TMO’s being made; and

(4) subject to the changes going ahead, a review of the parking charges for

current housing sites within the first year of implementation of the new parking

arrangements, the results of which will then be reported to a future meeting of

Mayor and Cabinet to sign off the review and agree the recommendations for

a new charging structure be approved in principle.