Decision Maker: Mayor and Cabinet
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Having considered an open officer report, and presentations by the Cabinet
Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Chair of the
Sustainable Development Select Committee, Councillor Louise Krupski and
by a Ward Councillor, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:
(1) the content of the report and changes made to the draft Catford Town
Centre Framework as a result of the 12th November 2020 - 5th February
2021 period of public consultation be noted;
(2) the Catford Town Centre Framework be approved as part of the evidence
base for the LB Lewisham Local Plan.
(3) the Executive Director of Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm be
authorised to make final changes to the Catford Town Centre Framework document.
(4) 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 for Council-owned sites – including potential
partnership approaches and approaches to funding and phasing;
(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 a
strategy for Civic Accommodation/the Catford Campus;
(6) 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 delivery of the aims of the Framework Plan (within the
current delegation framework); and
(7) continued development of the scheme to re-align the South Circular road,
in order to enable the delivery of the aims of the Framework Plan, including
working with TfL to reach agreement on matters of technical detail and with
TfL and DfT in relation to funding be approved.
Publication date: 15/07/2021
Date of decision: 14/07/2021
Decided at meeting: 14/07/2021 - Mayor and Cabinet
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