Issue - meetings

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

Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the Mayor agreed that:

(1) having considered the responses to the statutory Section 105 consultation,

the garage site on the Brasted Close estate shown on an attached plan be

declared surplus to the Council’s requirements;

(2) officers work with the London Community Land Trust and Lewisham

Citizens exclusively for a period of twelve months to seek to develop a fully

affordable housing scheme for the site;

(3) officers provide a further report to Mayor and Cabinet to agree the

disposal terms if a viable business case for pursuing the development can be

finalised.

The Mayor was addressed by Nano McCaughan of the South London Citizens

Community who strongly supported the scheme and thanked the Mayor for

adhering to his commitment to build affordable community housing.

Councillors Best and Onikosi who were ward members both praised the

scheme for the positive benefits it would bring to Sydenham.

Having considered an officer report, and presentations by a member of the

public and by the Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Damien Egan, the

Mayor, for the reasons set out in the report:

RESOLVED that:

(1) having considered the responses to the statutory Section 105 consultation,

the garage site on the Brasted Close estate shown on an attached plan be

declared surplus to the Council’s requirements;

(2) officers work with the London Community Land Trust and Lewisham

Citizens exclusively for a period of twelve months to seek to develop a fully

affordable housing scheme for the site; and

(3) officers provide a further report to Mayor and Cabinet to agree the

disposal terms if a viable business case for pursuing the development can be

finalised.