Issue - meetings

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) Match-funding to the GLA Good Growth Fund in the sum of £1.65M be

approved to be funded from the Council’s General Fund Capital Programme;

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

and Public realm in conjunction with the Director of Law to agree to the terms

of and enter into the GLA’s Good Growth Grant Agreement and to agree a

strategy and programme in conjunction with the GLA and to further

commence procurement of a suitable consultancy team to support the project

 via the ADUP framework.

(3) The transfer of S.106 funding in the sum of £1,515,537, originally

proposed for the delivery of a footbridge between Doggett Road and the

Barratt’s development on the former Catford Greyhound Stadium site be

approved to deliver public realm and accessibility improvements to Catford

Stations as set out; and

(4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration

and Public Realm to agree the procurement strategy and appointment of a

suitable contractor to construct the Catford Stations scheme.

The Mayor stressed the need to promote the strategy and the messages it

contained. Officers confirmed there were good messages to promote and that

there had been extensive consultation on what was a 15 to 20 year strategy.

Councillor Liam Curran, Chair of the Sustainable Development Select

Committee, commended the work undertaken, particularly the aspirational

objectives for the South Circular and the Broadway Theatre.

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

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

for the reasons set out in the report, by a vote of 8-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) Match-funding to the GLA Good Growth Fund in the sum of £1.65M be

approved to be funded from the Council’s General Fund Capital Programme;

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

and Public realm in conjunction with the Director of Law to agree to the terms

of and enter into the GLA’s Good Growth Grant Agreement and to agree a

strategy and programme in conjunction with the GLA and to further

commence procurement of a suitable consultancy team to support the project

 via the ADUP framework.

(3) The transfer of S.106 funding in the sum of £1,515,537, originally

proposed for the delivery of a footbridge between Doggett Road and the

Barratt’s development on the former Catford Greyhound Stadium site be

approved to deliver public realm and accessibility improvements to Catford

Stations as set out; and

(4) authority be delegated to the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration

and Public Realm to agree the procurement strategy and appointment of a

suitable contractor to construct the Catford Stations scheme.