Issue - meetings

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.

The report was presented by Councillor Bell who received strong support from

Councillor Krupski on behalf of the Sustainable Development Select

Committee. Councillor Krupski said the proposals should serve as an

exemplar for future development projects and she praised the levels of

engagement which had taken place with stakeholders and the local

community.

Local Ward Member and Vice Chair of the Sustainable Development Select

Committee Councillor James Walsh added his support and thanked officers

for their hard work in producing proposals with a clear narrative,

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 Ward Councillor James Walsh, the Mayor and Cabinet, for the reasons set

out in the report and by a vote of 3-0:

RESOLVED 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);

(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; and

(8) the Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm be

asked to produce a response to the views of the Sustainable Development

Select Committee for Mayoral consideration.