Issue - meetings

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by for Housing &

Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) a top up of the existing ward based funds be made by a further £1,188,483

collected through CIL receipts during the period of April 2018 – March 2020

bringing the available funding through the ward based funds to £2,931,270;

(2) there be the introduction of banded funded categories for each ward with

an allocation of over £50,000;

(3) the additional priority addressing projects that aim to assist in Lewisham’s

Covid-19 recovery that will benefit Lewisham’s communities at a local level be

approved;

(4) the removal of the online longlisting phase of the original process and the

extension of the delivery timetable from up to 12 months to up to 24 months

be approved;

(5) support be given to potential bidders in the form of cost breakdowns for

project types suggested through consultation undertaken to date

(6) the delivery of the bespoke package of support for applicants as set out in

the report

Having considered an open 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 and by a vote of 8-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) a top up of the existing ward based funds be made by a further £1,188,483

collected through CIL receipts during the period of April 2018 – March 2020

bringing the available funding through the ward based funds to £2,931,270;

(2) there be the introduction of banded funded categories for each ward with

an allocation of over £50,000;

(3) the additional priority addressing projects that aim to assist in Lewisham’s

Covid-19 recovery that will benefit Lewisham’s communities at a local level be

approved;

(4) the removal of the online longlisting phase of the original process and the

extension of the delivery timetable from up to 12 months to up to 24 months

be approved;

(5) support be given to potential bidders in the form of cost breakdowns for

project types suggested through consultation undertaken to date

(6) the delivery of the bespoke package of support for applicants as set out.