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

 Member for Finance and Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor

and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the current financial forecasts for the year ending 31 March 2022 be noted

and Executive Directors be requested to continue to work in bringing forward

action plans to manage down budget pressures within their directorates;

(2) officers submit a bid for up to £3m from the Government’s Social Housing

Decarbonisation Fund as set out; and

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

and Public Realm to undertake the procurement and delivery of the works in

consultation with the Executive Director for Corporate Resources.

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

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

agreed that:

(1) officers undertake a public consultation on the proposal for a Selective

Licensing scheme as set out in section 6;

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

and Public Realm to finalise the consultation documents; and

(3) the submission of the Selective Licensing application to the MHCLG be

paused pending the outcome of the consultation

None.

Agreed.

Councillor Bell recorded his thanks to the Housing Select Committee and to

the officers involved in formulating the Policy.

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 6-0:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the implementation of the Allocations Policy at Appendix 1 be approved;

and

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

and Public Realm to agree the date on which the new policy will take effect.

Having considered an open officer report, and a presentation by the Deputy

Mayor, and Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Councillor Brenda

Dacres, the Mayor and Cabinet agreed that the new Domestic Abuse and

Violence against Women and Girls Strategy for Lewisham, 2021-26 be

approved

(1) Public Accounts Select Committee: Commercialisation and culture change

review - response

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

Member for Finance and Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor

and Cabinet agreed that the response be approved and reported to the Select

Committee.

(2) Sustainable Development Select Committee - Response to

recommendations on the Waste strategy

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

Member for Environment and Transport, Councillor Patrick Codd, the Mayor

and Cabinet agreed that the response be approved and reported to the Select

Committee.

(3) Comments of the Sustainable Development Select Committee on the

railway children urban nation park – environmental protection and

neighbourhood plans

Having considered an open officer report and a presentation by Councillor

Mark Ingleby the Mayor & Cabinet resolved that the Executive Director for

Housing; Regeneration and Public Realm be asked to prepare a response;

Approved.

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

Member for Finance & Resources, Councillor Amanda De Ryk, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that the report, in particular the macroeconomic updates,

performance of investments to date, updates on capital expenditure and

borrowing in line with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and

Accountancy’s (CIPFA) prudential indicators, and compliance with the

Council’s Treasury Management Strategy, be noted

Having considered an open officer report and confidential appendices, and

presentations by a member of the public, Vanessa Celosse and by the

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

Cabinet agreed that

(1) the application for the re-designation of Deptford neighbourhood Action

forum be refused for the following reasons:

a) Whilst officers acknowledge the commitment and hard work carried out by

the forum to date, they are not convinced that the purpose of the forum

continues to reflect, in general terms, the character of the neighbourhood

planning area under section 61F(7)(a)(iii) of the TCPA 1990, as found through

the public consultation held on the forum re-designation application where

50% of the representations made objected to the re-designation of the forum.

b) Furthermore with competing community groups in the area and strained

relationships between the forum and other prominent groups, Officers remain

unconvinced that proceeding with the process will fulfil the forums agreed

constitution “to encourage, empower and enable the involvement of all

communities living and working in the defined neighbourhood area in the

preparation, production and implementation of the neighbourhood

Development plan” or to “Encourage community cohesion and active

citizenship” therefore concluding that the forum has not fulfilled the criteria of

having membership drawn from different places in the neighbourhood area

concerned and from different sections of the community in that area as

outlined under section 61F(7)(a)(ii) of the TCPA

(2) Officers be directed to work with community groups within the

neighbourhood area to establish whether a viable neighbourhood planning or

masterplanning process can be established to incorporate the views of all

community groups and the general public.

Having considered open and confidential officer reports, and a presentation

by the Cabinet Member for Culture, Councillor Andre Bourne, the Mayor and

Cabinet agreed that delegated authority be given to the Executive Director for

Community Services to award the contract to a suitable Main Contractor to

undertake the refurbishment works.

Having considered an open officer report and a submission by the

Sustainable Development Committee and presentations by the Cabinet

Member for Housing & Planning, Councillor Paul Bell, and the Chair of the

Sustainable Development Select Committee, Councillor Louise Krupski, the

Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

(1) the written comments received from the meeting of Sustainable

Development Select Committee held on 15 September 2021 be received and

the Executive Director for Housing; Regeneration and Public Realm be asked

to prepare a response; and

(2) the content of the draft A21 Development Framework be approved for

public consultation.

There were none.

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

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

agreed that:

(1) the representations received  and the amendments to the SPD made

following public consultation be noted as shown in appendix 6;

(2) Sustainable Development Select Committee reviewed the final draft of the

SPD and in a meeting held on 13 September 2021 confirmed they were

happy with the document and the changes made, subject to a number of

grammatical amendments and having reminded officers of the agreed

additions to Appendix 3 of the SPD; and

(3) the adoption of the Small Sites SPD be approved.