Mayor Brenda Dacres
Email: brenda.dacres@lewisham.gov.uk
Council: Lewisham
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
38 meetings · Page 1 of 8
(Budget), Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 11th February, 2026 6.00 pm
Council - Wednesday, 28th January, 2026 7.30 pm
The Council of Lewisham Council met on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, to discuss the council's treasury management outturn and mid-year review for 2025/26, the setting of the 2026/27 Council Tax and National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) base, and a review of the council's constitution. The meeting also included discussions on the appointment of co-opted members to the Children and Young People Select Committee and several motions submitted by councillors.
Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 21st January, 2026 6.00 pm
The Mayor and Cabinet meeting on 21 January 2026 addressed a wide range of issues, including the definition of housing delivery,
the management of events on Blackheath, and the approval of several key housing and social care policies and contracts. Significant decisions were made regarding the regeneration of Catford Town Centre and Lewisham Shopping Centre, as well as strategies to tackle empty homes and improve the borough's SEND provision.
Health and Wellbeing Board - Monday, 19th January, 2026 3.00 pm
The Health and Wellbeing Board met on Monday 19 January 2026 to discuss the implementation of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy, updates on mental health services, approaches to tackling obesity and food insecurity, and the commercial determinants of health. Key decisions included noting progress on the Health and Wellbeing Board Implementation Plan 2025-2030 and endorsing the Whole Systems Approach to Obesity as Lewisham's unified response.
Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 3rd December, 2025 6.00 pm
The Mayor and Cabinet of Lewisham Council met to discuss a range of issues, including housing, social care, waste management, and financial performance. They approved measures to increase the supply of affordable housing, improve waste collection services, extend contracts for social care services, and set the council tax base for the upcoming financial year. The cabinet also agreed to procure new IT systems for the Revenue and Benefits Service and approved a contract for print and multifunctional devices.
Decisions from Meetings
249 decisions · Page 50 of 50
Housing Acquisitions Programme Update - approval to proceed PART 1
From: Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 6.00 pm - September 18, 2024
...to approve an updated Housing Acquisitions Programme, including increasing the total scheme cost to £105m, increasing the refurbishment contract component to £6.75m, continuing the acquisition of up to 300 units with periodic reviews, extending the programme to March 2027, increasing the development allowance to 3.5%, and potentially leasing units to Lewisham Homes Limited.
Recommendations Approved
Treasury Management Outturn and Mid-year review
From: Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 6.00 pm - September 18, 2024
...to approve and recommend that the Council approves the Treasury Management Outturn report for 2023/24 and the Mid-year Treasury Management report 2024/25, including related prudential indicators, the revised Capital Programme 2024-28, and borrowing forecast.
Recommendations Approved
Sustainable Streets - existing CPZ reviews
From: Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 6.00 pm - September 18, 2024
...to note feedback from public consultations, maintain existing hours for most CPZs, extend hours for Lewisham Central (Zone B) with a zone split and Sunday hours in the southern section, remove footway parking where possible, implement sustainable street measures, extend double yellow lines, and designate EVCP parking bays.
Recommendations Approved
Civic Partnership Programme Riverdale Sculpture Park
From: Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 18th September, 2024 6.00 pm - September 18, 2024
...to accept a £2.486m grant from the Greater London Authority's Civic Partnership Programme, approve £1m in match funding, appoint a lead consultant via the GLA's Architecture and Urbanism framework, and procure a capital works contractor through open tender for the Riverdale Sculpture Park project.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 38
Average per Month: 1.8
Decisions Recorded: 249