Mayor Brenda Dacres

(Budget), Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 12th February, 2025 6.00 pm

The meeting of the Mayor and Cabinet of Lewisham Council on the 12th of February 2025 was about the budget for the coming year. The main item scheduled for discussion was the 2025/26 Budget Report [^2]. Other items included the formal adoption of the updated Local Development Scheme [^3], the extension of the contract for Insight Lewisham, the substance misuse and sexual health service for young people, and a review of the garage assets owned by the council.

EGM, Council - Tuesday, 11th February, 2025 7.30 pm

The Lewisham Council meeting on 11 February 2025 was scheduled to include discussions about a range of topics in the council’s draft local plan, including a proposed increase in the target for new housing delivery. Proposed changes to the plan included a series of modifications to the “Lewisham Local Plan: Proposed Submission Document”, an addendum to the “Integrated Impact Assessment”, and a schedule of policy map changes. These documents were provided to the attendees for the meeting, but no information is available about what was actually discussed during the meeting.

Mayor and Cabinet - Wednesday, 29th January, 2025 6.00 pm

The meeting made a number of decisions, including approving the School Minor Works Programme 2025, the procurement strategy for enforcement agents for unpaid council tax and business rates, a proposal to dispose of a number of council-owned garage sites, and the adoption of a non-immediate Article 4 Direction to remove certain permitted development rights. The committee also agreed to extend the current contracts for both the Adult Substance Misuse Service and the Young People's Substance Misuse and Sexual Health Service, and to award the contract for Extra Care Services at Conrad Court.

Public Accounts Select Committee - Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was about the budget for Lewisham Council in the 2025-26 financial year and included a report from officers outlining the proposed budget and the council tax levels for the coming financial year. Alongside this, there were also reports on the responses of the Mayor and Cabinet to recommendations made at the previous meeting, declarations of interest, and the committee's work plan.

Council - Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 7.30 pm

The Council approved the Statement of Accounts 2023/24 and Annual Report 2023/24. The Council also approved a number of amendments to the Council’s Constitution and, as part of its statutory duty, approved changes to the polling scheme for elections and referendums. Finally, the Council adopted a motion declaring Lewisham a “Right to Food Borough”.