Councillor James Rathbone
Email: James.Rathbone@lewisham.gov.uk
Council: Lewisham
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
55 meetings · Page 6 of 11
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.
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”.
Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Call-In) - Tuesday, 17th December, 2024 7.00 pm
This meeting has been cancelled.
Decisions from Meetings
64 decisions · Page 1 of 13
Statement of Accounts 2024-25
From: Council - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 26, 2025
... to note the contents of the report, approve agreed audit adjustments to the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts and Pension Fund Accounts, approve delegation to the Section 151 Officer to agree changes to audit adjustments, the final Statement of Accounts for publication, and changes to the Auditor’s Annual Report, and note the management representation letters and the Auditor’s Annual Report.
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of interest
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note that no declarations of interest were made at the meeting.
Recommendations Approved
Income Collection
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note the Income Collection update.
Recommendations Approved
Corporate Resources Risk Register
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to note the Corporate Resources Directorate Risk Register and to discuss integrating it into the Committee's future work programme.
Recommendations Approved
Minutes of previous meeting
From: Public Accounts Select Committee - Thursday, 20th November, 2025 7.30 pm - November 20, 2025
...to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record, with the amendment to include Councillor Millbank in the list of members present.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 55
Average per Month: 2.8
Decisions Recorded: 64