Rachel Onikosi - Councillor for Lewisham ( Bellingham)

Councillor Rachel Onikosi

 Labour and Co-operative Party  Bellingham

Email: Rachel.Onikosi@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Healthier Communities Select Committee Licensing Committee (Committee Member) Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee (Committee Member) Bellingham Assembly

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

46 meetings · Page 5 of 10

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.

February 11, 2025
Bellingham Assembly

Bellingham Assembly - Thursday, 30th January, 2025 7.00 pm

January 30, 2025
Licensing Committee

Licensing Committee - Tuesday, 28th January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting of the Licensing Committee was scheduled to discuss an application for a new premises licence for Sip City Lounge, on Deptford High Street.

January 28, 2025
Licensing Committee CANCELLED

Licensing Committee - Thursday, 16th January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting has been cancelled.

January 23, 2025
Council

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”.

January 22, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

61 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

Motions

From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to support Labour's 30 Hours of Free Childcare and to bring Thames Water back into public ownership.

Recommendations Approved

Appointment of Independent Persons

From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to appoint Kalwant Grewal and Katy Prestedge as two independent persons to the Standards Committee.

Recommendations Approved

Use of Substitutes

From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to include the temporary arrangements for the use of substitutes in committees, previously approved on January 22nd, 2025, into the Committee Procedure Rules under Part 4 of the Constitution.

Recommendations Approved

Dispensation under Section 85 Local Government Act 1972

From: Council - Wednesday, 24th September, 2025 7.30 pm - September 24, 2025

...to grant Councillor Coral Howard a dispensation from the meeting attendance requirements of Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 until May 7th, 2026, due to illness.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 46

Average per Month: 2.6

Decisions Recorded: 61