Coral Howard - Councillor for Lewisham ( Downham)

Councillor Coral Howard

 Labour Party  Downham

Email: Coral.Howard@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Children and Young People Select Committee Licensing Committee Downham Assembly

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

39 meetings · Page 4 of 8

Licensing Committee CANCELLED

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

This meeting has been cancelled.

January 23, 2025
Children and Young People Select Committee

Children and Young People Select Committee - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was a broad overview of Children and Young People services in Lewisham. It considered reports on the performance of services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), the performance of children's social care and Lewisham's Safeguarding Children Partnership, as well as looking at what Lewisham's young people are doing after the age of 16. Please note, this summary only reflects what was scheduled to be discussed in the meeting, and does not describe any of the discussions or decisions that were actually made.

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
Licensing Committee

Licensing Committee - Thursday, 12th December, 2024 7.00 pm

The Licensing Committee met to consider the confirmation of the minutes of two previous meetings and an application for a variation to a premises licence for Meta Fried Chicken & Pizza, 640 Downham Way, London BR1 5HN. The minutes of the previous meetings were confirmed and signed. The application for the variation of the licence for Meta Fried Chicken and Pizza was refused on the grounds that it was likely to lead to an increase in crime and disorder and public nuisance.

December 12, 2024
Licensing Committee CANCELLED

Licensing Committee - Thursday, 5th December, 2024 7.00 pm

This meeting has been cancelled.

December 05, 2024

Decisions from Meetings

59 decisions · Page 1 of 12

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: 39

Average per Month: 2.2

Decisions Recorded: 59