Councillor Liam Shrivastava

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.

Pensions Investment Committee - Wednesday, 5th February, 2025 7.00 pm

The Pensions Investment Committee noted the contents of the quarterly investment report, adopted the fund's new Administration Strategy, and agreed to a number of recommendations made in private.

New Cross Gate Local Assembly Meeting - Thursday, 16th January, 2025 7.00 pm

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”.

Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee - Tuesday, 21st January, 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting of Lewisham Council's Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee included the scheduled consideration of its annual report on the demographic makeup of the workforce, an update on efforts to improve community cohesion in the borough, and a review of the committee’s work programme.