Sophie Davis - Councillor for Lewisham ( Forest Hill)

Councillor Sophie Davis

 Labour and Co-operative Party  Forest Hill

Email: Sophie.Davis@lewisham.gov.uk

Council: Lewisham

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council (Committee Member) Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee (Committee Member) Forest Hill Assembly Planning Committee B (Committee Member) Governance Committee (Committee Member) Standards Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

34 meetings · Page 4 of 7

Council

BUDGET, Council - Wednesday, 5th March, 2025 7.30 pm

This meeting was about setting Lewisham Council's budget for 2025/26. It included discussion of the council's overall financial position, a proposed increase to council tax, and the setting of housing rents.

March 05, 2025
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
Forest Hill Assembly

Forest Hill Assembly - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm

January 23, 2025
Forest Hill Assembly

Forest Hill Assembly - Thursday, 23rd January, 2025 7.00 pm

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

62 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

Apologies for Absence

From: Governance Committee - Wednesday, 15th October, 2025 7.00 pm - October 15, 2025

...to adjourn the meeting to a date to be fixed due to a lack of quorum.

For Determination

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

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

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

Summary

Meetings Attended: 34

Average per Month: 1.8

Decisions Recorded: 62