Agenda item

5.1  The Chair welcomed councillor Mark Williams Cabinet Member for Regeneration and New Homes, Simon Bevan Director for Planning, Neil Kirby Head of Regeneration –South and Jon Abbott Head of Regeneration – North to the meeting, and asked the cabinet member to give a summary of his portfolio and then take questions from members of the committee.

A summary of the Cabinet members portfolio is as follows:

  ·  the council’s relationship with Transport for London;

·  extension of the Bakerloo Line, with the leader;

·  regeneration in the borough [all aspects of development control and  planning in Rotherhithe (Canada Water), Bermondsey, Borough & Bankside and Walworth (Elephant & Castle and Aylesbury Estate), Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead and Dulwich] including transport strategy in regeneration;

·  community infrastructure levy and allocation of section 106 funds;

·  development of the local development framework;

·  planning policy and continuing improvements in planning performance;

·  high street planning and with the cabinet member for public health, parks and leisure making high streets healthier;

·  Delivery of 11,000 new council houses.