Agenda item

Cleaner Greener Safer 2026-27: Capital Funding Allocation (Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood)

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the Borough and London Bridge neighbourhood community meeting.

To approve a reallocation and the allocation of funds for the Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme.

Minutes:

Note: This is an executive function for decision by the Neighbourhood Community Meeting.

The chair explained that in this item councillors were asked to approve a reallocation and allocations of funds for the Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme. The applications were listed in Appendix 1.

The meeting heard that there were £67,556 of funding from previous years underspend, current programme underspend and current programme project cancellations. There were also £234,400 available for the 2026-27 CGS capital programme for new projects in the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood. (A grand total of £301,956)

RESOLVED

1. That the reallocation of £67,556 comprising of underspent funds carried forward from previous years, current-year programme underspend and project cancellations within the current programme, to the 2026-27 Cleaner Grener Safer (CGS) budget for the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood be approved.

2. That the following allocation of funds for the 2026-2027 Cleaner Greener Safer capital programme in the Borough and London Bridge Neighbourhood area be agreed:

Borough and Bankside ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2679	Individual	Perkins Square Playground Makeover	£20,000
3087	Parks team, Southwark Council	Mint St Park improvement project	£14,600
3218	Bankside Village	Courage Garden Top Up	£11,000
3068	Mint St Music Festival	Improvements and repairs for Mint Street Park stage	£7,000
2048	Lant and Bittern TRA	The Bittern House Raised Beds Project	£5,000
2402	Lant and Bittern TRA	Redman House Greening and Biodiversity Project	£15,000
2893	Applegarth TMC	Safe Garden community grow Project	£20,000
3362	Local Resident	Cleaning & Greening Gatehouse Square	£3,000

Chaucer ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2876	Parks team, Southwark Council	Refreshing Falmouth Road Park	£2,000
3130	Tabard Central and South Estates TRA	Play for All: Revitalising the Tabard Park Playground	£40,000
3381	Rockingham TRA	Sheffield stands for Rockingham estate	£3,700
2424	Local resident	Alice Street Alleyway Security Gate (SE1)	£4,000
2847	Rockingham Community Association	Rockingham Estate Sustainable Water Storage System	£8,000
3151	Albert Barnes TRA	Albert Barnes House Backyard Gate Repair and Replace	£5,000
2875	Brotherhood Of The Cross And Star	Brotherhood Peace Garden (London)	£4,000
3063	Haldonhall Residents TMO	Installation of a bicycle storage unit	£7,000
3076	Resident, Tabard Gardens	Recycling Bin Storage Area	£6,000

London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2205	Resident, Devon Mansions	Tooley Street Blooms	£5,000
2207	Resident, Fair Street	Greener and Safer 2 Fair Street and St Olaves Estates (lighting and greening)	£10,000
2572	Arnold Estate TRA	A Quieter Life Please - Phase One	£10,821
2629	Watts TRA	Security (Tanner House)	£2,500
2641	Arnold Estate TRA	Dog Turd Alley to Happy Valley	£7,000
3073	Resident, Purbrook Estate	Smartening up our estate entrance	£7,500
2777	Tower Bridge Primary School	A Little Bit of Green	£899
2852	The Guinness Trust	Community garden gates for the Showsfields estate SE1 3SX	£7,000
2909	Swan Mead, Harold and Creasy Estates (SHACCA) TRA	Greening our Estates – Building Community through Shared Gardening	£15,000
3282	Two Towers TMC	Two Towers TMC Community Gardens and Bicycle Storage Project	£7,000

St George’s Ward

Ref	Applicant	Proposal title	Award
2093	Cooper Close Co-operative	Cooper Close environmental improvements	£5000
2471	Local resident	Reducing Anti Social Behaviour and Drug Dealing through improved lighting and layout in St George's Garden Pocket Park	£2,000
2501	Webber & Quenting TMO	Webber and Quentin Playspace and Locker Estate Investment	£27,430
3225	Local resident	All Things Bright And Beautiful Community Garden (capital build costs)	£12,832
3237	Local resident	Reducing fly tipping through installing fencing	£100

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