Decision details

Pursuant to CSO 17.03 and 9.07.1c the Assistant Director of Regeneration and Economic Development is recommended to:



Approve the award of £157,000 GLA Green and Resilient Spaces Grant funding to Living Under One Sun to support the delivery of the Down Lane Park Improvement Programme (DLPIP) and proceed to signing of the Funding Agreement (28.04.2023 – 31.03.2025), as per Appendix 1.

Complying with the Terms of the GLA Funding Agreement to defray £157,000 to Living Under One Sun to deliver engagement and community-led activities.



The Green and Resilient Spaces funding for this project is a major investment by the Mayor of London in Down Lane Park and the Tottenham Hale neighbourhood as a whole. The fund supports large-scale, ambitious projects that future-proof the capital from the climate emergency and the programme was awarded the highest possible grant of £750,000.



This funding will unlock a range of deliverables alongside a package of community development activities to be delivered by the Council’s community partner, Living Under One Sun (LUOS) with a total funding allocation of £157,000.



LUOS was a named partner on the Green and Resilient Spaces funding bid, building on a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties, dated 1st July 2021.



Progressing in accordance with prior decisions

The principle of defraying a portion of the GRS grant funding to Living Under One Sun was established in the July 2023 Cabinet papers and subsequent Delegated Authority Report to enter Funding Agreement with the GLA. This decision completes the approvals required to ensure a mechanism is in place to make payments of this external funding to LUOS.

‘Do Nothing’

This is not recommended as it would fail to deliver the £157,000 of the £750,000 Mayor of London grant funding for Down Lane Park Improvement Programme (DLPIP) allocated to delivery of engagement and community-led activities to support the park improvement programme. The principle of this grant funding has been accepted through prior decisions. This would not be in keeping with the terms of the Funding Agreement between the Council and the Mayor of London and would prevent the project from realising the full potential to transform the park and the community’s relationship with the park.

Accept the Funding

This is the recommendation of this report. To agree to enter into an agreement with LUOS to defray grant funding and set out terms and conditions on which the grant is made by the Council, in its capacity as ‘Funder’, to LUOS, the ‘Recipient’.