Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to approve the terms of a long lease to house the East End Women’s Museum in Barking, which would provide a permanent resource to record, share and celebrate women’s stories and voices from east London’s history.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Authorise the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Director of Law and Governance, to grant a 30-year lease for ground floor retail premises at the Be:Here housing development on Abbey Road, Barking, for the East End Women’s Museum, subject to satisfactory negotiation of the lease and associated requirements; and 

(ii)  Authorise the Chief Executive, in the event that it is not possible to enter into a lease agreement with the East End Women’s Museum, to enter into a lease on the same terms with another cultural organisation.