Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing introduced a report on a refreshed Abbey and Barking Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal (A&BTC CAA) and Management Plan, carried out as part of the wider £1.7m ‘Enhancing Heritage in the Abbey and Barking Town Centre Conservation Area’ Townscape Heritage project.

The Cabinet Member explained that the updated A&BTC CAA would support the main aims of the Townscape Heritage project, a key aspect of which related to the maintenance and enhancement of the buildings and fabric across the conservation area.  The A&BTC CAA sought to achieve that through robust and tailored management guidance and policies, aimed at both current owners and occupiers of buildings within the area as well as prospective developers.  The study had identified the need for some minor changes to the existing A&BTC CAA boundary and the draft document had been subject to public and stakeholder consultation, the results of which were set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

The Leader spoke of his pride at the efforts of the Council, its staff and partners in helping to raise the aspirations and quality of life of all those who lived and worked in the Borough which he felt was epitomised by the issues the Cabinet had considered this evening.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Adopt the Abbey and Barking Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan at Appendix 1 to the report; and

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Director of Inclusive Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing, to make any minor amendments to finalise the document.