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.