Decision details

Received a report outlining the Council’s preliminary response to the Mayor of London’s draft consultation document ‘Safeguarding of Wharves on the River Thames’.  The response is aimed at providing a sustainable balance between the Council’s aspirations of quality riverfront development and the protection of wildlife habitats, river activities and employment uses, while at the same time safeguarding those wharves with a viable working future.

Agreed: in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community Priorities of “Raising General Pride in the Borough” and “Regenerating the Local Economy” that the following response be made to the Greater London Authority:

1. The Safeguarding of the Wellbeck, Pinns, Kierbeck, Debden and Ripple Way Wharves are deferred, subject to a review following confirmation of the route of the Docklands Light Rail;

2. There are no objections to the safeguarding of De Pass, Victoria Stone, Dockland and RMC Roadstone Wharves subject to a review following the publication of the London Rivers Action Groups ‘Creekmouth to Castle Green Area Study’, the Barking Reach Masterplan and the review of the Unitary Development Plan;

3. That appropriate conditions should be applied, with regard to landscaping, noise, flood defence, access and water quality following consultation with the Councils’ appropriate officers;

4. Consideration should be given, to the safeguarding of the Jetty and wharf associated with the adjacent Rugby Cement site, to support the predicted growth in green industry operation in connection with the Dagenham Dock Industrial Park; and

5. There are no objections to the removal of F McNeil & Co. Alexander Construction, Maple, Bowen, New Free Trade and Dockland Construction Wharves from the consultation document.