Agenda item

Recommendation: That Regulatory Committee notes the contents of the Conservation Character appraisals and the local list in the appendices and puts forward any comments it may have for consideration at Cabinet.

Lucy Morrow, Assistant Planning Officer, introduced the report as set out.  The report was seeking comments from the Regulatory Committee before referral to Cabinet for approval to publish four draft Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan documents and the draft Local Heritage List for a six week public consultation.  The rational for publishing these was for good heritage management, and would help to manage local assets in a coherent and transparent way.  The appraisals included a description of the area and a review of the boundaries, and the Heritage List identified buildings of local importance.  The Committee were informed that there had been four Haringey owned schools included on the Heritage List, however these had been removed, as all had plans for works in the future.

Officers responded to questions from the Committee:

-      Descriptions of areas had been provided by consultants – where there were corrections to be made, Ms Morrow would raise these outside of the meeting.  The consultants had also made the assessments in relation to the boundaries and whether an area could qualify for statutory designation.

-      Members could make suggestions for buildings to be added to the Local Heritage List as part of the consultation.

-      The street furniture list would not be updated as there were no new items to be included.

Councillor Bevan proposed that the Committee ask the Cabinet to reconsider the decision to remove Council owned buildings from the Local Heritage List due to concerns over the quality of any future building work.  Councillor James seconded the proposal.  The Chair moved a vote, and with 11 in favour and one abstention it was:

RESOLVED that the report be recommended for consideration at Cabinet, with the request from the Regulatory Committee that Cabinet reconsider the decision to remove Council owned buildings from the Local Heritage List due to concerns over the quality of any future building work.