Agenda item

(Martin Charles Farr)

18 September 2012

Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy

A draft Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy has been developed to provide a more detailed framework for transport and environmental improvements in order to meet the Core Strategy Policy, CS8 within the City’s Local Development Framework. The Area Strategy, informed by the City’s policies, an urban analysis, intensive workshops with stakeholders and a further public consultation during late 2011 and early 2012 aims to create a greater sense of community, and officers have identified six areas through which the Core Strategy vision can be realised which would provide opportunities for achievable change through a series of transportation and environmental enhancement projects.  These projects are identified and prioritised in the Area Strategy and the indicative total cost of these projects is £14.35 million. A copy of the draft Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy is available upon request from the Town Clerk’s department and in the Members’ Reading Room.

A printed report has been circulated and we recommend approval thereof.

PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

(Martin Charles Farr)

18 September 2012

Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy

A draft Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy has been developed to provide a more detailed framework for transport and environmental improvements in order to meet the Core Strategy Policy, CS8 within the City’s Local Development Framework. The Area Strategy, informed by the City’s policies, an urban analysis, intensive workshops with stakeholders and a further public consultation during late 2011 and early 2012 aims to create a greater sense of community, and officers have identified six areas through which the Core Strategy vision can be realised which would provide opportunities for achievable change through a series of transportation and environmental enhancement projects.  These projects are identified and prioritised in the Area Strategy and the indicative total cost of these projects is £14.35 million. A copy of the draft Aldgate and Tower Area Strategy is available upon request from the Town Clerk’s department and in the Members’ Reading Room.