Agenda item

To receive an update from the Remembrancer.

The Committee received an update from the Remembrancer informing Members that the City was seeking agreement to the promotion of a private Bill in Parliament to make changes to the legislative framework governing the City Corporation’s Open Spaces. The principal aims of the changes would be to clarify and expand the management powers available to the Corporation, to increase opportunities to generate revenue for the benefit of the Open Spaces (consistently with their status as public places of recreation and enjoyment), and to strengthen enforcement powers.

Members were informed that the Bill was no longer intended to apply to West Ham Park as, owing to the particular legal position of that land, parliamentary powers were not considered necessary in order to achieve the relevant management objectives.

Resolved – that the update be received,