Agenda item

The Committee received a report proposing a review and update of the enhancement strategy for the Eastern City Cluster Area.

The Committee was advised that the review of the Strategy aimed to align the document with the policy framework provided by the City’s Local Plan. The Local Plan identified 5 Key City Places as areas of significant change and the Eastern Cluster was identified as one of them. The review of the strategy would reflect and address the evolving change and pressuring needs in the area and also support the objectives of key corporate strategies, including the Air Quality Strategy, the Cultural Strategy and the Visitor Strategy.

In response to a question concerning whether or not it would be possible to see the old and new versions of the boundaries, the Director of the Built Environment advised that these could be circulated to Members after the meeting.

A Committee Member stressed the need for the Committee to also be mindful of the capacity of the City Police to deal with a growing urban environment and an increasingly vibrant night time scene.

RESOLVED  -  that the review and update of the area strategy is authorised at an estimated cost of £160,000, funded from the Pinnacle Section 106 Agreement (£100,000), and Transport for London LIP (Local Implementation Plan) funding for 2016/17 (60,000).