Agenda item

The Committee received a report of the Director of the Built Environment advising Members that the Department of the Built Environment was currently undertaking three-dimensional (3D) computer modelling of the City’s eastern cluster to understand better the effect of existing planning policies for that area and its relationship to its environs and other parts of the City. 

Members noted that the 3D computer modelling work was still in its early stages and was not intended to make new policy, but provide insights upon the effect of current planning policy.  This work would provide confidence that the cluster could evolve while taking full account of key protected views and the wider setting of the Tower of London World Heritage Site. 

RESOLVED - To note that the City is undertaking 3D digital modelling of the eastern cluster, and that this is being complemented by other modelling relating to the challenges and opportunities arising from this tall building cluster.  This work will ensure that the City’s planning policies provide an appropriate context for and limits to change in the eastern cluster and in the wider setting of the Tower of London.