Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Town Clerk/Director of Major Projects.

Members considered a report of the Assistant Town Clerk/Director of Major Projects relative to public art proposals.

RESOLVED – That Members ratify the City Arts Initiative’s recommendations in relation to proposals 1 to 6as follows:

1)    River View: approve subject to final consent from City engineers, and Highways and Planning Teams;

2)    Wayward, Smithfield Rotunda: approve, subject to final consent of the City Gardens Team;

3)    Volo – dreams of flight: approve subject to final consent from City Gardens, Highways and Public Realm Teams;

4)    Sculpture in the City: approve shortlist in principle and subject to necessary permissions and licences from Highways and Planning Teams, and the City Gardens Team, noting the serious concerns from the Director of Communications over some works appearing on the shortlist;

5)    London Festival of Architecture – Benches: approve subject to final consent from the Highways and City Gardens Teams and implementation of recommendations;

6)    London Festival of Architecture – St Paul’s Plinth: approve subject to final consent from Planning and Engineering Teams; and,

7)    note the application for 22 Bishopsgate acknowledging that the CAI may only comment and not recommend, and that your Committee may not approve or decline applications for public art on private land.