Agenda item

Report of the City Surveyor.

Consideration was given to a report of the City Surveyor which sought approval to relocate the Dorothy Annan Ceramic Panels to Barbican Highwalk and transfer ownership to the City of London Corporation.

One Member opposed the relocation of the Panels and considered they would not be complementary with the architecture of the Barbican Estate.   Other Members questioned whether the Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee or the City Arts Initiative had been consulted.

Alderman Anstee, who attended the meeting as an observer, questioned whether alternative sites had been considered.  The City Surveyor advised that he would investigate whether other locations had been considered and in light of this Members resolved to defer consideration of the relocation of the Panels until further information had been provided, both in respect of alternative sites and the decision making process.

RESOLVED – That the decision be deferred until further information was provided both in respect of the alternative sites considered and the decision making process.