Agenda item

The Committee received a report concerning the Barbican and Golden Lane proposed conservation area, the assessment for which had been undertaken at the request of the Barbican and Golden Lane Estates Residents’ Associations Committee and approved by the Committee in May 2017.

The report set out the results of the assessment which were that two parts of the proposed conservation area would meet the criteria for conservation area designation, i.e. the Barbican Estate and the Golden Lane Estate. The remainder of the proposed area did not meet the criteria, with the exception of Brewery Conservation Area, where no changes were proposed and it would remain a conservation area in its own right.

The CPO referred Members to a late representation from Fred Rodgers, Chair of the Bernard Morgan Liasion Group which had been circulated electronically and tabled.

Debate ensued and several Members expressed the view that it was wrong to exclude Zone 2 which they considered was a critical part of the estate and should be included in the consultation.

Other Members considered that it would be wrong to include the area given that future planning applications would be affected, and also that it would be wrong to seek the views of people who wouldn’t be affected.

William Upton proposed an AMENDMENT to the recommendation to include Zone 2 as part of the consultation and this was SECONDED BY Randall Anderson.

The amendment was put to the vote, the result of which was as follows:

FOR – 11

AGAINST – 14

The amendment was lost.

The Committee then voted on the substantive recommendation, the result of which was as follows:

FOR – 23

AGAINST – 0

ABSTENTIONS - 2

RESOLVED – to authorise that public consultation  be carried out on the proposals for the two new conservation areas as detailed in the report.