Agenda item

Heritage at Risk Register Annual Report

Report of The City Surveyor.

Minutes:

Members received a Report of the City Surveyor concerning the Heritage at Risk Register (HARR).

 

A Member raised the current challenges affecting Wanstead Park. The situation posed significant problems and he requested that a report come back to Members with further information in due course.

 

A Member queried how things got classified on the heritage list to start with. In response officers confirmed that the Corporation worked in collaboration with Historic England. Members expressed their concerns that an over reliance on Historic England to catalogue the buildings would mean Corporation buildings at risk fell through the net, most notably Members queried why Crescent House wasn’t on the list.

 

The Committee clerk would circulate to members a note of the action that is being taken to prevent Crescent House from being listed on the register, maintenance that is being currently undertaken, planned maintenance, and the relevant officers’ view on the likelihood of Historic England listing this asset on next year’s register.

 

Furthermore, for future iterations of the Report, a Member wanted to see more information about what the likely costs would be if one or more of the Heritage Lottery Fund bids fail.

 

RESOLVED – that Members noted the Report.

 

 

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