Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Barts Health NHS Trust published public consultation relating to options for the future of the 44.13-acre Whipps Cross University Hospital site.

Further to a question from the Chairman the Town Clerk confirmed that the report should be listed for decision and that final approval of a response to the public consultation on the future of the Hospital would, if Members agreed, need to be delegated to the Town Clerk in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.

It was highlighted that the height of the new buildings at the site may present an issue for Epping Forest and suggested Officers consider this in the response. The Chairman responded by noting that there was clearly a balance to be found between supporting the development of the new hospital and protecting the Forest.

RESOLVED- That: -

1. The comments made by the Consultative Committee on the proposals made by the Barts Health NHS Trust be noted; and
2. That the authority for the approval of a response to the public consultation on the future of the Hospital in line with comments for the Whipps Cross Strategic location be delegated to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.