Issue - meetings
Listed Building Consent War Memorial
Meeting: 28/10/2015 - Development Committee (Item 6)
6 The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB (PA/15/000108) PDF 1 MB
Proposal:
Removal and re-siting of Royal London Hospital war memorial plaque from within the former ground floor foyer of the old Royal London Hospital Front Block Building. To be re-sited on the wall of the Stepney Way public atrium in the new hospital building.
Recommendation:
That the Committee resolve to GRANT listed building consent subject to the completion of a legal agreement, conditions and informatives.
Decision:
On a unanimous vote the Committee RESOLVED:
1. That listed building consent at London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB be GRANTED for the removal and re-siting of Royal London Hospital war memorial plaque from within the former ground floor foyer of the old Royal London Hospital Front Block Building to the wall of the Stepney Way public atrium in the new hospital building (PA/15/000108) subject to:
2. The completion of a legal agreement to secure the matters set out in the report.
3. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above acting within normal delegated authority.
4. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to impose conditions and informatives on the listed building to secure the matters set out in the Committee report.
5. Any other conditions(s) considered necessary by the Corporate Director Development & Renewal
6. That, if within 3 months of the date of this committee the legal agreement has not been completed, the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to refuse listed building consent.
Minutes:
Tim Ross (Deputy Team Leader, Development and Renewal) introduced the item for the removal and re-siting of Royal London Hospital war memorial plaque commemorating staff and students of the hospital.
Beth Eite (Deputy Team Leader, Development and Renewal) gave a presentation on the application explaining the purpose and appearance of the war memorial plaque located within the old hospital front building.
It was proposed that the statue be moved to one of the main entrances at the rear of the new hospital building where it could be seen by staff and public as originally intended.
Whilst there would be some minor harm to the setting of the grade 11 listed building, it was considered that this would be outweighed by the public benefits associated with siting the statue in a public area. The Council’s Conservation Officer agreed with this.
Listed building consent was required for the changes. However, due to recent changes in the planning regulations, the Council could now determine applications for listed building consent where no objections have been received and the application was to approve. This was the case in this instance.
Subject to conditions, Officers were recommending that listed building consent should be approved.
In response to Members, Officers clarified the conditions to ensure the safe and careful transportation of the statue and the merits of moving the statue to this more prominent position from a disused area. They also clarified the distance between the ambulance bay and the proposed site for the statue and that it was required by condition that the war memorial be retained in a public location in the new building in perpetuity.
On a unanimous vote the Committee RESOLVED:
1. That listed building consent at London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1BB be GRANTED for the removal and re-siting of Royal London Hospital war memorial plaque from within the former ground floor foyer of the old Royal London Hospital Front Block Building to the wall of the Stepney Way public atrium in the new hospital building (PA/15/000108) subject to:
2. The completion of a legal agreement to secure the matters set out in the report.
3. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to negotiate the legal agreement indicated above acting within normal delegated authority.
4. That the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to impose conditions and informatives on the listed building to secure the matters set out in the Committee report.
5. Any other conditions(s) considered necessary by the Corporate Director Development & Renewal
6. That, if within 3 months of the date of this committee the legal agreement has not been completed, the Corporate Director Development & Renewal is delegated power to refuse listed building consent.