Issue - meetings
Planning Policy Explanatory Note on Tall Buildings
Meeting: 10/05/2016 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Planning Policy Explanatory Note on Tall Buildings PDF 94 KB
Additional documents:
- 5.1a Tall Buildings Appendix - Explanatory Note, item 5 PDF 183 KB
- Webcast for Planning Policy Explanatory Note on Tall Buildings
Decision:
DECISION
1. To note the Planning Policy Explanatory Note on Tall Buildings.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL (A. DALVI)
(Strategic Planning Manager (A. Maher)
Minutes:
Councillor Rachel Blake, Cabinet Member for Strategic Development, introduced the report summarising the Council’s policy on tall buildings. She explained that this was being presented as a reminder to the development industry of the Council’s desire to ensure that tall buildings were only built in appropriate locations.
Councillor Andrew Wood, Ward Councillor for Canary Wharf, welcomed the statement as a useful summary but highlighted that the Local Plan policy carried more weight and he urged the Council to bring forward the relevant part of that Plan for consultation at the earliest possible opportunity.
The Mayor welcomed the report as he stated that it sent out a clear message that the Council wanted to restrict tall buildings to appropriate locations. He also highlighted that the policies of the new Mayor of London would be important in guiding appropriate levels of development. He agreed that the Local Plan was an important document in relation to this issue and asked officers to ensure the relevant consultation processes could begin as soon as possible. The Mayor agreed the recommendation as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
1. To note the Planning Policy Explanatory Note on Tall Buildings.