Issue details
Determination of Limehouse Neighbourhood Forum Application
Neighbourhood forum designations expire five
years after they are initially granted. The designation of the
Limehouse Community Forum as the neighbourhood forum for the
Limehouse Neighbourhood Planning Area therefore expired on 1
December 2020. The Forum has submitted an application to be
re-designated. This report assesses the application against the
relevant legislation and guidance.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Significant impact on communities living or working in two or more wards;
Decision status: Abandoned
Wards affected: Spitalfields & Banglatown; Weavers;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 04/01/2021
Decision due: 3 Mar 21 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Planning and Social Inclusion (Job Share) - Lead on Planning, Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion – (Job Share post as part of Social Inclusion and Public Realm portfolio)
Lead director: Corporate Director, Place
Department: Place
Contact: Steven Heywood, (Planning Officer, Plan Making Team) Email: Steven.Heywood@towerhamlets.gov.uk Tel: 020 7364 4474, Jennifer Peters, (Divisional Director, Planning and Building Control, Place) Email: Jennifer.Peters@towerhamlets.gov.uk, Marissa Ryan-Hernandez, (Plan Making Team Leader).
Consultation process
A public consultation is taking place between
3 December 2020 and 27 January 2021. This is beyond the statutorily
required six weeks, to account for the holiday period. There is a
statutory timeframe which means a decision on the designation must
be made within 13 weeks of the consultation beginning. Because of
this, and the internal Tower Hamlets reporting timeframes, it is
not possible to wait until the consultation has finished to bring
this issue to DLT. At the DLT stage, this report therefore
recommends that the decision be moved to the next stage of
reporting, and that the final decision will be conditional on an
assessment of the consultation responses. The CLT report will
provide more detail on consultation responses, and the MAB and CAB
reports will be accompanied by a consultation statement as an
appendix.
Consultees
All people who have asked to be added to the
planning policy database have been sent an email regarding the
consultation; all local councillors have also been contacted. A
public notice has been placed in the East End Advertiser to reach
further stakeholders.
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: Screening Tool carried out 10/12, no further assessment needed
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: Appendix 1: Limehouse Community Forum Application Form Appendix 2: Limehouse Neighbourhood Area Map Appendix 3: Limehouse Community Forum Constitution Appendix 4: Equalities Impact Assessment Screening Appendix 5: Consultation Statement (to be appended from MAB onwards)
Decisions
Agenda items
- 03/03/2021 - Cabinet Determination of Limehouse Neighbourhood Forum Application 03/03/2021
Documents
- Determination of Limehouse Neighbourhood Forum Application