Officers have prepared updated Character Appraisals and Management Plans [CAMPs] for five conservation areas in and around Whitechapel. These documents provide a detailed description of the conservation area’s architectural and historic character and set out management guidelines on how this character should be preserved and enhanced in the context of appropriate ongoing change. Once adopted, the documents serve as planning guidance and are a material consideration in the determination of planning decisions. The updated CAMPS will replace documents that are now more than ten years old. In addition to updating the existing CAMPs, officers have reviewed the boundaries of the five conservation areas and have proposed some changes.

The draft documents were the subject of a six-week consultation period. Comments were received from local residents amenity societies and landowners/developers with and interest in the area. These comments have been careful consideration and the documents have been amended, where appropriate, to address them. This report recommends that the updated CAMPs are adopted, and that the proposed boundary changes are implemented, so that they can provide much needed guidance to help manage the substantial change taking place in the Whitechapel area.