Issue - meetings
Agreement to take Borough-wide Heritage Strategy out to public consultation
Meeting: 18/12/2019 - Cabinet - Decommissioned 18.05.2022 (Item 404)
404 Agreement to take Borough-wide Heritage Strategy out to public consultation 
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Additional documents:
- Swale Heritage Strategy and Action Plan - Public Consultation draft, item 404
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- A heritage Strategy for Swale - Appendix 1, item 404
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- A Heritage Strategy for Swale - Appendix 2, item 404
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Minutes:
The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning introduced the report to agree the draft Swale Borough-wide Heritage Strategy and its accompanying (3 year period) Draft Action Plan for public consultation purposes. The Cabinet Member drew attention to a typographical error in paragraph 5.1 of the report, and stated that the public consultation exercise was for 6 weeks not 7 weeks as stated.
The Cabinet Member stated that the Borough had a range of heritage assets including 1,400 listed buildings, 4 registered parks and gardens, 22 scheduled monuments, 50 conservation areas, and many archaeologically important sites. He explained that the Heritage Strategy would greatly assist the Council in protecting and conserving those heritage assets, which would also help with the development of tourism in the Borough. The Cabinet Member also spoke about the importance of public engagement on the Strategy. He thanked the Conservation and Design Manager for his work on the document, and proposed the recommendation in the report.
The Conservation and Design Manager explained that the Heritage Strategy would also support the Council in ensuring it had a sound Local Plan, and would assist in the positive regeneration of neglected areas of the Borough.
Members fully endorsed and supported the document for public consultation.
The Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance moved the following amendment by way of an additional recommendation: That Councillor Mike Baldock (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning) be Heritage Champion for the Borough of Swale. This was seconded by the Cabinet Member for Economy and Property.
A Member considered that the proposed 6 week consultation should be over a longer period given that it commenced within the festive period. The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning assured the Member that they would push hard to promote the consultation early in January 2020.
Resolved:
(1) That the draft Heritage Strategy and associated Action Plan be agreed for public consultation.
(2) That Councillor Mike Baldock (Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Planning) be Heritage Champion for the Borough of Swale.