MEETING HOUSING AND GROWTH COMMITTEE DATE AND TIME TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, 2019 AT 7.00 PM VENUE HENDON TOWN HALL, THE BURROUGHS, LONDON NW4 4BG Dear Councillors, Please find enclosed additional papers relating to the following items for the above mentioned meeting which were not available at the time of collation of the agenda. Item No Title of Report Pages 1. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT THE CHAIRMAN DECIDES ARE URGENT 3 - 8 Faith Mwende [email protected] 020 8359 4917 This page is intentionally left blank Housing and GrowthAGENDA ITEM 12 Committee 26 November 2019 Urgent Member’s Items Title Chairman on behalf of Stephen Sowerby – Maintenance of War Memorials Report of Head of Governance Wards All Wards Status Public Urgent Yes Key No Appendix 1 - LLB - Register of Statutory Listed Structures in Enclosures Borough Ownership Officer Contact Details Faith Mwende, 020 8359 4917, [email protected] Summary A Members Items have been received for the Housing and Growth Committee from Chairman on behalf of Councillor Stephen Sowerby. The Committee is requested to consider the items and give instructions. Officers Recommendation That the Housing and Growth Committee instructions in relation to these Member’s Item are requested. 3 1. WHY THIS REPORT IS NEEDED 1.1 The Chairman has agreed to accept this as an urgent item under his name on behalf of Councillor Stephen Sowerby, the Head of Governance is satisfied that it meets the urgency criteria. The reason being that there is a great deal of public interest in the maintenance of War Memorials and considering the time it will take to get the work commissioned and underway it is considered the justifiably urgent. 1.2 Members of the Committee are therefore requested that the item tabled below are submitted to the Housing and Growth Committee for considering and determination. The Housing and Growth Committee are requested to provide instructions to Officers of the Council as recommended. Chairman on behalf Maintenance of War Memorials of Councillor Stephen Sowerby. I make the following request for funding in my role as Design & Heritage Champion for the Borough. The London Borough of Barnet owns 15 statutory listed buildings/structures for which it retains responsibility for maintaining at least 12 (see attached list). Apart from periodic cleaning of the War Memorials the Borough undertakes very limited maintenance of the statutory listed structures in its ownership (the Barnet Physic Well was a rare exception match funded by Historic England). It is apparent from even casual observation that a number of these structures require remedial action beyond cleaning. Due to 7 of the structures being War Memorials they are very much in the public eye and their apparent deterioration has started to elicit public comment/concern. Unfortunately, the Estates Team does not work to a specific maintenance plan reflecting the heritage needs of each structure. In fact, the Borough did not possess a centrally agreed register of statutory listed structures in its ownership until the commencement of this exercise. Most of the 15 structures identified were intended to be public sculpture of artistic merit and their maintenance should be driven by a heritage report reflecting current condition and specialist care requirements. I therefore respectfully request the committee to commission a heritage survey (by professional heritage consultants) to assess the current condition of each of the 15 statutory listed structures in the Borough’s ownership - liaising with Historic England as appropriate. The Borough’s Heritage Officer should also be consulted on the commissioning of the consultants. The survey should assess the current state of repair of each structure 4 making recommendations for desired maintenance works. It is envisaged that the survey will act as the maintenance plan for the Borough’s listed structures moving forward. If the listed structure surveyed is owned but not maintained by the Borough, then the survey’s findings can be provided to the controlling tenant to commence any identified maintenance works. It should be noted that I am not requesting funds for maintenance works, I am requesting the commissioning of a heritage survey (likely to cost between £3000-£5000). Where the survey recommends maintenance works these can be funded via a grant application to an appropriate heritage body on a priority basis (as was the approach with the Physic well). 2. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 No recommendations have been made. The Committee are therefore requested to give consideration and provide instruction. 3. ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND NOT RECOMMENDED 3.1 N/A 4. POST DECISION IMPLEMENTATION 4.1 Post decision implementation will depend on the decision taken by the Committee. 5. IMPLICATIONS OF DECISION 5.1 Corporate Priorities and Performance 5.1.1 As and when issues raised through a Member’s Item are progressed, they will need to be evaluated against the Corporate Plan and other relevant policies. 5.2 Resources (Finance & Value for Money, Procurement, Staffing, IT, Property, Sustainability) 5.2.1 None in the context of this report. 5.3 Legal and Constitutional References 5.3.1 A Member (including Members appointed as substitutes by Council) will be permitted to have one matter only (with no sub-items) on the agenda for a meeting of a committee or Sub-Committee on which s/he serves. The matter must be relevant to the terms of reference of the committee. 5.3.2 The referral of a motion from Full Council to a committee will not count as a Member’s Item for the purposes of this rule. 5 5.3.3 The Chairman, having consulted with the vice-chairman and the opposition spokesman and taken advice from the Monitoring Officer and Head of Governance has agreed to take this as an urgent item as per Article 7:15 of the Constitution. 5.4 Risk Management 5.4.1 None in the context of this report. 5.5 Equalities and Diversity 5.5.1 Members’ Items allow Members of a Committee to bring a wide range of issues to the attention of a Committee in accordance with the Council’s Constitution. All of these issues must be considered for their equalities and diversity implications. 5.6 Consultation and Engagement 5.6.1 None in the context of this report. 6. BACKGROUND PAPERS 6.1 Email received on 18 November 2019. 6 Register of Statutory Listed Buildings/Structures in Borough’s Ownership 15 Listed Buildings / Structures Structure Location Post Code Ward Listing Type Type Comment Arkley War Memorial Barnet Road EN3 3IL High Barnet Grade II War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility Finchley Grade II Avenue House East End Road N2 3QE Church End Historic Building Tenant Maintenance Responsibility East Barnet War Memorial Church Hill Road EN4 8JB East Barnet Grade II War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility East Finchley Library 226 High Road N2 9BB East Finchley Grade II Historic Building Maintenance Responsibility Golders Green War Golders Grade II Memorial Golders Green Road NW11 7RR Green War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility Hendon Library The Burroughs NW4 4BG Hendon Grade II Historic Building Maintenance Responsibility Middlesex University is responsible Grade II Hendon Town Hall The Burroughs NW4 4BG Hendon Historic Building for maintaining external façade Hendon War Memorial Hendon Way NW4 3SP Hendon Grade II War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility Hampstead Henrietta Barnett Garden Grade II Historic Memorial Central Square NW11 Suburb Monument Maintenance Responsibility Mill Hill War Memorial The Ridgeway NW7 1QU Mill Hill Grade II War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility New Barnet War Memorial Station Road EN5 1PL Oakleigh Grade II War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility Regents Park Road Finchley Grade II* ‘La Deliverance’ Statue (Henley’s Corner) N3 3JH Church End War Memorial Maintenance Responsibility Maintenance Responsibility Grade II Historic (maintenance responsibility maybe Physic Well Well Approach EN5 3DY High Barnet Structure transferred to Barnet Museum) Historic Grade II ‘Bringer of Peace’ Statue Friary Park N12 Coppetts Monument Maintenance Responsibility Historic Social Grade II Housing Maintenance Responsibility (via Aeroville Booth Road NW9 5JT Burnt Oak Barnet Homes) 7 8.