Policy information sourced from Newham Local Plan 2018.
Proposals which address the following strategic principles and spatial strategy and design and technical criteria in their concept, design and implementation will be supported:
- Strategic principles and spatial strategy
- The value of heritage and other assets (natural, cultural, architectural, and infrastructural) which contribute to local character and successful places will be recognised by protection, conservation, and enhancement of the assets and their settings, and where appropriate, cultivation of new ones;
- Urban design should recognise the strengths and weaknesses of local character and seek to contribute positively to the composition of the townscape, achieving better integration and enhancement of new and old, natural and built environments, infrastructure and living environments;
- Designated and non-designated heritage assets will be conserved and enhanced, with any change to them based on an understanding of the nature of their significance and the contribution of their settings to that significance, seeking to increase their presence and encourage wider appreciation, ownership of, and access to them;
- Innovation will be encouraged to realise the value of assets and secure viable, sustainable and appropriate futures for them, particularly where they are under-performing/’at Risk’, reconciling this with the sensitivity to change presented by many (see also Policies SC2, SC4, INF6 and INF7);
- In addition to heritage assets designated under other regimes – listed buildings, conservation areas (Table 3 below), Scheduled Monuments, Historic Parks and Gardens – the locations listed in Tables 1 and Table 2 below are designated as Areas of Townscape Value and Archaeological Priority Areas (all these are mapped in Figure 3.3 below).
- Design and technical criteria
- Proposals should refer to and draw on the borough’s Character Study (which includes details of Areas of Townscape Value) and where relevant, Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans and Archaeological Priority Areas to help identify heritage and other assets relevant to their scheme, and strengths and weaknesses of local character; and
- The relevant consultation and investigation expectations that accompany an APA designation (set out by GLAAS) should be complied with.
| ID | Area Name |
|---|---|
| ATV1 | Wanstead Flats |
| ATV2 | Sebert Road |
| ATV3 | Manor Park |
| ATV4 | Forest Gate |
| ATV5 | All Saints Church, Church Street North* |
| ATV6 | Cheltenham Gardens, Henniker Gardens, Rancliffe Road |
| ATV7 | Canning Town |
| ATV8 | Winsor Terrace* |
| ATV9 | Bargehouse Road / Woolwich Manor Way* |
* Note that ATV5, ATV8, ATV9 and the area surrounding West Ham Park may be taken forward as Conservation Areas within the plan period.
Further information on Historic Assets is available on the Council website:
Historic Buildings - https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Listed-buildings.aspx
Conservation Areas - https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Conservation-areas.aspx
Ancient Monuments - https://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Historic-sites-and-monuments.aspx