Agenda item - Heritage Task & Finish Group Scoping Report

46.1    Cllr Evans presented the scoping report for the Task & Finish Group on Heritage and explained how it will feed into the council’s new Heritage Strategy, looking to find new ideas to inform the next one.

46.2    Mark Strong asked whether the membership is open to anyone including those involved in local heritage groups. Giles Rossington, Scrutiny Manager, said there is the potential to co-opt someone from the wider community but from a practical point of view, it might be better to have them give evidence.

46.3    Cllr Miller said that the previous strategy was titled “Conservation Strategy” and that this was changed to “Heritage Strategy” because conservation is all about keeping a historical record and looking at conservation areas and listed buildings whereas “Heritage” has a wider scope looking at what makes the city what it is, including things like music venues etc.

46.4    Cllr Loughran was confused by the areas to investigate and asked for clarification; she suggested speaking to heritage consultants and people from outside Brighton & Hove. Giles Rossington said the group is member-led and the first thing will be to meet with the members to determine who they want to talk to and plan out the project. This will include gathering best practise from other Local Authorities and organisations.

46.5    Cllr Evans said that the recommendations from the group will feed into the council’s Heritage Strategy which will eventually go out for public consultation.

46.6    RESOLVED that Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee

agrees to establish a Task & Finish Group to look into Heritage in the city

agrees Terms of Reference, membership and duration of the Task & Finish Group as set out in Appendix 2.