'Important
Views and Tall Buildings'-
developing a framework
Maritime Greenwich was inscribed
by UNESCO in 1997 and the Site is managed in accordance with a Management
Plan approved by the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site Steering
Group and lodged with UNESCO. The World Heritage Site was
inscribed according to three of the UNESCO criteria set out in the
World Heritage Convention and this has led to the adoption of the
"outstanding universal values " for the Site. New developments
proposed near the Site potentially threaten these values and this
document is intended to address the issues raised.
 Since 1997 there has been
great progress in conserving and developing the Site and its facilities,
which has also contributed to the wider regeneration of south and
east London. Lying at the apex of the Thames Gateway, the context
of the Site has changed and is still changing radically with substantial
residential and commercial development of the former wharves and
industrial sites along the south bank of the Thames.
The purpose of this document
is to examine the particular characteristics of Maritime Greenwich
and develop a framework which will assist the assessment of proposals
that affect the setting of the Site. It will be used as a
basis for comments on planning applications for which the World
Heritage Site administration is a consultee. This framework
in itself carries no statutory weight although there is support
from the Local Authority Unitary Development Plan policies and the
London Plan, in particular the London View Management Framework
which forms part of the latter document. It is hoped the emerging
Local Development Frameworks being prepared for the London Boroughs
of Greenwich, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets will offer further support.
The document below is in
PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe
Acrobat Reader . Please click on the Adobe image on the left
of the page, to download Acrobat Reader.
For further information,
please contact:
geoffrey.belcher@greenwich.gov.uk
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