Councils will be barred from erasing historical street names if residents object under new legislation.
On Tuesday, the government will present legislation aimed at preventing Labour and Liberal Democrat councils from changing street names without consulting residents.
The residents will be given the opportunity to vote on any proposed changes, and the name will remain the same if one-third of them object.
The proposal will be included in the upcoming Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which is currently in the Commons committee stage.
The reports were ambiguous as to whether a particular turnout would be required to bring about the objection.
The action is in response to London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s declaration that a $1 million fund will be made available for London streets to change their historical names.
The Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove’s agenda has been driven by the democratization of changes to local communities.
He has also promoted a program known as “street votes” that would let neighbors vote collectively on changes to houses, like adding more stories.
Roads like Black Boy Lane in Haringey have already been renamed La Rose Lane after poet John La Rose, implementing Mr. Khan’s wishes.
Living on the newly renamed street, Sharon David, 55, told the Daily Telegraph that combating racism does not involve changing the name of the street.
London’s Lambeth council recently held a consultation of renaming Tulse Hill which takes its name from the name of a 17th century slave-trading merchant.
The council denied changing the area’s name after receiving criticism for the alleged plans.
Mr Khan’s wishes are already being put into action as roads such as Black Boy Lane in Haringey has already been changed to La Rose Lane – after poet John La Rose.
Sharon David, 55, who lives on the newly-named street, told the Daily Telegraph that ‘changing a street name is not the answer’ to dealing with racism.
London’s Lambeth council recently held a consultation of renaming Tulse Hill which takes its name from the name of a 17th century slave-trading merchant.
The council denied changing the area’s name after receiving criticism for the claimed plans.
It was built in 1774 by John Miles and was located throughout the town until being moved to its present place in 1844.
Although the council’s study was unable to confirm that the boy was a representation of a slave, it did note that the boy’s image was unquestionably influenced by slavery and colonialism, regardless of where inspiration or origins originated from.
A subsequent poll of the general population revealed that it “pains and offends,” and a local anti-racism campaign group has long called for the removal of the statue.
After an eight-week consultation period, Stroud District Council is now prepared to recommend that it be taken down and put on exhibit in a museum.
Even though Sionhan Baillie, the local MP for Stroud, the Valleys, and the Vale, expressed her objection to the plan in August, claiming that its removal “would not stop the scourge of racism,” it has since been implemented.
I am also afraid that a certain minority of loud-voiced individuals have an insatiable urge to continually find something to get angry at, the speaker continued.