Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Planning and Regeneration

It is agreed that:

·              The responses to the consultation and officer responses be noted.

·              The appraisal and management plan, including the proposed boundary amendments, attached to the Cabinet report be approved.

Councillor Clarke addressed Cabinet. He was concerned that the Council did not have adequate resources to review conservation areas every 5 years.  He asked when Wootton Conservation Area had previously been appraised and commented that, although lots of work was being done, there was still more to do.

Councillor Hawkins addressed Cabinet and congratulated the officers who had produced the report.  She stressed the importance of heritage protection and called for a design criteria to protect interesting buildings.  Whist she appreciated the limited resources available, she felt that maintaining a local list of buildings of architectural and historical interest was increasingly important.

Councillor Church, as the relevant Portfolio Holder, presented the report to Cabinet.  He confirmed that at least six local conservation areas had already been successfully reviewed by the current administration.  He drew Cabinet’s attention to the proposed changes in boundaries as outlined in Appendix 1 to the report.

RESOLVED

That:

·              The responses to the consultation and officer responses be noted.

·              The appraisal and management plan, including the proposed boundary amendments, attached to the Cabinet report be approved.