Issue - items at meetings - Stanmer Conservation Area Review

Report of the Director of Environment (copy attached).

(1)         That the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement be adopted, subject to any minor grammatical and non-material text and illustration alterations agreed by the Director of Environment in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment.

(2)         That an Article 4(2) Direction be made for unlisted dwellings in the village (numbers 11, 12 and 19 Stanmer Village) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (1995), as proposed by the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement and detailed in appendix 3.

(3)         That the proposed boundary changes, as set out in the Character Statement and in Appendix 4, be approved and formally designated.

112.1          The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Director of Environment concerning a review of the Stanmer Conservation Area and seeking approval for the resulting Character Statement.

112.2          That Cabinet Member explained that the conservation area character statement sought to identify the character of the area and update the current boundary, to inform future development control decisions. It also proposed the introduction of an Article 4(2) Direction to control incremental change to unlisted dwellings. He advised that public consultation had been carried out and that the Character Statement had been well received with a number of amendments made in response to representations.

112.3          Councillor Mitchell welcomed the report and stated that it represented change being made in the appropriate way. She added that parking concerns had been raised in relation to the new National Park and that she hoped the council would bring forward measures to mitigate the potential problems; Stanmer Park was a natural gateway to the National Park and was important that it did not suffer from the potential increase in demand for parking.

112.4          RESOLVED - That having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet Member accepted the following recommendations:

(1)         That the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement be adopted, subject to any minor grammatical and non-material text and illustration alterations agreed by the Director of Environment in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment.

(2)         That an Article 4(2) Direction be made for unlisted dwellings in the village (numbers 11, 12 and 19 Stanmer Village) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (1995), as proposed by the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement and detailed in appendix 3.

(3)         That the proposed boundary changes, as set out in the Character Statement and in Appendix 4, be approved and formally designated.