Issue - items at meetings - Patcham Conservation Area Review

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

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

(2)         That an Article 4(1) Direction be made for dwellings in the area under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, as recommended by the Patcham Conservation Area Appraisal and detailed in annex 3.

(3)         That the proposed boundary changes, as set out in the Character Statement and illustrated in annex 4, be approved and formally designated under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

78.1               The Cabinet Member considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place seeking approval for the Patcham Conservation Area Character Statement, following a positive public consultation.

78.2               The Cabinet Member advised that the public had been consulted on the draft Patcham Character Statement and the responses analysed.  The Character Statement had been generally well received and a number of amendments had been made in response to the representations. The report recommended that the conservation area be extended to include Coney Wood and the Patcham Recreation Ground, and that the boundary to the rear of the Black Lion Hotel be adjusted.  It also proposed that an Article 4(1) Direction be made to control harmful incremental change in the area.

78.3               Councillor Mitchell welcomed the adoption of character statements in general and stated that they were an important tool in helping the council and the public to understand neighbourhoods within the city.

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

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

(2)         That an Article 4(1) Direction be made for dwellings in the area under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995, as recommended by the Patcham Conservation Area Appraisal and detailed in annex 3.

(3)         That the proposed boundary changes, as set out in the Character Statement and illustrated in annex 4, be approved and formally designated under section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.