Agenda item

The Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support submitted a report on the Thundridge and Wadesmill Conservation Area Appraisal following public consultation.  She detailed the outcome of the public consultation in the report now submitted.

The Appraisal identified the special character of the Conservation Area together with the elements that should be retained or enhanced and those which detracted from the identified character.  Once adopted by the Council, the Appraisal would become a ‘material consideration’ in the process of determining planning applications.  It would also link into the development of neighbourhood planning.

The Executive Member referred to a couple of typographical errors in the report and on page 79 of Essential Reference Paper ‘B’.

Members welcomed the report and noted the rich local history of the area.

The Executive supported the recommendations as now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the responses to the public consultation be noted and the Officer responses and proposed changes to the Thundridge and Wadesmill Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan be supported;

(B)      authority be delegated to the Head of Planning and Building Control, in consultation with the Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support, to make any further minor and consequential changes to the document which may be necessary; and

(C)      the Thundridge and Wadesmill Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan be adopted.