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Minute 554 refers

The Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support updated Members with two additional items that needed consideration before the final process for adoption could be completed.  She advised that the modern development of Greencoates had been nominated for exclusion from the Conservation Area throughout the process, but the area had only been identified as Gwynns Walk.  Also, 34 Ware Road, a distinctive 1930s style building, would now be designated in the document as ‘an unlisted building of architectural or historical interest’.  The freeholders and owners of both sites would be notified and consulted and any subsequent alterations would be made under the delegated powers referred to in the recommendations.

RESOLVED – that (A) the responses to the public consultation be noted and the Officer responses and proposed changes to the Hertford 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 Hertford Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan be supported for adoption.

(see also Minute 580)

The Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support submitted a report on the Hertford Conservation Area Appraisal following its deferral at the previous meeting.  She detailed the outcome of the further consultations that had taken place.

Councillor Ruffles expressed his gratitude for the additional consideration given and for the explanation which gave residents a greater understanding of the boundary line. 

In response to a suggestion on using Article 4 directions, the Executive Member reminded Members that this was being tested and would need to be reviewed before any decision was made in the future.

The Executive supported the proposals now detailed.

RECOMMENDED – that (A) the responses to the public consultation be noted and the Officer responses and proposed changes to the Hertford 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 Hertford Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan be supported for adoption.

The Executive Member for Development Management and Council Support submitted a report on the Hertford 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.

Councillor P Ruffles commended the thoroughness of the work undertaken by the Conservation Officer but suggested that further consideration be given to the proposed exclusion of some properties on Tamworth Road.  He believed that residents were entitled to a better understanding of the reasons for treating apparently similar properties in a different manner.  The Executive Member accepted this request for the matter to be deferred to the next meeting.

The Executive agreed to defer the report to allow for the boundary line at Tamworth Road to be reconsidered.

RESOLVED – that the report be deferred to the next meeting for the reasons now detailed.