Issue details

Letters will be sent to all property owners in the Rosecroft Gardens conservation area, informing them that the draft Character Appraisal and Management Plan document is available, specifying a six-week period for public consultation.  The documents will be available on the Council’s website and in hard copy on request. 

In accordance with section 71 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservations Areas) Act 1990, the attached Character Appraisal and Management Plan document will also be subject to a public meeting. The views expressed at this meeting will be reported to the Cabinet Member or to full Cabinet where changes to the cons Plan are proposed.

Any Article 4(2) Direction would be subject to a separate statutory period of public consultation, in which notice of the Direction will be advertised locally, and served on owners and occupiers of dwellinghouses to which the direction relates, specifying a period of 21days for any representations concerning the direction to be made.  

A range of works, such as the introduction of uPVC windows, satellite dishes on front elevations, front dormers, front rooflights and porches, would require planning permission.  Local authority officers would be able to provide advice and guidance to residents on appropriate alterations.  There is no local authority fee for planning applications for development which would have been permitted but for an Article 4(2) Direction.  An Article 4(2) Direction is not applied retrospectively.