Issue - meetings

Conservation Area Appraisals for: Richmond Road, Horsham; London Road, Horsham; and Horsham Town Centre

Meeting: 23/09/2021 - Cabinet (Item 34)

34 Consultation on draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans for London Road and Richmond Road, Horsham and Horsham Town Centre pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Planning & Development

 

Conservation Area Appraisals & Management Plans are attached at the

end of this agenda

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

i)          To approve the draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans, which include proposed boundary changes, for public consultation.

 

ii)         To approve that the Director of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development, be given delegated authority to agree minor editorial changes prior to publication.

 

REASON

 

i)        To enable Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans to be produced to help guide development in the London Road, Richmond Road and Horsham Town Centre Conservation Areas in Horsham.

 

ii)       To give the Cabinet Member delegated authority to approve minor changes to the document, without the need for it to be referred back to Cabinet.

Minutes:

Councillor Lynn Lambert, Cabinet Member for Planning & Development reminded Members that the Council was undertaking a rolling programme of producing Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans for the 37 Conservation Areas in the district.  At present only 11 of these areas had an adopted Conservation Area Appraisal.  An up to date appraisal that sets out the significance of an area enables the Council to manage change positively. 

 

Three further draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans had been produced for London Road, Richmond Road and Horsham Town Centre Conservation Areas.  The Cabinet Member proposed that there would be a five-week public consultation period from 7 October to 11 November 2021 on these drafts. 

 

Following this consultation, a further report would be brought to Cabinet summarising the outcome of the consultations and a proposal to adopt the Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans.  These would serve as guidance for planning officers to assist in the determination of planning applications in the relevant areas.

 

The Director of Place confirmed that if the consultation showed support for a change to an existing Conservation Area boundary, this would be reassessed in the light of comments received; there would then be further consultation before any changes to the boundaries could be made. 

 

In response to a request to consider the possible designation of an additional Conservation Area for New Street, including North Street and Norfolk Road, the Director of Place advised that resources were focussed on undertaking the appraisals of existing Conservation Areas, which was a legal requirement.  However, she was in discussion with the local community to establish the level of support and this would be assessed in a timely manner.      

 

RESOLVED

 

i)          To approve the draft Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans, which include proposed boundary changes, for public consultation.

 

ii)         To approve that the Director of Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and Development, be given delegated authority to agree minor editorial changes prior to publication.

 

REASON

 

i)        To enable Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans to be produced to help guide development in the London Road, Richmond Road and Horsham Town Centre Conservation Areas in Horsham.

 

ii)       To give the Cabinet Member delegated authority to approve minor changes to the document, without the need for it to be referred back to Cabinet.