Agenda item
- Meeting of Babergh Cabinet, Thursday, 7th March, 2019 9.30 am (Item 136.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 136.
Cabinet Member for Environment
Decision:
It wasRESOLVED:-
1.1 That the Conservation Area Appraisal for Brent Eleigh (Appendix A) be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance with immediate effect.
1.2 That the Conservation Area Appraisal for Naughton (Appendix B) be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance with immediate effect.
1.3 That following appropriate public consultation, the Corporate Manager, Sustainable Environment be authorised to amend the Great Waldingfield Conservation Area boundary as is proposed in the Appraisal in Appendix C, and subject to other minor consequential amendments, the document be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance.
Reason for Decision: To enable Planning decisions to be made with the best available background information.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
1.1 The Council has a statutory duty to review its conservation areas ‘from time to time’ (section 69 of Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990). The Cabinet is being asked to approve the adoption of the three conservation area appraisals.
1.2 Option 1: Approve the appraisal documents as presented in Appendices A, B and C.
1.3 Option 2: Require further work to the appraisal documents in Appendices A, B and C prior to adoption.
Both options above have been considered and the recommended option within this report is Option 1, to approve the documents as presented in the Appendices. Option 2 has not been recommended because the appraisal documents have been properly prepared and amended appropriately following public consultation and so further work is not considered necessary
Any Declarations of Interest Declared: A non-pecuniary interest was declared by Cllr Lawrenson as a resident of the conservation area in Great Waldingfield.
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
136.1 Councillor Campbell, Cabinet Member for Environment, introduced the report and stated that this was something which must be done as heritage was important and must be recognised and architectural heritage must be celebrated.
136.2 Councillor Lawrenson stated that as a resident of the Great Waldingfield conservation area it was clearly important as the last time this conservation area was reviewed was in the 1970’s. Councillor Lawrenson asked Cabinet Members to note that in the report it recommended expanding the conservation area which was not something that has been seen before in a conservation area report and for that Councillor Lawrenson commended the Conservation Officers and Mr Patrick Taylor who had prepared the report.
136.3 Councillor Lawrenson proposed an amendment to item 3.3 as follows:
That following appropriate public consultation, to take place before the end of May and complete before the end of July, the Corporate Manager - Sustainable Environment be authorised to amend the Great Waldingfield Conservation Area boundary as it was proposed in the Appraisal in Appendix C of the report and subject to other minor consequential amendments, the document be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance.
136.4 The Corporate Manager – Sustainable Environment stated that he agreed with this amendment and that it would not need to be brought back to Cabinet subject to Cabinet approving the recommendation for the Corporate Manager - Sustainable Environment be authorised to make amendments.
136.5 Councillor Ridley stated that Patrick Taylor undertook the majority of the work to prepare the reports and had also prepared in draft three more that were still to be done and thanked him publicly for all of the work he had undertaken.
136.6 Councillor Maybury stated that Great Waldingfield was a unique area and that she agreed with the proposals to expand the conservation area.
136.7 Councillor Arthey stated that the Parish Council for Brent Eleigh would welcome the recommendations and that the conservation area appraisals were finally happening but the comments from the Suffolk Preservation Society regarding the methodology in the preparation of conservation area appraisals had moved on a bit and although correct were not particularly helpful. This report showed consistency with all the Council’s other conservation area appraisals which were carried out by Patrick Taylor some years ago. Councillor Arthey enquired if the amendment proposed by Councillor Lawrenson only applied to recommendation 3.3 as he hoped that he would be able to go to the Brent Eleigh Parish Council meeting and announce that their conservation area appraisal had been adopted.
136.9 Councillor Barrett questioned what the upside was of the conservation areas being appraised.
136.10 Councillor Ward reiterated the amendment proposed by Councillor Lawrenson to recommendation 3.3 was to be ‘That following appropriate public consultation, to take place before the end of May, the Corporate Manager - Sustainable Environment be authorised to amend the Great Waldingfield Conservation Area boundary as it was proposed in the Appraisal in Appendix C of the report, and subject to other minor consequential amendments, the document be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance’ and asked for a seconder to that amendment.
136.11 Councillor Lawrenson requested that it be noted that his wished to vote on recommendations 3.1 and 3.2 but would be abstaining for recommendation 3.3.
136.12 Councillor Campbell MOVED the recommendations which Councillor Lawrenson SECONDED.
By a unanimous vote
It wasRESOLVED:-
(i) That the Conservation Area Appraisal for Brent Eleigh (Appendix A) be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance with immediate effect.
(ii) That the Conservation Area Appraisal for Naughton (Appendix B) be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance with immediate effect.
(iii) That following appropriate public consultation, to take place before the end of May, the Corporate Manager - Sustainable Environment be authorised to amend the Great Waldingfield Conservation Area boundary as is proposed in the Appraisal in Appendix C, and subject to other minor consequential amendments, the document be adopted as non-statutory Supplementary Planning Guidance.
Reason for Decision: To enable Planning decisions to be made with the best available background information.
Supporting documents:
- BCa/18/76 Adoption of Conservation Area Appraisals, item 136. PDF 232 KB
- Appendix A, item 136. PDF 3 MB
- Appendix B, item 136. PDF 3 MB
- Appendix C, item 136. PDF 4 MB