Issue - meetings

The Report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth is attached

It was RESOLVED that the successful completion of the review project be acknowledged.

The Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing, Councillor Upton, presented the report of the Director – Development and Economic Growth, which provided a summary of the Conservation Area Review Project.

Councillor Upton advised that the report provided an overview of the work undertaken to review the Council’s conservation areas and referred to the duty imposed on local authorities to designate them, as detailed in paragraph 1.1 of the report. He stated that once adopted, Conservation Area Appraisals were a material consideration when considering planning applications in Conservation Areas. The designation and adoption process required continual review, with this review ensuring that all of Rushcliffe’s Appraisals were up to date. Councillor Upton confirmed that in 2022 an additional member of staff was appointed for three years, and during that time, 33 Appraisals had been reviewed, including 31 existing Conservation Areas and the adoption of two new ones and he thanked Mr Langley for his hard work.  

In seconding the recommendation, Councillor Inglis reiterated thanks to Mr Langley. Given future uncertainties that villages could face, Councillor Inglis referred to the importance of ensuring that regular reviews took place, so that Conservation Areas were current, to safeguard and preserve areas of special architectural and historic interest, and to protect them against inappropriate development as a material planning consideration.

The Leader stated that Conservation Areas were highly valued by local residents and agreed that this had been an excellent project.

It was RESOLVED that the successful completion of the review project be acknowledged.