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Fishbourne Conservation Area Character Appraisal

Meeting: 01/05/2018 - Cabinet (Item 520)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its five appendices (the fifth of which is available for online viewing only via the agenda supplement) and to make the following resolutions:

 

(1)  That the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals for Fishbourne Conservation Area, attached at Appendix 1 to this report, be approved as a material consideration in relevant planning decisions.

 

(2)  That the recommended changes to the Fishbourne conservation area boundary on the west side, as shown in the maps on pages 32 to 36 of the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals, attached at Appendix 1 to this report, be approved.

 

(3)  That the proposed responses to representations, attached at Appendix 2, to this report, be approved.

 

(4)  That the implementation of an ‘Immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover minor alterations to the principal elevations of dwellings within Fishbourne conservation area, as set out in Appendix 3 to this report, be approved.

 

(5)  That the implementation of a ‘non-immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover the installation of solar panels on the principal elevations and roof slopes of buildings within the Fishbourne Conservation Area, as set out in Appendix 4 to this report, be approved.

 

(6)  That decisions to confirm and/or implement, or otherwise the Directions referred to in 3.4 and 3.5 above be taken by the Director of Planning and Environment following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning Services and ward member for Fishbourne conservation area within six months of the Directions being made.

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals for Fishbourne Conservation Area, attached at Appendix 1 to this report, be approved as a material consideration in relevant planning decisions.

 

(2)  That the recommended changes to the Fishbourne conservation area boundary on the west side, as shown in the map on page 51 of the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals, attached at Appendix 1 to this report, be approved.

 

(3)  That the proposed responses to representations, attached at Appendix 2, to this report, be approved.

 

(4)  That the implementation of an ‘Immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover minor alterations to the principal elevations of dwellings within Fishbourne conservation area, as set out in Appendix 3 to this report, be approved.

 

(5)  That the implementation of a ‘non-immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover the installation of solar panels on the principal elevations and roof slopes of buildings within the Fishbourne Conservation Area, as set out in Appendix 4 to this report, be approved.

 

(6)  That decisions to confirm and/or implement, or otherwise the Directions referred to in 3.4 and 3.5 above be taken by the Director of Planning and Environment following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning Services and ward member for Fishbourne conservation area within six months of the Directions being made.

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet received and considered the agenda report and its five appendices, the fifth of which was available for online viewing only in the published agenda supplement.  

 

This item was introduced by Mrs Taylor.

 

Mrs Pagano and Mr Allgrove were in attendance for this matter.

 

Mrs Taylor explained the nature and purpose of producing and reviewing character appraisals for conservation areas (CA), in accordance with CDC’s Historic Environment Strategy and Action Plan and utilising Article 4 Directions, as set out in sections 5 and 7 of the report. The process for reviewing the current Conservation Area Character Appraisal for Fishbourne (March 2007), the details of the proposed changes to the Fishbourne CA and the benefits of having a revised character appraisal and management proposals document  were summarised in sections 6, 8 and 10 of the report. In endorsing the approval of the document for use as a material consideration in determining planning applications, Mrs Taylor commended the excellent report.

 

Mrs Pagano and Mr Allgrove did not add to Mrs Taylor’s introduction.

 

Cabinet members echoed Mrs Taylor’s sentiments about the quality of the report and the post-consultation draft document; the latter was a very well-produced and informative document, not only for conservation purposes but potentially also for tourism use.

 

Members noted the need for two amendments:

 

(1)  Appendix 1: in the post-consultation version of the CA, the third bullet point in the list of chief features of Character Area D3 Fishbourne Channel (page 28) incorrectly referred to ‘high’ tide instead of ‘low’ tide.

 

(2)  Para 3.2 of the report: in the second recommendation, the words ‘maps on pages 32 to 36’ should be replaced with ‘map on page 51’ and this would be reflected in the resolution to be made by the Cabinet. 

 

In reply to a question, Mrs Pagano explained that for brevity and to put the focus on the comments, appendix 2 included only CDC’s proposed responses and not the questions.   

 

Mr Dignum invited Mr A G F Moss (Fishbourne), who had previously intimated his wish to speak on this matter, to address the Cabinet. Mr Moss expressed his immense appreciation for the post-consultation draft document, which drew attention to Fishbourne’s very long history and its hidden gems of historic and architectural value. He had discussed the report with Fishbourne Parish Council and local residents and they were clearly very satisfied with the consultation and the resultant draft document.  He remarked that the extension of the conservation area embraced some of the settlement’s oldest houses eg The Old Forge. He made two observations: (a) whilst the case for making a non-immediate Article 4 Direction with respect to solar panels on roof slopes was understood, he hoped that planning applications for their installation would be sympathetically considered and (b) the several photographs of The Old Thatched House in Mill Lane served as a reminder that as well as imposing restrictions on what owners were allowed to do to their properties (listed or not) in a conservation area, they should also  ...  view the full minutes text for item 520


 

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