Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is asked to consider the agenda report and its five appendices and to make the following resolutions:

(1)  That the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals for Chichester Conservation Area, attached at Appendix 2 to this report, be approved as a material consideration in relevant planning decisions.

(2)  That, subject to further consultation with residents of Oving Road, Guilden Road, Green Lane, Russell Street, Cambrai Avenue, St James Road, Bognor Road, Whyke Lane and Whyke Road, the Head of Planning Services be authorised following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning and respective ward members to approve the implementation of the boundary changes shown on the maps at Appendix 3.

(3)  That the implementation of an “Immediate” Article 4 direction to cover minor alterations, as set out in Appendix 4 to this report, to the principal elevations of dwellings within Chichester Conservation Area, as amended, be approved.

(4)  That the implementation of a “non-immediate” Article 4 direction to cover installation of solar panels on the principal elevations and roof pitches of buildings within the Chichester Conservation Area, as amended, as set out in Section 7 below be approved.

(5)  That decisions to confirm and implement the directions referred to in 3.3 and 3.4 above be taken by the Head of Planning Services following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning and ward members for the Chichester Conservation Area within six months of the Directions being made.

(6)  That an assessment of the Summersdale area to assess its potential for conservation area designation, raised by a number of respondents to the Chichester Conservation Area consultation, be undertaken in connection with the future review and appraisal of the Graylingwell Conservation Area.

[Note Appendices 1 and 5 may be viewed either on the committee papers pages of Chichester District Council’s web-site or as a deposited hard copy in the Members Room at East Pallant House and all other appendices appear in the separate appendices bundle for this agenda]

RESOLVED

(1)  That the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals for Chichester Conservation Area attached at appendix two to the agenda report be approved as a material consideration in relevant planning decisions.

(2)  That, subject to further consultation with residents of Mount Lane, St Bartholomew’s Close, Oving Road, Guilden Road, Green Lane, Russell Street, Cambrai Avenue, St James Road, Bognor Road, Whyke Lane and Whyke Road, the Head of Planning Services be authorised following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning and respective ward members to approve the implementation of the boundary changes shown on the maps in appendix three to the agenda report (as amended in the case of the map in appendix 3.8).

(3)  That the implementation of an ‘immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover minor alterations, as set out in appendix 4 four to the agenda report, to the principal elevations of dwellings within Chichester Conservation Area (as amended) be approved.

(4)  That the implementation of a ‘non-immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover installation of solar panels on the principal elevations and roof pitches of buildings within the Chichester Conservation Area (as amended) as set out in section 7 of the agenda report be approved.

(5)  That decisions to confirm and implement the directions referred to in paras (3) and (4) above be taken by the Head of Planning Services following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning and ward members for the Chichester Conservation Area within six months of the Article 4 directions being made.

(6)  That an assessment of the Summersdale area to assess its potential for conservation area designation, raised by a number of respondents to the Chichester Conservation Area consultation, be undertaken in connection with the future review and appraisal of the Graylingwell Conservation Area.

The Cabinet considered (a) the agenda report and its appendix in the main agenda supplement (pages 125 to 242) and (b) the second agenda supplement circulated the previous day with an update sheet containing a revised version of (i) the recommendation in para 3.2 of the report and (ii) the colour plan in appendix 3.8 (page 235 of the main agenda supplement) (copies attached to the official minutes).

The report was presented by Mrs Taylor. Miss Le Vay and Mr Frost were in attendance.

Mrs Taylor summarised the report with reference to the distinctive character of Chichester city and CDC’s need to review and update the original Conservation Area Character Appraisal for Chichester published in March 2005. This would enhance the weight to be attached to it as a material planning consideration. She drew attention to appendix two to the report (pages 125 to 226) which set out inter alia in detail nine character areas (Chapter 6), the recommendations (Chapter 8) and the proposed Article 4 Directions (section 7 of the report and appendix four).  She commended Miss Le Vay for her excellent detailed work in producing the Character Appraisal document.

Miss Le Vay commented on the consultation process and how officers had responded to comments received including representations made by the University of Chichester (the background papers in listed section 14 of the report refer). Up-to-date photographs and a tree plan would feature in the final published version.

In reply to Mrs Lintill’s query about the plan in appendix 3.5 not showing any street names, Miss Le Vay explained that these would be supplied. In response to Mrs Hardwick, Miss Le Vay advised that English Heritage required the use of positive and negative listings of buildings.

Mr Dignum commended the sterling work in producing the document and in having the discussions with the University of Chichester.      

Decision

The Cabinet voted unanimously by a show of hands in favour of the recommendations in paras 3.1 to 3.6 (amended at the meeting in the case of para 3.2) of the report.

RESOLVED

(1)  That the revised Character Appraisal and Management Proposals for Chichester Conservation Area attached at appendix two to the agenda report be approved as a material consideration in relevant planning decisions.

(2)  That, subject to further consultation with residents of Mount Lane, St Bartholomew’s Close, Oving Road, Guilden Road, Green Lane, Russell Street, Cambrai Avenue, St James Road, Bognor Road, Whyke Lane and Whyke Road, the Head of Planning Services be authorised following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning and the respective ward members to approve the implementation of the boundary changes shown on the maps in appendix three to the agenda report (as amended in the case of the map in appendix 3.8).

(3)  That the implementation of an ‘immediate’ Article 4 direction to cover minor alterations, as set out in appendix four to the agenda report to the principal elevations of dwellings within Chichester Conservation Area (as amended) be approved.

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