Agenda item

This report requests that three separate draft Conservation Area Character Appraisals for the neighbouring conservation areas of Strensall, Strensall Railway Buildings and Towthorpe Village are approved for public consultation.

Consideration was given to a report, which requested approval for consultation of three separate draft Conservation Area Character Appraisals for the neighbouring conservation areas of Strensall, Strensall Railway Buildings and Towthorpe Village.

Officers reported that both Strensall and Towthorpe Village conservation areas had been identified by English Heritage as “conservation areas at risk”. The City of York Council had therefore prioritised these conservation areas in their rolling programme and, given the proximity of Strensall Railway Buildings within the parish it had seemed logical to review this area at the same time..

In answer to Members questions, Officers confirmed that the Conservation Area Advisory Panel would be consulted as part of the formal consultation process if approval was given to the appraisals and the Panel would first  examine the appraisals at their meeting on 7 December 2010.

Following further discussion it was

RESOLVED:          i) That agreement be given to Option 1 to approve the three draft Conservation character appraisals for Strensall, Strensall Railway Buildings and Towthorpe Village, as proposed in Annexes A1, A2 and A3 for use as consultation documents;

ii) That approval be given to the proposed consultation methods outlined in paragraph 11 of the report.  ^1.

REASON:              i) The documents have been prepared in accordance with current guidance from English Heritage. They have adopted a structured approach to the assessment process and as consultation documents they are clearly written and capable of being amended where required.

ii)The boundary reviews have been carried out in accordance with Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and conform with the latest policy guidance on the historic environment – PPS 5 and the related practice guide.

iii) The proposed consultation process would be based on previous practice.