Agenda item

This report requests Members to approve a draft consultation character appraisal for the Racecourse and Terry’s Factory Conservation Area, for consultation.  This document is contained within Annex C.

NOTE:

Annex C to this report has colour maps, photos and plans. Colour copies of this are available as follows:

• Online at www.york.gov.uk (see meetings).
• For inspection upon request at the Guildhall, St Helen’s Square, York, YO1 9QN. Please ask for Rowan Hindley.
• A copy is available in the Members Library for Members.

Colour copies will be available at the meeting.

Members received a report which sought their approval of a draft character appraisal for the Racecourse and Terry’s Factory Conservation Area, for consultation.  This document was attached as Annex C of the report.

A copy of the consultation leaflet was circulated to Members.  Members proposed a number of amendments to the draft character appraisal and the consultation process, as set out below.

RESOLVED:(i) That the Racecourse and Terry’s Factory Conservation Area Character Appraisal (Consultation Draft), attached at Annex C of the report, be approved for use as a consultation documents, with the following amendments:

(a)   To include reference to the clock mechanism in the Terry’s clock tower;

(b)   To include reference to views from the river;

(c)   To include reference to views from National Cycle Route 66;

(d)   To include reference to views from Bishopthorpe Road;

(e)   To include reference to the views of local residents from nearby roads, such as Campleshon Road and Albemarle Road;

(f)     To include reference to the views of local residents from Mount Vale Road;

(g)   To amend paragraph 2.10 to clarify that changes to the conservation area boundaries were not recommended;

(h)   To correct paragraph 8.01 to state that Park Pavilion Field was to the east of Racecourse Road;

(i)     To make reference to the Knavesmire being part of Micklegate Stray;

(j)      To change the format for chapter numbering from 1.0, 2.0, etc to 1, 2, etc;

(k)   To refer to photographs as “plates” rather than “figures”;

(l)      To append all of the maps at the end of the document, so that they are easy to locate;

(m)To investigate the options available for colour printing within the available budget, or, if this was not possible, to improve the black and white print quality of the photographs;

(n)   To correct any typographical or grammatical errors;

(ii)That a map showing the properties to be consulted be circulated to Committee Members and local Ward Members, to allow suggestions to be submitted for the inclusion of additional streets;

(iii)That the following groups and organisations be included in the consultation:

(a)   Small businesses;

(b)   Organisations representing the hotel trade;

(c)   Sustrans;

(d)   British Waterways and other organisations representing river users;

(e)   Residents of houseboats;

(f)     Fulford Parish Council;

(iv)              That the consultation leaflet be amended to include:

(a)   The times and venues of the masterplanning events that the developer was holding;

                        (b) A question as to whether the conservation area boundary should be changed;

(v)          That the consultation period be extended to mid-September.

REASON:(a) To provide a thorough analysis of the character of the Conservation Area, in line with current guidance from English Heritage, and to provide a clearly written consultation document, which is capable of amendment where required;

(b)         Following formal adoption of the final document, to help the formulation and determination of development proposals within the conservation area and especially the Terry’s Factory site;

(c)         To help the Council meet the yearly targets set by BVPI 219b (percentage of conservation areas in the local authority area with an up to date character appraisal).