Decision - Stanmer Conservation Area Review

(1)         That the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement be adopted, subject to any minor grammatical and non-material text and illustration alterations agreed by the Director of Environment in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment.

(2)         That an Article 4(2) Direction be made for unlisted dwellings in the village (numbers 11, 12 and 19 Stanmer Village) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (1995), as proposed by the Stanmer Conservation Area Character Statement and detailed in appendix 3.

(3)         That the proposed boundary changes, as set out in the Character Statement and in Appendix 4, be approved and formally designated.

Stanmer Conservation Area does not currently have an up-to-date character statement, and its boundary was last reviewed in 1986; prior to the 1987 storm and construction of the bypass.  An updated appraisal and boundary review for Stanmer would accord with the council’s adopted Conservation Strategy (2003), policy LU4 of the Stanmer Historic Landscape Survey and Restoration Management Plan (2003), and with national and Government guidance (English Heritage Guidance 2006, Planning Policy Guidance note 15: Planning and the Historic Environment). The results of public consultation are broadly supportive.   The recommendation to adopt the Statement and implement its recommendations has taken account of the representations received during public consultation and the changes made to the document are a result of those comments.  The revised wording of the character statement is attached in appendix 2.  The making of an Article 4(2) Direction will help preserve the character and appearance of the unlisted dwellings in the village through controlling incremental change.

None considered.