Agenda - pdf - Selby District Council

Reasons for recommendations
i. Officers have considered the results of public consultation and
have made appropriate amendments to the VDS documents.
This completes the requirements of the Regulations to enable
the Council to Adopt the VDS documents.
ii. Executive may approve the final content of the VDS (text and
images) to enable Officers to typeset the documents ready for
Policy Review Committee to consider as finished documents.
iii. To enable the VDS documents to complete the Council’s
process of adoption though its formal meetings.
1. Introduction and background
1.1 Following the successful Adoption of nine Village Design Statements in
2009, work began on a further round of production. The villages under
consideration are: Appleton Roebuck, Barlow, Bilbrough, Brotherton,
Byram, Carlton, Church Fenton, Hensall, Monk Fryston, Newton Kyme,
North Duffield, Riccall, Stutton, Ulleskelf, and Womersley. Copies of
the draft VDS are available upon request.
1.2 The VDS documents have been prepared in partnership between local
people and Officers from Selby District Council to present architectural
and design guidance to anyone proposing new development within the
villages. The advice given is intended to ensure that new development
respects the unique aesthetic attributes of the villages in the District
and to promote high quality design, but does not require new
development to slavishly copy old designs.
1.3 A report approving the content of the draft VDS and authorising the
consultation process to take place after election purdah was approved at
Policy & Resources Committee on 24 March 2011.
1.4 This round of Village Design Statements is the last in the current
programme while Access Selby concentrates on the core LDF documents.
In the uncertainty surrounding the Localism Bill and potential
Neighbourhood Plans, VDS may return, perhaps in an alternative format.
2. The Report
2.1 Consultation took place between 1 August and 12 September 2011 (six
weeks). A schedule of comments received during this time is included in the
Consultation Statement (Appendix 1), together with the Council’s response to
those issues raised. Where appropriate, changes have been made to the
VDS documents themselves. Those revised documents are available upon
request from Officers on PC CD-ROM.
2.2 Upon approval of the content of the revised VDS by the Executive, the
VDS documents may then be typeset and formatted in a more professional
manner ready for Policy Review Committee.
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