Planning Committee - 2nd July 2013 - Newark and Sherwood ...

· Ecology and trees
· Flooding and drainage
Principle of development
Strategic location
The site is located within Farnsfield, which is identified by Core Strategy Spatial Policy 1 as
being a Principal Village. Core Strategy Spatial Policy 2 identifies the spatial distribution of
growth with respect to residential developments and indicates that 10% of the Districts
overall housing growth will be directed towards Principal Villages of which 10% of this figure
would be focused towards development within Farnsfield. Core Strategy Spatial Policy 2
indicates that growth within Farnsfield will focus upon the securing and supporting the role
of Farnsfield as a Principal Village and ensuring that provision is made for new housing to
meet local housing need.
The principle of residential development on this site is therefore considered acceptable,
subject to other planning considerations within this report and is therefore in accordance
with Core Strategy Spatial Policies 1 and 2.
Design, heritage and conservation
Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 imposes a
duty on local authorities to designate as Conservation Areas any, “areas of special
architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to
preserve or enhance”.
The Council has identified 47 Conservation Areas across the district, of which Farnsfield is
one. Special attention should be afforded to the preservation and enhancement of the
character and appearance of the Conservation Area, and as such particular consideration
should be afforded to the proposed siting, scale, materials and detailing. Development
proposals should be sympathetic to the character of the area and should relate well to
surrounding buildings, including the use of traditional materials.
Section 71 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 requires local
planning authorities to formulate and publish proposals for the preservation and
enhancement of conservation areas and to submit them for consideration to a public
meeting. Following designation, the local authority, in exercising its planning powers, must
pay special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or
appearance of the Conservation Area (Section 72 of the Act).
A Conservation Character Appraisal is a tool used to define what is important about a
Conservation Area’s character and appearance and to identify its important characteristics.
The District Council has to date completed 14 Conservation Character Appraisals, and one
such appraisal has been completed for Farnsfield.
The Conservation Character Appraisal indicates that Farnsfield was historically a farming
community. The village is surrounded by fields to the south and west and modern new
housing development has encroached on the village to the north. The village was originally
linear in form and is typically mediaeval in origin. Quaker Lane has a similar feel to Main
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