Lympstone Neighbourhood Plan Final Draft - Lympstone Village ...

Lympstone Neighbourhood Plan — Final Draft — 9 th September 2013Historic and Built EnvironmentThe present Conservation Areaextends from the early settlementaround the harbour to LympstoneHouse and includes the Mill and theopen space between this and theChurch. A large part of the characterof the older settlement is due to theintricate and varied street scale withviews changing rapidly and glimpsesof the water through the narrowalleyways. At the eastern end thereare some fine specimen trees. Thereare some 93 listed buildings in theParish ranging from the granderhouses such as Hayes Raleigh tohumbler terraced cottages and thephone box outside the Swan. AlongChurch Road and Longmeadow Roadthe houses were originally separatedby fields and orchards which, withthe exception of the Nursery Field have all been developed. This makes this fieldwith the view from the Mill across to the Church particularly precious. Post wardevelopment has largely taken place to the north of the village with the twoexceptions of the Underhill and Highcliffe estates.CAP 23 : — Historic and Built Environment; Maintain the high qualityhistoric and built environment of the communityObjective Actions ResponsibilityThe existing ConservationArea will be retained.To retain and extendthe existingConservation AreaTo protect thecharacter of the listedbuildings within theParishWithin 6 months EDDC willbe requested to completethe formalities for extendingthe Conservation Area toinclude the properties alongLongmeadow Road.Listed buildings will beprotected and alterationscriticalllly examined by theParish Council in anyplanning applications toensure conformity with theVillage Design Statement.Parish CouncilThe District Council has prepared a Conservation Area Appraisal which proposesan extension to the present Conservation Area to take in the historic propertiesalong Longmeadow Road. It also sets out management policies for this enlargedconservation area. The listed properties are protected by national legislation.Page 36