Draft Bicester Conservation Area Appraisal November 2009

• Encourage owners of historicproperties to replace inappropriatemodern with the appropriatetraditional materials.CDC•uPVC windows are unacceptable onhistoric buildings• Ensure traditional styles of pointingand the use of lime mortar.CDC and PropertyOwnersCDC and PropertyOwners• Promote new alterations andextensions that are sympathetic tothe existing buildings in scale,materials and design.• Promote the enclosure of rearaccess to plots where boundarywalls have been demolished.CDC and PropertyOwnersCDC and PropertyOwners• Require satellite dishes and solarpanels to be located on rearelevations or within rear gardens toprevent visual pollution.CDC and PropertyOwnersOpen land at the Garth• Ensure the retention of importantareas of open land at The Garth,The churchyard and grounds ofBicester House.• Encourage the retention of traditionalboundary walls, hedges andgateways.OCC, Town Counciland PropertyOwnersCDC and PropertyOwners59