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CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT – CONSERVATION AREA NO. 16 – TOP OF TOWNnarrowness of the roads have createdrestrictions and visual clutter from parkedvehicles. Most areas now suffer fromcongestion and also from the narrowness ofpavements.♦ There are instances where inappropriatemodern infill, often consisting of boxy,poorly designed buildings, damage theprevailing character of vertical and narrowbuilt forms. This is aggravated by a failureto use locally distinctive materials.♦ Alterations to buildings. Manyconstructional elements of the buildingsare under considerable pressure for changeand modernisation. The character of theconservation area could be very muchdamaged by the whole scale replacementof these features with inappropriate newdesigns, detailing and materials. Suchfeatures include, for example, doors,windows, dormers, roof lights, gutters,roofing materials etcPROPOSALS FOR THE PRESERVATIONAND ENHANCEMENT OF THECONSERVATION AREAIt is the aim of the District Council that theexisting character of the Stroud Top of TownConservation Area be preserved and / orenhanced. Proposals have been preparedwhich will enable this to be achieved.Preservation will be achieved by the refusal ofpermission for the demolition and / oralteration of any building or structure wherethis work would result in damage to thecharacter or appearance of the area.Enhancement will be achieved by the use ofDevelopment Control powers and by designguidance to owners and occupiers in the area.These are taken from the adopted StroudDistrict Local Plan (November 2005).Local Plan Policies for developmentaffecting a Conservation Areaor structures, within a Conservation Area, willonly be permitted if either:1. The structure to be demolished makes nopositive contribution to the character orappearance of the area; or2. The condition of the building or structure issuch that the cost of repairing andmaintaining it outweighs its importance,and the value derived from its continueduse; and3. Detailed proposals have been approved forthe re-use of the site, including anyreplacement building or other structure thatretain or make a greater contribution to thecharacter or appearance of the area than thebuilding or structure to be demolished.Policy BE5:Development within, or affecting the setting ofa Conservation Area, will only be permitted ifall the following criteria are met:1. The siting of the development respectsexisting open spaces, patterns of buildinglayout, trees, hedges, walls and fences, anddoes not harm any positive contributionmade to the character or appearance of theConservation Area by any of these;2. The scale, design, proportions, detailing andmaterials used in the proposeddevelopment are sympathetic to thecharacteristic form in the area, andcompatible with adjacent buildings andspaces;3. It does not cause the loss of features ofhistoric or characteristic value; and4. Important views within, into and out of thearea are protected.Policy BE6:Proposals to alter or extend an unlistedbuilding in a Conservation Area will only bepermitted if the proposal is sympathetic indesign, scale, materials, detailing, colour andlandscaping to the rest of the building and tothe Conservation Area.Policy BE4:Applications involving the demolition of anunlisted building, buildings or other structurePage - 35 -
CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT – CONSERVATION AREA NO. 16 – TOP OF TOWNPolicy BE7:A change of use of a building in aConservation Area will be permitted if both thefollowing criteria are met:1. The new use will not require any changes inthe appearance or setting of the building,other than those which will preserve orenhance its contribution to the character orappearance of the area; and2. Any traffic generation, vehicle parking ornoise can be catered for in a way thatpreserves or enhances the character orappearance of the area.Policy BE13:Development will not be permitted where itwould involve significant alteration or causedamage to nationally important archaeologicalremains (whether scheduled or not) or wouldhave a significant impact on the setting ofvisible remains.Policy BE14:Development that affects archaeologicalremains of other than national significance willnot be permitted unless the importance of thedevelopment outweighs the value of theremains.Local Plan policies for developmentaffecting a Listed BuildingThe Stroud Town Centre Conservation Areaincludes a great number of listed buildings, as isoften the case in high quality historicenvironments. The following policies are usedto assess development affecting a listedbuilding or it’s setting, where that developmentrequires planning permission.When considering applications for ListedBuilding Consent, the Planning Authority refersto government policy guidance in the form ofPPG15: Planning and the HistoricEnvironment, rather than to Local Planpolicies.Policy BE8:Development involving the total demolition ofa listed building will not be permitted unlessthere are very exceptional circumstances,where all the following criteria are met:1. The listed building concerned is aGrade II Listed Building;2. The condition of the building is suchthat the cost of repairing andmaintaining the building outweigh itsimportance, and the value derived fromits continued use;3. There is no other viable use for thebuilding; and4. The demolition of the building will notcause harm to the setting of any otherlisted building, the character of aConservation Area, or the character ofa street scene.Policy BE9:Development involving the partial demolitionof a listed building, or the demolition of aCurtilage listed building, will only be permittedwhere the demolition will achieve thepreservation of the listed building and itssetting.Policy BE10:Development involving proposals to extend oralter a listed building, or any feature of specialarchitectural or historic interest that contributeto the reasons for its listing, will not bepermitted unless it would preserve thebuilding, its setting, and any features of specialarchitectural or historic interest the buildingpossesses.Policy BE11:A change of use of all or part of a listedbuilding will be permitted only if it wouldpreserve the building, it’s setting, and anyfeatures of special architectural or historicinterest the building possesses.Policy BE12:A proposal for development that affects thesetting of a listed building will only bePage - 36 -
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