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CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT – CONSERVATION AREA NO. 16 – TOP OF TOWNIn contentious cases, where the building inquestion makes an important positivecontribution to the character or appearance ofthe conservation area, the Council will expectapplicants to address the considerations set outin the Government’s planning policydocument PPG15 (Planning and the HistoricEnvironment). The relevant requirements(particularly paragraphs 4.27 and 3.19) can beviewed online at www.communities.gov.uk(under the Planning pages of the website) or atthe Planning Department.Permitted developmentThe Town and Country Planning GeneralDevelopment Order (GDO 1988) requiresplanning applications for certain types ofdevelopment in conservation areas which areelsewhere classified as ‘permitteddevelopment’. “These include various types ofcladding; the insertion of dormer windows intoroof slopes; the erection of satellite dishes onwalls, roofs or chimneys fronting a highway;and the installation of radio masts, antennae orradio equipment housing with a volume inexcess of two cubic metres (unless thedevelopment is carried out in an emergency).The size of the house and industrial extensionsthat may be carried out without specificplanning permission is also more restricted”.[PPG15, 4.21]For this reason, the Local Authority proposes toestablish an Article 4 (2) Direction. Article 4Directions allow the Local Planning Authorityto apply controls to works of alteration todwelling houses, which were previouslyallowed through Permitted DevelopmentRights. As a consequence of an Article 4Direction, certain works to certain specifiedproperties require an application for PlanningPermission.In the case of an Article 4 (2) direction, thecontrols only apply in circumstances wherethe proposed works are on elevations whichfront a highway or public open space.The buildings detailed in Appendix I, are thoseto be covered by the Direction. These areunlisted buildings, in use as dwelling houses,and as such they currently have greaterpermitted development rights than otherbuildings in the Conservation Area.The buildings are identified on map 7, ‘ListedBuildings and Article 4 Buildings within theTop of the Town Conservation Area’.Works requiring Planning Permission as aresult of the removal of certain PermittedDevelopment Rights by the Article 4 Directionare outlined in the table overleaf.The vast majority of buildings in thisConservation Area consist of shops, many ofwhich have flats over. For these types ofproperty, there are no ‘Permitted DevelopmentRights’; hence planning permission will berequired to carry out even minor alterationsand works, including the replacement ofwindows.Article 4 DirectionsAlthough the Permitted Development Rights ofhouses (and buildings other than shops andflats) are restricted within a Conservation Area,as outlined above, the additional controlsbrought about by designation of theConservation Area cannot sufficiently preventmany changes to these buildings. If unchecked,a successive number of such changes coulddamage the character of the ConservationArea.Page - 41 -
CONSERVATION AREA STATEMENT – CONSERVATION AREA NO. 16 – TOP OF TOWNDevelopment within the curtilageof a dwelling house:Class A The enlargement, improvement or otheralteration of a dwelling houseClass B The enlargement of a dwelling houseconsisting of an addition of alteration toits roofClass C Any other alteration to the roof of adwelling houseClass D The erection or construction of a porchoutside any external door of a dwellinghouseClass H The installation, alteration orreplacement of a satellite antenna on adwelling house or within the curtilageof a dwelling house[The above being developmentcomprised within Part 1, Classes A, B,C, D and H referred to in Schedule 2 ofthe Town and Country Planning(General Permitted Development)Order 1995, and not beingdevelopment comprised within anyother part]Minor Operations:Class A The erection, construction,maintenance, improvement or alterationof a gate, fence, wall or other means ofenclosureClass C The painting of the exterior of anybuilding or work[The above being developmentcomprised within Part 2, Classes A andC, referred to in Schedule 2 to the saidOrder (1995), and not beingdevelopment comprised within anyother part]Unoccupied buildingsBREACHES OF PLANNING CONTROL ANDENFORCEMENTIt is a criminal offence to execute, or cause tobe executed, without first obtaining ListedBuilding Consent, any works for the demolitionof a listed building, or any works of alterationor extension, which would affect its specialinterest. This includes theft of architecturalfixtures, for example chimneypieces, wallpanelling, plastered ceilings, doors, etc. It isalso an offence to fail to comply with the termsof any condition attached to a Consent.A survey of all the Listed Buildings in Stroudwas carried out in early 1993. The purpose ofthis survey was to obtain the informationnecessary to analyse the condition of the ListedBuildings and to provide a register of thoseconsidered to be at risk. This is known as theBuildings at Risk Register, which is periodicallyupdated and amended. In order to prevent thedeterioration of poorly maintained listedbuildings, the Local Planning Authority haspowers to serve a Notice to carry out urgentrepairs to an empty or partially occupiedbuilding, the cost of which can be recoveredfrom the owner. In severe cases, it can serve aRepairs Notice requiring the owners to carryout suitable repairs, following which, if thenotice is not complied with, it cancompulsorily purchase the building from theowners.Similarly, it is a criminal offence to carry outdemolition or works, which would requireConservation Area Consent, without havingobtained this.If it appears to the Secretary of State that thepreservation of an unoccupied building in aConservation Area is important for maintainingthe character or appearance of that Area, and ifits condition is a cause of concern, a Noticemay be served on the owner, to direct thaturgent works be undertaken to preserve thebuilding. If the owner then fails to comply withthe Notice, the District Council can instigatethe work itself, the costs of which can berecovered from the owner.Page - 42 -
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