conservation area statement - Stroud District Council

For further advice and information,please contact:The Conservation Team,Development Services,Stroud District Council Offices,Ebley Mill, Westward Road,Stroud, Glos. GL5 4UBTelephone: 01453 766321www.stroud.gov.ukWhere can I get more information?This document provides a summary of what aconservation area involves. It is not a comprehensivestatement of the law, the basis of which is found in the1990 Planning (Listed Buildings and ConservationAreas) Act.You can find detailed information on the Government’spolicy in relation to the historic environment in itsplanning policy guidance note, PPG15 (this can befound on the Planning pages of the Government’swebsite: www.communities.gov.uk). PPG15 forms asframework for planning policy nationwide, withinwhich Stroud District Council’s Local Plan policies arebased. The Built Environment chapter of the currentversion of the District’s Local Plan contain policies ondevelopment within or affecting the setting of aconservation area. (www.stroud.gov.uk).- DRAFT JUNE 2007 -