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Planning Protection
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Conservation Area
The Conservation Area principally comprises the buildings
and gardens along the High Street, near the Bull Pub and
North along the Wallingford Road up to the fork to Wantage
Road.
The Council has prepared a draft Conservation Area Appraisal
for Streatley, which is part of a series which will cover
all conservation areas in West Berkshire. The public consultation
period ran between September and October 2009. SPAG submitted
comments during this period. Comments are currently being
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The final version of the Streatley Conservation
Area Appraisal will be a key document used by the Council Planning
Officers considering applications, and by any Planning Inspector
at Appeal, in determining any planning application for development
which affects the conservation area.
SPAG has determined that from a search of Bradfield Rural District
Council Planning Committee minutes for 2nd April 1968 (held
in the Berkshire Records Office [BRO]) that the committee was
responsible for making recommendations for the establishment
of the Streatley Conservation Area. This minute records that
it was the clear requirement of the The Civil Amenities Act,
1967 for the councils representative (Hon Garthorne-Hardy) to
determine which parts of their areas were of special architectural
or historic interest and in particular which features of archaeological
interest might also contribute to the special character of an
area. The planning committees recommendations were subsequently
designated by the Berkshire County council on 5th February 1971.
However the basis and justification for the Streatley Conservation
Area so adopted have not been retained. Consequently without
this latest appraisal a challenge of an application at appeal
resting on the justification for the boundary adopted was always
a risk for WBC and the village.
Importantly the Conservation Area Appraisal proposes that the
current demarcation remains unchanged and now provides a sound
basis for it's adoption.
To view the draft appraisal, its appendices and the guidance
note described above, please click on these links:
Draft
Appraisal
Appendices
Hard copies of documents are available to view at the Council
Offices in Market Street, Newbury and at the public library
in Goring.
Click here
to view the local plan highlighting the Conservation Area.
Trees in a Conservation Area
Most trees within a Conservation Area are protected, in the
same manner as a Tree Conservation Order. If a tree has a stem
diameter greater than 75mm (3") measured at 1.3m from the
ground you are required to give the Council 6 weeks notice of
any tree works that you are proposing.
This enables the Council to assess the works that you are proposing
and if necessary serve a Tree Preservation Order. It is an offence
to cut down, prune, lop, top, uproot or wilfully damage or destroy
a tree in a Conservation Area without a prior written notice
from the Council. The penalties for failing to notify the Council
are similar to an offence under TPO. |
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