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Item CB 14/32 referred from Cabinet minutes of 25 March 2014

Item CB 14/32 referred from Cabinet minutes of 25 March 2014

RESOLVED:  That the recommendations at Minute CB 14/32 be adopted.

Item referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board of 11 March 2014

Item PE 14/10 referred from Planning and Transportation Advisory Board minutes of 11 March 2014

The Cabinet received the recommendations of the Planning and Transportation Advisory Board at its meeting on 11 March 2014 regarding receipt of a petition from residents of Haydens Mews requesting that the Tonbridge Conservation Area boundary be revised to include that area.  The Advisory Board recommended that the boundary be reviewed with the aim of redesignating the area excluded in 2009.

A further report by the Director of Planning, Housing and Environmental Health presented a review of the boundary in the Haydens Mews and White House area and proposed its redesignation as part of the Tonbridge Conservation Area.

RECOMMENDED:  That the Tonbridge Conservation Area boundary be modified to include the area in the vicinity of Haydens Mews and White House as shown in Annex 1 to the report.

* Referred to Council

It was reported that the area had previously been part of the Conservation Area until a comprehensive review was carried out in 2008 and subsequently adopted by the Borough Council in July 2009.  The petitioners felt that inclusion within the Conservation Area would stop the dilution of the character and ambience of the area through the control of minor amendments to individual properties such as the installation of replacement windows. 

The report advised that the Borough Council had received a petition from residents of Haydens Mews (36 signatories) requesting that the Tonbridge Conservation Area boundary be revised to include this area.

It was reported that the previous removal of Haydens Mews from the Tonbridge Conservation Area had been subject to a public consultation exercise, along with all other alterations to the boundary that were proposed at the time.  Objections to the proposed exclusion had been carefully considered but the Borough Council had remained of the view that the area should not form part of the Conservation Area and adopted the revised boundary accordingly. (Minute Number C 09/063 refers).

However, reference was made to changes in permitted development rights during the intervening period and it was considered that a review of the boundary could be justified on these grounds.

RECOMMENDED: The Tonbridge Conservation Area boundary in the vicinity of Haydens Mews be reviewed in the light of changes in permitted development rights since the conservation area status was removed. 

*Referred to Cabinet