Decision details

This report summarises the outcome of public consultation on the draft Conservation Area Character Appraisal & Management Strategy for Wallington Conservation Area and proposes its adoption.

This report relates to the Council’s programme for the review of the adopted conservation area character assessments.  It recommends adoption of the revised Wallington Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy which has taken into account the outcome of the draft document consultation and guidance produced by English Heritage.

RESOLVED that the Executive agrees to:

(a)       the Wallington Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Strategy, as set out in Appendix B to this report, be adopted as evidence in support of the Fareham Borough Local Plan Review (June 2000) saved policies, the policies contained within the Fareham Local Plan Part 1: Core Strategy and the emerging policies of the Fareham Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites & Policies;

(b)       the preparation of an article 4 direction, as recommended in the character appraisal document, is supported.  Delegated authority was granted by the Executive to the Executive Member for Planning and Development in July 2010 to make article 4 directions in accordance with the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010; and

(c)       grant delegated authority to the Director of Planning and Environment in consultation with the Executive Member for Planning and Development to make minor factual and formatting alterations, including updating of photographs where appropriate, prior to publication of the adopted document.