To inform Cabinet on the progress of updating the District’s Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans.

To seek agreement from Cabinet that the final versions of five Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans be adopted by the Council.

RESOLVED that –

(a)   the outcome of the consultation, as summarised within the report (A.7), be noted; and

(b)   the formal adoption of the final Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plans for the following areas (found at Appendices A - E) be approved:-

•   Ardleigh;

•   Bradfield;

•   Great Holland;

•   Ramsey; and,

•   Tendring Village.

Cabinet considered a report of the Housing and Planning Portfolio Holder (A.7) which informed it on the progress of updating the District’s Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans and which also sought agreement from Cabinet that the final versions of five Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans be adopted by the Council.

Members were reminded that one of the aims of the Council’s adopted Heritage Strategy was for the Council to reassess each of the District’s twenty Conservation Area Appraisals. All twenty of those updated appraisals had now been the subject of public consultations, and the final five had been consulted on in early 2025.

It was reported that the first seven appraisals had been adopted by Cabinet in the summer of 2024. A further six appraisals had been adopted by the Council in January 2025. This report brought forward the next five appraisals for adoption, which would enable them to be given weight as a material consideration in planning decisions. The five Conservation Area Appraisals proposed for adoption were:-

·      Ardleigh;

·      Bradfield;

·      Great Holland;

·      Ramsey; and,

·      Tendring Village.

In order to progress projects specifically identified in the Council’s Heritage Strategy:-

It was moved by Councillor Baker, seconded by Councillor Scott and:-

RESOLVED that –

(a)   the outcome of the consultation, as summarised within the report (A.7), be noted; and

(b)   the formal adoption of the final Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plans for the following areas (found at Appendices A - E) be approved:-

•   Ardleigh;

•   Bradfield;

•   Great Holland;

•   Ramsey; and,

•   Tendring Village.