Agenda item

To enable the Cabinet to give consideration to recommendations made to it by the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee in relation to the first five in a series of ‘Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans’ that had been prepared for the Council by Essex Place Services, as well as proposals for the inclusion of buildings and structures on a ‘Local Heritage List’.

RESOLVED that –

(a)       the new Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans for: Clacton Seafront (Appendix 1); Dovercourt (Appendix 2); St. Osyth (Appendix 3); Thorpe-le-Soken (Appendix 4); and Thorpe Station & Maltings (Appendix 5); as well as the proposed Criteria for assessing buildings and structures for inclusion on a ‘Local Heritage List’ of non-designated heritage assets (Appendix 6) be published for consultation with the public and other interested parties; and

(b)       a six month exercise be undertaken to invite suggestions from the community and other interested parties for structures to include on the Local Heritage List of non-designated heritage assets.

Cabinet was aware that the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee (“the Committee”), at its meeting held on 19 October 2021 (Minute 16 referred), had considered a comprehensive report (and appendices) of the Acting Director (Planning) which had reported to it the first five in a series of ‘Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans’ that had been prepared for the Council by Essex Place Services, as well as the proposed criteria for the inclusion of buildings and structures on a ‘Local Heritage List’. The report had also sought the Committee’s recommendation to Cabinet that they be published for public consultation purposes and that proposals for a Local List of non-designated heritage assets be invited.

The Committee’s decision at its meeting held on 19 October 2021 had been as follows:-

“RESOLVED unanimously that the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee –

(a)   approves, in principle, the new Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans for: Clacton Seafront (Appendix 1); Dovercourt (Appendix 2); St. Osyth (Appendix 3); Thorpe-le-Soken (Appendix 4); and Thorpe Station & Maltings (Appendix 5); as well as the proposed Criteria for assessing buildings and structures for inclusion on a ‘Local Heritage List’ of non-designated heritage assets (Appendix 6);

(b)   recommends to Cabinet that the above documents (forming Appendices 1-6) be published for consultation with the public and other interested parties;

(c)   recommends further to Cabinet that a six month exercise be undertaken to invite suggestions from the community and other interested parties for structures to include on the Local Heritage List of non-designated heritage assets; and

(d)   notes that Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans for the District’s other Conservation Areas will be brought before the Committee in due course over the next 12 months.”

Having considered the recommendations of the Planning Policy & Local Plan Committee, together with the information contained in the reference report and its appendices:-

It was moved by Councillor Stock OBE, seconded by Councillor G V Guglielmi and:-

RESOLVED that –

(a)       the new Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plans for: Clacton Seafront (Appendix 1); Dovercourt (Appendix 2); St. Osyth (Appendix 3); Thorpe-le-Soken (Appendix 4); and Thorpe Station & Maltings (Appendix 5); as well as the proposed Criteria for assessing buildings and structures for inclusion on a ‘Local Heritage List’ of non-designated heritage assets (Appendix 6) be published for consultation with the public and other interested parties; and

(b)       a six month exercise be undertaken to invite suggestions from the community and other interested parties for structures to include on the Local Heritage List of non-designated heritage assets.