Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Services

Presented by the Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder

The Regeneration and Planning Portfolio Holder presented the report to Members.

He informed Members that approval was sought to publish the local heritage assets identification criteria for public consultation which would give local heritage assets similar planning protection to the national list. He advised that it was planned to rollout the programme across the district as follows:

Coalville – to support the Building Confidence in Coalville project – hopefully completed by April 2017.

Northern Parishes – hopefully completed by April 2018.

Ashby, Measham and Moria – hopefully completed by April 2019.

He highlighted that the Council was not asking for assets to be put forward at the present time, those listed would be prepared following the consultation.

Councillor R Blunt stated that he was pleased that the programme was starting in Coalville and that it was interesting how people looked differently at buildings that were on the national list. He informed Members that the authority had a full time officer to work in the programme which many local authorities did not and therefore he felt that the programme would not be delivered if this was the case for North West Leicestershire.

Councillor R D Bayliss stated that although he had slight misgivings on telling people what they could do with their buildings he felt that there were many landmarks in the District that deserved protection.

It was moved by T J Pendleton, seconded by Councillor R Blunt and

RESOLVED THAT:

1.    The draft Identification Criteria, as attached, for public consultation be endorsed; and

2.    The adoption of the Identification Criteria be delegated to the Portfolio Holder and Director of Services.

Reason for decision: Adoption of the identification criteria would:

(a)  Support the aims of the Council Delivery Plan relating to sustainable development, a fair and timely planning and development service and people feeling proud of their homes and communities;

(b)  Support the council in fulfilling its duties under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 relating to the designation and review of conservation areas;

(c)  Support the council in fulfilling the advice of the National Planning Policy Framework relating to the compilation of Local Lists.