V.D.S. - 8 Building Guidelines Parish Council
  1. Victorian and Edwardian properties are a key element of the building form. They should be preserved so as to retain the established character of the area. Where possible, conversion to other uses, if acceptable in planning terms, would be preferable to the loss of these buildings.
  2. Infill development should reflect the overall form, details and materials to be broadly compatible with adjacent buildings.
  3. New houses should generally reflect the character, setting and style of the housing in the immediate vicinity.
  4. Note should be taken that the unifying character of the residential areas is its 'greenness'. Therefore, all Planning Applications must include a Landscape Plan of the site which should refer to the Tree and Hedges Guidelines. This will protect existing green boundaries and trees and new planting will allow new to merge with the old - see Figure 23.



Figure 22 -Distinctive home in Shepley Road surrounded by the countryside, with hedged boundary and narrow entrance.
Figure 21 -Large house of character in Linthurst Road, with plenty of trees and hedges, open skyline, space and discrete non-urban wooden fencing.


N.B.

Given that the green surroundings of properties are of more importance than architectural nicety, this V.D.S. is not concerned with minute building details. Thus guidelines 2 & 3 are not prescriptive.

  Figure 23 -Beech hedges and trees at Linthurst Newtown -when mature these will soften the buildings and unify the development with the rest of the older tree -lined road.


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Last Updated 29/06/2005