Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Planning Policy Manager on consultation responses received in respect of the Character Statement and Boundary review for St Neots and seeking approval for its adoption as Interim Planning Guidance.

Agreed to designate the St. Neots Conservation Area according to the boundary in the St. Neots Boundary Review document without modification;  approved the revised St. Neots Conservation Area Assessment,  approved the Management Plan for the St. Neots Conservation Area as a set of proposals for the enhancement of the area and as the basis for further discussion and project work; and authorised the Head of Planning Services, after consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Strategy, to make any minor consequential amendment to the text and illustrations.

Further to Minute No. 06/49, the Cabinet considered a report by the Planning Policy Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) outlining the responses received to the consultation on the Boundary Review, Character Statement and Management Plan for the St. Neots Conservation Area and suggested amendments as a consequence thereof.

RESOLVED

  (a)  that the St. Neots Conservation Area be designated according to the boundary in the St. Neots Boundary Review document without modification;

  (b)  that the revised St. Neots Conservation Area Assessment, as amended to reflect the content of the Annex to the report now submitted, be approved;

  (c)  that the Management Plan for the St. Neots Conservation Area be approved as a set of proposals for the enhancement of the area and as the basis for further discussion and project work; and

  (d)  that the Head of Planning Services be authorised, after consultation with the Executive Member for Planning Strategy, to make any minor consequential amendment to the text and illustrations as a result of the amendments referred to in (b) above.