Agenda item

Local List of Heritage Assets

Decision:

*RESOLVED –

1. That the Local List of Heritage Assets, attached at appendix 1 of the officer’s report, be adopted.

2. That the Council do not introduce an Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights at the present time.

3. That the content of the Local List of Heritage Assets be monitored regularly and assessed by the established Local List Assessment Panel.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To identify and protect the borough’s non-statutory local heritage assets and to be consistent with adopted and emerging Local Plan policy.

Minutes:

The Development Management and Conservation Manager submitted a report recomending for adoptioni a Local List of Heritage Assets following consultation with stakeholders and property owners. The Council’s Local Plan requires the identification and, where appropriate, protection of buildings on the Local List. This policy would be carried forward into the new emerging Local Plan which was under examination.

A Local List of Heritage Assets is a non-statutory designation recognising elements of the Borough’s historic environment. The criteria to assess nominations to the list was developed using guidance issued by English Heritage and input from the Chesterfield and District Civic Society.

The report advised that the Council had the opportunity to introduce an Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights on some or all of the residential properties on the Local List. Though this would give the Council more control over the properties, the report recommended not to introduce Article 4 Directions due to the likely heavy impact on officers’ time and resources, and the risk of objections to Local Listing from property owners.