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The conservation
area in West Hagbourne extends from the extreme east of the village
westwards as far as the Horse and Harrow and, as well as the built
area, it includes a lot of open space. The open space includes
Moor Lane and the land to the south, land between Manor Farm and
Brook Furlong, the grounds of Broomsticks and some of the land
at York Farm and Grove Manor Farm.
A conservation
area is “an area of special architectural or historic interest,
the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve
or enhance”. A large part of the village is included in West Hagbourne
Conservation Area but, as much of the village clearly has no specific
architectural or historic interest, it is not included.
South Oxfordshire
District Council carried out a character appraisal of the conservation
area in 2006 and produced a management plan, and these are available
online. Since these were produced the conservation area has been
extended to include Grove Manor Farm and the Horse and Harrow.
Click here
to see the character appraisal, here
to see the management plan and here
to see SODC's Conservation Area map.
Planning
restrictions in the conservation area
Planning
control is stricter in conservation areas and permitted development
rights are restricted, so SODC will be influenced in the way in
which it deals with any planning application that may affect the
conservation area. This means that applications for planning permission
will be required for certain types of work that would not normally
need consent. This could include for example:
- Demolition
of all, and in some cases part, of any building or structure
- An extension
that exceeds 50 cubic metres or 10% of the volume of the original
house as it was first built or as it stood on the first of July
1948
- Cladding
any part of the outside of a building with materials such as
stone, artificial stone, timber, plastic or tile
- Any addition
or alteration to the shape of a roof, such as the addition of
a dormer window
- An extension
or alteration to any structure within the grounds of a building,
with a cubic content greater that 10 cubic metres, such as a
garden shed
- Positioning
a satellite dish on a wall, roof or chimney that faces a road
or public space
Listed
buildings
Within the conservation area there are a number of listed
buildings, i.e. buildings or structures that individually
have been specifically listed as being of special architectural
or historic interest. Listed buildings are subject to even stricter
planning control and work to them needs specific listed building
consent from SODC. As well as the listed buildings, some other
buildings are thought to make a positive contribution to the character
of the conservation area and, although not listed, these are described
in the conservation area character appraisal as "buildings
of local note". The location of all the listed buildings
and the buildings of local note are shown on the map of the conservation
area.
Click here
to see the Conservation Area map.
Trees in
the conservation area
As well as buildings and open spaces, trees within conservation
areas are also protected. Anyone wishing to work on trees with
stem diameters of 75mm or greater, measured at 1.5m above ground
must normally obtain consent from SODC and, if consent is given
for a tree to be felled, the owner may be required by SODC to
replace it with another.
Further
information
SODC's website has a lot of useful information about conservation
areas.
Click here
to visit SODC's conservation areas website.
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