Town and Country Planning
St. Albans District Council
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990
DESIGNATION OF EXTENSION TO THE WHEATHAMPSTEAD CONSERVATION AREA
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and
Conservation Areas) Act 1990, that the Council has designated an extension to the
Wheathampstead Conservation Area.
The Conservation Area extension includes the following:
Bury Farm Cottages (Nos. 53-55); No. 55 a ; No. 57; Ash Grove.
The Rectory; Nos. 1-8, Old Rectory Gardens.
Nos. 1-6, Canons Field.
Helmet Integrated Systems, High Street.
Land on east side of Ash Grove known as Rectory Field.
Land adjacent to No. 2 Bury Green.
The western edge is formed by the front boundaries of those properties in Ash Grove
from its junction with Bury Green in the south to the junction with the public footpath
in the north, and continues north along the field boundary as far as the River Lea.
The northern boundary comprises the strip of land to the rear of properties in Kingfisher
Close, forming the river frontage to the north of the River Lea from its junction
with the former dismantled railway in the west to its junction with the existing conversation
area boundary in the east.
A map showing the area may be inspected at the Planning and Heritage Department,
Council Offices, Civic Centre, St. Peter’s Street, St. Albans, Mondays to Fridays
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. (4.30 p.m. Fridays).
The effect of the designation is described in the Act, but the Council has a duty
to pay special attention to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character
or appearance of the area.
In particular no building may be demolished without consent of the local authority,
and no trees over 75 mm in diameter may be cut down, uprooted, topped or lopped without
consent.
E. A. Hackford, Chief Executive Officer
11th March 1999.