NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 26th July 2011, North Hertfordshire District Council adopted a revised character statement relating to Hitchin Conservation Area (originally designated in March 1969 and first reviewed in January 1998). As a result of this second review, the Hitchin Conservation Area has been extended. The changes are in accordance with Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and are to ensure that Hitchin Conservation Area remains an area of special architectural or historic interest.

The principal effects of the conservation area designation are as follows:

• 1 The Council is under a duty to prepare proposals to ensure the preservation or enhancement of the area.
• 2 Consent must be obtained from the Council for the substantial or total demolition of any unlisted building (exceeding 115 cubic metres) in the area.
• 3 Six weeks’ notice must be given to the Council before works are carried out to any trees in the area.
• 4 Special publicity must be given to planning applications for development in the area.
• 5 In carrying out any functions under the Planning Acts (and, in particular, in determining applications for planning permission and listed building consent), the Council and the Secretary of State are required to take into account the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of the area.

For further information regarding Hitchin Conservation Area, please contact North Hertfordshire District Council on 01462 474000 and ask to speak to the Conservation Team. Alternatively, the full extent of the Hitchin Conservation Area and the associated Character Statement can be accessed on the Council’s website at www.north-herts.gov.uk at Planning Services/Planning Control and Conservation/The Conservation and Heritage Team/Conservation Areas.

David Scholes

Strategic Director of Planning, Housing and Enterprise

Date: 20 September 2011

SCHEDULE RELATING TO THOSE PROPERTIES LOCATED IN AN EXTENSION TO HITCHIN CONSERVATION AREA

Bancroft: Land at the rear of nos.84 – 104 (incl.);

Bedford Road: Thomas Bellamy House;

Ickleford Road: Outbuilding at the rear of The Queen Victoria PH;

Nun’s Close: Nos.1 – 10 (incl.), Hitchin Library and Hitchin Museum;

Old Charlton Road: Nos. 14 – 20 (evens), nos. 28 & 30;

Old Park Road: Nos.21 & 22, Sterling House and Court;

Queen Street: Nos.37 – 39 (incl.) and Bethel Chapel;

Radcliffe Road: Gainsford Court (nos.1 – 7 (incl.)), St Bridget’s Orphanage, The Cloisters Almshouses and The Parish Church of the Holy Saviour;

Ransom Yard: Nos.1 - 6 (incl.) and nos. 9 & 10 ;

Storehouse Lane: Nos.1, 2, 2a, nos.3 – 12 (incl.), Nursery Villas (nos.1 - 4 (incl.));

The Chilterns: All properties;

Trevor Road: No.1a, nos.1 – 8 (incl.), nos.9a, 9b, 9 - 11 (incl.), 11a, 11b, 12a and nos.12 – 32 (incl.);

Upper Tilehouse Street: Nos.41 – 44 (incl.), The Orangery, no.45 (The Highlander PH), Tilehouse Street Baptist Church and Hall, nos.58 – 66 (incl.);

Verulam Road: No. 18a, nos.18 – 23 (incl.), nos. 25 – 28 (incl.);

Walsworth Road: Nos.43 – 47 (incl.), nos.94 – 97 (incl.), nos. 98a, 98b, 98c, 98d and nos. 99 – 110 (incl.);

Wratten Road East: Nos.15 – 18 (incl.);

Wratten Road West: Nos.19 – 29 (incl.); and

Wymondley Road: Nos.18 - 52 (evens) and nos.23 & 25.