Vale Royal Borough Council

NOTICE OF DESIGNATION AND ALTERATION OF CONSERVATION AREA

PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990, SECTION 69

FRODSHAM (TOWN) CONSERVATION AREA

NOTICE is given under the provisions of the said Act that Vale Royal Borough Council as local planning authority, after a period of consultation, has determined that the area described in the Schedule to this Notice is an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance. Therefore on 28 September 2006, it designated the Frodsham (Town) Conservation Area, thereby superseding the Frodsham Conservation Area of 25 July 1973 as extended on 17 November 1977. That earlier designation is therefore cancelled. The principal effects of this designation are as follows: 1. The Council is under a duty to prepare proposals to ensure the preservation or enhancement of the area; 2. In carrying out its functions under the Planning Acts, and in particular 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; 3. Permitted development rights are more restricted within the designated area; 4. Consent must be obtained from the Council for the demolition of any building in the area (subject to certain exceptions); 5. Special publicity must be given to planning applications for development in the area; 6. Six weeks’ notice must be given to the local planning authority before any works are carried out to trees within the designated area. It becomes an offence, subject to certain exceptions, to cut down, top, lop, uproot, wilfully damage or destroy any tree in the area without the prior written consent of the local planning authority. SCHEDULE FRODSHAM (TOWN) CONSERVATION AREA Clockwise from the North-East, the boundary; Commences on High Street at the North-East corner of the site of the former Holy Trinity Methodist Church and its manse, Trinity House and follows its curtilage Southerly to the top of the railway cutting embankment, down which it drops, to the base of the cutting wall, which it then follows to the South-West; parallel to the Eastern edge of the railway station platform it turns Southerly and encloses the Southerly platform until it reaches the perimeter fence of the former goods shed which it follows round in a Southerly direction until again meeting the rear of the platform which it again follows Southerly; meeting the Church Street bridge, the entirety of which it encloses, it then follows the base of the railway embankment along the rear of the properties on the South side of Main Street, including the tunnel to the footpath at the rear of the Queen’s Head and the totality of the Fountain Lane bridge, to the bridge over Main Street at the point where it becomes Chester Road, the entirety of which it encloses; from the North-West side of the bridge the boundary turns North-West along the Western curtilage of No. 1 Main Street then West-North-West along the South side of a stream before turning North-East along and then South-East around the rear curtilages of Millbank Court (which although modern properties have an appropriate character); it resumes to the North-East following a property boundary alignment that runs to the curtilage of No. 12 at the Southern end of Maori Drive, which it follows round to that of No. 11 where it turns to the South-East, and follows that curtilage to Main Street where it turns North-East until meeting the joint boundary of No. 9A and the Cheshire Cheese public house where it turns North-Westerly; it continues on this alignment along the rear boundary of the properties on the East side of Maori Drive, to the West of the passageway to the rear of Moreton Terrace, to Marsh Lane where it turns East along the centre-line of Marsh Lane; at the junction with Brookside Road, the boundary first turns North, along the road centre-line then briefly West and North again to follow the boundary between the Southern garden of No. 18 Brookside Road and the separated garden parcels at the rear of Nos. 1 to 13 Marsh Lane, which it skirts round to the East, to a point where it meets the developed rear garden curtilage of No. 47 Main Street; it then runs North-Westerly along the rear of the gardens of Brookside Road up to the boundary of the Tilbey Drive caravan site which it follows briefly to the North-East then North-West, meeting a drainage ditch spur, the centre-line of which it follows to the North-East then North; it follows the centre-line of the drainage ditch along the Southern boundary of the M56 motorway for approximately 428 metres in a North-Easterly direction to a further drainage ditch spur, where it turns to the South-East until it meets a fence, slightly to the North of the rear curtilage boundaries of properties on Rodgers Close (thus enclosing undeveloped former marshland which now protects the setting of the mediaeval and post mediaeval town development); following the fence to the South-West it skirts around the grounds of the Fire Station, first to the South-East and then runs North-East, along the Northern boundary hedge of the bowling green site to the rear of the Red Lion public house, then to the centre-line of the Fire Station access which is followed to the South-East to the centre-line of Ship Street which it follows to the North-East until opposite the centre-line of Plumpstone Lane, where it turns to the South-East; at the Southern edge of the access of Beech House it turns East to follow the Southern boundary of Beech House to the South-East then North-East and maintains this alignment across the rear garden of Rockholme to meet the rear boundary of No. 59a High Street which it follows around to the South-East to the back of the footpath of High Street; it then turns East to follow and include the sandstone wall forming the Southern curtilage of St. Luke’s Church and continues along the rear of highway pavement until it meets the extended curtilage of Rock Villa, No. 67 High Street, which it follows to the North and North-East to the curtilage of No. 71/71a High Street which it follows around to meet that of No. 73 High Street which it then follows to the North then East and along the rear walls of the properties Nos. 73 to 79 and 79a High Street to the centre-line of St James Close where it turns to the South and crosses High Street to meet the North-East corner of the site of Trinity House. A map and adopted written appraisal of the Conservation Area can be inspected, free of charge, during normal office hours at the offices of Vale Royal Borough Council at Wyvern House in Winsford, the One Stop Shop at Castle Park, Frodsham and at the Northwich Information Centre. The document can also be downloaded from the Conservation Area Appraisals pages of the Council’s website at www.valeroyal.gov.uk Signed: Fiona Crane, Head of Legal and Administrative Services Corporate and Economic Affairs Directorate Wyvern House The Drumber Winsford Cheshire CW7 1AH Date: October 2006