Aylesbury Vale District Council

PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990, SECTIONS 69 AND 70

DESIGNATION OF NEWTON LONGVILLE CONSERVATION AREA

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with the provisions of sections 69 and 70 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Aylesbury Vale District Council (“the Council”) has, on 29 November 2006, designated within the village of Newton Longville a Conservation Area as referred to in the Schedule below. A plan defining the boundary of the Conservation Area, together with the relevant report to the Council, is available for inspection at the District Council Offices at 66 High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire from 8.45 am to 5.15 pm Monday to Wednesday, 9.45 am to 5.15 pm Thursdays and 8.45 am to 4.45 pm on Fridays. Offices will be closing at 4.00 pm, on Friday 22 December 2006, re-opening on Wednesday 27 December 2006 and closing on Friday 29 December 2006 at 4.00 pm and re-opening on Tuesday 2 January 2007. The principal effects of the designation are: (a) the Council must pay special attention in carrying out its duties as a Local Planning Authority to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of the Newton Longville Conservation Area (“the CA”) and must prepare and publish proposals for its preservation and enhancement; (b) the Council must give special publicity to planning applications for development in the CA; (c) it becomes an offence (subject to certain exceptions) to cut down, top, lop, uproot or wilfully damage any tree in the CA except where consent has been given by the Council; (d) Conservation Area Consent will be required for the demolition of all unlisted buildings (save for excepted buildings) in the CA; (e) controls over advertisements are extended; (f) permitted development rights are more restricted in the CA. J E Swift, Head of Legal Services Schedule The Newton Longville Conservation Area covers the following areas of land and buildings: St Faith’s Church and Newton Longville Manor House, Crossing St Faith’s Close to include the small area of trees and grass bank to the south-west of the junction with Drayton Road. The CA boundary includes the Old School also located on the north-western side of Drayton Road. The CA boundary crosses to the south-eastern side of Drayton Road at the junction with St Faith’s Close. It includes The Old Parsonage and Old Rectory, the Rectory, St Anne’s Grange and 2 Stoke Road. The CA boundary crosses Stoke Road and runs in a north-westward direction along the south-western boundary of 2 Bletchley Road. It turns north-eastwards and follows the north-western boundary of 2 Bletchley Road, before crossing Bletchley Road and including 1 Church End, runs along the rear property boundaries of 2 to 5 Church End. The CA boundary then turns in a north-eastern direction and runs along the south-eastern edge of the public footpath to the grounds of 11 Bletchley Road. The CA boundary turns eastwards and crosses Bletchley Road to include 8 Bletchley Road. The CA boundary re-crosses Bletchley Road and follows the eastern and north-western boundaries of 11 Bletchley Road, extending back along the north-western side of the footpath to the boundary of 6, 7 and 9 Church End. The boundary then follows the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of 10, 10 a, 10 b and 11 Church End. The CA boundary crosses Paradise and follows the front boundary of 15 and 12 Church End before turning westwards and following the northern boundary of Whaddon Road. The CA boundary extends to include 10 Whaddon Road, before crossing Whaddon Road to St Faith’s churchyard. 6 December 2006.