Agenda and minutes

Conservation Advisory Working Party - Tuesday, 24th March, 2015 7.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1. Civic Offices, Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs ST5 2AG

Contact: Geoff Durham

Items

No.

Item

Declarations of Interest

To receive Declarations of Interest from Members on items included in this agenda

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest stated.

To agree as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March, 2015.

Minutes:

Resolved: That, the minutes of the meeting held on 5 March, 2015

be agreed as a correct record subject to the word ‘engineering’ being removed from the Comments column for application 15/00102/FUL.

To receive the decisions of applications which have been previously considered by this Working Party

Minutes:

Resolved:- That the decisions on applications previously considered by this Working Party be received.

To make observations on new applications received.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Resolved:- That the following observations be made on the

applications listed below:-

App No	Proposed development and name of applicant	Comments

14/00971/FUL	27 Hardingswood Road, Kidsgrove	Objects to the demolition of the building to create a gap site because this building forms part of the townscape character of the Conservation Area. It retains the building line as the land rises up and curves away and makes an important contribution to the historic character and setting of the Area. No 28 (applicant) already has the largest garden plot in the vicinity, not characteristic of this Conservation Area.

15/00166/FUL	Jubilee Baths, Nelson Place, Newcastle	The Working Party welcomes a contemporary building of ideally a mixed use but objects to the scale and uninventive use of materials. The height will alter the building height to road/width ratios which were planned and may create a microclimate and wind tunnel. The Working Party feels that the design should be more sympathetic to this significant part of late Georgian expansion of the town and Conservation Area. The taller elements should ideally step back away from the street level.

15/00175/FUL	Former telephone exchange, Blore Road, Hales	The Working Party feels that this application is enterprising but feels that the design could have reflected the architecture of the building more and the glass elements could have been less obtrusive.

Urgent Business

To consider any business which is urgent within the meaning of Section 100B(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972.

Minutes:

There was no urgent business.