| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The case against a Conservation Area for Northfields | |
| Posted by: | Raymond Havelock | |
| Date/Time: | 11/01/24 17:41:00 |
| It has to be said that if Planning and previous planning management was adhered to properly, and was clear and precise about what is and is not acceptable, there would not be need for a conservation area. But with developers and opportunists a plenty. It's become like the wild west. The risk of overdevelopment and inappropriate poor aesthetic design & builds becoming too common and the visual damage is there for all to see. This borough had a Style Guide book on what was acceptable and expected for non conservation areas and differing types of dwellings and then an officer for the stricter CAs. Somewhere, in the lat 12 years that has vanished. Just for once a level of protection of a Conservation Area is of a benefit for all those who have taken the trouble to maintain and enhance properties with care and maintain the aesthetics. Which looking around is far more prevalent than it was 30-40 years ago. The fad for stone cladding was rife then. Now most have been restored to the original fascias. - Without a Conservation Order. Aluminium Louvre windows almost forgotten yet very common. Replaced with Double glazed box sales in UPVC or wood now so good they are indistingushable from the draft originals. And it adds to a homes value as well as the live in benefits. Solar panels only work at their most efficient if on roofs facing certain directions. When we tried for the Mayor of London's initiative having jumped through all the hoops it was refused as the main roof was not large enough and at the wrong direction to be of viable efficiency. Also the risk of the roof being lifted by prevailing winds meant ££££s extra in reinforcing and the loss of 7) of the attic room. With older housing this has to be anticipated and accepted that there are limits. A CA will not impede insulation or improvements. They will simply have to be in keeping with the environs and style of the property. A CA does not imply LTNs or other politically trending stuff. |