NOTICE is hereby given that on 18th December 2019, Sedgemoor District Council in accordance with Section 70(8) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and as directed by para 76 Advice Note 1 (Second Edition); Finalising, reviewing and publicising the conservation area boundary contained within Historic England 2019 Conservation Area Appraisal, Designation and Management, Bridgwater St Johns Conservation Area has undergone the required process as detailed within the aforementioned Advice Note 1 for enlargement of the designated boundary of the Conservation Area and has subsequently been formally adopted by Sedgemoor District Council on the aforementioned date.

The extension to the designated area is to include the addresses described in the Schedule to this notice below.

The effect of the designation of the conservation area is as follows:

1. Planning permission will now be required from the Local Planning Authority for the demolition of all unlisted buildings (other than excepted buildings) in the conservation area.

2. Planning applications for development which would, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, affect the character or appearance of the conservation area, must be given publicity with representations received because of the publicity considered in determining the application.

3. It becomes an offence subject to certain exceptions to cut down, top, lop, uproot, wilfully damage or wilfully destroy any tree in the area except with the consent of the Local Planning Authority.

4. An Article 4(2) direction is included.

The extension of the St. John’s Bridgwater Conservation Area includes properties numbered;

- 2 - 10C Church Street and 51 - 57 Church Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5AS

- 57 - 75 Eastover, Bridgwater, TA6 5AP

- Methodist Church and 5 – 41 Monmouth Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5EQ

- 6 – 66 Monmouth Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5EJ

- 2 – 22 Slocombes Close Bridgwater, TA6 5FA

- No. 6 – 12 St. John Street, Bridgwater TA6 5HR

- 17 St. John Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5HR

The properties included in the original designation remain within the St. John’s Bridgwater Conservation Area:

- 1 – 4 Blake Place, Bridgwater, TA6 5AU

- St Johns Vicarage, Blake Place, Bridgwater, TA6 5BA

- Flats 1-31 Queen Elizabeth Court, Blake Place, Bridgwater, TA6 5QN

- 1-19 Capes Close, Bridgwater, TA6 5QS

- 9-47 Church Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5AT

- 12-32 Church Street, Bridgwater TA6 5AS

- 43 Monmouth Street, Bridgwater, TA6 5EH

Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3AR, United Kingdom

https://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/article/4509/Conservation-Areas

09/10/2020