CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservations Areas) Act 1990

Notice is hereby given that the Cherwell District Council has, pursuant to section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, amended the area of the Bicester Conservation Area as described in the Schedule below. A plan of the said area may be inspected at the Cherwell District Council Offices, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire, or at the Area Office, 38 Market Square, Bicester during normal office hours.   The effects of the designation are:   (a) All planning applications for development which would affect the character of the area must be advertised and the site notices must be posted so that the maximum opportunity for comment is given to the public before a decision is reached.   (b) Cherwell District Council, as the local planning authoirty, will exercise particular care to ensure that change, when it occurs, will preserve or enhance the appearance and character of the area.   (c) No building in excess of 115 cubic metres in a conservation area may be demolished or substantially demolished without conservation area consent having first been obtained from the local planning authority. (For alteration, demolition or extension of listed buildings in a conservation area, listed-building consent must be applied for, and this takes precedence over conservation area consent). Exceptions to this rule are those laid down in section 75 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and paragraph 4.25 of PPG15. These exceptions mainly affect small buildings within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse; gates, walls, fences or other enclosures below a certain height; temporary buildings; certain agricultural and industrial buildings; and buildings required to be demolished under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Housing Act 1985 or the Pastoral Measure 1983. Planning permission is required for some alterations to dwellings due to their locations within a conservation area. This control is exercised over all dormer windows and external cladding.   (d) It is an offence to cut down, top, lop, uproot or wilfully damage or destroy any tree (not already the subject of a tree preservation order) in a conservation area without giving 6 weeks’ notice to the District Council. This provision does not relate to trees covered by a felling licence, to dead trees, to trees which do not exceed 75mm (3 inches approx.) in diameter, or to certain other trees, details of which can be obtained from the address above.   (e) Cherwell District Council, as the lcoal planning authority, will require planning applications in the Conservation Area to be accompanied by sufficient details to enable the impact of the proposed development on the character of the Conservation Area to be assessed. This may include details fo scale, massing, design and materials of buildings and thier relationship to existing buildings. G. J. Handley, Chief Executive

Schedule

  The extension of the boundary to include Numbers 2 to 18 (even) Crumps Butt. 19th February 1998.