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| A Conservation Area is an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character of which the council aims to preserve or enhance. | ||||
In a Conservation Area:- With certain minor exceptions, no building or part of a building can be demolished or removed without consent and it is an offence to do so. Repairs or alterations to building should generally not involve the removal of part of a building, e.g. chimney stacks, decorative mouldings, boundary walls, unless it is replaced in exactly the same design, materials and colour. |
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| Some minor developments which do not require planning consent outside of a Conservation Area will need permission inside a Conservation Area, e.g. all roof extensions and stone cladding. Also the size and location of extension are subject to more stringent controls. | ||||
The council may require more detail in planning applications an will examine them more carefully to make sure that the bulk or design of the proposals and the materials and colours used are sympathetic to the character of the area. |
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| No trees may be lopped or felled without consent. | ||||
| In 1979 Craven District Council designated a Conservation Area for Sutton-in-Craven. This includes the older part of the settlement along North Road, High Street and Ellers Road, including Greenroyd Mills, the park, St Thomas Church and Sutton Beck. The Conservation Area boundary is drawn very tightly around the village centre, and there is a possibility of extension in the future to include surrounding fields, woodland, terraced housing. | ||||
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