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Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Conservation Area Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Conservation Area The Presentation 1. Implications of being in a Conservation Area 2. What is special about this place 3. Questions & comments 4. What happens next?

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Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Conservation Area

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The Presentation 1. Implications of being in a Conservation Area 2. What is special about this place 3. Questions & comments 4. What happens next? Barkby and Barkby Thorpe Conservation Area

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The implications of a Conservation Area It enables better conservation and enhancement of the area’s character and identity by allowing:

  • Extra controls over development
  • Control over demolition
  • Notice of works to trees
  • Expectation of higher quality design
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Why are character appraisals important?

  • Identify what it is that should be protected or

enhanced

  • Formulate effective policies
  • Make sensible development control decisions and be

able to defend them

  • Help property owners to formulate their

applications

  • Make sympathetic proposals for preservation &

enhancement (including the identification of development opportunities)

  • Obtain funds or encourage inward investment
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1903

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Agricultural landscape

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Centuries of tradition

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Working farms in the village

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A reminder of the Industrial Revolution

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Tight enclosure of Main Street

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Open character of Brookside

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The bend – secluded by trees

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Collection of farms around a paddock

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Open parkland with the Cricket Pitch

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Broadening at the Forge

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Simple rectangular form Ridge parallel to the street

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Slate Roof Red Brick Sash Windows Cobble plinth Plain brick band

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Many listed buildings

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An unlisted treasure

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Good Victorian buildings

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Doorcases Pochin Estate Green

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Barkby Thorpe – a landmark at the top of the hill

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What Next?

  • 1. This public meeting marks the beginning of

a consultation period

  • 2. You can send comments until

Friday 18 February

  • 3. Then we will refine the appraisal and

prepare the report for the Borough Council’s Cabinet

  • 4. The Cabinet meet to consider and adopt

the Appraisal on Thursday 17 March

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The appraisal and this presentation are on the website:

www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/barkby_conservation_area

Please send us your comments. Email: built.heritage@charnwood.gov.uk Write: Conservation & Landscape Team Charnwood Borough Council Southfields, Loughborough LE11 2TN Phone: 01509 634971