Comment
First Draft Local List Supplementary Planning Document
Representation ID: 26
Received: 10/06/2025
Respondent: Mrs Sylvia Chaplin
The wording needs strengthening here. The current trend to replace hedges and traditional post-and-rail split-paling fences with close-boarded fencing is often completed without reference to the LPA, even in conservation areas. Where the boundary treatment is considered integral to the appreciation of the significance of the heritage asset, Article 4 Directions should be applied and enforced. ‘Walls, fences and railings are often crucial to a building's character. In such cases the listing will specify the need to seek permission from the LPA for alterations to the boundary features’.
The wording needs strengthening here. The current trend to replace hedges and traditional post-and-rail split-paling fences with close-boarded fencing is often completed without reference to the LPA, even in conservation areas. Where the boundary treatment is considered integral to the appreciation of the significance of the heritage asset, Article 4 Directions should be applied and enforced. ‘Walls, fences and railings are often crucial to a building's character. In such cases the listing will specify the need to seek permission from the LPA for alterations to the boundary features’.