Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal - Bournemouth ...

10.15 One combined Conservation Area is
also more straightforward in terms
of developing a consistent policy for
the management of the area. Any
development within the Conservation
Area must be appropriate to its
surroundings.
10.16 The extension of the conservation
area to include Green Belt land does
not mean that Green Belt policy gives
insufficient protection or will be
ineffective in the future. It reflects
the fact that Conservation Area policy
and Green Belt policy have different
purposes. Conservation Areas are areas
of special architectural or historic
interest the character or appearance
of which it is desirable to preserve or
enhance, whereas the fundamental
aim of Green Belts is to prevent
urban sprawl by keeping land open.
The revised boundary recognises the
importance of the historic landscape
setting of the two parts of Holdenhurst
Village and acknowledges that the two
original conservation areas form one
coherent whole.
10.17 The extension of the boundary to
include the agricultural land to the
south of the village means that the
Conservation Area now includes a strip
of land that was previously reserved
for the Castle Lane West Relief Road.
The inclusion of this land relates to the
important contribution that it makes
to the character and appearance of the
Conservation Area particularly in terms
of its use and historical association.
Government legislation identifies
that it is a duty of local planning
authorities to determine whether
further areas should be designated as
conservation areas. In view of this it
would not be appropriate to exclude
the agricultural land, which has been
identified as being important, for
a road whose future is uncertain.
However, the possibility of a future
relief road is acknowledged within this
Appraisal and has been identified as
one of the possible challenges facing
the conservation area (Paragraph
8.13). If any such road scheme were
to come forward in the future careful
consideration of its impact upon the
character and appearance of the
conservation area would need to be
undertaken. Any scheme would need
to be assessed against the relevant
Government legislation, policy and
guidance at that time.
Extended Area 2
10.18 The square pocket of open land
nestled in the corner of Throop Road
and Valley Road adds to the openness
of the Conservation Area and makes
an important contribution to the
rural views across this corner of the
Conservation Area.
10.19 This roughly square parcel of land
contains no buildings and although it
is divided up into a series of paddocks
looking back at historic maps it was
originally one larger field. At present
this pocket of land is principally used
for keeping horses, which is an ideal
land use within this setting.
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Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal - March 2014