PLANNING (LISTED BUILDING AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 SECTION 69

CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL SOMERTON CONSERVATION AREA

NOTICE is given under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Section 69 that Cherwell District Council has determined on 3rd February 2022 to amend the boundary of the existing Somerton Conservation Area as described in the Schedule to this notice. For those parts of Somerton not previously included in the conservation area, the effect of Conservation Area designations is as follows:

1. Permission will now be required for the demolition of all unlisted buildings (other than excepted buildings) in the area.



2. Planning applications for development which would in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority affect the character or appearance of the conservation area must be given publicity and representations received as a result of the publicity must be taken into account in determining the application.



3. It becomes an offence subject to certain exceptions to cut down, top, lop, uproot, wilfully damage or destroy any tree in the area except with the consent of the Local Planning Authority.



4. The Local Planning Authority is now under a duty to



formulate and publish proposals for the preservation and

enhancements of the area. A map of the amended Conservation Area may be inspected free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4AA or on the Councils website at

SCHEDULE

The boundary of the existing Somerton Conservation Area has

been altered in respect of the following:

The boundary of Somerton ConservationArea has been extended

to include additional areas of the settlement following existing

boundaries.

i) An area of railway boundary track was removed as it does not make a positive contribution to the area.



ii) The boundary was altered to remove the canal (which now forms part of the Oxford Canal Conservation Area),



iii) The boundary has been altered to include Stone Byre and Rectory Farm, barn conversions and a meadow at the edge of the village.



iv) The boundary has amended to include the whole field around Fermor House (which include earthwork remains of the historic Fermor Manor).



v) The boundary around Jersey Manor Farm has been amended to include the access and associated land.



Yvonne Rees, Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon OX15 4AA 07 February 2022