# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 'UIDANCE IN 003 IS AS FOLLOWS @3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS MAY COVER A RANGE OF ISSUES BOTH THEMATIC AND SITE SPECIFIC WHICH MAY EXPAND POLICY OR PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL TO POLICIES IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT 4HEY MUST NOT HOWEVER BE USED TO ALLOCATE LAND 3UPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS MAY TAKE THE FORM OF DESIGN GUIDES AREA DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS MASTER PLAN OR ISSUE BASED DOCUMENTS WHICH SUPPLEMENT POLICIES IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT 4HIS EMPHASISES THAT 30$S MUST BE TIED BACK TO A RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT POLICY 4HEY MUST ALSO BE PRODUCED WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORTED BY A SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL REPORT 3UCH AN 30$ COULD BE USED TO SET OUT AN AUTHORITY S GENERIC POLICIES FOR ITS CONSERVATION AREAS BUT IT IS VERY DIFFERENT IN CONCEPT TO CHARACTER APPRAISALS AND MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS PREPARED UNDER SECTION OF THE ,ISTED "UILDINGS !CT WHICH REQUIRES AUTHORITIES TO PREPARE @PROPOSALS FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CONSERVATION AREAS 0LANS UNDER SECTION CURRENTLY APPEAR TO BE OUTSIDE THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK AS THEY WOULD NOT BE TIED BACK TO A DEVELOPMENT PLAN DOCUMENT POLICY /NE APPROACH WHICH /$0- IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE CONSIDERING MIGHT BE FOR AN AUTHORITY TO PROPOSE A SINGLE 30$ COVERING ALL OF THE CONSERVATION AREAS IN ITS AREA WHICH COULD POINT TO PROPOSALS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSERVATION AREAS PREPARED UNDER SECTION )NDEED IN A WHOLLY COINCIDENTAL DEVELOPMENT THE /$0- HAS RECENTLY INCLUDED A NEW THREE PART "EST 6ALUE 0ERFORMANCE )NDICATOR UNDER THE ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT !CT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AREAS s 4HE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSERVATION AREAS IN AN AUTHORITY S AREA "6 A s 4HE PERCENTAGE OF CONSERVATION AREAS IN ITS AREA WITH AN UP TO DATE CHARACTER APPRAISAL "6 B AND s 4HE PERCENTAGE WITH PUBLISHED MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS "6 C )T IS PERHAPS SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF "60) INDICATORS UNDER THE HEADING @CULTURE RATHER THAN @PLANNING PRESUMABLY BECAUSE THE "60) WAS PROMOTED BY THE $#-3 "UT THE @MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS THERE REFERRED TO ARE THOSE UNDER SECTION NOT THE 30$S UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM 4RANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 4HERE ARE NOW STRUCTURE AND LOCAL PLANS IN EXISTENCE FOR MOST IF NOT ALL AREAS OF %NGLAND 4HESE WILL CEASE TO HAVE ANY STATUS THREE YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE NEW SYSTEM THAT IS BY 3EPTEMBER UNLESS n AS SEEMS LIKELY TO OCCUR n THE SECRETARY OF STATE PROLONGS THEIR LIFE IN PARTICULAR CASES 4HIS EMPHASISES THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT NEW STYLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS ARE PUT IN PLACE RAPIDLY 4HAT IN TURN INDICATES THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE WHO FEEL SO INCLINED TO TAKE RAPID ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE NEW DOCUMENTS INCLUDE SUITABLE POLICIES RELATING TO THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR AN OVER ARCHING POLICY IN THE CORE STRATEGY TO FORM THE BASIS FOR RELATED SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND AREA ACTION PLANS 7ALES 4HE ARRANGEMENTS FOR 7ALES ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT 0EOPLES 0LACES &UTURES THE 7ALES SPATIAL PLAN IS EQUIVALENT TO THE 233 IN EACH %NGLISH REGION 4ABLED IN .OVEMBER IT IS AVAILABLE AT WWW WALES GOV UK )NSTEAD OF A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK THERE WILL BE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS ,$0S ! 7ELSH !SSEMBLY 'UIDANCE .OTE ISSUED IN REVISED FORM IN .OVEMBER PROVIDES INITIAL ADVICE -ORE DETAILED GUIDANCE WILL NO DOUBT BE ISSUED WHEN 0ART OF THE !CT IS BROUGHT INTO FORCE LATER THIS YEAR 4HE PRINCIPLES ARE NOT SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR TO THOSE APPLYING TO THE ,$$S IN %NGLAND )N PARTICULAR THE !SSEMBLY 'OVERNMENT ENCOURAGES AUTHORITIES TO PRODUCE SHORTER PLANS NOT OVERLY BURDENED BY DETAILED DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES "UT THERE CAN BE MORE DETAILED AREA POLICIES @7HERE THERE ARE PROPOSALS FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE USE OR DEVELOPMENT OF LAND OR CONSERVATION OF ONE OR MORE AREAS ,$0S SHOULD CONTAIN MORE DETAILED POLICIES 4HESE SHOULD PROVIDE THE CONTEXT FOR THAT AREA AS A WHOLE $ETAILED DESIGN GUIDANCE AND MASTER PLANNING SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN BUT SHOULD BE COVERED IN SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING GUIDANCE 30' SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS WHICH CAN BE A MATERIAL CONSIDERATION IN DECIDING PLANNING APPLICATIONS 'UIDANCE PARAGRAPH #ONCLUSION #ONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES TAKING PLACE THAT WILL IN THE LONGER TERM TRANSFORM THE PRESENT PLANNING SYSTEM AND THUS THE CONTEXT WITHIN WHICH THEY WORK -ORE FUNDAMENTALLY READING THROUGH ALL THE LEGISLATION AND POLICY RELATING TO THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS LEAVES A CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS NO LONGER BEING ACCORDED THE PRIVILEGED PLACE IT ONCE HELD WITHIN THE PLANNING SYSTEM #HANGES TO THE LISTING SYSTEM DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF #ONTEXT ARE ENDLESSLY POSTPONED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SEEN AS TOP PRIORITY 0ERHAPS IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE CONSERVATION SYSTEM WORKS REASONABLY WELL AS IT IS AND DOES NOT NEED URGENTLY TO BE ALTERED AS IT DID BACK IN 4HE FOCUS OF ATTENTION AT %LAND (OUSE AND IN 7ESTMINSTER IS NOW ELSEWHERE )T COULD BE ARGUED THAT ALL THIS WILL MARGINALISE AND THEREFORE DOWNGRADE CONSERVATION ISSUES ) PREFER THE VIEW THAT ALONG WITH THE PROTECTION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT HISTORIC BUILDINGS CONSERVATION IS NOW BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS A NATURAL PART OF THAT SYSTEM !ND THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE 4HE AUTHORS ARE GRATEFUL FOR HELP IN WRITING THIS ARTICLE FROM !NNA -C0HERSON A PARTNER IN THE 0AUL $RURY 0ARTNERSHIP AND COMMISSIONED BY %NGLISH (ERITAGE TO REVISE AND UPDATE ITS GUIDANCE ON CONSERVATION AREAS TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY #HARLES -YNORS AND !LEX "OOTH ARE BARRISTERS IN THE #HAMBERS OF 2OBIN 0URCHAS 1# IN THE 4EMPLE ! NEW EDITION OF -YNORS SEMINAL BOOK ,ISTED "UILDINGS #ONSERVATION !REAS AND -ONUMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY 3WEET -AXWELL IN THE AUTUMN OF n TO INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT NEW LEGISLATION AND OVER DECISIONS OF THE COURTS SINCE THE PREVIOUS EDITION
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