Issue - meetings
Meeting: 04/02/2025 - Cabinet (Item 125)
125 CONSERVATION AREAS COMMITTEE 
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Decision:
RECOMMENDED: That the Conservation Areas Advisory Panel (CAAP) be disbanded.
Reason for Decision
The CAAP panel has been in existence for a long time and while the input of the panel has been invaluable, the National Planning Policy Framework now places greater emphasis upon specialist advice on design, which this panel are not qualified to deliver.
Minutes:
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The Conservation Areas Advisory Panel was set up in 1994 in accordance with PPG15 which was no longer a valid piece of planning guidance.
The new NPPF 138 states “. Local planning authorities should ensure that they have access to, and make appropriate use of, tools and processes for assessing and improving the design of development. The primary means of doing so should be through the preparation and use of local design codes, in line with the National Model Design Code.”
The report recommended that the Panel be disbanded.
The report had been considered by the Regeneration and Development Panel and the recommendations supported.
RECOMMENDED: That the Conservation Areas Advisory Panel (CAAP) be disbanded.
Reason for Decision
The CAAP panel has been in existence for a long time and while the input of the panel has been invaluable, the National Planning Policy Framework now places greater emphasis upon specialist advice on design, which this panel are not qualified to deliver.