Following the earlier endorsement of the Council Conservation Working Party, this week our proposal for local conservation area designation reached the Council Cabinet Committee. This is not a meeting that is open to the public but we have been advised that a ‘green light’ has been given to call for a report into the implications of local conservation status. We have asked for consultation opportunity and will do all that we can to objectively make the case for protecting the area and for heritage led regeneration in Hamlet Court Road, as has happened in many places throughout the UK. Unfortunately this delays things a little but hopefully the level of scrutiny will simply serve to underpin the proposals and reinforce the confidence already shown by Councillors.
There’s a long way to go but things are still on track…