Residents Fight Kenilworth Conservation Area Proposals
December 3, 2004 3:33 PM
Not everyone wants to live in a Conservation Area
At a meeting in Kenilworth with Warwick District Council Planning department this week, local residents expressed strong opposition to proposals to extend the Kenilworth Conservation Area to include their homes for the first time.
The meeting was organised by local Lib Dem councillors in response to numerous concerns raised by residents who have been consulted on the proposals.
Many people saw Conservation Area status as the imposition of unnecessary controls on householders. Others were concerned about the potential impact on house values and saleability.
Strong concerns were also expressed that the District Council appeared to have based their proposals on inputs from and discussions with unelected bodies such as English Heritage and the Kenilworth Society, while the property owners most affected and their local councillors were at the end of the queue for consultation.
Kenilworth Liberal Democrats have taken an active stance in ensuring that affected householders have had the fullest opportunity to understand and respond to the proposals, by leafleting the areas concerned and winning a 2-week extension to the consultation period, which ended yesterday.
We have also made our own submission to the Planning department, expressing general support for the principle of conservation areas, but opposition to many of the detailed proposals currently under review.
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