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Conservation areas

The interest and character of townscapes, village scenes, parkland and historic gardens can be recognised and protected by the designation of Conservation Areas.

These are often centred on listed buildings, but not always. Groups of other buildings, street patterns, open spaces, trees and village greens contribute to the character of an area and may well deserve special recognition.

With potentially conflicting demands of protection/enhancement and viability and vitality, the challenge now is to provide a framework that will clearly identify a programme of action to address to problems of poor design, repair and reuse of redundant buildings, the understanding and protection of the historic environment and to identify an approach to enhancement and management.

Conservation Areas in Bridgnorth district

Albrighton	Albrighton: Station Road	Alveley	Badger	Beckbury	Boningale
Bourton	Bridgnorth	Bridgnorth: Innage Gardens	Broseley	Burwarton	Chelmarsh
Claverley	Ditton Priors	Donington and Albrighton	Haughton Village	Highley	Highley: Clee View
Kemberton	Morville	Much Wenlock	Neenton	Norton	Oldbury
Quatford	Quatt	Ryton	Severn Gorge part A part B part C	Sheriffhales	Shifnal
Shifnal Broadway	Stottesdon	Tong	Weston-Under-Lizard	Worfield

In addition to the normal planning controls, a number of special controls apply in Conservation Areas.

Consent is needed for the demolition of most buildings, there is a small reduction in the size of extensions which can be built without planning permission and you need to give the district council six weeks notice if you want to top, lop or fell most trees above a certain size.

In some Conservation Areas, Article 4 Directions impose additional restrictions on the types of alterations that can be made to buildings without planning permission.

Planning policies relating to Conservation Areas can be found in the 'Conservation of the Built Environment' chapter of the Bridgnorth District Local Plan.

Request information about Conservation Areas online.

Contact:

Conservation Officer
Development Services Department

Email: devpol@bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk

Tel: (01746) 713148

Conservation Area Appraisals

We are currently preparing character appraisals of all our Conservation Areas. The following are currently available:

Albrighton	Albrighton Station Road	Alveley
Badger	Beckbury	Boningale
Bourton	Bridgnorth	Broseley
Chelmarsh	Claverley	Ditton Priors
Donington and Albrighton	Highley	Innage Gardens
Morville	Much Wenlock	Sheriffhales
Shifnal	Worfield