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Annual General Meeting westoncivicsociety.org.uk 2020 Old Town Quarry, South Road, BS23 2LS Summer No 144 General enquiries 01934 251487 Due to the corona virus lockdown we were unable to hold our normal AGM in April and it looks increasingly unlikely we will be able to do so in the near future. If restrictions do permit it we will hold the AGM as advertised below, but if they do not, similar to many organisations in the same situation, the Civic Society will hold a ‘virtual’ AGM using the Zoom software on the same date and at the same time. Nominations for Executive Committee members, and motions to be put to the AGM, should be submitted by latest August 31st 2020 by post to the Secretary, Weston -super-Mare Civic Society, Flat A, 6 Ellenborough Crescent, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XL, or scanned by e-mail to [email protected] Each nomination must state the position to be filled – Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, Secretary or ordinary Executive Committee member and include signatures of a proposer, seconder and the signed agreement of the nominated person. Motions should similarly have both a proposer and seconder with signatures. If you wish to attend the Zoom AGM please e-mail th [email protected] by latest September 27 2020 and we will send you the link and instructions how to join by return. Annual General Meeting Weston Museum or Zoom 1 Nomination form for Officers and/or Executive Committee Members To reach the Secretary (address above) st by 31 August 2020 post or e-mail I propose ______________________ (name in caps) as ________________________ Signed ______________________________ I second _______________________ (name in caps) as________________________ Signed ______________________________ Signature of person proposed indicating consent ____________________________ Dated ____________ Membership Renewal Membership is due for renewal and to make life a little easier we would prefer members to renew by direct debit. For bank details please e-mail the membership secretary Peter Barrington at [email protected] Saving Seaside Shelters The condition of this seafront shelter is symptomatic of poor investment in our built heritage. Despite tremendous work being done by heritage staff at North Somerset Council, with first-rate encouragement and support from Historic England, this photograph shows what happens when current finances are 2 unable to make amends for past neglect. Who can now pick up the bill? Whilst it’s easy to quantify restoration costs, the effect of such obvious neglect on our local tourism image is less easily discerned. The council had hoped to apply for grant aid but a combination of other priorities and furloughed lottery staff means more delay, and with delay will come more deterioration. Seafront shelters have featured as the book cover for best-selling ‘Take Nothing With You’ by Patrick Gale and as a set in part 3 of the BBC’s ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’. Post-Covid Hotels It’s pointless speculating on what’s likely or not likely to happen to Weston’s hotel and hospitality industry as we move further into this difficult tourist season but one thing is certain - the Grand Atlantic Hotel’s future isn’t looking good. Built as The College (a private school) in 1859 it was enlarged and converted thirty years later into the hotel by Manchester architect John Whittington. It is in the Great Weston Conservation Area but is not a Listed Building. A new hotel owner? Residential conversion? Development ‘opportunity’? Dereliction? Weston Civic Society is mindful of the difficulties which all our local hoteliers, restaurateurs, publicans, shopkeepers & traders, and other businesses associated with the tourism and hospitality industry are facing in these extraordinary times. We wish them well in their efforts to overcome past months of lockdown. 3 Forthcoming Talks New dates for our ‘lost’ talks will be advised on our website as soon as we are able, subject to pandemic regulations and availability of speakers. History of the Playhouse Theatre Samantha Ball, author of a book published on the 50th anniversary of the theatre’s re-opening following the 1964 fire The New High Street Heritage Action Zone Cara MacMahon Heritage Action Zone Project Officer, North Somerset Council Weston Moving Forward Jo Walker Chief Executive Officer and Alex Hearn Assistant Director Placemaking & Growth, North Somerset Council Weston Museum Discussions between South West Heritage Trust and Weston Town Council have taken place and it looks as though Weston Museum (Burlington Street) and the Museum of Somerset (Taunton Castle) will reopen in August with appropriate social distancing restrictions. The museum’s had lockdown but not lockout and recently, with no public safety issues to worry about, contractors have been hard at work creating new gallery and meeting rooms. Meanwhile, staff and volunteers have been congratulated for their imaginary and innovative way of keeping an at-distance facility in ‘virtual’ operation. The Civic Society offers its own congratulations and longs to ‘return home’ for meetings as soon as possible. 4 Recent Civic Society Planning Comments Since the last edition of Weston View the following submissions have been made to North Somerset Council. In October an objection was made over the retrospective application for the erection of a fence at the front of the property at 55 Old Church Road, Uphill. Although the property was not in the Great Weston Conservation Area, in the development of the Conservation Area it became clear that there was real awareness of the loss of / inappropriate boundary treatments. The installed fencing changed the street view and the surrounding area with its bushes and low walls. It put up barriers to the public realm. The application was REFUSED but the applicantion went to appeal and was DISMISSED. In the same month three further objections were made to retrospective applications for wooden fences at 1 Rennison Court, Whitting Road (APPROVED), 22 Upper Bristol Road (REFUSED) and 8 The Scaurs (REFUSED) The latest plan for demolition of existing buildings and erection of new buildings to create 40 self-contained flats at 6-10 Madeira Road, (Former Lynton Hotel) was submitted. We welcomed the reconstruction of the elevations to Madeira Road in the original Victorian style. A request was made for a more appropriate boundary treatment. The lack of lifts was a surprise. NO DECISION YET The month continued with our objection to the part (70%) demolition of the front stone boundary wall at 26 Montpelier to allow for widening of the existing driveway access and erection of detached single garage to front of property. Montpelier is in the Hillside Character Area of the Great Weston Conservation Area. REFUSED but applicant has appealed with NO DECISION YET. 5 The month ended with an objection to the proposed side extension at 13 Bournville Road. The property’s Kensington Road elevation defined the corner with an attractive double height bay window, natural stone walling, window surrounds, quoins and string courses. The extension did not preserve the existing building line and was not finished in a suitable material. (19/P/2386/FUH) APPROVED November started with an objection against the demolition of an existing single-storey rear extension and construction of a two-storey rear extension with hipped pitched roof at 20 Wooler Road. Part-demolition of the north-side stone boundary wall was to create vehicle access to parking at the rear of the garden. The reasons for the refusal of the original proposal still remained. In addition the proposed extension visually overbears the uniformity of the remainder of the Victorian terrace. APPROVED The month continued with an objection for the retention of a wooden boundary fence to front of the property at 1 Lisle Road. The property is in an open plan development of over 60 houses. If approved it could have led to a proliferation of fences and the open plan layout would be lost. REFUSED The final objection in the month was raised against the retrospective application for the erection of pergola at 13b Montpelier. The Society believed any such installation should be in a back garden and not in a prominent position in the front garden, interfering with the view of the fine Victorian House. The construction of the wooden pergola and associated fencing in the front garden of the property severely impacts on the street scene. REFUSED December started with an objection against the application to increase the front drive access at 28 Montpelier. There was no justification given for widening the access which involved removing a section of the boundary wall. The change was contrary to the Appraisal and Management Plan for the Hillside Character Area of the Great Weston Conservation Area. APPROVED The month continued with our objection to a retrospective application to change the boundary fencing at 29A Clevedon Road. The property is now in the Whitecross Character Area of the Great Weston Conservation Area. The adopted Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan highlighted that 6 for Clevedon Road the inappropriate boundary treatments were significant and that the issue was serious and required action. REFUSED Another objection was lodged against the demolition of stone boundary wall in the proposal for a single-storey side extension to west of dwelling at 8 Cecil Road. Relocation of garage and creation of new driveway to accommodate off-road parking to front APPROVED after change to exclude demolition of stone wall. The year ended with an objection against the retrospective application for the erection of a boundary fence behind the existing stone wall fronting 47 Bristol Road Lower. The Society believed that the approval of this application would lead to a worsening of the situation relating to loss of/inappropriate boundary treatments (e.g. front garden walls) and could lead to a proliferation in the area.
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