CONSERVATION AREA AUDIT 24 BELGRAVIA CONSULTATION DRAFT Date: 23.10.2013 Status: Draft for Public Consultation Document ID No: Representations to: Conservation Area Audit, City Planning Westminster City Council, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QP E-mail:
[email protected] Direct Tel: 020 7641 8705/8019/2503 All comments should be submitted by 11.12.2013 Details of the consultation process are set out in the consultation statement. Please note that all comments made on this draft SPD will be published, prior to the adoption of the SPD, as part of a final consultation statement. Conservation Area Audit City Planning Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QP www.westminster.gov.uk CONSERVATION AREA AUDIT | BELGRAVIA P2 PREFACE Belgravia, with its stucco mansions and squares, is one of the City’s best known Westminster’s exceptional built heritage and most distinctive residential areas. is a defining aspect of the character of the This document sets out to identify and City. This character derives not just from protect those qualities which contribute our best known landmarks but also the to its distinctiveness and also to provide wider historic environment, the importance a framework for its future protection and of which is recognised through designation management. of local areas of special architectural and historic interest or conservation areas. Conservation areas were first designated in Westminster in 1967 and since this time, the City Council has undertaken a comprehensive programme of conservation area designation, extensions Councillor Robert Davis DL and policy development. There are now 56 conservation areas in Westminster, Deputy Leader and covering over 76% of the City and Cabinet Member for Built Environment encompassing some of the UK’s finest townscape.