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Newton Longville Newton Longville Conservation Area NB Boundary on this photograph for illustrative purposes Aerial photograph by UK Perspectives Designated by the Council 29th November 2006 following public consultation Newton Longville Conservation Area Newton Longville Conservation Area St Faith’s Church page CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 CHAPTER 2 PLANNING POLICY Planning Policy .......................................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 3 SUMMARY Summary .............................................................................................................. 3 CHAPTER 4 LOCATION AND CONTEXT Location ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Context .......................................................................................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER 5 GENERAL CHARACTER AND PLAN FORM General character and plan form ....................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 6 HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT AND FORMER USES Origins ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Historic Development ............................................................................................................................ 8 Former Uses ................................................................................................................................................ 10 CHAPTER 7 ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology ................................................................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 8 KEY VIEWS AND VISTAS Key views and vistas ................................................................................................................................ 13 CHAPTER 9 OPEN SPACES AND TREES Open spaces and trees .............................................................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER 10 PERMEABILITY Permeability .................................................................................................................................................. 15 CHAPTER 11 ALTERATIONS TO BOUNDARY Alterations to boundary ........................................................................................................................ 17 CHAPTER 12 DEFINITION OF IDENTITY AREAS Definition of Identity Areas ................................................................................................................. 18 Newton Longville Conservation Area CHAPTER 13 VILLAGE MORPHOLOGY Identity Area 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 19 Identity Area 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER 14 ARCHITECTURAL FORM Identity Area 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Identity Area 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 15 DETAILS AND MATERIALS Roofs .............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Chimneys ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Walls ............................................................................................................................................................... 26 Windows ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Doors ............................................................................................................................................................. 29 Boundary treatment ............................................................................................................................... 30 Surface treatment .................................................................................................................................... 32 CHAPTER 16 KEY BUILDINGS Key buildings ............................................................................................................................................. 33 CHAPTER 17 NEGATIVE FACTORS AND ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES Negative factors and enhancement opportunities ........................................ .......................... 35 CHAPTER 18 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Glossary of Terms .................................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER 19 GUIDANCE AND USEFUL INFORMATION Guidance ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................. 39 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX I Map showing Conservation Area Boundary ................................................... 41 APPENDIX II Conservation Area constraints ................................................................................ 42 APPENDIX III Planning Policy ............................................................................................................. 43 APPENDIX IV Archaeology ................................................................................................................... 44 APPENDIX V Asset sheets Designated by the Council on the 29th November 2006 following public consultation. Information contained in this report is correct at the time of compilation, Jan 2006 © Aylesbury Vale District Council 2006 Newton Longville Conservation Area CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION A Conservation Area was designated at Newton Longville on 16th October 1991. The Conservation Area incorporates a relatively small area of the village centred on the junction of Whaddon Road, Bletchley Road, Drayton Road and Stoke Road. The boundary includes a number of key historic buildings, notably, St. Faith's Church, Newton Longville Manor House, the Old Rectory and St. Anne's Grange as well as clusters of historic development around Church End and the village green. Notwithstanding the requirement under The Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 for the Local Planning Authority to review ‘from time to time1’ the Conservation Areas within their boundaries, the need to review Newton Longville fifteen years after the original designation has been prompted by the increased pressures being exerted upon it by the potential future growth of Milton Keynes. The following appraisal identifies minor changes to the 1991 boundary2 and attempts to qualify those characteristics that make Newton Longville special and worthy of Conservation Area designation. It is acknowledged that this document cannot be completely comprehensive and where buildings, features and spaces etc. have not been specifically identified, it should not be assumed that they are of no significance. Pa Recreation Ground th (u Pond m ) Hall LondonLondon B L E End T C End H L E Y Baptist Church 3 R 8 Allotment Gardens O A D LONDON END BAY TREE C LOSE 18 Crooked 11 W 8 Billet HAD (PH) DON ROAD Church Path End (um) 9 Newton C HURC H Longville E N D Pond St Faith's PH 4 2 Church WestbrookWestbrook EndEnd STO K 95.9m 2 E WESTBROOK R OAD Manor House END Stoke Road Farm The Rectory 8 4 1 3 2 5 Pond 16 DRAYTON ROAD 2 1 9 21 MoorMoor End Newton Longville End Primary School 2310 850 4 in ra D in ra Existing ConservationD Area Boundary N Pond Not to any recognised scale Pond C ROAD Crown copyright. All rights reserved. N O T Y A R D Aylesbury Vale District Council. LA 100019797 2006 Map showing 1991 Conservation Area boundary 1 The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Section 69.1a 2 1 A map of the proposed Conservation Area is contained within Appendix I Newton Longville Conservation Area CHAPTER 2 - PLANNING POLICY Section 69.1a of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 places a duty on local planning authorities to determine which areas within their district are of 'special architectural or historic interest the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve 3 or enhance' . Once identified these areas should be designated as Conservation Areas and regularly reviewed. As part of the designation and review process it is important to produce up-to-date appraisal documents that support and justify designation and which can be used to inform planning decisions affecting Conservation