The Conservation Area
A conservation area is “an area of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which, it is desirable to preserve and enhance”. (section 69 of the Town and Country Planning (listed buildings and conservation areas) Act 1990. Conservation area designation confers a general control over the demolition of unlisted properties within their confines, strengthens controls over minor development and makes special provision for the protection of trees. The intent is not to stifle change.
The village, Burley Woodhead and immediate surroundings contain a number of listed buildings, most of which were designated in 1949. Some of these are in the Conservation Area, which was established in 1977 and has been reviewed from time to time. This covers the old mill village and much of the village centre, with some of the immediate green areas, such as the Recreation Ground and the Eastern approach from the bypass. Following construction of the bypass in 1995, the Conservation Area boundaries were reviewed and the opportunity taken to include some earlier omissions. That review was approved by Councillors in 2003.
The Greenholme Mills site, the Goit leading from the weir and Great Pasture were recommended as a conservation area in then Village Design Statement (map on page 13 of the Village Design Statement). This proposal is being considered and evaluated by BMDC Conservation and Design Department in summer 2005.
The full document and accompanying map can be viewed on the Bradford website: www.bradford.gov.uk/council/planning/heritage/cons_list_burley.asp
Copies of this document are also available through the Parish Council, and through the Senior Planning Officer, Conservation & Design at Jacobs Well.