Round two for the Loose Area Character Assessment

The Character Assessment process put in place by Conservative Councillors last year to help strengthen our weak planning policy is moving forwards for Loose quicker than expected. A wide ranging group of interested parties met on Wednesday evening at Loose Primary School to have a second in put to the assessment process. Character Assessments will help protect against developments that do not maintain or enhance an area. The consultants from Tony Fullwood Associates who are undertaking the documents development will be arranging for local public consultation on the draft document in Nov 07 with an expected final version for March 08. This document will then have legal weight in planning terms. The consultants did make the point that it would not stop all developed, but that development will have to be more in keeping.