Conservation Areas

4.3

Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 requires the city council to assess and determine which parts of the city merit designation as conservation areas. The prime consideration in identifying conservation areas is the special quality and interest of the area, rather than that of individual buildings. The council has designated the following Conservation Areas:

• Old Town (3 areas - north, west and south)

• Oxford Street

• Carlton Crescent

• The Avenue

• Cranbury Place

• Canute Road

• Bassett Green Village

• Old Woolston (4 areas)

• St Anne's Road, Old Woolston

• Ethelburt Avenue, Swaythling

• Uplands Estate, Highfield

• St James Road, Shirley

• Itchen Valley

• Portswood Residents' Gardens

Oakmont Traingle

4.4

Conservation Area Character Appraisals have been carried out so far for the following conservation areas:

• Old Town (North, South and West)

• The Avenue

• Canute Road

• St. James Road, Shirley

• Portswood Residents' Garden

4.5

In conservation areas generally, there will be a presumption in favour of preservation or enhancement of their existing character and appearance. Where development is proposed within, or affecting a conservation area, applications will be judged against the Conservation Area Appraisal. Where such an appraisal has not yet been carried out, development will be judged against factors such as the local townscape, streetscape and materials which contribute to the character of the conservation area.