Conservation Areas
Conservation areas are areas with a special architectural or historic character which deserves to be kept. Usually they are centred on the older parts of our market towns and villages. There are 52 conservation areas in Hambleton but only 47 within the Hambleton Planning Area. A map showing the location of all the Conservation Areas can be viewed here.
Conservation areas vary considerably in size and character. They range from small villages to the town centres of Thirsk and Northallerton. The one thing which all conservation areas share is that their architectural or historic interest and their special character or appearance is worth conserving and enhancing.
There are a small number of extra controls which apply within conservation areas. These relate to extensions, additions and alterations to roofs (including dormer extensions), the cladding of buildings and the installation of satellite dishes. In specific parts of the Stokesley and Thirsk Conservation Areas, stricter controls apply. Planning Officers will be happy to advise you of these special controls and whether they apply to you.
The purpose of these additional controls is to ensure that the special qualities of the area are not undermined by the loss of important features or damaged by insensitive new development.
Planning Information Note 2 gives information about Conservation Areas and how you may be affected if you happen to live in one.
Conservation Area Assessment
Conservation Area Assessments have been compiled for three of the market towns and provide a detailed appraisal of townscape features, buildings and spaces which make them attractive, historic towns.
- Bedale Conservation Area Assessment Opens in a new window
- Easingwold Conservation Area Assessment Opens in a new window
- Stokesley Conservation Area Assessment Opens in a new window
- Thirsk Conservation Area Assessment Opens in a new window
- Thirsk Conservation Area Assessment Map Opens in a new window
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