This booklet has been produced by the Charnwood Community Safety Partnership to help reduce anti-social behaviour and help create a safer community and a better quality of life for those that live, visit and work in the Borough of Charnwood. It is designed for members of the public and professionals. It explains all about anti-social behaviour and tells people who and where they should complain to.

• Safe & Secure: A Guide to dealing with ASB in the borough of Charnwood (PDF, 4.1 Mb)

There are 38 designated Conservation Areas in the Borough. They are areas of special architectural or historic interest. They include most of the traditional village and town centres in the Borough as well as some Victorian and Edwardian and 1920s residential suburbs in Loughborough.

Conservation area designation does not prevent change but is intended to help preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the area.

The main implications of designation are:

• Stricter limitation on the extent of development that can be carried out without permission under permitted development. There is a smaller limit on extensions and greater control over garden buildings and structures;
• Demolition is controlled with a requirement to obtain Conservation Area Consent;
• Trees are protected.

In addition to these limitations there is an expectation of a higher standard of design in Conservation Areas. Residents and businesses are encouraged to maintain and restore their buildings in keeping with the character of the area.

There is useful information for householders on the Planning Portal and you may find the Self Assessment Form useful before completing an application form for Conservation Area Consent

To help the process of managing change in the conservation areas the Council is carrying out a programme of writing a character appraisal of each area. The appraisals consider the historical development of the areas, their setting in the landscape, their plan and streetscape. The appraisals go on to consider the buildings themselves, the traditional building materials which are found in the area and the architectural details. The appraisals include an assessment of the contribution of trees, green spaces and biodiversity. In carrying out the appraisal there is an opportunity to note negative aspects and areas which could be enhanced. A management plan based on the appraisal is then included either as a separate document or within the same document,

Before publication and approval by Cabinet the appraisals and management plans are shared with the local community at a public meeting.

A small part of Markfield Conservation Area, lies within Charnwood. For information please contact Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

• Conservation and Landscape Home Page - officers, addresses, phone nos and email
• Conservation Areas (External Link)

Appendices

1. Membership of Town Team
2. List of Relevant Documents
3. Acknowledgements
4. Contacts

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Appendices (External Link)

Key Stakeholders & Partners
Timetable & Planning
Costs & Funding
Land Ownership
Utilities & Infrastructure
Marketing
Key Development Sites & Public Realm Proposals
Assessing Other Development Proposals
Action Plan
Risk Analysis
Monitoring & Review

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Implementation Plan (External Link)

Key Development Sites

The Masterplan

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: The Masterplan (External Link)

Urban Design Guiding Principles

Sites/buildings for Development, Redevelopment & Improvement;
Sites/buildings to be Retained or Protected

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Other Development & Redevelopment Possibilities (External Link)

High Quality Public Realm: Part 5

Devonshire Square & Granby Street Car Park
Former General Hospital & Aumberry Gap
Loughborough Eastern Gateway

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Key Development Sites (External Link)

High Quality Public Realm: Part 4

The Character of Loughborough
Distinctiveness- A Town Centre with its Own Identity
Continuity & Closure- A Town Centre where Public & Private spaces are clearly distinguished
Legibility- A Place that has a clear image & is easy to understand
Adaptibility- A Plact that can change easily
Diversity of Uses- A Town Centre offering Variety & Choice
A Sustainable Place

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Urban Design Guiding Principles (External Link)

A High Quality Public Realm: Part 3

The Parish Green
Design Palette

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Public Realm Part 5 (External Link)

High Quality Public Realm: Part 2

iv. General Hospital Site/ Inner Relief Road

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Public Realm Part 4 (External Link)

A High Quality Public Realm: Part 1

iii. Queens Park/ Devonshire Square/ Granby Street

ii. Bedford Square/ Ward's End

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Public Realm Part 2 (External Link)

The Importance of the Public Realm
Loughborough's Public Spaces
Key Public Realm Issues
General Design Principles for the Public Realm
Strategic Public Realm Enhancements & New Public Spaces

i. Swan Street/ High Street

Access to the Town Centre
Movement within the Town Centre
Town Walks

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Transport & Movement (External Link)

Loughborough Town Centre in Context
Purpose of the Masterplan
Masterplan Area

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: The Vision (External Link)

What Makes Loughborough Town Centre Special?

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: What Makes Loughborough Town Centre Special? (External Link)

Vision for Loughborough Town Centre
The Masterplan
Contents
Foreword

• Loughborough Town Centre: Foreword (External Link)

Loughborough Town Centre in Context
Prupose of the Masterplan
Status Masterplan
Consultation
Definition of Areas
The Planning Policy Context

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Introduction (External Link)

Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Front Cover

• Loughborough Town Centre Masterplan: Front Cover (External Link)

Willowbrook Neighbourhood Newsletter January- June 2011

• Leicestershire Constabulary: Willowbrook Newsletter (External Link)

Shelthorpe Neighbourhood Newsletter January- June 2011

• Leicestershire Constabulary: Shelthorpe Newsletter (External Link)

Sharpley and Garendon Neighbourhood Newsletter January- June 2011

• Leicestershire Constabulary: Sharpley and Garendon Newsletter (External Link)

Outwoods and Forest Road Neighbourhood Newsletter January- June 2011

• Leicestershire Constabulary: Outwoods and Forest Road Newsletter (External Link)