Residents of Parwich should have received notification today of the details of the review of the Conservation Area.
The Peak District National Park Authority’s draft appraisal of Parwich Conservation Area is now available on-line at http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/parwich-appraisal/. Copies are also available for public viewing at the Authority’s Offices at Aldern House in Bakewell, in the Sycamore Inn Parwich or through Parwich Parish Council.
The consultation period on this document runs from Monday 14th April to Friday 23rd May 2008. If you want to comment to the Peak Park Authority either email sue.adam@peakdistrict.gov.uk, or write to the Historic Buildings Team at the Peak District National Park Authority’s headquarters, or attend the public meeting at 4-00pm to 7-30pm on Tuesday 6th May in Parwich Memorial Hall. All comments must be sent in by 5-00pm on Friday 23rd May 2008. If you have any questions about this review phone the Historic Buildings Team on 01629 816200.
Parwich Village Action Group urges as many people as possible to look at the draft appraisal and to attend the public meeting. They also feel it is important for us all to share our views with each other, which you can do either by commenting here on PARWICH.ORG or by coming along to the informal Environment Group meeting at 8pm on Monday 21st April at the Sycamore Inn. It is vital that we are happy with the appraisal as we will have to live with its implementation over the next twenty or so years.
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Just to back up what pheadair says: I’ve just followed the link to the appraisal page and have downloaded the various PDF documents to be found there, and they make for fascinating and informative reading. Has the Local History Society and/or the Village Action Group been involved in supplying any of the information? If so, then they should be congratulated on doing such a thorough job.
I am also fascinated to discover that there is a rare plant species (Jacob’s Ladder) growing near Creamery Cottage, presumably right outside our windows…
In the draft Conservation Area Appraisal Parwich is described as a ‘dormitory’ village. Is this true? If it remains in, will it have a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ effect, as the planners will use it to object to any commercially related development, making it even harder for those who wish to live and work in our community. With Station Road Farm will the planners effectively block it continuing as a working small holding?
I took a look at this document as it was available in the Sycamore and was highly impressed at the wealth of information it contains on our village. I would thoroughly recommend taking the time to read this. The website link shown above allows you to download the report.