Conservation and Landscape

With 75 Conservation Areas, over 3,000 listed buildings and 86 scheduled ancient monuments, the quality of the District's built heritage is undoubted. Significant parts of the District fall within special landscape areas as well as the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are over 500 Tree Preservation Orders in effect and 661.8 hectares designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

	Conservation Area

Conservation and Forestry & Landscape Officers are primarily involved in protecting and promoting these important aspects of the District.

The Conservation team advise on architectural and design issues as part of the planning process. They manage the review and documentation of conservation areas, maintain records of historic buildings and provide guidance on their repair and maintenance.

Forestry & Landscape advise on landscape design elements and tree assessments for new developments and planning applications that affect protected trees. They issue Tree Preservation Orders and deal directly with applications for carrying out work to them. They also deal with notifications for proposed work on trees within a Conservation Area and assess agricultural Hedgerow Removal Notices.

For further information please contact the Heritage and Design Team on 01789 260337 or by email at planning@stratford-dc.gov.uk, or by fax on 01789 260306.

|	Conservation Areas
Information on Conservation Areas and the implications of living and working in one.
|	Residential Design Guidance, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Council has adopted SPG setting out design principles and area specific design guidance identified in the Stratford-upon-Avon Residential Character Study. The study of several residential areas identifies the significant features and characteristics of the built environment. It also led to the extension of some conservation areas.
|	Listed Buildings
Information on listed buildings and advice for those who own and/or live in them.
|	Design
Information on local character and design, with a list of relevant documents including the District Design Guide, Countryside Summary and Character Map and Village Design Statements. This section also covers the Council's Design Award for high quality building schemes.
|	Trees
Information relating to tree preservation and protection. Answers to frequently asked questions about trees in general. These including work to trees, tree felling, application forms and neighbour's trees.
|	Hedgerows
An outline of the Hedgerow Regulations and where to get more information. Followed by whether permission is needed to remove all or part of a hedgerow and how to make an application.
|	High Hedges
Guidance on how you can agree a solution about problem high hedges. Provided all other ways of resolving a hedge dispute have been tried and exhausted, you can take your complaint about a neighbour’s evergreen hedge to the District Council.