Consultation on two local conservation areas - Larkhall CA and Clapham Road CA

Lambeth Council has launched a consulation on several draft conservation area statements next week. The local conservation areas covered are:

Clapham Road Conservation Area

Larkhall Conservation Area

The consultation will run from Monday 16 October 2009 to Monday 23 November 2009. The Council is seeking views from local people on the content of the draft documents. This link takes you to the draft documents ( warning - they are large documents: 5MB+). All comments received will be considered and where appropriate amendments will be made.

The introduction of each draft Conservation Area statement set’s out the draft consultation process which includes a public meetings, the details of which are below:

The Clapham Road Conservation Area was designated in September 1981 and encompasses housing dating from the late Georgian period on Clapham Road and Edwardian properties of Atherfold Road. The conservation area boundary has remained unchanged since designation. The Conservation Area is immediate north of central Clapham and takes a linear form along Clapham Road which is a main road linking Clapham to northern Lambeth. The Sibella Road Conservation Area (CA 58) lies immediately to the west.

Clapham Road Conservation Area Consultation Event:

Date - Tuesday 3rd November
Venue - Fenwick Hall, 128 Willington Road, SW9
3.30 - 6.15pm Conservation Officers available to discuss the draft document.
6.30 - 7.15pm Public Meeting - Conservation Officer will talk through the document.

The Larkhall Conservation Area was designated in June 1981 and subsequently extended in July 1983. In 2001 the Angell Arms Public House, Binfield Road was added to the Conservation Area and in 2002 properties fronting Wandsworth Rd were transferred into the newly designated Wandsworth Road Conservation Area (CA59). Today the conservation area is an L shaped designation following Lansdowne Way and Larkhall Lane. It is characterised by a historic road pattern and 19th Century buildings / urban grain that has survived relatively unscathed in comparison to the wider area which contains much mid-late 20th Century redevelopment. Its slow, evolutionary development has resulted in a pleasant, informal townscape and is worthy of every effort to preserve its special character and appearance.

Conservation Area Consultation Event:

Date - Tuesday 17th November
Venue - Stockwell Community Resource Centre, 1 Studley Road, SW4 6RA
3.30 - 6.15pm Conservation Officers available to discuss the draft document.
6.30 - 7.15pm Public Meeting - Conservation Officer will talk through the document.