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The 20 Conservation Areas within the Borough are shown on the Policies Map. Links to
available appraisals can be found on the Council’s website. The Council will produce
appraisals and management plan proposals for all of its conservation areas in due course,
and will periodically review these.
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The Council recognises the importance of the historic environment to the Borough’s local
character and distinctiveness, its contribution to the five distinct ‘places’ of Solihull and the
cultural, social, environmental and economic benefits of conserving heritage assets in
proportion to their significance. In line with the NPPF, Policy P16 encourages the
conservation of the historic environment whilst ensuring that assets have viable uses that
enable that conservation. It also promotes the recognition of the wider social, cultural,
economic and environmental benefits of its conservation, and the desirability of new
development contributing positively to local character and distinctiveness. The Policy defines
the special characteristics which the Council considers make a significant contribution to
Solihull’s local distinctiveness and advocates strong protection of those qualities and the
Borough’s wider historic environment. The policy also seeks to ensure that all development
preserves or enhances heritage assets in a manner appropriate to their significance, as
defined in the evidence base for the Local Plan, or as their significance emerges during the
planning process.
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To conserve the heritage assets and sense of place within Solihull, all development
proposals affecting heritage assets will also be expected to adhere to current established
guidance. At present this includes National Planning Practice Guidance and all relevant
Historic England publications including Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance
(2008).
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A substantial body of evidence on the historic environment has been collected and informed
the development of the Local Plan and this Review, its strategy for the Borough’s historic
environment and the selection of sites allocated for development. Key pieces of evidence
such as the Warwickshire Historic Landscape Characterisation (June 2010), Warwickshire
Historic Farmstead Characterisation Project (August 2010), Warwickshire Landscape
Guidelines: Arden (November 1993), Solihull Characterisation Study (December 2011) and
Solihull Historic Environment Record have been used to develop an understanding of
Solihull’s historic environment, local distinctiveness and its heritage assets; those parts of
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