Conservation Area Advisory Committees
- What is a Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC)?
- What does a CAAC do?
- CAAC Contact Information
What is a CAAC?
Conservation Area Advisory Committees (CAACs) provide a way for members of the general public with an interest in heritage to assist the Council in protecting the built environment of our Conservation Areas. Government policy in PPS5 and its supporting statement and practice guide support community involvement "to create a sense of ownership in the locality and so help to strengthen local communities" (the Government's Statement on the Historic Environment for England, 2010).
Haringey Council encourage CAACs to be formed (or existing societies to take on that role) to eventually cover all the Conservation Areas in the borough. Many cover more than one neighbouring Conservation Area, which is fine. The Council inform CAACs of Planning and Conservation Area Consent Applications and relevant planning policy consultations in their area and welcome their assistance and views on the protection and management of Conservation Areas.
CAACs provide for the involvement of national amenity societies, independent historical, architectural and planning expertise, local residents and businesses, and local civic, historical and amenity societies. Their existence, area of coverage and membership is voluntary and for the CAACs themselves to decide. There is no national guidance on the form that CAACs should take; how they are organised and operate, or on the role of authorities in supporting such groups.
|back to topWhat does a CAAC do?
Conservation Area Advisory Committees can assist the Council in the formulation of policies and guidance for their conservation area and also act as a continuing source of advice on planning issues affecting their area.
All applications for new development and for alterations and extensions to existing buildings are considered by the Council’s Planning Development Control Service. In determining these applications planning officers and Planning Committee members can benefit greatly from the local knowledge that can be gained from observations and recommendations provided by active local Conservation Area Advisory Committees.
The main part played by a CAAC in the planning process is to provide a local focus on design, conservation and heritage matters. Typically CAACs make observations on how new applications for planning permission, listed building consent and conservation area consent affect their conservation area and relay these observations to the planning development control team for their consideration in the assessment of the application.
The CAAC may also make representations on applications to carry out works to trees within their conservation area or recommend the serving of a Tree Preservation Order (TPO); it can recommend buildings for statutory listing by contacting English Heritage, assist in the review of the council’s register of local listed buildings of merit and make consultation comments on the contents of draft Conservation Area Character Appraisals and other draft planning policies on which the Council is seeking comments.
|back to topCAAC Contact Information
The following are Haringey CAAC details:
Alexandra Park and Palace (APPCAAC) Re-established 2006
Meets when appropriate, usually at the Old Schoolhouse, Hornsey Historical Society, Tottenham Lane N8.
Chairman: Colin Marr colin.marr@blueyonder.co.uk - 020 8883 9069
Crouch End and Hornsey (CEandHCAAC) Established 1985
Usually meets monthly, at the Old Schoolhouse, Tottenham Lane, N8.
Chair: Stephen Ibbotson
Secretary: Marian Janes marianjanes@blueyonder.co.uk - 020 8432 2917
Highgate (HCAAC) Established 1979
It has a Planning Sub-Committee that meets every 3 weeks.
Chair: Susan Rose
Contact: Claudio Novello - 020 8341 2947
Muswell Hill (MHCAAC) Established 1978
Usually meets monthly.
Chair: John Crompton johnn10@btinternet.com
Noel Park (NPCAAC) Established 2009
Meets at Shropshire Hall, Gladstone Avenue.
Secretary: Rachella Sinclair - 020 8351 3969 - noelpark.preservation@gmail.com
Stroud Green (SGCAAC) Established 2010
Usually meets monthly.
Contact: John Gordon - 020 8374 2737 - johngordon89@hotmail.com
Tottenham (TCAAC) Re-established 2007
Meets every two months. Annual Report available on request.
Chair:Matthew Bradby Mattbradby@hotmail.com - 020 8352 2354
Secretary: Joyce Rosser jrosser@lineone.net - 020 8347 7684
