Introduction

The production of the Town Appraisal in 1999 enabled the community to participate in identifying the main challenges and opportunities facing the town, and the actions necessary to respond to these issues. The Appraisal provided local citizens the opportunity to express their views on a wide range of matters, including the scale and form of development in the town. This Village Design Statement completes the process enabling the townspeople to contribute to all aspects of the planning process. The Objectives of a Village Design Statement are:

* to give the community a recognised voice in the planning processes that affect the visual quality of the town's built environment and the surrounding countryside

* to be compatible with statutory planning system and the local planning context

* to be suitable for approval as supplementary planning guidance

* to support and strengthen the role of the Joint Parish Council when consulted over planning applications

* to demonstrate local commitment to high quality design and appropriate development that will improve the quality of life in the town

* to contribute to securing a thriving and viable future for the town

* to enable local people to respond in an informed and professional manner to planning proposals

* to be applicable to all of the town and its surroundings, not just the conservation area.

This document has been produced by the Henley & Beaudesert VDS Team, with active and financial support from the Beaudesert and Henley-in-Arden Joint Parish Council together and practical and financial support from Stratford-on-Avon District Council. The advice and support of Andrew Wharton and Karl Korpf of Stratford-on-Avon District Council have been invaluable.

Contributors:
Joyce Alan, Stan Alan, Brian Atherton, Ann Atherton, George Atkinson, Duncan Bainbridge, Marjinetta Bainbridge, Helen Bamford , Sarah Barker, Mick Bartholomew, Dianne Bartholomew, Wendy Bengen, Valerie Bengen, C.T Benger Chris Bilston, Kevin Bilston, Chris Bilstone, Ben Bradford, Gerrie Bruce Mark Bunting, Ray Charlton, Tim Clack, Kathy Clarke, Pamela Clarke. John Clarke, Kathryn Clarke, Sara Corrie, Clive Corrie, Emma Collette, Martin Davies, Linda Davies, Sally Dowding, ony Dowding, Marion Dowding, , Sylvia Doyle, Helen Dun, Mike Eager Peter Egan, E Enstone, Les Goodman, Alison Gould, Janice Gowan, Caroline Gowan, L.R. Grant, D Grant, Nan Gutch, S Halliwell, Paul Hammond, Rachel Hammond A.J Haring, Jean Harn, Leon Harvey, Allen Har vey, Ruth Harvey, Sara Hingley, Graham Hinton, Ray Holding, Ed Holding, Jean Holding, Ann Holding, Avery Howells, Daphne Hughes, Catherine Hughes Ivy Ingram, Stuart Ingram, Vera Jackson, June Jackson, Mohammed Jhangir John Johnson, Craig Jones, C Kirkham, Wendy Knowlson, Helen Knight, Jo Lopes, Amanda Lopes, Robin Mason, Ginny Matheou, George Matheou, Joy May, Sam Mazey, Alison Miles, Bill Miles, Hilary Miles, Brian Milligan, Ian Monk, Maggie Moon, Carey Moon, Jackie Moulder, Sylvia Muerniks, Sandra Mumford, Michael Niscon, Janette Palmer, Tony Palmer, Joanne Parson, Sandra Parsons, Graham Pearce, Anthony Perry, Tom Pratt, , S.B. Rees, Irene Robinson, Alan Robson, Chris Sarchet V.M. Selvey, Rosemary Sharman, Derek Sharman, Geoff Shepperd, B.G. Shepperd, Joy Smith, Gerald Smith, Barbara Sunderland, Emily Sylvester, Paul Syratt, Ron Tuplin, A. Vines, Sally Wallace, Barbara Warmington, P Wess Andy Wharton, Christine Whitehouse, Brian Whitehouse, Dan Wild, Carol Wild, Brian Wilde, Judy Wilde, Joy Williams, Ruth Wilmott, David Wilmott, George Wilson, Irene Wilson, Kate Wilson, Jaqui Wit, Anastasia Wright

 

The Village Design Statement was approved by the Beaudesert & Henley-in-Arden Joint Parish Council on June 18th 2001. It was submitted to the Stratford District Council on October 2nd 2001, when it was adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document