{"id":30881,"date":"2021-08-13T18:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30881"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:56:11","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-southends-westcliff-hamlet-court-road-to-get-conservation-area-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=30881","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Southend\u2019s Westcliff Hamlet Court Road \u2018to get conservation area status\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The unique nature of Southend\u2019s \u2018second High Street\u2019, Hamlet Court Road, is set to be recognised with conservation area status, reports <em>The Echo.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026During the public consultation\u2026there was strong support for the conservation area\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>The Echo<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;historic character&#8221; of Hamlet Court Road will be protected and is also likely to lead to opportunities for additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>The conservation area will include the buildings on ei,ther side of Hamlet Court Road and run from London Road south, to St Helen\u2019s Road.<\/p>\n<p>Carole Mulroney, Lib Dem councillor responsible for environment, culture, tourism and planning, said \u201cFollowing extensive research carried out by the council, the northern section of Hamlet Court Road &#8211; south of London Road &#8211; has been highlighted as the potential conservation area, should the report be approved by cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area has a number of buildings with historic and architectural value, and conservation status would offer increased protection in respect of any future planning applications in the area\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the public consultation from February to April, there was strong support for the conservation area, including from Historic England.<\/p>\n<p>In its assessment, it said: \u201cWe welcome the proposed designation of part of Hamlet Court Road\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 the recommendation is to consider certain historic neighbouring buildings to be put forward for individual local listing status in the wider area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.echo-news.co.uk\/news\/19467700.westcliff-hamlet-court-road-get-conservation-area-status\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unique nature of Southend\u2019s \u2018second High Street\u2019, Hamlet Court Road, is set to be recognised with conservation area status, reports The Echo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38159,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30881\/revisions\/38159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}