Who? What? Why?

Welcome to the online presence of the Kingsland Conservation Area Advisory Committee (KCAAC)

The KCAAC is a body of local residents who comment on planning applications which may have an impact on the three local Conservation areas. These comments are then taken into consideration during the formal planning process, and are published here, as well as being available from Hackney Council Planning Dept. The following, taken from the Constitution, describes this more succinctly.

ROLE AND FUNCTIONS

The purpose of the KCAAC (referred to hereafter as “the CAAC”) is to act as an advisory and consultative body on matters relating to the built environment in the following conservation areas:

• Kingsland
• De Beauvoir
• Albion Square
• Dalston Lane (West)

The specific functions of the CAAC are as follows:

1. to assist and guide Hackney Council, the local planning authority, in the preparation of policy statements related to the conservation areas as well as general planning policies, including land use and transport, the implementation of these statements and policies, and the preparation of briefs for significant sites affecting these areas.
2. to consider and advise upon all planning applications which are likely to affect the conservation areas (including the listed buildings they contain) or their settings, and to bring breaches of planning control to the attention of the Council.
3. to advise on the variation of existing conservation area boundaries or the designation of new conservation areas.
4. to identify buildings or features, which should be considered for listing and other buildings or features of local urban, historic, architectural or archaeological interest, including trees, which the CAAC feel should be protected.
5. to initiate proposals for the preservation and enhancement of the conservation areas, their listed buildings, open spaces and highways.
6. to assist in furthering the education, involvement and support of the general public in conservation issues.
7. to provide written representations on decisions concerning applications, which have resulted in planning appeals and providing evidence at public inquiries