Agriculture, equine and commercial buildings

45.  Agricultural: these buildings should be sited and designed to reduce their apparent mass.  Their impact should be reduced by screening, careful location within the local landform, or by locating close to existing farm buildings.

46.  Stables and associated buildings should be sited in less prominent parts of paddocks and constructed of materials which complement the countryside.

47.  Shops and business premises have a major visual impact.  Owners should contribute to the appearance of the village by emphasizing the rural setting, using non-reflective signs and quieter colours.

48.  Large scale commercial or industrial development would be unsuitable.   Were small scale development ever to be proposed: materials should match those characteristic of the area, and buildings should be screened and noise abated.  Boundary walls of local stone should be required.  There should be provision for parking and turning within the site.

Walls

49.  Stone walls are an outstanding feature of the area.  Those stone walls which exist should be maintained and kept in good repair.

50.  Those properties which have had open plan restrictions put on them should have these restrictions amended to allow the erection of low, local stone boundary walls.

51.  Planning restrictions or covenants should be lifted on all open plan development in Trefonen to allow the erection of low, local stone, boundary walls, to bring these properties into keeping with the rest of the village and emphasise the rural character.  This is particularly important in the centre.

52.  In any future development, local stone should be used for boundary walls. 

Employment

53.  We would look positively on applications for small-scale development which enhances the sustainability of the settlements, without prejudicing the environment and the well-being of neighbours and the community.

The community

54.  A web-site for the villages should be developed.

55.  The Parish magazine should be supported and promoted.

56.  The Broadplace (a community broadband and internet facility), established through working with Switch on Shropshire, should be fully developed and linked to the web-site.

57.  All public access buildings: Trefonen Village Hall, Trefonen Primary School, All Saints’ Church, the Barley Mow public house, Trefonen village shop and post office, and the Royal Oak public house should be invited to join in dialogue about the incorporation within their premises of additional public services.  Specific thought should be given to clinics and health services, to Citizens Advice, to internet access, to educational and  social facilities and opportunities for people to meet informally.

58.  The Youth Club and other facilities for young people should be promoted and supported.

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