Guideline 4/1.
New construction which may dominate or detract from historic buildings or block out the countryside vistas at the end of the town streets should not be permitted.
Guideline 4/2
The height, volume and overall appearance of any new building must be in proportion to what is already there. (Squeezing in three floors, for example, where neighbouring structures of similar height have only two, should not be permitted,)
Guideline 4/3.
Shopfront design should be kept simple, restrained in its use of colour, and in keeping with the surroundings; original design features, where these exist, should be kept.
Guideline 4/4
The profusion of road signs in the centre should be rationalised and harmonised.
Guideline 4/5.
Imaginative paving design, such as along the north side of The Green, is very welcome, and so is the old-style stone paving. The present brick pavement, however, is both inappropriate and dangerous. Rough tarmac patches in some pavements need to be replaced.
Guideline 4/6.
Flat roofs are not acceptable; any future buildings should have pitched roofs, in keeping with the existing roofscapes of the town.
Guideline 4/7.
The imaginative use of design details - in windows, finials, barge-boards, hanging tiles, shaped bricks etc - should be encouraged so long as these do not clash with those on neighbouring buildings........>
