Aylesbury Vale District Council has produced a draft appraisal and boundary map for the new conservation area, with a number of alterations proposed.

Designated in 1969, the Winslow Conservation Area has helped preserve the historical characteristics of Sheep Street, Horn Street and Market Square by imposing special planning restrictions.

Planning officers now want to extend the conservation area to include 19th and 20th Century housing along High Street, Buckingham Road and Station Road.

In a document outlining the changes, they said very little late 19th and early 20th Century housing had survived well in Aylesbury Vale, and said Winslow's was generally, "...well preserved and visually attractive."

Cllr Llew Monger, chairman of Winslow Town Council's development committee, said: "It's very good that the conservation area can now include Edwardian and Victorian properties, and we've got some fine examples."

Another proposed alteration would extend the conservation area to include the footpath next to the Old Vicarage in Vicarage Road. A number of other small changes are proposed to clarify the boundaries of the existing conservation area.

A copy of the draft appraisal, including maps and illustrations, can be viewed in Aylesbury Vale District Council's office in Winslow High Street. Members of the public can also view plans in a public exhibition in the St Laurence Room in Market Square on Saturday, September 13, between 10am and 3pm.

Comments should be sent to conservation areas officer Emilia Hands at Aylesbury Vale District Council's Development Services Department by September 26.

Shipton residents may also be consulted on proposals to remove their own separate conservation area. Aylesbury Vale District Council's environment scrutiny committee will meet on Tuesday, September 23, to debate whether or not Shipton residents should be consulted over possible changes to its conservation area. Members of the public are welcome to attend.