Your three CAACs are currently working with the Heritage & Conservation Lead Officer & other local stakeholders to update the Conservation Area Appraisals & Management Plans (CAAMPs) for all of the Borough’s twenty-six conservation areas, beginning with three pilot studies: Kingston Old Town (Kingston & North Kingston CAAC); The Groves (Maldens & Coombe CAAC); & the Southborough Estate (Surbiton CAAC). Input to the pilots is due by 31 December 2023 with more conservation areas to follow in 2024. This is a long overdue piece of work, with the Borough’s current CAAMPs, where they exist at all, being more than fifteen years’ old. When complete, the new CAAMPs will inform decision-making about development in each conservation area & complement the Borough’s new local plan, due for publication in 2024.