A consultation is underway over proposals to alter the boundaries of a residential area which has special protected status from overdevelopment.

Redbridge Council has suggested tweaking the Woodford Bridge Conservation area to reflect changes to streets since the measures were introduced in 1970.

The plans include removing part of roads from the protected zone including Morgan Way and Purleigh Avenue, while adding other streets such as Gainsborough Road.

A council report says the revisions are intended to create "a sense of coherency [which] can be easily understood and appreciated by a wide range of people and organisations both locally and further afield".

It adds: "The proposed deletion of certain parts of the Conservation Area is not because the properties within those parts are not decent, well maintained homes" but that they lacked "sufficient historic and/or architectural interest".

Homes in the affected areas are now being asked for their views. The consultation closes on Monday June 24.

The council will then analyse the results before coming up with a final report to be considered by councillors later this year.

The consultation is part of a borough-wide review and council "updating" of conservation areas.

It comes after councillors gave their backing last month for proposals to spend £1.7million improving the Woodford Bridge area.

The council has launched a bid to Transport for London (TfL) for the cash, which it wants to spend on pavement improvements, better crossing facilities along Chigwell Road and upgrading the street lighting near Roding Primary School.

If the bid is successful work is expected to begin in late 2014.

The works would be in addition to the £426,000 series of street scene improvements already underway in Woodford Bridge.

Bridge ward Cllr Paul Canal told an area two committee meeting this week: "Along with the £1.7million TfL bid for improvements in that area of Chigwell Road things are looking very positive."

He added that it was very important households be fully consulted and asked council officers to consider holding some evening-time events so that residents could learn more about the proposals.

Resident Helen Coughlan, 51, lives in Highfield Road bordering the proposed tweaked protected zone of  in Woodford Bridge.

She said: "I think the improvements that are being made in Woodford Bridge are brilliant but I hope they will consider mkaing the conservation area even bigger.

"This is technically a village, one of the oldest in London, and I don't see why the council can't include all of Woodford Bridge in the zone.

"The area was starting to look quite shabby but things are starting to smarten up now."

According to the council more than 600 leaflets and letters to residents have been sent out as part of the consultation.

Visit http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/planning_and_the_environment/planning_policy__regeneration/local_development_framework/woodford_bridge_conservation.aspx for more information and to take part.