Conservation Area - non listed building. Advice?

Doody

EachPenny wrote: »

Where you could run into difficulties is if what you consider to be a 'disgusting corrugated translucent roof' turns out to be the conservation officer's "rare early example of the use of corrugated PVC in construction". The odds of that happening might be low, but it is quite possible that the corrugated profile of the material is considered important in terms of appearance (e.g. 'rural', 'traditional'), and the use of large flat sheets of polycarbonate (e.g. 'urban', 'modern') would mark a significant (and detrimental) change to the character of the building. There are no hard and fast rules, and it often comes down to the personal opinion of the conservation officer.

Thanks. You made a lot of good points, but that made me laugh. you are so right. I have had experience of listed buildings that were a nightmare. In terms of the correct rendering needing to be used and the research that involved, and, oh it was not fun. Windows were another issue.

Thinking about listing preserving the history of a building. I know of a NT property, an ancient Tudor manor house, that was squatted in the 60s. The adaptations and paintings are part of the listed features.

wantonnoodle

I would speak to the local Conservation officer at the council or the planning team. My parents live in a rural village which has a conservation area assigned to it. They are free to do most things that are permitted development elsewhere - the main restriction they have is on the trees in the area; essentially the council have used the conservation area designation as a blanket TPO. Someone in the village got a nasty letter from the council accusing them of removing a tree without permission despite the fact it actually got blown over in the autumn gales and they'd sent them a notification of the damage!!