New roof in conservation area

gingerdan85

Hi folks. Newbie here.
I've just had my roof replaced from a slate roof to a Marley tile. I've just been told that I live in a conservation area of Edinburgh and that my tiles might be wrong. I'm just wondering whether it is the traders responsibility to check this or mine. I didn't know that it would be problematic until after they had been fitted. I don't think the trader are aware of this. Worst case scenario, it will need to be entirely replaced. I'm contacting the council to find out asap on that front.
Thanks!

FreeBear

Your responsibility to check and comply with the rules & regulations. As the home owner, it is you that would get served any enforcement notices and/or fines if it got that far.

In all probability, the roof will need to be stripped and the slates reinstated - When that happens, you will need to get the work signed off by Building Control (and you should have had it done when the Marley tiles went on).

Ectophile

An alternative would be to not contact the council and hope nobody notices.  Some conservation areas are better enforced than others.

gingerdan85

FreeBear said:

Your responsibility to check and comply with the rules & regulations. As the home owner, it is you that would get served any enforcement notices and/or fines if it got that far.

In all probability, the roof will need to be stripped and the slates reinstated - When that happens, you will need to get the work signed off by Building Control (and you should have had it done when the Marley tiles went on).

To be honest, I wasn't aware I was in a conservation area. Perhaps I am naive in thinking that a builder or roofer would advise on things like this when quoting? They would advise for planning permission right so I would assume that they would on this sort of thing, and they are likely to know the regulations better than me as they work in the trade. Like I say, maybe being naive. Here's hoping the council don't mind the change...

DOH_a

A builder would not generally know or be expected to know the various Planning rules, regulations and restrictions. This information has to be provided to them (and any other trade or professional) by the homeowner because as @FreeBear said, it would be you as the homeowner to deal with any consequences.

When I become involved with any new clients, I ask that they make me aware of any restrictions as these could impact the proposals and fees. There are some checks I carry out myself but there will be things I’d be unable to ascertain.

TELLIT01

Nothing to do with conservation areas or otherwise, but Marley tiles are much heavier than slate so did you check that the roof timbers could support that extra weight?

DOH_a

Article 4 Directions are commonly applied to properties within Conservation Areas. Not sure if the OP has those kind of similar restrictions in Scotland. If this is the case or there is some kind of other Planning restriction, then the OP would need to work with the LPA, in particular the Conservation Officer.

There must be some Planning restriction for the OP to bring up the Conservation reference.