conservation area

[N. Thornton]

hi

What does it mean when a house is in a conservation area?

Thanks, NT

[Andy Hall]

More stringent rules on planning permission for one.

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[Steve Firth]

It means that you will have to pay through the nose for repairs and some nosey person from the council will interfere in everything you do.

[Chris Oates]

In a domestic situation you won't be able to install plastic double glazing or have a satellite dish - in a commercial situation you will be able to serve alcohol without food using a restaurant licence and block the pavement with advertising boards. Too many F'ing rules that serve no purpose.

[Peter Crosland]

Stricter than normal rules on planning permission with serious penalties if you ignore them. All trees within it have a preservation order on them.

[Al Reynolds]

Not true. I am in a CA and I checked with my local tree preservation officer. None of the trees in my land are protected. In our CA only the trees of historic interest are protected.

For the OP, it generally means less permitted development rights e.g 10% instead of 15% for semis. In some CA's, permitted development rights are removed altogether - everything goes through planning, and plans must match the stated "character" of the CA.

As for UPVC DG, it is only prohibited in some CAs. It's certainly not in the one I live in. Depends on the local planners who you should meet with if you want to get an idea of what they will allow.

HTH, Al

[John Laird]

Bugger all in my experience save that the law-abiding end up paying more than usual for any work to be done, while the ignorant and/or arrogant simply do what they like(*) and the council twiddles its thumbs.

(*) Judging by the amount of uPVC that has appeared in my road recently. And I think you only have to point out one small crack in the plaster to get a mature tree chopped down. Still, at least pretty much everyone uses their driveways so it doesn't look like a council car park.

[Tony Bryer]

But you cannot do work to an unprotected tree with a trunk diameter of 75mm or more without clearing with your LA tree officer. See

a more detailed explanation. Lots more at

[Peter Crosland]

Technically you are correct. However, you do need permission to fell or prune them!

It is more dependant on the actual building rather than the area.

[Ian Middleton]

A friend of mine living in the New Forest conservation area had a conservatory fitted recently no problem, you just have to apply for planning permission which as it was nothing special was granted.

[N. Thornton]

everyone :( I had a feeling it wouldnt be promising.

[Huge]

That you don't buy it.

[Grunff]

So what does it mean when it's in a conservation area AND grade II listed ;-)

[Anna Kettle]

That you can sell it to me instead :-)

Anna

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[N. Thornton]

lol

[G&M]

It's in National Parks (which are conservation areas as well) that all trees have automatic preservation orders - unless they're leylandii that is :-)

[G&M]

It's not that anything is permitted or prohibited, just that you have to ask the conservation officer first. Ours definitely wouldn't allow PVC but others might, though I can't imagine why.

[G&M]

That you see if you can have it delisted.

[David]

In article , N. Thornton writes

Not that much in actuality unless you do something stupid or upset someone at t'council. The conservation officer makes decisions in a fairly arbitrary way and as long as you make the right approach (or no approach in some cases!) you can do what you like, its also seen as a selling point for the house