Wall removal in a grade 2 building

kiteloopy · 6 Mar 2013 at 15:21

Hi guys

Im thinking of doing some work to a flat to give me quite a lot more living space. As the building is Grade 2, it seems like ive got lots of paperwork to fill out...or contract it all out. Work involves the removal of (what I think is) a non-weight bearing wall...and the original weight bearing wall.

Anyone have any experience with the council planners or done something similar?

the_r_sole · 6 Mar 2013 at 16:17

I live in a c listed building (scottish) but have worked on a's and b's before - it's just a bit of an extra hoop to jump through, your best bet is to discuss the proposals with the local conservation officer to make sure what you are planning is going to be ok - sometimes they can be a bit arsey so better to get them involved as early as possible in the process

physichull · 6 Mar 2013 at 16:23

I don't know an awful lot about this but I would definately recommend you get the relevant authorities involved sooner rather than later. Certainly before you start putting time, effort and money into it.

kiteloopy · 6 Mar 2013 at 16:33

the_r_sole said:
I live in a c listed building (scottish) but have worked on a's and b's before - it's just a bit of an extra hoop to jump through, your best bet is to discuss the proposals with the local conservation officer to make sure what you are planning is going to be ok - sometimes they can be a bit arsey so better to get them involved as early as possible in the process

Thats what ive done. The local planning people want me to submit an "Listed building consent application" (£170!!) before they will send anyone to site to check it out. The application needs a deisgn being drawn before it will be accepted...and for that ive been quoted £350 for it. :rolleyes:

the_r_sole · 6 Mar 2013 at 16:36

kiteloopy said:
Thats what ive done. The local planning people want me to submit an "Listed building consent application" (£170!!) before they will send anyone to site to check it out. The application needs a deisgn being drawn before it will be accepted...and for that ive been quoted £350 for it.

see if you can speak to the conservation officer first, most local authorities have a duty officer you can speak to about the principle of the proposals - tbh I wouldn't get anything drawn up until I had a discussion with them at least

Derek W · 6 Mar 2013 at 20:11

kiteloopy said:
Thats what ive done. The local planning people want me to submit an "Listed building consent application" (£170!!) before they will send anyone to site to check it out. The application needs a deisgn being drawn before it will be accepted...and for that ive been quoted £350 for it.

weird that. Listed building consent is normally a free application, its just the associated planning that incurs the fee :confused:

well it is up here anyway.

Thought I'd check that at English Heritage http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/advice/our-planning-role/consent/lbc/ (good advice on all aspects involved in this link) and it is indeed free! But as I said above you need to have planning consent which you will pay for.

First port of call I'd make is this http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/ if its anything like the one on historic scotland you'll be able to check features etc within your building that the grading applies to (by and large it will be the building as a whole but certain details are often listed as special interest) and if they coincide with what you want to remove then youre ******! :eek: