If you are privileged to own a period home that may or may not be listed then you may wish to take extra care in planning any alterations to the garden. You will obviously want to consider sympathetic planting and garden features that compliment the style, design and period of the property.
If you own a listed property then Listed Building Consent is administered by your local authority. As each building is individual there are no specific rules for what can or can’t be done without consent. When the Council considers whether to grant or to refuse an application it considers the desirability of preserving the building, its setting and those features which make it special.
Remember that Listed status covers a whole building, inside and out, so that includes the garden. Barry Holdsworth can undertake discussions with the local authority Conservation Officer in order to check if consent is required. If it is then Barry can complete the necessary paperwork for you and you should receive a decision on smaller schemes within eight weeks.
