{"id":107764,"date":"2022-03-17T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=107764"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:04:35","slug":"listed-building-planning-permission-process-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/listed-building-planning-permission-process-reform\/107764\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the listed building planning permission process needs to be reformed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Karen Bell, creative director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidsalisbury.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Salisbury<\/a>, discusses why the listed building planning permission process needs to change and explores the challenges involved<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/industry-insight\/conversion-listed-buildings\/53484\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listed buildings<\/a> are not just stately homes, mansions, castles, or other grand, publicly owned buildings, but people\u2019s homes too. In fact, the UK has over 450,000 listed buildings, however making changes &#8211; from a simple window upgrade to adding an extension &#8211; is unnecessarily complicated and lengthy.<\/p>\n<p>When seeking listed building <a href=\"https:\/\/historicengland.org.uk\/advice\/hpg\/consent\/permissonandhas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">planning permission<\/a>, advice is inconsistent, guidelines are open to interpretation, and timeframes are extended and used inappropriately by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>These delays don\u2019t only impact frustrated homeowners, they have a significant impact on the companies that work for them, as well as the wider construction industry, on which the overall economy is so reliant.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, a better understanding of the impact of these rejections and delays, along with more efficient cooperation, is needed to turn this situation around.<\/p>\n<h3>Inconsistent planning guidelines are at the root of many problems<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, the guidelines are very much open to interpretation, and naturally, this underpins all other problems with the existing process. A successful application or denial is often dependent on where you live, who your planning officer is and, crucially,\u00a0 how they are interpreting these guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>A house at one end of a road, for example, could request planning permission for an extension identical to one at the other end of the road, yet still, be rejected. Similarly, a project that one planning officer or local council deems compliant, might be turned down in a neighbouring borough or another region.<\/p>\n<p>The first step towards reforming the listed building planning permission process surely has to be working towards a more concrete set of rules, therefore.<\/p>\n<h3>Planning officer contracts need to be handled differently<\/h3>\n<p>Another key problem with the existing system is that it&#8217;s quite commonplace for planning officers to be on short term contracts with local councils. The issue with this is that homeowners may spend months liaising with one individual who may be in agreement with the proposed changes, but by the time they have submitted detailed plans, the replacement officer making the final decision may express a different opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Employing more planning officers on longer-term contracts or even just putting procedures in place to improve the handover process would ensure less wasted time for all parties.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the time invested by multiple parties, from designers, manufacturers, architects, builders, electricians, is money lost for those companies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-107765 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/listed-building-garden-room-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"listed building planning permission\" width=\"727\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Calling for more transparency over planning timelines, denials and extensions<\/h3>\n<p>At present, there\u2019s a statutory requirement that councils must reach a decision on permission within eight weeks of an application being submitted, and they are judged on these timeframes. What frequently happens, therefore, is that local authorities will often request an extension just prior to this date; not its intended purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does this delay projects, but it also disguises the problem. A more accurate view of the average application times would surely go a long way to prioritising the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it\u2019s time for planning denials and extensions to stop being used as a way to manage workload. It\u2019s a problem that\u2019s been increasing since the pandemic began, made all the more frustrating by the fact that measures were taken to ensure that lockdowns did not impact listed building planning permission decisions. Clearly, this has not been the case.<\/p>\n<p>We need stricter rules around what constitutes good reasons for an application to be denied. This requires clear documentation and evidence, in order to see a decrease in the number of applications being unfairly rejected.<\/p>\n<h3>Cooperation and collaboration are needed to reform planning<\/h3>\n<p>As we\u2019ve already touched upon, it\u2019s not just homeowners who suffer from delays to planning projects, but every other party involved in the work. The designer or architect they are working with is also likely to have contracted an installer, builder or multiple trades services; businesses which may have needed to schedule time for the project weeks, if not months, in advance. Aside from the inconvenience caused, and the knock-on impact on their other projects, work that was initially affordable is now unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s even more alarming is that these repeated delays and unfair denials can lead to beautiful historic buildings falling to ruin.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the listed building planning permission process (and beyond) was far from perfect, even before the pandemic, however, the quirks of the system seem to have been exacerbated over the past couple of years, with no signs of improvement. Planning officers are still refusing to carry out site visits, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/working-from-home-space\/104537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">working from home<\/a> continues to be the norm, all in contradiction to current government guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>In order to get a proper understanding of what needs to change, and the impact of delays, Historic England and local councils need to work together with listed building specialists on a clearer set of guidelines and more effective methods of enforcing them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Bell, creative director at David Salisbury, discusses why the listed building planning permission process needs to change and explores the challenges involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,172727,675,952,649],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-heritage","10":"tag-planning","11":"tag-planning-applications"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why the listed building planning permission process needs to be reformed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karen Bell, David Salisbury, discusses why the listed building planning permission process needs to change and explores the challenges involved\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/listed-building-planning-permission-process-reform\/107764\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why the listed building planning permission process needs to be reformed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karen Bell, David Salisbury, discusses why the listed building planning permission process needs to change and explores the challenges involved\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/listed-building-planning-permission-process-reform\/107764\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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