GN03-22 Conservation Areas (England and Wales)

Written by Jonathan Thompson. First published on 25 Jan 2022, and most recently revised on 25 May 2022.

This CLA Guidance Note covers conservation areas in general terms, focusing especially on issues not covered in detail in other available guidance, including the consequences of conservation area designation, its benefits and disbenefits, encouraging or resisting designation, and how you can get planning permission (and conservation area consent in Wales) in a conservation area.

Key contact:

Jonathan Thompson Senior Heritage Adviser, London