Architectural conservation area

[Mocame]

I have received a letter from my local authority to tell me that they plan to designate my street as an architectural conservation area. My house is already listed and I don't understand what implications this initiation designation will have for me? Will it make it impossible to get planning permission for any changes to the house? Can someone explain?

 

[em_cat]

The new ACA designation won’t make it any more difficult for you to obtain planning permission in the future than your house being a protected structure already. Irrespective of whether a demise is protected or not the ACA will mean that people won’t be to alter the appearance of any external feature along the street w/o pp.

I only know this because my OH is an Architect and am constantly hearing him bang on about his clients with protected houses & them not realising that they can’t even change a light switch w/o pp.