Design and conservation

The Waveney District is fortunate in having a wealth of buildings and areas of historic or architectural significance, including over 1600 listed buildings, 1400 locally listed buildings, sites and designed landscapes, 29 scheduled ancient monuments, 3 listed parks and gardens and 16 conservation areas.

Waveney District Council's Design and Conservation team is responsible for the care and protection of these heritage assets.

Our role is to:

• Deal with enquiries on design and conservation matters
• Give pre-application advice to owners or agents concerning proposals for changes affecting officially designated historic buildings and areas
• Give design and conservation advice to the Council's planning officers on development proposals affecting officially designated historic buildings and areas
• Give design advice on major development sites, whether or not in officially designated historic areas
• Carry out conservation area appraisals and prepare and, where appropriate,  implement management proposals
• Assist the planning policy team in the preparation of conservation policies
• Identify candidates for spot and local listing
• Monitor the condition of historic buildings in the Waveney area and, where appropriate, add buildings to the Suffolk Buildings At Risk Register
• Deal with unauthorised works to listed buildings