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There will always be anecdotes relating to the difficulty of achieving planning permissions and listed building consents and these will be interpreted in different ways depending on who one represents. The obligatory consultation process during planning and listed building negotiations is a double edge sword. It is both the opportunity for local and national specialist interest groups to have their say, and, perhaps influence the decision that the Local Planning Authority makes at the end of the day. The Conservation Officer concerned has a difficult job in situations where there are multiple consultees but early consultation with him / her can pay off.

For those interested, the national heritage bodies for the UK keep 'Buildings at Risk' registers in addition to compiling and maintaining the Listed Building database. As an example of the scale of the issue of buildings falling into disrepair, Historic England records just under 1500 listed buildings at risk in the whole of England. There are greater numbers in Scotland and Wales and fewer in Northern Ireland but, out of a total of around 500,000 listed buildings in the UK overall perhaps not the size of problem that one might imagine from our thread.