Conservation and Heritage
The Conservation section aims to protect the heritage of Mansfield District through encouraging the sensitive repair, maintenance and re-use of its historic assets and specifying proposals which preserve and enhance the character and appearance of its conservation areas.
Our responsibilities include:-
- The designation of Conservation Areas.
- Formulating Conservation Area Character Appraisals and Management Plans.
- Implementation of Article 4 Directions, which remove permitted development rights, within those conservation areas at risk of losing their character.
- Guidance on the repair, maintenance and re-use of listed buildings/structures.
- Guidance on sympathetic alterations, extensions and adaptation of listed buildings/structures.
- Guidance on sympathetic alterations, extensions and adaptions of historic buildings in Conservation Areas.
- Within the planning process, providing specialist conservation advice on planning applications for listed buildings and buildings in and adjacent to Conservation Areas.
- Local interest buildings.
- Interim Planning Guidance and Manual for Streets documents.
- Grant funding repairs of historic buildings.
If you would like to find out more about listed buildings, conservation areas, registered parks or scheduled ancient monuments then please follow the links below.