17th December 2007, 12:06 AM
As far as I am aware 'National Heritage Quangos' are not normally consulted on Grade II listed structures, the responsibility lies with the local planning authority Conservation Officer and Planning Officers (or ultimately the Council planning committee). Or at least that is the case in England. I'm not a CO so I may be wrong here, but that's my understanding. The case does sound a bit dodgy though, but as long as it happened in a parallel universe I wouldn't worry too much. Also, the conversion would have also required Listed Building Consent, which is the important bit here. Maybe 'Historic Building' could elaborate further on this?