End planning protection for recent alterations to old buildings

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Please amend the Planning Act 1990 to exclude protection from any post-1945 alterations to an older building. My mum lives in a conservation area, in part of a big Victorian house that was partitioned into a terrace in 1959. During the conversion, one of the sash windows was painted shut. As the law stands, this damage to an original period feature is protected by the Act. Repairing it would require an expensive conservation permit, which really is a bit silly.

Why is it important?

This overbroad rule is both intrusive and counterproductive, by making it more difficult to repair damage. It interferes with private property without a good reason.

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