Oh great. So there's form filling and paper pushing as well. That
should justify several more wastes of space at the council offices.

Do you actually believe that all of this is a good idea?

Absolutely. It is why being a conservation area increases property value
over a similar property in a non-conservation area. People who like these
houses don't want to live next to a 2m satellite dish attached to stone
cladding and plastic windows and are quite happy to put up with stronger
planning restrictions to prevent that happening.

Those with a more individualist outlook who want such ugliness on their own
buildings (and their neighbours) have the choice of the other 99% of
properties that have no such restrictions. Please don't take the choice away
from those seeking out the 1% of properties that have such protection.

Christian.