Re: Are English Heritage too fussy?
Hi
The problem with English Heritage is the same as Wildlife Officers in Planning.
They are staffed with Zealots with absolutely no commonsense.
We should certainly protect our old buildings, but they have to be fit to survive, times have changed.
I had a very brief, but very unhappy time, involved with Planning, supposed to be covering sickness.
Shropshire has many ancient black and white houses.
The new Heritage Officer wanted them painted cream and brown, as that was what apparently they originally were painted.
The same officer wanted some derelict buildings rebuilt using bricks from Leicestershire, ignoring the fact that local bricks where available.
The daftest one was the Ecology Officer, she wanted a 12 month survey for Newts on a seriously heavily contaminated Brownfield Site, an old battery factory.
I merely pointed out that the conditions on the site were such that no newt could survive there.
I did not last long, less than a fortnight.