Roofers in Alderbury
A Wiltshire village with 19 listed buildings near its centre
Alderbury has 19 listed buildings near its centre and a conservation area around it. The roof is examined from above and the faults shown on camera before any price.
Alderbury roofs, from Ivychurch to the Green Dragon
Ivychurch Farmhouse
A farmhouse listed Grade II on 28 March 1985, where any change to the covering needs consent first.
Yew Tree Cottage
Listed Grade II with the same date, one of 19 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the centre.
The Green Dragon and neighbours
A listed pub and the homes around it inside the Alderbury conservation area, where a roof's appearance is controlled.
Alderbury on the edge of Salisbury's villages
Salisbury lies to the north-west, with Laverstock between. Pitton and Winterslow are to the north-east, Downton and Redlynch to the south, and Whiteparish to the south-east.
- Distance
- 21.6 road miles south-west of Andover
- Planning
- Wiltshire Council
The Alderbury roof report
Local editionAlderbury, WiltshireWiltshire's single council and a listed village
One council does it all: how Wiltshire clears an Alderbury roof for planning, road and building control
Alderbury is 21.6 road miles from Andover, in Wiltshire. Below: how one unitary council handles every approval, what 19 listed buildings and a conservation area change on a survey, and how a 28-day scaffold licence is bought.
Wiltshire Council at every desk
Alderbury is in Wiltshire, 21.6 road miles south-west of Andover, and Wiltshire Council is a unitary authority. A single council therefore decides planning for a roof, licenses scaffolding on the road and runs the building control service, with no county or district layer between. At the 2021 Census the parish had 2,285 usual residents, and all of them deal with the same offices for every roof question.
Wiltshire Council runs its own Building Control service, and the contact page gives the number for booking inspections and getting support as 0300 456 0113, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4:30pm. The service sits at Monkton Park, Chippenham. An Alderbury re-roof therefore goes to Wiltshire Council's own service, which makes the routing simple. The council's page says you contact Wiltshire Building Control to book inspections, make payments and get support, so a job that does need an inspection has a single place to arrange it.
Whether a job needs building control at all depends on what it does to the roof. A repair that replaces a few tiles is maintenance. A re-covering of a whole slope may or may not be notifiable, and the answer turns on how much of the roof and the building envelope is touched and on the weight of the new covering. We put the job to the Building Control service and give you its reply with the price, so you hold the council's own words and not our guess.
Planning is the second desk. A like-for-like change of covering on an ordinary house is normally not a planning matter, whereas a new roof shape, a different material in a sensitive place or an extra opening may be. Wiltshire Council's planning team decides, and whether an Article 4 direction applies to an Alderbury address is a question for it. Our guide to listed building roof repairs explains the consent side for older houses.
You can use a registered building control approver in place of the council if you wish, a private route now regulated under the regime in force since 6 April 2024. Tell us when booking, and the technical notes go to whichever body you choose.
Everything lands in one folder: the survey findings, the council's replies, the dates of any licence. That folder is yours to keep, and it is useful to a buyer's solicitor when the house is sold years later.
Small jobs need none of this. A single tile or a re-bedded ridge is routine upkeep, and the survey says so in one line, with the picture beside it.
Ivychurch Farmhouse, Yew Tree Cottage and the Green Dragon
The National Heritage List records 19 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the centre of Alderbury. Ivychurch Farmhouse is listed Grade II (list entry 1023777, first listed on 28 March 1985), and Yew Tree Cottage is Grade II with the same listing date (1023781). The Green Dragon public house is also Grade II (1023782). Nineteen entries make a dense cluster for a village of about two thousand people.
For a listed building, listed building consent is needed before work that changes its special character, and a roof covering is among the most visible parts of that character. A different tile, a new slate size or a changed pitch is a change of character in the eyes of the planners. Repair in the same material is the usual route, and sound original coverings are lifted, sorted and reused wherever possible.
The Alderbury conservation area lies within about 0.75 km of the centre of the village. Inside a conservation area, the visible appearance of a roof is more tightly controlled, and an unlisted house there deserves a call to Wiltshire Council before a change of colour or material. The council's map settles whether your address is inside, and we check it before writing a price.
A farmhouse roof is often large, with several pitches, valleys, a chimney or two and a lean-to. Each junction is a joint that rain can get into. On a farmhouse roof we survey every junction separately, from a tower or the scaffold, and photograph each so the repair list is based on evidence, not on the view from the lane.
Lead is the usual material at chimneys and abutments in houses of this age, and it is a skilled job to dress it properly. Old lead can split along a fold or lift at a fixing, and a patch that does not follow the way the lead was laid will fail again. The photographs show the condition, and the repair follows the original method.
If a roof needs a match, reclaimed tile or slate from a salvage source is looked for first. We record sizes and colours so the supplier can quote for a true match.
A listed pub or shop raises practical points that a house does not. Opening hours limit when noisy work can run, deliveries need a clear yard, and the public must be kept away from the scaffold. We plan those with the owner at the survey, since a building of that kind is both a listed structure and a business that has to keep trading.
“In Alderbury, one Wiltshire council holds the planning file, the road licence and the building control desk.”
A 28-day licence through the MiPermit portal
Where scaffolding must stand on the public highway, Wiltshire Council licenses it, and the licence is bought through the MiPermit portal. On Wiltshire Council's page the supplier of the scaffolding makes the MiPermit application, and one licence is required per site. Scaffolding and hoarding are separate licences, and a marked parking bay needs a separate suspension. The application is the scaffolder's job, not yours.
Wiltshire Council's fee depends on how much notice is given, not on how long the scaffold stands: £143.80 when the application gives more than 3 working days, and £164.70 when it gives fewer. Every licence type is valid for 28 days. That is a different basis from the fortnights Hampshire uses or the weekly fee in West Berkshire, and the three should never be compared as if they matched.
The 28-day period means the programme has to fit a month, or a second licence has to be planned. We confirm the dates with the scaffolder once the materials are ordered, so the licence starts when the work can. A private drive or private road does not need one, since the page asks for a licence only where a scaffold stands on part of the public highway. The same page states a late fee of £292.50 where scaffolding has gone up unlicensed, which is one more reason to get the dates right.
In Alderbury the service follows what the survey finds. Roof repairs cover slipped tiles, cracked slates and failed flashings, slate roofing covers older roofs where slates have slipped and fixings rusted, and chimney repairs deal with pointing, flaunching and the lead round a stack.
On listed jobs the licence application waits for the consent decision. A 28-day licence that starts before permission arrives is a month of scaffold standing in front of a roof that cannot yet be touched, and the price would reflect it. You hear the start date only when consent, materials and licence are in step.
A repair that takes a few days sits comfortably inside a 28-day licence, while a full re-roof on a large farmhouse may use most of it. We sketch the sequence at the survey.
If a leak is showing, the roof is covered at once and the proper repair is planned from the photographs. A temporary sheet on a slate roof is better than a bucket on the landing.
Gutters and the roofline come with every visit. Rainwater from a farmhouse roof is considerable, and a gutter that sags or overflows pours it down the wall. We photograph each joint and bracket and say whether a clean and re-seat will do or a section needs replacing.
Roofing help for Alderbury streets
Alderbury roofs: listings, the licence and one council
Do I need listed building consent to re-tile an Alderbury farmhouse?
If it is listed, yes, for any change that affects its special character, such as a different tile. Ivychurch Farmhouse is listed Grade II, and 19 listed buildings stand within about 500 metres of the centre. Repair in the same material is the usual route. Ask Wiltshire Council's planning team and keep its answer with the roof photographs.
How is a scaffold licence bought for an Alderbury roof?
The firm supplying the scaffolding applies to Wiltshire Council through the MiPermit portal. Wiltshire Council's fee is £143.80 with more than 3 working days' notice and £164.70 with less, and every licence is valid for 28 days. Scaffolding and hoarding are separate licences. A scaffold on private land stays outside the scheme.
Who inspects a re-roof under building regulations in Alderbury?
Wiltshire Council's own Building Control service, at Monkton Park, Chippenham, on 0300 456 0113 between Monday and Friday, 9am to 4:30pm. A registered building control approver is the alternative. A new covering weighing 15 per cent more than the old one needs approval, with the structure checked before the work begins.
Does the Alderbury conservation area stop me repairing a roof?
No. Repairs go ahead, and the area limits changes to how a roof looks, such as a different material, colour or shape. It lies within about 0.75 km of the centre. Ask Wiltshire Council whether your address is inside, and whether an Article 4 direction applies, before changing the appearance of the roof, and keep the reply.
Villages and Salisbury beside Alderbury
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