Roofers in Burbage
Inside the North Wessex Downs, with 26 listings and conservatory roofs
Burbage lies inside the North Wessex Downs, with a Grade II* church and 26 listed buildings within about 500 metres. Every roof is surveyed and photographed before any price is set.
Burbage roofs, from the church to the conservatory
Church of All Saints
Grade II* listed (1035909) since 27 May 1964; in Church of England use, so its roof takes the faculty route.
Nos 12 and 14
A Grade II pair (list entry 1194382), listed on 14 July 1977, where roof repairs match the covering.
Eastcourt Road
Number 26 is Grade II (1194411), and Eastcourt is one of two conservation areas recorded around the village.
Burbage on the edge of the downs
Great Bedwyn lies to the north-east, Ramsbury to the north, Marlborough to the north-west, Pewsey to the west, Collingbourne Ducis and Ludgershall to the south, and Upper Chute to the south-east.
- Distance
- 16.7 road miles north-west of Andover
- Planning
- Wiltshire Council
The Burbage roof report
Local editionBurbage, WiltshireThe downs, listings and conservatory roofs
Burbage roofs: the downs advise, Wiltshire decides, and a conservatory roof has rules of its own
Burbage is 16.7 road miles north-west of Andover, in Wiltshire and inside the North Wessex Downs. Inside: who has the last word, what the listed church and houses ask of a repair, and the rules for a conservatory roof.
Who has the last word on a Burbage roof
Burbage lies 16.7 road miles north-west of Andover, in Wiltshire, with 1,931 usual residents at the 2021 Census. The whole village is inside the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. People sometimes read that as a second planning body, but it is not one: the downs partnership offers advice and nothing more, and Wiltshire Council is the local planning authority, the Building Control provider and the highway authority for every address.
Wiltshire Building Control runs from Monkton Park, Chippenham, and its line to book an inspection or make a payment is 0300 456 0113, from 9am to 4:30pm on weekdays. We ring it before work that might need it, and note what was said. Anyone who prefers a private inspector can use a registered building control approver, registered under the regime in force since April 2024.
Two figures from the Planning Portal decide most re-roofs: 25 per cent of the building envelope, and 50 per cent of the roof. Keep inside both and building control is not normally asked for an application. A single slope is inside them; the whole roof usually is not. Wiltshire sets no figure of its own, so there is nothing further to look up.
Weight and fire are the other two tests. If new tiles come out 15 per cent or more heavier overall, the change needs Building Regulations approval, and so does a covering that would perform significantly differently in a fire. Neither depends on the village, the downs or the council: they apply to every house in England.
The downs designation does change one thing: planning a new dormer, or any other change of shape, means asking Wiltshire's planning team, and a conservation area is treated alike. Everything short of a change of shape raises no extra step, but we still ask Wiltshire first when a house is close to the line. Our roof repairs start from that question.
A few trade words recur. Think of the ridge as the roof's crest, a hip as the sloping line down an outside corner, a valley as the fold between two slopes (usually lined with lead or a purpose-made tile) and the eaves as the edge above the gutter. The report uses each plainly, with a photograph beside the note.
The survey starts on the ground with binoculars or a pole camera, looking for dips in the ridge and waves in the slopes, and moves close only where something looks wrong. Every fault gets a numbered photograph. A note of the council's reply goes in the same folder, and if the reply changes the plan, you hear before the work is booked.
All Saints, Nos 12 and 14, and Eastcourt Road
Historic England's list holds 26 listed buildings within about 500 metres of the centre of Burbage. All Saints' church holds a Grade II* listing (list entry 1035909, first listed on 27 May 1964). Nos 12 and 14 are Grade II (1194382, first listed on 14 July 1977) and so is number 26, Eastcourt Road (1194411). All Saints, on Eastcourt, appears on A Church Near You as a Church of England church, and works to its roof go through the faculty system, not listed building consent.
Two conservation areas lie around the village, Burbage and Eastcourt, and the Burbage boundary lies within about 0.75 km of the centre. The council's planning team can confirm which of the two, if either, covers a given house. Whether an Article 4 direction applies to a given address is for Wiltshire Council to confirm, and we put the question before pricing any change of material or shape.
A listed house needs listed building consent for work touching its special character, alongside the ordinary rules. We begin by choosing the least change that will cure the fault, and we carry it out in the existing material. Photographs of the covering and a short description go to the council together, and the work waits for the answer.
In a conservation area, a roof's details are what neighbours notice from the road. Hip tiles, the ridge, the verge and the way a roof meets a chimney are all photographed, and a repair that matches them is hard to spot from the street, which is the aim. If new stock would show beside old, reclaimed tiles or slates are sourced instead, and the survey tells you the likely wait.
Our guide to listed building roof repairs sets out the route for a listed house in full.
Where two houses are listed together, as Nos 12 and 14 are, a repair can touch a shared ridge or a shared wall, and the neighbour has to be told. For a chimney breast to be cut back, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 sets the notice at least two months, and a party wall surveyor, not building control, settles any disagreement. Pitched roofing on a pair is therefore planned with both owners in mind.
It helps to send us any earlier consent letters, the age of the house and a photograph of the roof from the ground when you ask for a survey. With those to hand the visit can be aimed at what the planning officer will want to see, and nothing has to be chased afterwards.
“A conservatory roof is a roof, and Building Regulations treat it as one.”
Conservatory roofs: rules, life and cost
A conservatory roof can be replaced for comfort rather than leaks, and it carries its own rules. The Planning Portal says a new conservatory roof has to meet Building Regulations on structure, energy use and ventilation. Swapping a glazed roof for a solid one changes the weight and the way the room loses heat, so the question goes to Wiltshire Building Control before anything is ordered.
Polycarbonate roofs are the lightest and shortest-lived. HomeBuilding gives them a typical life of 10 years, while The Eco Experts (updated 29 April 2024) say about 10 to 15 years. Glass lasts longer, and a solid insulated roof turns the room into part of the house. Each has a different weight and fall, and our conservatory roof page explains the options.
Typical UK ranges for a replacement conservatory roof are £3,200 to £6,000 (MyJobQuote, Oct 2026) and £2,300 to £6,000 (The Eco Experts, April 2024). The two guides differ, and neither can see your frame, so the survey checks the existing wall plate and the fixings before anything is priced.
A conservatory roof joins the house wall at a flashing, and that junction fails more often than the sheets. We check the flashing, the gutter and the seals on the same visit as a roof repair. Where the conservatory abuts a listed or conservation-area house, the council is asked about the change, because a new roof alters the look of the back of the building.
Where scaffolding is needed on a public road or pavement, Wiltshire Council licenses it for 28 days, and the scaffold supplier applies on the MiPermit portal.
Solid roofs weigh more than polycarbonate, so the walls and frame have to carry the extra load, and a covering that comes out 15 per cent or more heavier needs approval. A conservatory roof is held to a wall plate and rafter ends, and rot there shows as a sagging line or a damp stain on the house wall. The survey probes both before a roof is specified, and the photographs show you what was found.
If the roof has a pitched ridge, a repair there is a smaller job: Which? (Nov 2025, ex VAT) gives £80 to £300 for putting in a new ridge tile. Smaller jobs are often found on the same visit as a larger one, and the report separates them, so a ridge tile is never priced as if it were a new roof.
Burbage: the jobs we take on
Burbage roofs: the downs, the church and the conservatory
Does a Burbage conservatory roof replacement need Building Regulations approval?
Yes, a new conservatory roof must meet Building Regulations for structure, energy and ventilation, according to the Planning Portal. A heavier solid roof also brings in the weight test, so the frame is checked first. We confirm the route with Wiltshire Building Control before work is booked.
How long does a polycarbonate conservatory roof last?
HomeBuilding gives a typical life of 10 years, while The Eco Experts say about 10 to 15 years. These are typical ranges, not promises, and the frame, the seals and the junction with the house wall often decide how much of that life a roof gets. Old sheets also turn brittle and cloudy, which can be the first sign that replacement is near. The survey checks all three before replacement is recommended, and reports what it finds in plain words.
Does the downs designation change who decides a Burbage roof application?
No. The downs partnership only advises, and Wiltshire Council is the planning authority. A change of roof shape, such as a dormer, goes to Wiltshire's planning team first. Mending or re-tiling like for like raises no extra step, and we keep the council's reply with your records.
What does a Wiltshire scaffold licence cost for a Burbage house?
Wiltshire Council charges £143.80 when over three working days' notice is given and £164.70 otherwise, and a licence lasts 28 days. Scaffold licences are applied for on the MiPermit portal by the supplier, and arranging that falls to us. Wholly private land lies outside it, and hoarding, where used, is licensed separately from the scaffold itself.
Burbage and the downland villages beside it
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