Alice Poole has worked on listed and period buildings for over 30 years. Listed Buildings and properties in Conservation Areas are rightly subject to stringent planning rules and restrictions.  Although Alice Poole strongly believes that the buildings should be preserved for future generations, she also feels that these houses are dwellings, and not museums, and consequently they need to be able to be adapted to suit the needs of modern families, and this can usually be achieved without compromising the architecture of the house. Where planning policy and decisions are not always consistent, Alice Poole Architects are prepared to challenge planning decisions and have won all appeals submitted since 2011 for palisade fences, rooflights to the side and rear of main roof slopes, dormer extensions to the main roof, side and rear extensions.