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A listed building is a building that's included on The National Heritage List for England.
Types of buildings that are listed as Grade 1, 2 or 2* buildings:
Grade meanings:
All parts of a building are covered by listing, including the inside. It also covers any buildings which existed in 1948 that were used with the main building at the time it was listed. This is sometimes referred to as the listed building curtilage. This is important because if a building was listed some years ago, it's difficult to know today what other buildings may be covered by the listing. We do not hold records of what other buildings may be covered by the listing.
The list description only identifies the building - it doesn't tell you what is important.
Find out more on the Planning Portal
You need consent for any:
For example, you may even consent to paint a listed building.
You need to tell us about any changes and the historic value of anything you'd like to remove. You may need expert advice to help you with this - the Historic Environment Record helpful.
You can use our preliminary planning advice service if you'd like our opinion on applying for listed building consent and the likely outcome of your proposals being accepted.
Apply for consent through the Planning Portal
This is the area around a listed building, which often incudes other properties. You must make sure any works to your building do not harm views of any listed building.
Repairs are normally better than replacing with new due to the retention of the historic fabric of the building. If there repairs are exactly like for like, you probably won't need consent.