How do I find out if a building is listed?
You can find out if a building is listed by visiting the Historic England website.
You can also use our interactive map and search by address.
When do I need to apply for listed building consent?
You will require listed building consent to alter, demolish or replace any part of the listed building, or to extend or alter it in a manner which would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest.
Kitchen units, bathroom fittings and décor can usually be changed without any need for listed building consent, providing they are not part of the historic fabric of the listed building.
However, even fairly minor work, such as replacing an internal door might need consent. This will include where modern door exists and you want to replace it with something more in keeping or traditional. This would usually be seen as a beneficial change, but it is nevertheless a change and therefore the requirement for prior consent still stands.
Minor additions such as satellite dishes, flues and alarm boxes may also require prior consent.
Repairs may usually be carried out without listed building consent, providing they are done exactly like-for-like.
You would not require listed building consent to repair your windows by splicing in new timber to damaged patches, but you would need consent is an exact ‘like-for-like’ replica. This is seen as alterations rather than a repair.
Visit our listed buildings page for more information.