Statutory Register

Listed Buildings

How can I get a building listed or delisted?

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will consider a request to review a listing providing the request is accompanied by new evidence relating specifically to the architectural or historic interest of the building.

Evidence about a building's condition and cost of repairing or maintaining it or redevelopment plans can not be considered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. If you want a building to be listed or a listing to be reconsidered, you must write to:

Department for Culture, Media and Sport|

Listing, Archaeology and World Heritage Branch

2-4 Cockspur Street

London

SW1Y 5DH

You do not need to be the owner of a building. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not normally consider a request for de-listing when:

There is a current application for listed building consent relating to the building
There is an appeal against refusal of consent
If any legal action is being taken the local authority
Any request for a listing review should be accompanied by:
- A justification for adding (or deleting) a building
- Location plan
- Clear up-to-date photographs
- Any other historical information on the building

There is no requirement to consult the owners before a building is listed but unless an inspector is aware of a specific threat, they will contact the owner or leave a visiting card.

There is also no right of appeal against a listing and no right to compensation for loss of redevelopment opportunities.