[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A\u00a0Listed Building<\/b>\u00a0is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by\u00a0Historic England\u00a0in England,\u00a0Historic Environment Scotland\u00a0in Scotland,\u00a0Cadw\u00a0in Wales, and the\u00a0Northern Ireland Environment Agency\u00a0in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the Local Planning Authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a National\u00a0Amenity Society\u00a0must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition.\u00a0Listing is not a preservation order, preventing change. It does not freeze a building in time, it simply means that listed building consent must be applied for in order to make any changes to that building which might affect its special interest.<\/p>\n
Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worship, but only in cases where the relevant religious organisation operates its own equivalent permissions procedure. Owners of listed buildings are, in some circumstances, compelled to repair and maintain them and can face criminal prosecution if they fail to do so or if they perform unauthorised alterations. When alterations are permitted, or when listed buildings are repaired or maintained, the owners are often required to use specific materials or techniques.<\/p>\n
As a very rough guide, listed buildings are structures considered of special architectural and historical importance whereas\u00a0ancient monuments\u00a0are of ‘national importance’ containing evidential values and can on many occasions also relate to below ground or unoccupied sites and buildings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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