Scope of Listed Building Controls

Listed Building controls apply to all works, including repairs, that affect a building's special interest, whether or not the particular feature concerned is specifically mentioned in the list description. The term 'building' is defined broadly and can include, for example, walls and bridges as well as structures falling in the more usual understanding of the term. Protection also extends to the interior of Listed Buildings and to most buildings within the curtilage of the listed structure. In judging the effect of works to a Listed Building, the Council will assess the elements that make up the special interest of the building in question. They may comprise not only the obvious visual features, such as decorated plaster ceilings but also the spatial layout of the building, the archaeological or technological interest of the surviving structure and use of materials.