Recommend a building to become listed
Anyone can recommend a building or structure to be listed. Applications should be directed to English Heritage and should include:
- Address of the building
- Any information about the building (e.g. its age)
- Details of current or previous uses of the building
- Details of any historical associations
- The name of the architect (if known)
- Details of any interior features of interest
- Clear, original external and internal photographs
- The name and contact details of owner (if known)
- A location map (such as an Ordnance Survey map)
For further advice on how to get a building listed, please visit the http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/ web page.
Is your building listed?
If you purchase a listed building, its status will be identified through a land search. Otherwise you can find out if your building is listed by contacting the council's Area Planning Group:
Area Planning Group
Housing Strategy & Regulatory Services
South Tyneside Council
Town Hall and Civic Offices
Westoe Road
South Shields NE33 2RL
Tel: 0191 424 7421
Fax: 0191 427 7171
Email: planning.enquiries@southtyneside.gov.uk
You can also contact the National Monuments Record centre:
National Monuments Record
The Engine House
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon SN2 2EH
Tel: 01793 414700
Website: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Protecting listed buildings
Listed buildings have protection from demolition and unsympathetic alteration. Statutory controls are in place to ensure that the character and integrity of the building is preserved when any alterations are carried out. Listed Building Consent is required for any works which are considered to alter or affect its special interest. The owner of a listed building has to apply for listed building consent to the relevant Local Planning Authority. At various stages in the process, English Heritage has the role of advising local planning authorities and the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government on the most important applications. In determining these applications, local planning authorities are required to have special regard to the desirability of preserving the building, its setting and any special features of interest it possesses.
It is always advisable to contact the council's Area Planning Group before undertaking any works to a listed building (see contact details above).
