Listed Buildings
(Also known as: Listed Buildings (English Heritage national list))
For advice and guidance on proposals for the repair, alteration, extension, redevelopment or demolition of listed buildings within the city boundary.
Contact Details:
Address: Conservation Officer,
Historic Environment Team,
Planning & Sustainability,
Southampton City Council,
Civic Centre,
Southampton
Postcode: SO14 7LS
Telephone: 023 8083 2555
Email: conservation.officer@southampton.gov.uk
Fax: 023 8083 2607
Details of service:
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has a statutory duty under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 to compile a list of buildings of special architectural historic interest. The list is administered by English Heritage. All matters relating to proposals for the repair, alteration, extension, redevelopment or demolition of listed buildings in Southampton are the responsibility of Southampton City Council's Historic Environment Team.
There are over 450 listed buildings in Southampton, with more being added to the list every year. They range in date from the 12th-century Medieval Merchants' House on French Street to Wyndham Court, the 1960s block of flats opposite the Central Railway Station. The list also includes some memorials and other structures. For a list and descriptions of Southampton's listed buildings, see the related documents to the right of this page. A map showing the locations of the listed buildings can be found on Southampton City Council's MapSouthampton web site.
Listed buildings are classified by the following grades to show their relative importance:
- Grade I these are buildings of exceptional interest.
- Grade II* these are buildings of more than special interest.
- Grade II these are particularly important buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them.
Some listed buildings are also Scheduled Monuments.
Listed Building Consent is usually required for any works affecting the character of a listed building. This can range from building an extension to repointing the outside of the building or repairing internal plasterwork.
Please note that if your building is listed, the listing covers the whole of the building, both inside and out. Many people think that listing only covers the facades, but this is not true. In certain circumstances features within the curtilage of the building such as walls, lamp standards or railings may also be protected.
To support a Listed Building Consent application it is usually necessary to supply detailed drawings showing the building as it exists now, and separate drawings detailing the proposed changes. A condition may be imposed on the consent, requiring the building to be professionally recorded before works commence on site. We can assist in providing building recording specifications and a list of archaeological contractors capable of carrying out the work.
If you are planning to do any work to your building and are unsure if you need consent, it is always safer to ask first. Unauthorised work can lead to prosecution in the Magistrates Court, and/or the Crown Court. It can lead to an unlimited fine and up to two years in prison.
A document relating to works to listed buildings and Listed Buildings Consent is available to the right of this page. A Listed Buildings Consent application form can be downloaded from the 1App Forms page.
For further information about listed buildings, including guidance on how to get a building considered for listing, visit the Heritage Protection pages of the English Heritage web site (link on the right).
Southampton City Council's policy on Listed Buildings and development is outlined in the Local Plan.
Last updated: 16 June 2008
