Revisions to Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings: Planning Policy Guidance Note 15 Consultation Paper
This consultation has now ended. The consultation period was 25 July – 17 October 2005.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister have jointly published a consultation paper on revisions to the Principles of Selection for listing buildings. The paper sets out the revisions to the Principles of Selection and asks questions in relations to the revision.
The proposals in this paper seek to:
- Provide clarity on the general principles of selection applied when assessing a building for listing to bring it in line with that applied when scheduling monuments and registering parks, gardens and battlefields, which are very detailed and clear.
- Introduce a comprehensive overview of 20 different building types, summarising what characteristics of a particular type of building (e.g. agricultural) are of special interest by comparison with others of the same type.
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This consultation follows on from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's decision document "Review of Heritage Protection: The Way Forward" (June 2004) which followed the consultation paper "Protecting our historic environment: Making the system work better" (July 2003). The "Review of Heritage Protection: The Way Forward" set out the Government's proposals for improving the system for protecting buildings, above and below ground archaeology and other land-based heritage assets, in England and promised a review of the criteria used for listing buildings.
The statutory criteria for listing buildings have not changed and it is not intended that the revised Principles of Selection will change the types of building that are listed, or increase or reduce the overall number of buildings that are listed. Nor will they change the level of protection afforded to historic buildings.
Following the consultation, it is intended that the revised Principles of Selection will be jointly issued by the ODPM and the DCMS in a local authority circular. The consultation and circular are being published jointly because planning policy guidance is issued by ODPM and the decision to designate buildings for listing rests with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
The Selection Guides referred to in paragraph 6.6, page 15, of the consultation, will be available on the English Heritage website in due course. Two sample Selection Guides are included in Annex 2 of the consultation document, however, we are not consulting on the content of the Guides.
Revisions to Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings: Planning Policy Guidance Note 15 (PDF 480kb)
Please note all information in responses, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If a correspondent requests confidentiality, this cannot be guaranteed and will only be possible if considered appropriate under the legislation.
If you have any questions or complaints about the process of consultation on this paper, please contact Liz Sweet, Consultation Co-ordinator, Strategy, Policy and Delivery Division, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH, liz.sweet@culture.gov.uk
Related Information:
Press Notice
Heritage Protection Review page
Review of Heritage Protection: The Way Forward June 2004.
Protecting our historic environment: Making the system work better July 2003.
Heritage Protection Review - March 2003
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These documents are available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
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