Listed Buildings

The Policy and Conservation Team offers guidance and advice to owners, agents, researchers and the general public on a range of conservation issues, including appropriate repair methods for historic buildings. The Countryside Team deal with landscape and wildlife conservation issues. The Planning Customer Service Officers handle general queries - For example, whether a building is listed or within a conservation area. For further information, visit the reception at the Council Offices, Knowle, Sidmouth; opening hours are 8.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday or planning@eastdevon.gov.uk.

Click here if you wish to download a Listed Building Consent application form.

Click here to download information about what you need to submit with your application.

It is now a requirement to submit a Statement of Significance for all applications for listed building consent, conservation area consent, and planning applications which affect designated and non-designated heritage asset. PDF file Click here to access guidance notes (134KB - 12 November 2010 - PDF Help) about Statements of Significance. If you have any further questions, please contact the Council's Conservation Officers.

Picture - Fortfield Terrace

Conservation Officers may give more detailed advice on the extent of listing and specific proposals including repair and alteration of listed buildings - planning@eastdevon.gov.uk.

For advice on schemes that will require planning, listed building or conservation area consent please contact the Development Control team in the first instance. Development control officers will then liaise with conservation officers. In some instances the District Council will also seek the advice of English Heritage.

English Heritage have recently issued an updated 2009 edition of their Charter for English Heritage Planning and Development Advisory Services. Click here to view this information.

The SPAB 'Maintain Your Building' web-site, provides useful information about the maintenance of important buildings. Click here for further information.

A number of listed buildings are open as part of the Heritage Open Days Scheme. More details about this scheme, which allows the public to visit buildings not normally open to them, is available from www.heritageopendays.org.uk/.

Note: East Devon District Council accepts no responsibility for the content of external web-sites.

Page last updated on 18 November 2010