Locally Listed Buildings
In addition to the Statutory List, 330 buildings have been selected by the Council to form a 'local list', comprising residential, commercial and public buildings. The Council will undertake periodic reviews to consider the inclusion of additional buildings on the local list when necessary. Although buildings on the local list have no form of statutory protection, their status is still a relevant consideration in any planning application. However, when they are located within a conservation area, they are afforded some degree of statutory protection.
Those buildings worthy of inclusion on the local list are subdivided into two categories:
• Buildings of Local Architectural, or
• Historic significance
Essentially, these comprise the older properties in the Borough which fall just short of the standards required for selection onto the Statutory List.
The following criteria have been used in their selection:
• all substantially intact buildings earlier than 1840;
• buildings between 1840- 1914 of good architectural character;
• selected buildings between 1914-1939, especially those having interesting or unusual architectural detail;
• exceptional early post-war buildings may also be included.
