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Listing and Designation

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Search the Heritage List

Details of all nationally protected historic places in England from buildings to battlefields are now available online.

Nominate a historic asset

Is there a building or historic asset that you would like to see protected? If so you can apply to us using our online application form.

Protect a historic asset

Criteria for Protection

Our Selection Guidelines outline the criteria that we use when listing or designating different historic assets such as buildings, monuments and landscapes.

Criteria for protection

Altering a listed building?

If you are planning to alter a listed building, you will need to get listed building consent.

Find out about listed building consent

Heritage Protection Reform

Find out what we are doing to improve the current system of heritage protection.

Planning Advice

Find out what steps you need to take if you want to make changes to a listed building, scheduled monument or registered park or garden.