Planning consideration

Locally listed buildings

A building recognised by the local authority (but not nationally) as having local importance due to its architectural, historical or environmental significance

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• Design stage: On the platform
• Tags:
  • local plan
  • policies map
  • constraint
  • heritage
  • footnote 7

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• Github: Join the discussion
• Synonyms:
  • local heritage assets
  • local lists
  • local heritage
  • local heritage list sites
• Legislation: No legislation added
• Expected number of records: Unknown
• Frequency of updates: Unknown
• Technical specification: No specification added

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Related dataset

• Locally listed building:

  • View schema on Github

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Background information

Each planning consideration we work on passes through the stages of our design process, where we research and answer specific questions to help us collect more information.

Backlog

• Who asked for 'Locally listed buildings' data?

• What is the driver for the request?

  Specific user requirement

• Which 2024 focus area does the request support?

  • Modern planning software

Screen

• What is the 'Locally listed buildings' consideration?

• Is there legislation that defines 'Locally listed buildings'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Locally listed buildings'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Locally listed buildings a trigger?

• Is the Locally listed buildings something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Locally listed buildings data already available?

  Yes

  • What Locally listed buildings data is currently available?

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      • url: https://mapping.canterbury.gov.uk/arcgis/rest/services/External/Planning_Constraints_New/MapServer/8
      • name: Locally Listed Buildings
      • fields: OBJECTID;layer;type;SHAPE_STAr;SHAPE_STLe;SHAPE_ST_1;SHAPE_ST_2;SHAPE;SHAPE.STArea();SHAPE.STLength()
      • licence: Unknown
      • coverage: Local Authority
      • publisher: Canterbury City Council
      • attribution: Unknown

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

  No - this data will need to be collected individually from local planning authorities as locally listed buildings are a local designation. The example captured is already on the platform, but there are risks involved.

• Will a data standard be required?

  Yes

Research

• Do we understand the lifecycle of a Locally listed buildings?

• Do we understand how the data is created/produced?

• Where will or should the data be used?

• What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Who are the statutory consultees for Locally listed buildings?

• Other than the statutory consultees who are the primary users of Locally listed buildings? How do we expect them to use Locally listed buildings?

• What are the planning needs for this data?

• Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Locally listed buildings data?

• What are some potential uses of Locally listed buildings data?

• What's the value of adding Locally listed buildings data to the platform?

• From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Locally listed buildings data available?

  • We are currently having this [one area of] data provided to us without a formalised specification and guidance, and do not have express consents from Ordnance Survey on the terms of presumption to publish and the PSGA.
  • There is no explicit statement on the data being provided under an open licence on the home website.

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3 updates

• Claire Miller (26 September 2024)

  As per some research we did, summarised in this blog on an analysis of local plans and local area requirements, we're confident that this consideration acts as an INPUT to the process of creating a local plan.

• Kieran Wint (05 September 2024)

  We have been unable to find any sort of information on the frequency with which this data is likely to be updated.

• Colm Britton (21 May 2024)

  Although we have some data for locally listed buildings on planning.data.gov.uk, we need to take the locally list buildings or local heritage site consideration through our data design process to determine how we should handle it, who should provide data for it and what data is required for the dataset(s) to be valuable.

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Last updated: 2025-04-16 08:52:18