Listed Property Owners Club 2026

We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment.

We protect, champion and save the places that define who we are and where we've come from as a nation. We care passionately about the stories they tell, the ideas they represent and the people who live, work and play among them.

Our advice on heritage and the planning system is there to help both professionals and owners of older buildings to understand how heritage fits into the wider planning agenda.

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A Guide for Owners of Listed Buildings

This free guide answers the most commonly asked questions by those who live in or care for listed buildings.

Whether you want to know more about the listing process or what to consider when you want to make changes to your home, such as adding an extension or updating your windows, this guide will help point you in the right direction.

Guide for Owners of Listed Buildings

Terraced housing on Latchmere Road, Battersea, London. © Historic England DP149082

Listed Building Consent

Historic England Advice Note 16

Informed applications are based on an understanding from the start of where special interest of a listed building lies.

This Historic England Advice Note gives advice on:

the listed building consent process
how to judge whether proposals need consent
how to achieve certainty on the need for consent
how to make informed applications.

Advice Note 16: Listed Building Consent

Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency

Historic England Advice Note 18

As historic buildings continue to change and evolve, they need to contribute to a greener future and be fit for purpose for the people who live in, experience and care for them.

This publication contains advice on what permissions are needed for some of the common changes required to decarbonise and improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings.

Advice Note 18: Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency